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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 | 1.103 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2007 est.) |
| Algeria | 9.464 million (2008 est.) |
| American Samoa | 17,630 (2005) |
| Andorra | 42,230 (2007) |
| Angola | 7.569 million (2008 est.) |
| Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991) |
| Argentina |
16.27 million
note: urban areas only (2008 est.) |
| Armenia | 1.481 million (2007 est.) |
| Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.) |
| Australia | 11.25 million (2008 est.) |
| Austria | 3.633 million (2008 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 5.782 million (2008 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 175,500 (2007) |
| Bahrain |
557,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2008 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
70.86 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2008 est.) |
| Barbados | 175,000 (2007 est.) |
| Belarus | 4.869 million (2007) |
| Belgium | 4.99 million (2008) |
| Belize |
122,300
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.) |
| Benin | 3.662 million (2007 est.) |
| Bermuda | 38,360 (2004) |
| Bhutan |
NA
note: major shortage of skilled labor |
| Bolivia | 4.454 million (2008 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.863 million (2007) |
| Botswana | 685,300 formal sector employees (2007) |
| Brazil | 93.65 million (2008 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) |
| Brunei | 188,800 (2008 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 2.67 million (2008 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 | 30.04 million (2008 est.) |
| Burundi | 4.245 million (2007) |
| Cambodia | 8.6 million (2008 est.) |
| Cameroon | 6.759 million (2008 est.) |
| Canada | 18.22 million (2008 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 196,100 (2007) |
| Cayman Islands | 23,450 (2004) |
| Central African Republic | 1.926 million (2007) |
| Chad | 4.293 million (2007) |
| Chile | 7.267 million (2008 est.) |
| China | 807.3 million (2008 est.) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | 21.3 million (2008 est.) |
| Comoros | 268,500 (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.53 million (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | NA |
| Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001) |
| Costa Rica |
2.06 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2008 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 7.346 million (68% agricultural) (2008 est.) |
| Croatia | 1.731 million (2008 est.) |
| Cuba |
4.962 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2008 est.) |
| Cyprus | 397,000 (2008 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 5.36 million (2008 est.) |
| Denmark | 2.88 million (2008 est.) |
| Djibouti | 351,700 (2007) |
| Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 4.119 million (2008 est.) |
| Ecuador | 4.64 million (urban) (2008 est.) |
| Egypt | 24.6 million (2008 est.) |
| El Salvador | 2.947 million (2008 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | NA |
| Eritrea | NA |
| Estonia | 693,000 (2008 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 37.9 million (2007) |
| European Union | 224.4 million (2008 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (est.) (1996) |
| Faroe Islands | 24,250 (October 2000) |
| Fiji | 335,000 (2007 est.) |
| Finland | 2.703 million (2008 est.) |
| France | 27.97 million (2008 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 116,000 (2007) |
| Gabon | 581,000 (2008 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 777,100 (2007) |
| Gaza Strip | 267,000 (2006) |
| Georgia | 2.317 million (2007 est.) |
| Germany | 43.6 million (2008 est.) |
| Ghana | 10.12 million (2008 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) |
| Greece | 4.96 million (2008 est.) |
| Greenland | 32,120 (2004) |
| Grenada | 42,300 (1996) |
| Guam | 82,950 (2007 est.) |
| Guatemala | 4.056 million (2008 est.) |
| Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006) |
| Guinea | 4.392 million (2007 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 632,700 (2007) |
| Guyana | 333,900 (2007 est.) |
| Haiti |
3.643 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2007) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | NA |
| Honduras | 2.991 million (2008 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 3.66 million (2008 est.) |
| Hungary | 4.2 million (2008 est.) |
| Iceland | 184,000 (2008 est.) |
| India | 523.5 million (2008 est.) |
| Indonesia | 112 million (2008 est.) |
| Iran |
24.35 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2008 est.) |
| Iraq | 7.74 million (2008 est.) |
| Ireland | 2.241 million (2008 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) |
| Israel | 2.957 million (2008 est.) |
| Italy | 25.11 million (2008 est.) |
| Jamaica | 1.304 million (2008 est.) |
| Japan | 66.5 million (2008 est.) |
| Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006) |
| Jordan | 1.615 million (2008 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 8.412 million (2008 est.) |
| Kenya | 17.37 million (2007 est.) |
| Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) |
| Korea, North |
20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.) |
| Korea, South | 24.35 million (2008 est.) |
| Kosovo | 550,000 (2007 est.) |
| Kuwait |
