| 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 | 1.071 million (2011 est.) |
| Algeria | 11.26 million (2012 est.) |
| American Samoa | 17,630 (2005) |
| Andorra | 36,060 (2012) |
| Angola | 8.468 million (2012 est.) |
| Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991) |
| Argentina |
17.07 million
note: urban areas only (2012 est.) |
| Armenia | 1.194 million (2011 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 | 12.27 million (2012 est.) |
| Austria | 4.434 million (2012 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 6.206 million (2012 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 192,200 (2012) |
| Bahrain |
705,900
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2012 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
77 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2012 est.) |
| Barbados | 145,000 (2011 est.) |
| Belarus | 5 million (2009) |
| Belgium | 5.055 million (2012 est.) |
| Belize |
120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.) |
| Benin | 3.662 million (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda | 37,400 (2011) |
| Bhutan |
299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008) |
| Bolivia | 4.718 million (2012 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 million (2010 est.) |
| Botswana | 1.288 million (2012 est.) |
| Brazil | 107.1 million (2012 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) |
| Brunei | 205,800 (2011 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 2.451 million (2012 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 | 33.41 million (2012 est.) |
| Burundi | 4.245 million (2007) |
| Cambodia | 7.9 million (2011 est.) |
| Cameroon | 8.264 million (2012 est.) |
| Canada | 18.85 million (2012 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 | 8.231 million (2012 est.) |
| China |
795.4 million
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0040 billion |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | 23.08 million (2012 est.) |
| Comoros | 268,500 (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 35.92 million (2012 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 2.89 million (2011 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001) |
| Costa Rica |
2.196 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2012 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 8.97 million (2012 est.) |
| Croatia | 1.745 million (2012 est.) |
| Cuba |
5.05 million
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2012 est.) |
| Curacao | 62,040 (2008) (2011) |
| Cyprus | 416,900 (2012 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 5.545 million (2012 est.) |
| Denmark | 2.848 million (2012 est.) |
| Djibouti | 351,700 (2007) |
| Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 4.806 million (2012 est.) |
| Ecuador | 6.779 million (December 2012 est) |
| Egypt | 27.24 million (2012 est.) |
| El Salvador | 2.593 million (2012 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 (2007) |
| Eritrea | 1.935 million (2007) |
| Estonia | 675,900 (2012 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 37.9 million (2007) |
| European Union | 230 million (2012 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5,246 (2006) |
| Faroe Islands | 34,710 (November 2010) |
| Fiji | 335,000 (2007 est.) |
| Finland | 2.679 million (2012 est.) |
| France | 29.62 million (2012 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 116,000 (2007) |
| Gabon | 756,200 (2012 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 777,100 (2007) |
| Gaza Strip | 348,200 (2010) |
| Georgia | 1.959 million (2011 est.) |
| Germany | 44.01 million (2012 est.) |
| Ghana | 11.67 million (2012 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 12,690 (2001) (2001) |
| Greece | 4.951 million (2012 est.) |
| Greenland | 33,670 (2010) |
| Grenada | 47,580 (2008) |
| Guam |
69,390
note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2010 est.) |
| Guatemala | 5.571 million (2011 est.) |
| Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006) |
| Guinea | 4.778 million (2012 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) | 2,832 (December 2011) |
| Honduras | 3.44 million (2012 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 3.826 million (2012 est.) |
| Hungary | 4.391 million (2012 est.) |
| Iceland | 180,800 (2012 est.) |
| India | 498.4 million (2012 est.) |
| Indonesia | 118 million (2012 est.) |
| Iran |
27.05 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2012 est.) |
| Iraq | 8.9 million (2010 est.) |
| Ireland | 2.104 million (2012 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 41,790 (2006) |
| Israel | 3.269 million (2012 est.) |
| Italy | 25.28 million (2012 est.) |
| Jamaica | 1.325 million (2012 est.) |
| Japan | 65.02 million (2012 est.) |
| Jersey | 53,380 (June 2012) |
| Jordan | 1.824 million (2012 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 8.54 million (2012 est.) |
| Kenya | 18.89 million (2012 est.) |
| Kiribati |
7,870
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001) |
| Korea, North |
12.2 million
note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.) |
| Korea, South | 25.5 million (2012 est.) |
| Kosovo |
800,000
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.) |
| Kuwait |
2.304 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2012 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.344 million (2007) |
