| Country | LABOR FORCE |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
7.983 million (2013 est.) |
| Albania |
1.358 million (2016 est.) |
| Algeria |
12.12 million (2016 est.) |
| American Samoa |
16,090 (2013) |
| Andorra |
39,750 (2016) |
| Angola |
12.1 million (2016 est.) |
| Anguilla |
6,049 (2001) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 (1991) |
| Argentina |
17.76 million note: urban areas only (2016 est.) |
| Armenia |
1.514 million (2016 est.) |
| Aruba |
51,610 note: of the 51,610 workers aged 15 and over in the labor force, 32,252 were born in Aruba and 19,353 came from abroad; foreign workers are 38% of the employed population (2007 est.) |
| Australia |
12.74 million (2016 est.) |
| Austria |
3.944 million (2016 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
5.032 million (2016 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
196,900 (2013 est.) |
| Bahrain |
808,900 note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2016 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
72.05 million note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia (2016 est.) |
| Barbados |
142,500 (2016 est.) |
| Belarus |
4.381 million (2016 est.) |
| Belgium |
5.291 million (2016 est.) |
| Belize |
120,500 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.) |
| Benin |
3.662 million (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda |
33,490 (2014 est.) |
| Bhutan |
353,000 note: major shortage of skilled labor (2015 est.) |
| Bolivia |
4.992 million (2016 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.401 million (2016 est.) |
| Botswana |
1.187 million (2016 est.) |
| Brazil |
110.4 million (2016 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
12,770 (2004) |
| Brunei |
203,600 (2014 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
2.556 million note: number of employed persons (2016 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
8.501 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2016 est.) |
| Burma |
22.13 million (2016 est.) |
| Burundi |
4.842 million (2016 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
196,100 (2007 est.) |
| Cambodia |
7.777 million (2016 est.) |
| Cameroon |
9.659 million (2016 est.) |
| Canada |
19.44 million (2016 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
39,000 note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
2.194 million (2016 est.) |
| Chad |
5.443 million (2016 est.) |
| Chile |
8.762 million (2016 est.) |
| China |
807.1 million note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion (2016 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
NA |
| Colombia |
24.41 million (2016 est.) |
| Comoros |
278,500 (2016 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
30.31 million (2016 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
2.055 million (2016 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
6,820 (2001) |
| Costa Rica |
2.206 million note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2016 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
8.542 million (2016 est.) |
| Croatia |
1.617 million (2016 est.) |
| Cuba |
4.686 million note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2016 est.) |
| Curacao |
73,010 (2013) |
| Cyprus |
422,300 (2016 est.) |
| Czechia |
5.35 million (2016 est.) |
| Denmark |
2.953 million (2016 est.) |
| Djibouti |
294,600 (2012) |
| Dominica |
25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
4.639 million (2016 est.) |
| Ecuador |
7.874 million (2016 est.) |
| Egypt |
28.9 million (2016 est.) |
| El Salvador |
2.76 million (2016 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
195,200 (2007 est.) |
| Eritrea |
2.623 million (2016 est.) |
| Estonia |
691,400 (2016 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
51.05 million (2016 est.) |
| European Union |
233.3 million (2016 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1,944 (2012 est.) |
| Faroe Islands |
28,900 (2015 est.) |
| Fiji |
351,300 (2016 est.) |
| Finland |
2.685 million (2016 est.) |
| France |
30.43 million (2016 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
126,300 (2016 est.) |
| Gabon |
546,300 (2016 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
777,100 (2007 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
1.202 million note: excludes the West Bank (2016 est.) |
| Georgia |
1.998 million (2016 est.) |
| Germany |
45.42 million (2016 est.) |
| Ghana |
12.13 million (2016 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
24,420 (2014 est.) |
| Greece |
4.785 million (2016 est.) |
| Greenland |
26,840 (2015 est.) |
| Grenada |
59,900 (2013 est.) |
| Guam |
70,490 note: includes only the civilian labor force (2013 est.) |
| Guatemala |
6.53 million (2016 est.) |
| Guernsey |
31,470 (March 2006) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
731,300 (2013 est.) |
| Guinea |
6.138 million (2016 est.) |
| Guyana |
313,800 (2013 est.) |
| Haiti |
4.594 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2014 est.) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
4,822 (2016) |
| Honduras |
3.677 million (2016 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
3.915 million (2016 est.) |
| Hungary |
4.586 million (2016 est.) |
| Iceland |
196,500 (2016 est.) |
| India |
510.1 million (2016 est.) |
| Indonesia |
125.4 million (2016 est.) |
| Iran |
29.75 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2016 est.) |
| Iraq |
8.9 million (2010 est.) |
| Ireland |
2.193 million (2016 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
41,790 (2006) |
| Israel |
3.925 million (2016 est.) |
| Italy |
25.76 million (2016 est.) |
| Jamaica |
1.321 million (2016 est.) |
| Japan |
66.73 million (2016 est.) |
| Jersey |
53,380 (June 2012) |
| Jordan |
2.205 million (2016 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
8.999 million (2016 est.) |
| Kenya |
19.14 million (2016 est.) |
| Kiribati |
39,000 note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.) |
| Korea, North |
14 million note: estimates vary widely (2014 est.) |
| Korea, South |
27.25 million (2016 est.) |
| Kosovo |
483,200 note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2013 est.) |
| Kuwait |
2.612 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2016 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2.787 million (2016 est.) |
| Laos |
3.521 million (2016 est.) |
