Field Listing :: Labor force |
This entry contains the total labor force figure. | |
Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Labor force |
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Afghanistan | 15 million (2004 est.) |
Albania | 1.053 million (2010 est.) |
Algeria | 10.81 million (2010 est.) |
American Samoa | 17,630 (2005) |
Andorra | 38,220 (2010) |
Angola | 8.014 million (2010 est.) |
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991) |
Argentina |
16.54 million
note: urban areas only (2010 est.) |
Armenia | 1.481 million (2007 est.) |
Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.) |
Australia | 11.87 million (2010 est.) |
Austria | 3.611 million (2010 est.) |
Azerbaijan | 5.933 million (2010 est.) |
Bahamas, The | 184,000 (2009) |
Bahrain |
654,900
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.) |
Bangladesh |
73.86 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2010 est.) |
Barbados | 175,000 (2007 est.) |
Belarus | 5 million (2009) |
Belgium | 5.114 million (2010 est.) |
Belize |
120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.) |
Benin | 3.662 million (2007 est.) |
Bermuda | 38,360 (2004) |
Bhutan |
299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008) |
Bolivia | 4.614 million (2010 est.) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 million (2010 est.) |
Botswana | 1.225 million formal sector employees (2009 est.) |
Brazil | 102.2 million (2010 est.) |
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) |
Brunei | 188,800 (2008) |
Bulgaria | 2.499 million (2010 est.) |
Burkina Faso |
6.668 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2007) |
Burma | 31.68 million (2010 est.) |
Burundi | 4.245 million (2007) |
Cambodia | 8.8 million (2010 est.) |
Cameroon | 7.836 million (2010 est.) |
Canada | 18.53 million (2010 est.) |
Cape Verde | 196,100 (2007) |
Cayman Islands |
39,000
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007) |
Central African Republic | 1.926 million (2007) |
Chad | 4.293 million (2007) |
Chile | 7.918 million (2010 est.) |
China | 815.3 million (2010 est.) |
Christmas Island | NA |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
Colombia | 21.78 million (2010 est.) |
Comoros | 268,500 (2007 est.) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 33.68 million (2010 est.) |
Congo, Republic of the | 1.514 million (2007) |
Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001) |
Costa Rica |
2.052 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2010 est.) |
Cote d'Ivoire | 8,509 (2010 est.) |
Croatia | 1.721 million (2010 est.) |
Cuba |
5.147 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2010 est.) |
Curacao | 63,000 (2008 est.) |
Cyprus | 407,700 (2010 est.) |
Czech Republic | 5.415 million (2010 est.) |
Denmark | 2.852 million (2010 est.) |
Djibouti | 351,700 (2007) |
Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
Dominican Republic | 4.63 million (2010 est.) |
Ecuador | 4.645 million (urban) (2010 est.) |
Egypt | 26.2 million (2010 est.) |
El Salvador | 2.564 million (2010 est.) |
Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 (2007) |
Eritrea | 1.935 million (2007) |
Estonia | 686,800 (2010 est.) |
Ethiopia | 37.9 million (2007) |
European Union | 227.5 million (2010 est.) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (1996) |
Faroe Islands | 34,680 (November 2008) |
Fiji | 335,000 (2007 est.) |
Finland | 2.672 million (2010 est.) |
France | 29.32 million (2010 est.) |
French Polynesia | 116,000 (2007) |
Gabon | 714,500 (2010 est.) |
Gambia, The | 777,100 (2007) |
Gaza Strip | 339,000 (2009) |
Georgia | 1.918 million (2007 est.) |
Germany | 43.49 million (2010 est.) |
Ghana | 10.56 million (2010 est.) |
Gibraltar | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) |
Greece | 5.013 million (2010 est.) |
Greenland | 28,240 (January 2009) |
Grenada | 42,300 (1996) |
Guam | 82,950 (2007 est.) |
Guatemala | 4.146 million (2010 est.) |
Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006) |
Guinea | 4.392 million (2007 est.) |
Guinea-Bissau | 632,700 (2007) |
Guyana | 333,900 (2007 est.) |
Haiti |
4.81 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.) |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA |
Honduras | 3.394 million (2010 est.) |
Hong Kong | 3.676 million (2010 est.) |
Hungary | 4.23 million (2010 est.) |
Iceland | 181,000 (2010 est.) |
India | 478.3 million (2010 est.) |
Indonesia | 116.5 million (2010 est.) |
Iran |
25.7 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2010 est.) |
Iraq | 8.5 million (2009 est.) |
Ireland | 2.14 million (2010 est.) |
Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) |
Israel | 3.147 million (2010 est.) |
Italy | 24.99 million (2010 est.) |
Jamaica | 1.317 million (2010 est.) |
Japan | 62.97 million (2010 est.) |
Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006) |
Jordan | 1.719 million (2010 est.) |
Kazakhstan | 8.611 million (2010 est.) |
Kenya | 17.9 million (2010 est.) |
Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) |
Korea, North |
12.2 million
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.) |
Korea, South | 24.75 million (2010 est.) |
Kosovo | 310,000 (2009 est.) |
Kuwait |
