Central Intelligence Agency

Mission

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers.

To learn more, visit CIA Vision, Mission & Values.

The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence

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	38,220 (2010)


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	41,500 (2004 est.)


Australia	12.27 million (2012 est.)


Austria	3.655 million (2012 est.)


Azerbaijan	6.206 million (2012 est.)


Bahamas, The	184,000 (2009)


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	38,360 (2004)


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 note: formal sector employees (2012 est.)


Brazil	107.1 million (2012 est.)


British Virgin Islands	12,770 (2004)


Brunei	198,800 (2010 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	8.8 million (2010 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 2011, population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0024 billion (2012 est.)


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	1.514 million (2007)


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	5.18 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2012 est.)


Curacao	63,000 (2008) (2008)


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	4.769 million (2012 est.) (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	229 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	1.945 million (2010 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	82,950 (2007 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) (December 2011)


Honduras	3.44 million (2012 est.)


Hong Kong	3.705 million (2012 est.)


Hungary	4.178 million (2012 est.)


Iceland	180,800 (2012 est.)


India	498.4 million (2012 est.)


Indonesia	119.5 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	65.27 million (2012 est.)


Jersey	53,560 (June 2006)


Jordan	1.824 million (2012 est.)


Kazakhstan	8.973 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	25.18 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	854,600 (2007 est.)


Liberia	1.372 million (2007)


Libya	1.437 million (2012 est.)


Liechtenstein	34,330 (2010) note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2010)


Lithuania	1.587 million (2012 est.)


Luxembourg	208,200 note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2012 est.)


Macau	330,900 (2010 est.)


Macedonia	936,000 (2012 est.)


Madagascar	9.504 million (2007)


Malawi	5.747 million (2007 est.)


Malaysia	12.84 million (2012 est.)


Maldives	110,000 (2010)


Mali	3.241 million (2007 est.)


Malta	180,200 (2011 est.)


Marshall Islands	14,680 (2000)


Mauritania	1.318 million (2007)


Mauritius	617,800 (2012 est.)


Mexico	50.01 million (2012 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	16,360 (2008)


Moldova	1.247 million (2012 est.)


Monaco	49,300 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2010 est.)


Mongolia	1.147 million (2010 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	102,600 (2007)


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	15.9 million note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2011 est.)


Philippines	40.73 million (2012 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	15 (2004) (2004)


Poland	17.92 million (2012 est.)


Portugal	5.48 million (2012 est.)


Puerto Rico	1.286 million (March 2012)


Qatar	1.338 million (2012 est.)


Romania	9.252 million (2012 est.)


Russia	75.24 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 Pierre and Miquelon	3,450 (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520 (2007 est.)


Samoa	66,270 (2007 est.)


San Marino	22,050 (December 2011)


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	3.17 million (2012 est.)


Seychelles	39,560 (2006)


Sierra Leone	2.207 million (2007 est.)


Singapore	3.303 million note: excludes non-residents (2012 est.)


Sint Maarten	23,200 (2008 est.)


Slovakia	2.724 million (2012 est.)


Slovenia	932,300 (2012 est.)


Solomon Islands	202,500 (2007)


Somalia	3.447 million (2007) (2007)


South Africa	17.89 million (2012 est.)


Spain	23.14 million (2012 est.)


Sri Lanka	8.194 million (2012 est.)


Sudan	11.92 million (2007 est.)


Suriname	165,600 (2007)


Svalbard	1,234 (2003) (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 (2009)


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	22.19 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	16.35 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	3.302 billion (2012 est.)


Yemen	7.158 million (2012 est.)


Zambia	5.839 million (2012 est.)


Zimbabwe	3.909 million (2012 est.)

The online Factbook is updated weekly. ISSN 1553-8133
For additional information on government leaders in selected foreign countries, go to World Leaders.