| Laos | 3.69 million (2010 est.) |
| Latvia | 1.139 million (2012 est.) |
| Lebanon |
1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.) |
| Lesotho | 894,500 (2010 est.) |
| Liberia | 1.372 million (2007) |
| Libya | 1.875 million (2012 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
35,250 (2010)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012) |
| Lithuania | 1.587 million (2012 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
208,200
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 (2012 est.) |
| Macau | 356,700 (2012 est.) |
| Macedonia | 940,600 (2012 est.) |
| Madagascar | 9.504 million (2007) |
| Malawi | 5.747 million (2007 est.) |
| Malaysia | 12.92 million (2012 est.) |
| Maldives | 152,500 (2010) |
| Mali | 3.241 million (2007 est.) |
| Malta | 180,200 (2011 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 10,480 (2011 est.) |
| Mauritania | 1.318 million (2007) |
| Mauritius | 617,800 (2012 est.) |
| Mexico | 50.7 million (2012 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 15,920 (2011) |
| Moldova | 1.173 million (2011 est.) |
| Monaco |
50,580
note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2011 est.) |
| Mongolia | 1.037 million (2011 est.) |
| Montenegro | 251,300 (2011 est.) |
| Montserrat | 4,521 (2012) |
| Morocco | 11.78 million (2012 est.) |
| Mozambique | 10.1 million (2012 est.) |
| Namibia | 818,600 (2012 est.) |
| Nepal |
18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.) |
| Netherlands | 7.746 million (2012 est.) |
| New Caledonia | 106,400 (2010) |
| New Zealand | 2.402 million (2012 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 2.961 million (2012 est.) |
| Niger | 4.688 million (2007) |
| Nigeria | 53.83 million (2012 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 | 2.645 million (2012 est.) |
| Oman |
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007) |
| Pakistan |
60.36 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2012 est.) |
| Palau | 9,777 (2005) |
| Panama |
1.509 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2012 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.986 million (2012 est.) |
| Paraguay | 3.137 million (2012 est.) |
| Peru |
16.2 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2012 est.) |
| Philippines | 40.36 million (2012 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 15 (2004) |
| Poland | 17.92 million (2012 est.) |
| Portugal | 5.48 million (2012 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 1.286 million (March 2012) |
| Qatar | 1.43 million (2012 est.) |
| Romania | 9.156 million (2012 est.) |
| Russia | 75.6 million (2012 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 Martin | 17,300 (2008 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,194 (2006) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 (2007 est.) |
| Samoa | 47,930 (2011 est.) |
| San Marino | 21,830 (December 2012) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia |
8.012 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2012 est.) |
| Senegal | 5.852 million (2012 est.) |
| Serbia | 2.86 million (2012 est.) |
| Seychelles | 39,560 (2006) |
| Sierra Leone | 2.207 million (2007 est.) |
| Singapore |
3.618 million
note: excludes non-residents (2012 est.) |
| Sint Maarten | 23,200 (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia | 2.724 million (2012 est.) |
| Slovenia | 923,000 (2012 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 202,500 (2007) |
| Somalia | 3.447 million (2007) |
| South Africa | 17.89 million (2012 est.) |
| Spain | 23.11 million (2012 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 8.194 million (2012 est.) |
| Sudan | 11.92 million (2007 est.) |
| Suriname | 165,600 (2007) |
| Svalbard | 1,234 (2003) |
| Swaziland | 457,900 (2007) |
| Sweden | 5.032 million (2012 est.) |
| Switzerland | 4.91 million (2012 est.) |
| Syria | 5.54 million (2012 est.) |
| Taiwan | 11.3 million (2012 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 2.1 million (2012) |
| Tanzania | 24.77 million (2012 est.) |
| Thailand | 39.77 million (2012 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | 418,200 (2009) |
| Togo | 2.595 million (2007) |
| Tokelau | 440 (2001) |
| Tonga | 39,960 (2007) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 616,500 (2012 est.) |
| Tunisia | 4.014 million (2012 est.) |
| Turkey |
27.11 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2012 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 2.3 million (2008 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.) |
| Uganda | 16.55 million (2012 est.) |
| Ukraine | 22.06 million (2012 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
4.337 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2012 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 31.9 million (2012 est.) |
| United States |
154.9 million
note: includes unemployed (2012 est.) |
| Uruguay | 1.691 million (2012 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 16.8 million (2012 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 115,900 (2007) |
| Venezuela | 13.7 million (2012 est.) |
| Vietnam | 49.18 million (2012 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 | 3.305 billion (2012 est.) |
| Yemen | 7.158 million (2012 est.) |
| Zambia | 5.839 million (2012 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 3.909 million (2012 est.) |