2.158 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2010 est.) |
Kyrgyzstan | 2.344 million (2007) |
Laos | 3.69 million (2010 est.) |
Latvia | 1.178 million (2010 est.) |
Lebanon |
1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.) |
Lesotho | 854,600 (2007 est.) |
Liberia | 1.372 million (2007) |
Libya | 1.728 million (2010 est.) |
Liechtenstein |
32,880 (2009)
note: 51% of people at work in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2009) |
Lithuania | 1.635 million (2010 est.) |
Luxembourg |
205,900
note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2010 est.) |
Macau | 330,900 (2010 est.) |
Macedonia | 938,300 (2010 est.) |
Madagascar | 9.504 million (2007) |
Malawi | 5.747 million (2007 est.) |
Malaysia | 11.63 million (2010 est.) |
Maldives | 110,000 (2010) |
Mali | 3.241 million (2007 est.) |
Malta | 265,200 (2010 est.) |
Marshall Islands | 14,680 (2000) |
Mauritania | 1.318 million (2007) |
Mauritius | 597,300 (2010 est.) |
Mexico | 46.99 million (2010 est.) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 16,360 (2008) |
Moldova | 1.235 million (2010 est.) |
Monaco |
44,000
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.) |
Mongolia | 1.068 million (2008) |
Montenegro | 259,100 (2004) |
Montserrat | NA |
Morocco | 11.44 million (2010 est.) |
Mozambique | 9.871 million (2010 est.) |
Namibia | 789,100 (2010 est.) |
Nepal |
18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.) |
Netherlands | 7.816 million (2010 est.) |
New Caledonia | 102,600 (2007) |
New Zealand | 2.333 million (2010 est.) |
Nicaragua | 2.811 million (2010 est.) |
Niger | 4.688 million (2007) |
Nigeria | 50.48 million (2010 est.) |
Niue | 663 (2001) |
Norfolk Island | 978 (2006) |
Northern Mariana Islands |
38,450
note: nearly 29,000 of these were foreign workers (2005 est.) |
Norway | 2.602 million (2010 est.) |
Oman |
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007) |
Pakistan |
55.77 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2010 est.) |
Palau | 9,777 (2005) |
Panama |
1.485 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2010 est.) |
Papua New Guinea | 3.809 million (2010 est.) |
Paraguay | 3.033 million (2010 est.) |
Peru | 10.58 million (2010 est.) |
Philippines | 38.9 million (2010 est.) |
Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) |
Poland | 17.66 million (2010 est.) |
Portugal | 5.581 million (2010 est.) |
Puerto Rico | 1.479 million (2007) |
Qatar | 1.242 million (2010 est.) |
Romania | 9.258 million (2010 est.) |
Russia | 75.49 million (2010 est.) |
Rwanda | 4.446 million (2007) |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
2,486
note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 (June 1995) |
Saint Lucia | 79,700 (2007) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,450 (2005) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 (2007 est.) |
Samoa | 66,270 (2007 est.) |
San Marino | 22,950 (June 2010) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 (2007) |
Saudi Arabia |
7.337 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2010 est.) |
Senegal | 5.532 million (2010 est.) |
Serbia | 3.25 million (2010 est.) |
Seychelles | 39,560 (2006) |
Sierra Leone | 2.207 million (2007 est.) |
Singapore | 3.156 million (2010 est.) |
Sint Maarten | 23,200 (2008 est.) |
Slovakia | 2.707 million (2010 est.) |
Slovenia | 935,500 (2010 est.) |
Solomon Islands | 202,500 (2007) |
Somalia | 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007) |
South Africa | 17.39 million economically active (2010 est.) |
Spain | 23.09 million (2010 est.) |
Sri Lanka | 8.074 million (2010 est.) |
Sudan | 11.92 million (2007 est.) |
Suriname | 165,600 (2007) |
Svalbard | 1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003) |
Swaziland | 457,900 (2007) |
Sweden | 4.961 million (2010 est.) |
Switzerland | 4.218 million (2010 est.) |
Syria | 5.529 million (2010 est.) |
Taiwan | 11.07 million (2010 est.) |
Tajikistan | 2.1 million (2009) |
Tanzania | 23.39 million (2010 est.) |
Thailand | 38.64 million (2010 est.) |
Timor-Leste | 414,200 (2007) |
Togo | 2.595 million (2007) |
Tokelau | 440 (2001) |
Tonga | 39,960 (2007) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 634,300 (2010 est.) |
Tunisia | 3.769 million (2010 est.) |
Turkey |
25.64 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2010 est.) |
Turkmenistan | 2.3 million (2008 est.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.) |
Uganda | 15.51 million (2010 est.) |
Ukraine | 22.02 million (2010 est.) |
United Arab Emirates |
3.705 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2010 est.) |
United Kingdom | 31.52 million (2010 est.) |
United States |
153.9 million
note: includes unemployed (2010 est.) |
Uruguay | 1.637 million (2010 est.) |
Uzbekistan | 16 million (2010 est.) |
Vanuatu | 115,900 (2007) |
Venezuela | 13.11 million (2010 est.) |
Vietnam | 47.37 million (2010 est.) |
Virgin Islands | 49,820 (2007 est.) |
Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003) |
West Bank | 694,000 (2009) |
Western Sahara | 144,000 (2010 est.) |
World | 3.228 billion (2010 est.) |
Yemen | 6.832 million (2010 est.) |
Zambia | 5.46 million (2010 est.) |
Zimbabwe | 3.848 million (2010 est.) |