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Field Listing :: Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Labor force


Afghanistan	15 million (2004 est.)


Albania	1.053 million (2010 est.)


Algeria	11.04 million (2011 est.)


American Samoa	17,630 (2005)


Andorra	38,220 (2010)


Angola	8.24 million (2011 est.)


Anguilla	6,049 (2001)


Antigua and Barbuda	30,000 (1991)


Argentina	16.76 million note: urban areas only (2011 est.)


Armenia	1.194 million (2011 est.)


Aruba	41,500 (2004 est.)


Australia	12.05 million (2011 est.)


Austria	3.668 million (2011 est.)


Azerbaijan	6.119 million (2011 est.)


Bahamas, The	184,000 (2009)


Bahrain	666,000 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2011 est.)


Bangladesh	75.42 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2011 est.)


Barbados	175,000 (2007 est.)


Belarus	5 million (2009)


Belgium	5.177 million (2011 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	4.689 million (2011 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.6 million (2010 est.)


Botswana	1.269 million note: formal sector employees (2011 est.)


Brazil	104.7 million (2011 est.)


British Virgin Islands	12,770 (2004)


Brunei	198,800 (2010 est.)


Bulgaria	2.465 million (2011 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	32.53 million (2011 est.)


Burundi	4.245 million (2007)


Cambodia	8.8 million (2010 est.)


Cameroon	8.083 million (2011 est.)


Canada	18.67 million (2011 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	8.099 million (2011 est.)


China	795.5 million note: by the end of 2011, population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0024 billion (2011 est.)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	22.45 million (2011 est.)


Comoros	268,500 (2007 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	34.79 million (2011 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	1.514 million (2007)


Cook Islands	6,820 (2001)


Costa Rica	2.155 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2011 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	8.764 million (2011 est.)


Croatia	1.717 million (2011 est.)


Cuba	5.153 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2011 est.)


Curacao	63,000 (2008 est.) (2008)


Cyprus	414,100 (2011 est.)


Czech Republic	5.41 million (2011 est.)


Denmark	2.853 million (2011 est.)


Djibouti	351,700 (2007)


Dominica	25,000 (2000 est.)


Dominican Republic	4.732 million (2011 est.)


Ecuador	4.682 million (urban) (2011 est.)


Egypt	27.74 million (2011 est.)


El Salvador	2.577 million (2011 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	195,200 (2007)


Eritrea	1.935 million (2007)


Estonia	704,400 (2011 est.)


Ethiopia	37.9 million (2007)


European Union	228.4 million (2011 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	5,246 (2006)


Faroe Islands	34,710 (November 2010)


Fiji	335,000 (2007 est.)


Finland	2.682 million (2011 est.)


France	29.61 million (2011 est.)


French Polynesia	116,000 (2007)


Gabon	737,200 (2011 est.)


Gambia, The	777,100 (2007)


Gaza Strip	348,200 (2010)


Georgia	1.945 million (2010 est.)


Germany	43.62 million (2011 est.)


Ghana	11.44 million (2011 est.)


Gibraltar	12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)


Greece	4.959 million (2011 est.)


Greenland	33,670 (2010)


Grenada	47,580 (2008)


Guam	82,950 (2007 est.)


Guatemala	5.571 million (2011 est.)


Guernsey	31,470 (March 2006)


Guinea	4.638 million (2011 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	632,700 (2007)


Guyana	313,100 (2009 est.)


Haiti	4.81 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)


Holy See (Vatican City)	NA


Honduras	3.461 million (2011 est.)


Hong Kong	3.703 million (2011 est.)


Hungary	4.274 million (2011)


Iceland	175,700 (2011 est.)


India	487.6 million (2011 est.)


Indonesia	117.4 million (2011 est.)


Iran	26.37 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2011 est.)


Iraq	8.9 million (2010 est.)


Ireland	2.126 million (2011 est.)


Isle of Man	41,790 (2006)


Israel	3.204 million (2011 est.)


Italy	25.08 million (2011 est.)


Jamaica	1.324 million (2011 est.)


Japan	65.93 million (2011 est.)


Jersey	53,560 (June 2006)


Jordan	1.771 million (2011 est.)


Kazakhstan	8.777 million (2011 est.)


Kenya	18.39 million (2011 est.)


Kiribati	7,870 note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)


Korea, North	12.2 million note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)


Korea, South	25.1 million (2011 est.)


Kosovo	800,000 note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)


Kuwait	2.243 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2011 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	2.344 million (2007)


Laos	3.69 million (2010 est.)


Latvia	1.169 million (2011 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	1.16 million (2011 est.)


