FIELD LISTING :: LABOR FORCE
This entry contains the total labor force figure.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | LABOR FORCE
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Afghanistan | 7.512 million (2012 est.)
Albania | 1.295 million (2014 est.)
Algeria | 12.19 million (2014 est.)
American Samoa | 16,090 (2013)
Andorra | 36,060 (2012)
Angola | 9.298 million (2014 est.)
Anguilla | 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991)
Argentina | 17.31 million note: urban areas only (2014 est.)
Armenia | 1.489 million (2014 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 | 12.37 million (2014 est.)
Austria | 3.86 million (2014 est.)
Azerbaijan | 4.821 million (2014 est.)
Bahamas, The | 196,900 (2013 est.)
Bahrain | 705,000 note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2014 est.)
Bangladesh | 80.27 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2014 est.)
Barbados | 142,800 (2014 est.)
Belarus | 4.546 million (2013 est.)
Belgium | 5.225 million (2014 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 | 345,800 note: major shortage of skilled labor (2013 est.)
Bolivia | 4.881 million (2014 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.281 million (2014 est.)
Botswana | 1.017 million (2014 est.)
Brazil | 110.9 million (2014 est.)
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004)
Brunei | 205,800 (2011 est.)
Bulgaria | 2.981 million note: number of employed persons (2014 est.)
Burkina Faso | 7.468 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2012 est.)
Burma | 35.23 million (2014 est.)
Burundi | 4.806 million (2014 est.)
Cabo Verde | 196,100 (2007 est.)
Cambodia | 7.974 million (2013 est.)
Cameroon | 9.105 million (2014 est.)
Canada | 19.21 million (2014 est.)
Cayman Islands | 39,000 note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007 est.)
Central African Republic | 2.217 million (2014 est.)
Chad | 4.919 million (2014 est.)
Chile | 8.514 million (2014 est.)
China | 801.6 million note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion (2014 est.)
Christmas Island | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA
Colombia | 23.67 million (2014 est.)
Comoros | 239,000 (2012 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 27.59 million (2014 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | 2.89 million (2011 est.)
Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica | 2.257 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2014 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | 8.118 million (2014 est.)
Croatia | 1.725 million (2014 est.)
Cuba | 5.092 million note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2014 est.)
Curacao | 73,010 (2013)
Cyprus | 356,700 (2013 est.)
Czech Republic | 5.416 million (2014 est.)
Denmark | 2.771 million (2014 est.)
Djibouti | 294,600 (2012)
Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic | 4.996 million (2014 est.)
Ecuador | 7.214 million (2014 est.)
Egypt | 28.26 million (2014 est.)
El Salvador | 2.752 million (2014 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 (2007 est.)
Eritrea | 3.159 million (2014 est.)
Estonia | 669,800 (2014 est.)
Ethiopia | 47.32 million (2014 est.)
European Union | 224.2 million (2014 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,944 (2012 est.)
Faroe Islands | 34,710 (November 2010)
Fiji | 345,700 (2014 est.)
Finland | 2.665 million (2014 est.)
France | 29.87 million (2014 est.)
French Polynesia | 114,300 (2012 est.)
Gabon | 636,000 (2014 est.)
Gambia, The | 777,100 (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip | 1.066 million (2014 est.)
Georgia | 1.959 million (2011 est.)
Germany | 42.65 million (2014 est.)
Ghana | 11.25 million (2014 est.)
Gibraltar | 22,910 (2001) (2013 est.)
Greece | 3.91 million (2013 est.)
Greenland | 26,990 (2012 est.)
Grenada | 59,900 (2013 est.)
Guam | 70,490 note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2013 est.)
Guatemala | 4.576 million (2014 est.)
Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea-Bissau | 632,700 (2007 est.)
Guinea | 5.045 million (2014 est.)
Guyana | 313,800 (2013 est.)
Haiti | 4.81 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) | 2,885 (December 2011)
Honduras | 3.579 million (2014 est.)
Hong Kong | 3.871 million (2014 est.)
Hungary | 4.388 million (2014 est.)
Iceland | 185,900 (2014 est.)
India | 502.2 million (2014 est.)
Indonesia | 124.3 million (2014 est.)
Iran | 28.4 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2014 est.)
Iraq | 8.9 million (2010 est.)
Ireland | 2.174 million (2014 est.)
Isle of Man | 41,790 (2006)
Israel | 3.784 million (2014 est.)
Italy | 25.51 million (2014 est.)
Jamaica | 1.311 million (2014 est.)
Japan | 65.48 million (February 2015 est.)
Jersey | 53,380 (June 2012)
Jordan | 1.959 million (2014 est.)
Kazakhstan | 9.103 million (2014 est.)
Kenya | 17.7 million (2014 est.)
Kiribati | 39,000 note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.)
Korea, North | 15.21 million note: estimates vary widely (2013 est.)
Korea, South | 26.27 million (2014 est.)
Kosovo | 483,200 note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2013 est.)
Kuwait | 2.397 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2014 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | 2.615 million (2014 est.)
Laos | 3.445 million (2014 est.)
Latvia | 1.014 million (2014 est.)
