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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 (2009 est.) |
| Algeria | 9.612 million (2009 est.) |
| American Samoa | 17,630 (2005) |
| Andorra | 42,220 (2008) |
| Angola | 7.769 million (2009 est.) |
| Anguilla | 6,049 (2001) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 (1991) |
| Argentina |
16.54 million
note: urban areas only (2009 est.) |
| Armenia | 1.481 million (2007 est.) |
| Aruba | 41,500 (2004 est.) |
| Australia | 11.44 million (2009 est.) |
| Austria | 3.68 million (2009 est.) |
| Azerbaijan | 4.318 million (2008 est.) |
| Bahamas, The | 184,000 (2009) |
| Bahrain |
595,000
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2009 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
72.5 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. (2009 est.) |
| Barbados | 175,000 (2007 est.) |
| Belarus | 5 million (2009) |
| Belgium | 5.01 million (2009 est.) |
| 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 |
299,900
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008) |
| Bolivia | 4.536 million (2009 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.863 million (2007) |
| Botswana | 685,300 formal sector employees (2007) |
| Brazil | 95.21 million (2009 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 12,770 (2004) |
| Brunei | 188,800 (2008 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 3.2 million (2009 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 | 30.85 million (2009 est.) |
| Burundi | 4.245 million (2007) |
| Cambodia | 8 million (2009 est.) |
| Cameroon | 7.313 million (2009 est.) |
| Canada | 18.4 million (2009 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 | 7.42 million (2009 est.) |
| China | 812.7 million (2009 est.) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA |
| Colombia | 21.53 million (2009 est.) |
| Comoros | 268,500 (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.53 million (2007 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 1.514 million (2007) |
| Cook Islands | 6,820 (2001) |
| Costa Rica |
2.09 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2009 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 7.463 million (2009 est.) (2009 est.) |
| Croatia | 1.196 million (November 2009 est.) |
| Cuba |
4.968 million
note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2009 est.) |
| Cyprus | 400,000 (2009 est.) |
| Czech Republic | 5.38 million (2009 est.) |
| Denmark | 2.94 million (2009 est.) |
| Djibouti | 351,700 (2007) |
| Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 4.417 million (2009 est.) |
| Ecuador | 4.43 million (urban) (2009 est.) |
| Egypt | 25.8 million (2009 est.) |
| El Salvador | 2.917 million (2009 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 NA |
| Eritrea | 1.935 million NA |
| Estonia | 700,000 (2009 est.) |
| Ethiopia | 37.9 million (2007) |
| European Union | 224.8 million (2009 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,724 (1996) (1996) |
| Faroe Islands | 34,680 (November 2008) |
| Fiji | 335,000 (2007 est.) |
| Finland | 2.68 million (2009 est.) |
| France | 27.99 million (2009 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 116,000 (2007) |
| Gabon | 633,000 (2009 est.) |
| Gambia, The | 777,100 (2007) |
| Gaza Strip | 339,000 (2009) |
| Georgia | 1.918 million (2007 est.) |
| Germany | 43.51 million (2009 est.) |
| Ghana | 10.33 million (2009 est.) |
| Gibraltar | 12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001) |
| Greece | 5 million (2009 est.) |
| Greenland | 28,240 (January 2009) |
| Grenada | 42,300 (1996) |
| Guam | 82,950 (2007 est.) |
| Guatemala | 4.157 million (2009 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 | 3.052 million (2009 est.) |
| Hong Kong | 3.67 million (2009 est.) |
| Hungary | 3.8 million (January 2010 est.) |
| Iceland | 180,900 (2009 est.) |
| India | 467 million (2009 est.) |
| Indonesia | 113.3 million (2009 est.) |
| Iran |
25.02 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2009 est.) |
| Iraq | 8.175 million (2008 est.) |
| Ireland | 2.2 million (2009 est.) |
| Isle of Man | 39,690 (2001) |
| Israel | 3.01 million (2009 est.) |
| Italy | 24.95 million (2009 est.) |
| Jamaica | 1.311 million (2009 est.) |
| Japan | 65.93 million (2009 est.) |
| Jersey | 53,560 (June 2006) |
| Jordan | 1.667 million (2009 est.) |
| Kazakhstan | 8.7 million (2009 est.) |
| Kenya | 17.47 million (2009 est.) |
| Kiribati | 7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.) |
| Korea, North |
20 million
note: estimates vary widely (2004 est.) |
| Korea, South | 24.37 million (2009 est.) |
| Kosovo | 550,000 (2007 est.) |
| Kuwait |
2.04 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2009 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2.344 million (2007) |
| Laos | 3.65 million (2009 est.) |
| Latvia | 1.205 million (2009 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 | 1.686 million (2009 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 32,440 of whom 16,200 commute from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany to work each day (2008) |