2.088 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2008 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.344 million (2007) |
| Laos | 2.1 million (2006 est.) |
| Latvia | 1.193 million (2008 est.) |
| Lebanon |
1.481 million
note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.) |
| Lesotho | 854,600 (2007 est.) |
| Libya | 1.64 million (2008 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 32,440 of whom 13,900 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2007) |
| Lithuania | 1.614 million (2008 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 206,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2008 est.) |
| Macau | 337,400 (2008 est.) |
| Macedonia | 925,000 (2008 est.) |
| Madagascar | 9.504 million (2007) |
| Malawi | 5.747 million (2007 est.) |
| Malaysia | 11.09 million (2008 est.) |
| Maldives | 136,100 (2007) |
| Mali | 3.241 million (2007 est.) |
| Malta | 173,000 (2008) |
| Marshall Islands | 14,680 (2000) |
| Mauritania | 1.318 million (2007) |
| Mauritius | 584,000 (2008 est.) |
| Mayotte | 44,560 (2002) |
| Mexico | 45.32 million (2008 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 16,360 (2008) |
| Moldova | 1.327 million (2008 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 | 11.29 million (2008 est.) |
| Mozambique | 9.65 million (2008 est.) |
| Namibia | 686,000 (2008 est.) |
| Nepal |
14.6 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2008 est.) |
| Netherlands | 7.715 million (2008 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 91,470 (2007) |
| New Caledonia | 102,600 (2007) |
| New Zealand | 2.25 million (2008 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 2.322 million (2008 est.) |
| Niger | 4.688 million (2007) |
| Nigeria | 51.04 million (2008 est.) |
| Niue | 663 (2001) |
| Norfolk Island | NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 38,450 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.) |
| Norway | 2.591 million (2008 est.) |
| Oman |
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007) |
| Pakistan |
50.58 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2008 est.) |
| Palau | 9,777 (2005) |
| Panama |
1.392 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2008 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.639 million (2008 est.) |
| Paraguay | 2.839 million (2008 est.) |
| Peru | 10.2 million (2008 est.) |
| Philippines | 36.81 million (2008 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) |
| Poland | 17.01 million (2008 est.) |
| Portugal | 5.625 million (2008 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 1.479 million (2007) |
| Qatar | 1.119 million (2008 est.) |
| Romania | 9.32 million (2008 est.) |
| Russia | 75.7 million (2008 est.) |
| Rwanda | 4.446 million (2007) |
| Saint Helena |
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 | 22,660 (2008) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia |
6.74 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2008 est.) |
| Senegal | 4.973 million (2008 est.) |
| Serbia | 2.961 million (2002 est.) |
| Seychelles | 39,560 (2006) |
| Sierra Leone | 2.207 million (2007 est.) |
| Singapore | 2.94 million (2008 est.) |
| Slovakia | 2.254 million (2008 est.) |
| Slovenia | 940,000 (2008 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 202,500 (2007) |
| Somalia | 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007) |
| South Africa | 17.79 million economically active (2008 est.) |
| Spain | 22.85 million (2008 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
7.569 million
note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2008 est.) |
| Sudan | 11.92 million (2007 est.) |
| Suriname | 165,600 (2007) |
| Svalbard | NA |
| Swaziland | 457,900 (2007) |
| Sweden | 4.897 million (2008 est.) |
| Switzerland | 4.053 million (2008 est.) |
| Syria | 5.593 million (2008 est.) |
| Taiwan | 10.85 million (2008 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 2.1 million (2008) |
| Tanzania | 21.06 million (2008 est.) |
| Thailand | 37.78 million (2008 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | NA |
| Togo | 2.595 million (2007) |
| Tokelau | 440 (2001) |
| Tonga | 39,960 (2007) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 620,800 (2008 est.) |
| Tunisia | 3.66 million (2008 est.) |
| Turkey |
24.06 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2008 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 13.51 million (2007 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.) |
| Uganda | 14.54 million (2008 est.) |
| Ukraine | 21.57 million (2008 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
3.266 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2008 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 31.23 million (2008 est.) |
| United States | 154.3 million (includes unemployed) (2008 est.) |
| Uruguay | 1.641 million (2008 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 15.37 million (2008 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 115,900 (2007) |
| Venezuela | 12.59 million (2008 est.) |
| Vietnam | 47.41 million (2008 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 49,820 (2007 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003) |
| West Bank | 605,000 (2006) |
| Western Sahara | 12,000 (2005 est.) |
| World | 3.232 billion (2008 est.) |
| Yemen | 6.454 million (2008 est.) |
| Zambia | 5.235 million (2008 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 4.039 million (2008 est.) |