Labor force

Definition Field Listing Rank Order

Others A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Others

World: 3.308 billion (2013 est.)
European Union: 228.6 million (2013 est.)
Taiwan: 11.55 million (2013 est.)

A

Afghanistan: 7.512 million (2012 est.)
Albania: 1.098 million (2013 est.)
Algeria: 11.15 million (2013 est.)
American Samoa: 17,630 (2005)
Andorra: 36,060 (2012)
Angola: 9.018 million (2013 est.)
Anguilla: 6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda: 30,000 (1991)
Argentina: 17.32 million
note: urban areas only (2013 est.)
Armenia: 1.394 million (2013 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: 12.44 million (2013 est.)
Austria: 3.737 million (2013 est.)
Azerbaijan: 4.68 million (2012 est.)

B

Bahamas, The: 196,900 (2013 est.)
Bahrain: 716,500
note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2013 est.)
Bangladesh: 78.62 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2013 est.)
Barbados: 141,800 (2013 est.)
Belarus: 5 million (2009)
Belgium: 5.15 million (2013 est.)
Belize: 120,500
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)
Benin: 3.662 million (2007 est.)
Bermuda: 37,400 (2011)
Bhutan: 336,400
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2012)
Bolivia: 4.922 million (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1.49 million (2012 est.)
Botswana: 1.308 million (2013 est.)
Brazil: 107.3 million (2013 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 12,770 (2004)
Brunei: 205,800 (2011 est.)
Bulgaria: 2.551 million (2013 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: 34.31 million (2013 est.)
Burundi: 4.245 million (2007)

C

Cabo Verde: 196,100 (2007)
Cambodia: 7.9 million (2011 est.)
Cameroon: 8.426 million (2013 est.)
Canada: 19.08 million (2013 est.)
Cayman Islands: 39,000
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007)
Central African Republic: 2.082 million (2011 est.)
Chad: 4.293 million (2007)
Chile: 8.367 million (2013 est.)
China: 797.6 million
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.0040 billion (2013 est.)
Christmas Island: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA
Colombia: 23.75 million (2013 est.)
Comoros: 233,500 (2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 35.18 million (2013 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: 2.89 million (2011 est.)
Cook Islands: 6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica: 2.222 million
note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2013 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 7.928 million (2013 est.)
Croatia: 1.715 million (2013 est.)
Cuba: 5.233 million
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2013 est.)
Curacao: 73,010 (2013)
Cyprus: 443,500 (2013 est.)
Czech Republic: 5.304 million (2013 est.)

D

Denmark: 2.795 million (2013 est.)
Djibouti: 294,600 (2012)
Dominica: 25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic: 4.912 million (2013 est.)

E

Ecuador: 6.953 million (2013 est.)
Egypt: 27.69 million (2013 est.)
El Salvador: 2.738 million (2013 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: 195,200 (2007)
Eritrea: 2.955 million (2012 est.)
Estonia: 692,900 (2013 est.)
Ethiopia: 45.65 million (2013 est.)

F

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 5,246 (2006)
Faroe Islands: 34,710 (November 2010)
Fiji: 335,000 (2007 est.)
Finland: 2.685 million (2013 est.)
France: 29.94 million (2013 est.)
French Polynesia: 116,000 (2007)

G

Gabon: 629,100 (2013 est.)
Gambia, The: 777,100 (2007)
Gaza Strip: 348,200 (2010 est.)
Georgia: 1.959 million (2011 est.)
Germany: 44.2 million (2013 est.)
Ghana: 12.07 million (2013 est.)
Gibraltar: 12,690 (2001) (2001)
Greece: 4.918 million (2013 est.)
Greenland: 28,600 (2011)
Grenada: 59,900 (2013 est.)
Guam: 69,390
note: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2010 est.)
Guatemala: 4.465 million (2013 est.)
Guernsey: 31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea: 5.409 million (2013 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: 632,700 (2007)
Guyana: 313,100 (2009 est.)

H

Haiti: 4.81 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City): 2,832 (December 2011)
Honduras: 3.507 million (2013 est.)
Hong Kong: 3.873 million (2013 est.)
Hungary: 4.263 million (2013 est.)

I

Iceland: 181,100 (2013 est.)
India: 487.3 million (2013 est.)
Indonesia: 120 million (2013 est.)
Iran: 27.72 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2013 est.)
Iraq: 8.9 million (2010 est.)
Ireland: 2.161 million (2013 est.)
Isle of Man: 41,790 (2006)
Israel: 3.493 million (2013 est.)
Italy: 25.74 million (2013 est.)

J

Jamaica: 1.261 million (2013 est.)
Japan: 65.62 million (2013 est.)
Jersey: 53,380 (June 2012)
Jordan: 1.898 million (2013 est.)

K

Kazakhstan: 9.022 million (2013 est.)
Kenya: 19.67 million (2013 est.)
Kiribati: 7,870
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001)
Korea, North: 12.6 million
note: estimates vary widely (2012 est.)
Korea, South: 25.86 million (2013 est.)
Kosovo: 800,000
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2011 est.)
Kuwait: 2.38 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2013 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: 2.344 million (2007)

L

Laos: 3.373 million (2013 est.)
Latvia: 1.022 million (2013 est.)
Lebanon: 1.481 million
note: does not include as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)
Lesotho: 874,200 (2013 est.)
Liberia: 1.372 million (2007)
Libya: 1.644 million (2013 est.)
Liechtenstein: 35,830 (2012)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commuted daily from Austria, Switzerland, or Germany (2012)
Lithuania: 1.452 million (2013 est.)
Luxembourg: 208,800
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 (2013 est.)