Lebanon | 1.481 million note: does not include as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Lesotho | 894,400 (2014 est.)
Liberia | 1.554 million (2014 est.)
Libya | 1.738 million (2014 est.)
Liechtenstein | 35,830 (2012) note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012 est.)
Lithuania | 1.454 million (2014 est.)
Luxembourg | 253,600 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 (2014 est.)
Macau | 367,800 (2013 est.)
Macedonia | 961,400 (2014 est.)
Madagascar | 12.15 million (2014 est.)
Malawi | 5.747 million (2007 est.)
Malaysia | 14.01 million (2014 est.)
Maldives | 159,700 (2012)
Mali | 5.538 million (2014 est.)
Malta | 180,100 (2014 est.)
Marshall Islands | 10,670 (2013 est.)
Mauritania | 1.292 million (2014 est.)
Mauritius | 600,200 (2014 est.)
Mexico | 52.9 million (2014 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,920 (2010 est.)
Moldova | 1.23 million (2014 est.)
Monaco | 52,000 note: includes all foreign workers (2014 est.)
Mongolia | 1.128 million (2014 est.)
Montenegro | 263,200 (2014 est.)
Montserrat | 4,521 (2012)
Morocco | 12 million (2014 est.)
Mozambique | 12.25 million (2014 est.)
Namibia | 991,000 (2014 est.)
Nepal | 14.76 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2012 est.)
Netherlands | 8.214 million (2014 est.)
New Caledonia | 106,400 (2010 est.)
New Zealand | 2.452 million (2014 est.)
Nicaragua | 2.953 million (2014 est.)
Nigeria | 54.97 million (2014 est.)
Niger | 5.8 million (2014 est.)
Niue | 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island | 978 (2006)
Northern Mariana Islands | 27,970 note: includes foreign workers (2010 est.)
Norway | 2.724 million (2014 est.)
Oman | 968,800 note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007 est.)
Pakistan | 62.42 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2014 est.)
Palau | 10,470 (2014)
Panama | 1.563 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2014 est.)
Papua New Guinea | 4.171 million (2014 est.)
Paraguay | 3.26 million (2014 est.)
Peru | 16.55 million note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2014 est.)
Philippines | 40.05 million (2014 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | 15 (2004)
Poland | 18.26 million (2014 est.)
Portugal | 5.226 million (2014 est.)
Puerto Rico | 1.139 million (December 2014 est.)
Qatar | 1.553 million (2014 est.)
Romania | 9.172 million (2014 est.)
Russia | 75.25 million (2014 est.)
Rwanda | 6.061 million (2014 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 | 48,580 (2012 est.)
San Marino | 21,960 (September 2013 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | 70,200 (2014 est.)
Saudi Arabia | 11.22 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2014 est.)
Senegal | 6.326 million (2014 est.)
Serbia | 2.818 million (2014 est.)
Seychelles | 39,560 (2006 est.)
Sierra Leone | 2.471 million (2014 est.)
Singapore | 3.623 million note: excludes non-residents (2014 est.)
Sint Maarten | 23,200 (2008 est.)
Slovakia | 2.363 million (2014 est.)
Slovenia | 913,500 (2014 est.)
Solomon Islands | 202,500 (2007 est.)
Somalia | 3.011 million (2012 est.)
South Africa | 20.23 million (2014 est.)
Spain | 23.03 million (2014 est.)
Sri Lanka | 8.916 million (2014 est.)
Sudan | 11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname | 165,600 (2007 est.)
Svalbard | 1,590 (2013)
Swaziland | 435,500 (2012 est.)
Sweden | 5.124 million (2014 est.)
Switzerland | 5.008 million (2014 est.)
Syria | 4.022 million (2014 est.)
Taiwan | 11.54 million (2014 est.)
Tajikistan | 2.209 million (2013 est.)
Tanzania | 25 million (2014 est.)
Thailand | 38.26 million (2014 est.)
Timor-Leste | 247,500 (2012 est.)
Togo | 2.595 million (2007 est.)
Tokelau | 440 (2001)
Tonga | 33,800 (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | 623,500 (2014 est.)
Tunisia | 3.95 million (2014 est.)
Turkey | 27.56 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2014 est.)
Turkmenistan | 2.305 million (2013 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda | 18 million (2014 est.)
Ukraine | 22.11 million (2014 est.)
United Arab Emirates | 4.891 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2014 est.)
United Kingdom | 32.62 million (2013 est.)
United States | 156 million note: includes unemployed (2014 est.)
Uruguay | 1.712 million (2014 est.)
Uzbekistan | 17.24 million (2014 est.)
Vanuatu | 115,900 (2007 est.)
Venezuela | 14.34 million (2014 est.)
Vietnam | 54.07 million (2014 est.)
Virgin Islands | 50,580 (2012 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003)
West Bank | 1.066 million (2014 est.)
Western Sahara | 144,000 (2010 est.)
World | 3.36 billion (2014 est.)
Yemen | 7.262 million (2014 est.)
Zambia | 6.338 million (2014 est.)
Zimbabwe | 5.634 million (2014 est.)