| Latvia |
988,600 (2016 est.) |
| Lebanon |
2.166 million note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees (2016 est.) |
| Lesotho |
922,400 (2016 est.) |
| Liberia |
1.632 million (2016 est.) |
| Libya |
1.155 million (2016 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
38,520 (2012) note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2015 est.) |
| Lithuania |
1.478 million (2016 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
266,900 note: data exclude foreign workers; in addition to the figure for domestic labor force, about 150,000 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2016 est.) |
| Macau |
397,800 (2016 est.) |
| Macedonia |
948,600 (2016 est.) |
| Madagascar |
12.61 million (2016 est.) |
| Malawi |
7 million (2013 est.) |
| Malaysia |
14.7 million (2016 est.) |
| Maldives |
195,100 (2014) |
| Mali |
6.272 million (2016 est.) |
| Malta |
201,300 (2016 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
10,670 (2013 est.) |
| Mauritania |
1.186 million (2016 est.) |
| Mauritius |
623,300 (2016 est.) |
| Mexico |
53.68 million (2016 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
37,920 (2010 est.) |
| Moldova |
1.273 million (2016 est.) |
| Monaco |
52,000 note: includes all foreign workers (2014 est.) |
| Mongolia |
1.24 million (2016 est.) |
| Montenegro |
263,200 (2014 est.) |
| Montserrat |
4,521 (2012) |
| Morocco |
11.75 million (2016 est.) |
| Mozambique |
12.5 million (2016 est.) |
| Namibia |
939,600 (2016 est.) |
| Nauru |
NA |
| Nepal |
15.6 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2014 est.) |
| Netherlands |
7.936 million (2016 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
119,500 (2016 est.) |
| New Zealand |
2.598 million (2016 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
3.013 million (2016 est.) |
| Nigeria |
58.81 million (2016 est.) |
| Niger |
6.614 million (2016 est.) |
| Niue |
663 (2001) |
| Norfolk Island |
978 (2006) |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
27,970 note: includes foreign workers (2010 est.) |
| Norway |
2.78 million (2016 est.) |
| Oman |
968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007 est.) |
| Pakistan |
62.54 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2016 est.) |
| Palau |
11,610 (2016) |
| Panama |
1.61 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2016 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
3.598 million (2016 est.) |
| Paraguay |
3.383 million (2016 est.) |
| Peru |
16.8 million note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2016 est.) |
| Philippines |
43.2 million (2016 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
15 (2004) |
| Poland |
17.64 million (2016 est.) |
| Portugal |
5.178 million (2016 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
1.139 million (December 2014 est) |
| Qatar |
1.896 million (2016 est.) |
| Romania |
8.979 million (2016 est.) |
| Russia |
76.64 million (2016 est.) |
| Rwanda |
6.011 million (2016 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
2,486 (1998 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
18,170 (June 1995 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
79,700 (2012 est.) |
| Saint Martin |
17,300 (2008 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
3,194 (2006) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
57,520 (2007 est.) |
| Samoa |
50,700 (2016 est.) |
| San Marino |
21,960 (September 2013 es) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
67,870 (2016 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
12.02 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2016 est.) |
| Senegal |
6.737 million (2016 est.) |
| Serbia |
2.91 million (2016 est.) |
| Seychelles |
39,560 (2006 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
2.863 million (2016 est.) |
| Singapore |
3.673 million note: excludes non-residents (2016 est.) |
| Sint Maarten |
23,200 (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia |
2.759 million (2016 est.) |
| Slovenia |
920,400 (2016 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
202,500 (2007 est.) |
| Somalia |
4.154 million (2016 est.) |
| South Africa |
21.53 million (2016 est.) |
| Spain |
22.82 million (2016 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
8.805 million (2016 est.) |
| Sudan |
11.92 million (2007 est.) |
| Suriname |
144,000 (2014 est.) |
| Svalbard |
1,590 (2013) |
| Swaziland |
427,900 (2016 est.) |
| Sweden |
5.276 million (2016 est.) |
| Switzerland |
5.119 million (2016 est.) |
| Syria |
3.871 million (2016 est.) |
| Taiwan |
11.73 million (2016 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
2.295 million (2016 est.) |
| Tanzania |
24.05 million (2016 est.) |
| Thailand |
38.3 million (2016 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
286,700 (2016 est.) |
| Togo |
2.595 million (2007 est.) |
| Tokelau |
440 (2001) |
| Tonga |
33,800 (2011 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
627,400 (2016 est.) |
| Tunisia |
4.022 million (2016 est.) |
| Turkey |
30.55 million note: this number is for the domestic labor force only; number does not include about 1.2 million Turks working abroad, nor refugees (2016 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
2.305 million (2013 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
3,615 (2004 est.) |
| Uganda |
19.4 million (2016 est.) |
| Ukraine |
18.04 million (2016 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
5.242 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce (2016 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
33.36 million (2016 est.) |
| United States |
159.2 million note: includes unemployed (2016 est.) |
| Uruguay |
1.736 million (2016 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
17.85 million (2016 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
115,900 (2007 est.) |
| Venezuela |
14.16 million (2016 est.) |
| Vietnam |
55.93 million (2016 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
50,580 (2012 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 (2003) |
| West Bank |
1.202 million note: excludes Gaza Strip (2016 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
144,000 (2010 est.) |
| World |
3.41 billion (2016 est.) |
| Yemen |
7.418 million (2016 est.) |
| Zambia |
6.69 million (2016 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
7.701 million (2016 est.) |