M

Macau: 367,800 (2013 est.)
Macedonia: 960,700 (2013 est.)
Madagascar: 9.504 million (2007)
Malawi: 5.747 million (2007 est.)
Malaysia: 13.19 million (2013 est.)
Maldives: 159,700 (2012)
Mali: 3.241 million (2007 est.)
Malta: 190,400 (2013 est.)
Marshall Islands: 10,480 (2011 est.)
Mauritania: 1.318 million (2007)
Mauritius: 637,600 (2013 est.)
Mexico: 51.48 million (2013 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 15,920 (2011)
Moldova: 1.206 million (2013 est.)
Monaco: 52,490
note: includes all foreign workers (2012 est.)
Mongolia: 1.037 million (2011 est.)
Montenegro: 251,300 (2011 est.)
Montserrat: 4,521 (2012)
Morocco: 11.73 million (2013 est.)
Mozambique: 10.55 million (2013 est.)

N

Namibia: 880,400 (2013 est.)
Nepal: 16 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2011 est.)
Netherlands: 7.939 million (2013 est.)
New Caledonia: 106,400 (2010)
New Zealand: 2.413 million (2013 est.)
Nicaragua: 3.039 million (2013 est.)
Niger: 4.688 million (2007)
Nigeria: 51.53 million (2011 est.)
Niue: 663 (2001)
Norfolk Island: 978 (2006)
Northern Mariana Islands: 38,450
note: includes nearly 29,000 foreign workers (2005 est.)
Norway: 2.707 million (2014 est.)

O

Oman: 968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007)

P

Pakistan: 59.21 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2012 est.)
Palau: 9,777 (2005)
Panama: 1.54 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2013 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 4.077 million (2013 est.)
Paraguay: 3.19 million (2013 est.)
Peru: 16.16 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2012 est.)
Philippines: 41.33 million (2013 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: 15 (2004)
Poland: 18.22 million (2013 est.)
Portugal: 5.395 million (2013 est.)
Puerto Rico: 1.286 million (March 2012)

Q

Qatar: 1.424 million (2013 est.)

R

Romania: 9.451 million (2013 est.)
Russia: 75.29 million (2013 est.)
Rwanda: 4.446 million (2007)

S

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 Martin: 17,300 (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 3,194 (2006)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 57,520 (2007 est.)
Samoa: 47,930 (2011 est.)
San Marino: 21,960 (September 2013)
Sao Tome and Principe: 52,490 (2007)
Saudi Arabia: 8.412 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2013 est.)
Senegal: 6.096 million (2013 est.)
Serbia: 1.703 million (2013 est.)
Seychelles: 39,560 (2006)
Sierra Leone: 2.207 million (2007 est.)
Singapore: 3.444 million
note: excludes non-residents (2013 est.)
Sint Maarten: 23,200 (2008 est.)
Slovakia: 2.727 million (2013 est.)
Slovenia: 913,400 (2013 est.)
Solomon Islands: 202,500 (2007)
Somalia: 3.447 million (2007)
South Africa: 18.54 million (2013 est.)
Spain: 23.2 million (2013 est.)
Sri Lanka: 8.528 million (2013 est.)
Sudan: 11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname: 165,600 (2007)
Svalbard: 1,234 (2003)
Swaziland: 424,100 (2011 est.)
Sweden: 5.107 million (2013 est.)
Switzerland: 4.976 million (2013 est.)
Syria: 5.014 million (2013 est.)

T

Tajikistan: 2.209 million (2013 est.)
Tanzania: 25.59 million (2013 est.)
Thailand: 39.38 million (2013 est.)
Timor-Leste: 418,200 (2009)
Togo: 2.595 million (2007)
Tokelau: 440 (2001)
Tonga: 39,960 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago: 621,000 (2013 est.)
Tunisia: 3.974 million (2013 est.)
Turkey: 27.91 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2013 est.)
Turkmenistan: 2.3 million (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu: 3,615 (2004 est.)

U

Uganda: 17.4 million (2013 est.)
Ukraine: 22.17 million (2013 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 4.588 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2013 est.)
United Kingdom: 30.15 million (2013 est.)
United States: 155.4 million
note: includes unemployed (2013 est.)
Uruguay: 1.7 million (2013 est.)
Uzbekistan: 16.99 million (2013 est.)

V

Vanuatu: 115,900 (2007)
Venezuela: 14.01 million (2013 est.)
Vietnam: 52.93 million (2013 est.)
Virgin Islands: 49,820 (2007 est.)

W

Wallis and Futuna: 3,104 (2003)
West Bank: 1.025 million (2013 est.)
Western Sahara: 144,000 (2010 est.)

X

Y

Yemen: 7.1 million (2013 est.)

Z

Zambia: 6.275 million (2013 est.)
Zimbabwe: 3.939 million (2013 est.)