Liechtenstein	34,330 (2009) note: 51% of people at work in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2009) (2010)


Lithuania	1.624 million (2011 est.)


Luxembourg	207,500 note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2011 est.)


Macau	330,900 (2010 est.)


Macedonia	942,400 (2011 est.)


Madagascar	9.504 million (2007)


Malawi	5.747 million (2007 est.)


Malaysia	11.91 million (2011 est.)


Maldives	110,000 (2010)


Mali	3.241 million (2007 est.)


Malta	170,500 (2011 est.)


Marshall Islands	14,680 (2000)


Mauritania	1.318 million (2007)


Mauritius	607,400 (2011 est.)


Mexico	49.17 million (2011 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	16,360 (2008)


Moldova	1.27 million (2011 est.)


Monaco	49,300 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2010 est.)


Mongolia	1.147 million (2010 est.)


Montenegro	251,300 (2011 est.)


Montserrat	4,521 (2012)


Morocco	11.54 million (2011 est.)


Mozambique	9.973 million (2011 est.)


Namibia	803,700 (2011 est.)


Nepal	18 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)


Netherlands	7.809 million (2011 est.)


New Caledonia	102,600 (2007)


New Zealand	2.364 million (2011 est.)


Nicaragua	2.885 million (2011 est.)


Niger	4.688 million (2007)


Nigeria	52.16 million (2011 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	2.629 million (2011 est.)


Oman	968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)


Pakistan	58.41 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2011 est.)


Palau	9,777 (2005)


Panama	1.57 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2011 est.)


Papua New Guinea	3.896 million (2011 est.)


Paraguay	3.085 million (2011 est.)


Peru	15.9 million note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2011 est.)


Philippines	40 million (2011 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	15 able-bodied men (2004)


Poland	17.85 million (2011 est.)


Portugal	5.543 million (2011 est.)


Puerto Rico	1.286 million (March 2012)


Qatar	1.241 million (2011 est.)


Romania	9.252 million (2011 est.)


Russia	75.41 million (2011 est.)


Rwanda	4.446 million (2007)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	2,486 (1998 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170 (June 1995)


Saint Lucia	79,700 (2012)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450 (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520 (2007 est.)


Samoa	66,270 (2007 est.)


San Marino	22,050 (December 2011)


Sao Tome and Principe	52,490 (2007)


Saudi Arabia	7.63 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2011 est.)


Senegal	5.687 million (2011 est.)


Serbia	2.92 million (November 2011 est.)


Seychelles	39,560 (2006)


Sierra Leone	2.207 million (2007 est.)


Singapore	3.237 million note: excludes non-residents (2011 est.)


Sint Maarten	23,200 (2008 est.)


Slovakia	2.713 million (2011 est.)


Slovenia	934,700 (2011 est.)


Solomon Islands	202,500 (2007)


Somalia	3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)


South Africa	17.66 million (2011 est.)


Spain	23.1 million (2011 est.)


Sri Lanka	8.307 million (2011 est.)


Sudan	11.92 million (2007 est.)


Suriname	165,600 (2007)


Svalbard	1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)


Swaziland	457,900 (2007)


Sweden	5.018 million (2011 est.)


Switzerland	4.898 million (2011 est.)


Syria	5.642 million (2011 est.)


Taiwan	11.2 million (2011 est.)


Tajikistan	2.1 million (2009)


Tanzania	24.06 million (2011 est.)


Thailand	39.62 million (2011 est.)


Timor-Leste	418,200 (2009)


Togo	2.595 million (2007)


Tokelau	440 (2001)


Tonga	39,960 (2007)


Trinidad and Tobago	636,800 (2011 est.)


Tunisia	3.904 million (2011 est.)


Turkey	27.43 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2011 est.)


Turkmenistan	2.3 million (2008 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848 (1990 est.)


Tuvalu	3,615 (2004 est.)


Uganda	16.02 million (2011 est.)


Ukraine	22.09 million (2011 est.)


United Arab Emirates	4.111 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2011 est.)


United Kingdom	31.73 million (2011 est.)


United States	153.6 million note: includes unemployed (2011 est.)


Uruguay	1.677 million (2011 est.)


Uzbekistan	16.11 million (2011 est.)


Vanuatu	115,900 (2007)


Venezuela	13.32 million (2011 est.)


Vietnam	46.48 million (2011 est.)


Virgin Islands	49,820 (2007 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	3,104 (2003)


West Bank	745,600 (2010)


Western Sahara	144,000 (2010 est.)


World	3.264 billion (2011 est.)


Yemen	7.03 million (2011 est.)


Zambia	5.576 million (2011 est.)


Zimbabwe	3.856 million (2011 est.)

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