| Lithuania | 1.656 million (2009 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 208,000 of whom 125,400 are foreign cross-border workers commuting primarily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2009 est.) |
| Macau | 322,000 (2009 est.) |
| Macedonia | 940,700 (2009 est.) |
| Madagascar | 9.504 million (2007) |
| Malawi | 5.747 million (2007 est.) |
| Malaysia | 11.29 million (2009 est.) |
| Maldives | 144,000 (2009) |
| Mali | 3.241 million (2007 est.) |
| Malta | 175,000 (2008 est.) |
| Marshall Islands | 14,680 (2000) |
| Mauritania | 1.318 million (2007) |
| Mauritius | 594,000 (2009 est.) |
| Mayotte | 44,560 (2002) |
| Mexico | 47 million (2009 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 16,360 (2008) |
| Moldova | 1.336 million (2009 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 | 11.46 million (2009 est.) |
| Mozambique | 9.77 million (2009 est.) |
| Namibia | 716,000 (2009 est.) |
| Nepal |
18 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.) |
| Netherlands | 8.33 million (2009 est.) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 91,470 (2007) |
| New Caledonia | 102,600 (2007) |
| New Zealand | 2.29 million (2009 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 2.383 million (2009 est.) |
| Niger | 4.688 million (2007) |
| Nigeria | 47.33 million (2009 est.) |
| Niue | 663 (2001) |
| Norfolk Island | 978 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 38,450 total indigenous labor force; 28,717 foreign workers (2005 est.) |
| Norway | 2.6 million (2009 est.) |
| Oman |
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007) |
| Pakistan |
55.88 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2009 est.) |
| Palau | 9,777 (2005) |
| Panama |
1.423 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2009 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea | 3.723 million (2009 est.) |
| Paraguay | 2.981 million (2009 est.) |
| Peru | 10.26 million (2009 est.) |
| Philippines | 37.89 million (2009 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 15 able-bodied men (2004) |
| Poland | 16.99 million (2009 est.) |
| Portugal | 5.58 million (2009 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 1.479 million (2007) |
| Qatar | 1.202 million (2009 est.) |
| Romania | 9.33 million (2009 est.) |
| Russia | 75.81 million (2009 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 | 22,660 (2008) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 (2007) |
| Saudi Arabia |
6.922 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2009 est.) |
| Senegal | 5.578 million (2009 est.) |
| Serbia | 3.107 million (October 2009 est.) |
| Seychelles | 39,560 (2006) |
| Sierra Leone | 2.207 million (2007 est.) |
| Singapore | 3.03 million (2009 est.) |
| Slovakia | 2.365 million (2009 est.) |
| Slovenia | 914,000 (2009 est.) |
| Solomon Islands | 202,500 (2007) |
| Somalia | 3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007) |
| South Africa | 17.32 million economically active (2009 est.) |
| Spain | 22.97 million (2009 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
8.1 million
note: excludes northern and eastern provinces (2009 est.) |
| Sudan | 11.92 million (2007 est.) |
| Suriname | 165,600 (2007) |
| Svalbard | 1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003) |
| Swaziland | 457,900 (2007) |
| Sweden | 4.93 million (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland | 4.28 million (2009 est.) |
| Syria | 5.772 million (2009 est.) |
| Taiwan | 10.92 million (2009 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 2.1 million (2009) |
| Tanzania | 21.23 million (2009 est.) |
| Thailand | 38.24 million (2009 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | 414,200 (2007) |
| Togo | 2.595 million (2007) |
| Tokelau | 440 (2001) |
| Tonga | 39,960 (2007) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 629,000 (2009 est.) |
| Tunisia | 3.75 million (2009 est.) |
| Turkey |
25.3 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2009 est.) |
| Turkmenistan | 2.3 million (2008 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 (1990 est.) |
| Tuvalu | 3,615 (2004 est.) |
| Uganda | 15.01 million (2009 est.) |
| Ukraine | 20.4 million (2009 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
3.168 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2009 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 31.25 million (2009 est.) |
| United States |
154.1 million
note: includes unemployed (2009) |
| Uruguay | 1.636 million (2009 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 15.65 million (2009 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 115,900 (2007) |
| Venezuela | 12.67 million (2009 est.) |
| Vietnam | 43.87 million (April 2009 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 49,820 (2007 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 (2003) |
| West Bank | 694,000 (2009) |
| Western Sahara | 12,000 (2005 est.) |
| World | 3.179 billion (2009 est.) |
| Yemen | 6.641 million (2009 est.) |
| Zambia | 5.398 million (2009 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 3.84 million (2009 est.) |