| 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 | 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.) |