Country | LABOR FORCE |
Afghanistan |
7.983 million (2013 est.)
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Albania |
1.179 million (2016 est.)
|
Algeria |
11.78 million (2016 est.)
|
American Samoa |
16,090 (2013)
|
Andorra |
36,060 (2012)
|
Angola |
10.85 million (2016 est.)
|
Anguilla |
6,049 (2001)
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 (1991)
|
Argentina |
17.71 million
note: urban areas only (2016 est.)
|
Armenia |
1.559 million (2016 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 |
12.63 million (2016 est.)
|
Austria |
3.944 million (2016 est.)
|
Azerbaijan |
4.961 million (2016 est.)
|
Bahamas, The |
196,900 (2013 est.)
|
Bahrain |
809,700
note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2016 est.)
|
Bangladesh |
83.59 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $15 billion in 2015, 8% of GDP (2016 est.)
|
Barbados |
142,500 (2016 est.)
|
Belarus |
4.546 million (2013 est.)
|
Belgium |
5.272 million (2016 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 |
348,800
note: major shortage of skilled labor (2015 est.)
|
Bolivia |
4.993 million (2016 est.)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.48 million (2016 est.)
|
Botswana |
1.177 million (2016 est.)
|
Brazil |
110.4 million (2016 est.)
|
British Virgin Islands |
12,770 (2004)
|
Brunei |
203,600 (2014 est.)
|
Bulgaria |
2.525 million
note: number of employed persons (2016 est.)
|
Burkina Faso |
7.692 million
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2013 est.)
|
Burma |
37.15 million (2016 est.)
|
Burundi |
5.255 million (2016 est.)
|
Cabo Verde |
196,100 (2007 est.)
|
Cambodia |
6.643 million (2016 est.)
|
Cameroon |
9.612 million (2016 est.)
|
Canada |
19.42 million (2016 est.)
|
Cayman Islands |
39,000
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007 est.)
|
Central African Republic |
2.421 million (2016 est.)
|
Chad |
5.457 million (2016 est.)
|
Chile |
8.777 million (2016 est.)
|
China |
805.9 million
note: by the end of 2012, China's population at working age (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion (2016 est.)
|
Christmas Island |
NA
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
NA
|
Colombia |
24.43 million (2016 est.)
|
Comoros |
245,200 (2013 est.)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
31.08 million (2016 est.)
|
Congo, Republic of the |
1.807 million (2013 est.)
|
Cook Islands |
6,820 (2001)
|
Costa Rica |
2.295 million
note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2016 est.)
|
Cote d'Ivoire |
8.543 million (2016 est.)
|
Croatia |
1.61 million (2016 est.)
|
Cuba |
5.117 million
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% (2016 est.)
|
Curacao |
73,010 (2013)
|
Cyprus |
415,100 (2016 est.)
|
Czechia |
5.494 million (2016 est.)
|
Denmark |
2.825 million (2016 est.)
|
Djibouti |
294,600 (2012)
|
Dominica |
25,000 (2000 est.)
|
Dominican Republic |
5.113 million (2016 est.)
|
Ecuador |
4.848 million (2016 est.)
|
Egypt |
31.96 million (2016 est.)
|
El Salvador |
2.788 million (2016 est.)
|
Equatorial Guinea |
195,200 (2007 est.)
|
Eritrea |
2.62 million (2016 est.)
|
Estonia |
651,200 (2016 est.)
|
Ethiopia |
50.97 million (2016 est.)
|
European Union |
232.9 million (2016 est.)
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1,944 (2012 est.)
|
Faroe Islands |
25,000 (2015 est.)
|
Fiji |
350.1 (2016 est.)
|
Finland |
2.675 million (2016 est.)
|
France |
30.48 million (2016 est.)
|
French Polynesia |
114,300 (2012 est.)
|
Gabon |
674,700 (2016 est.)
|
Gambia, The |
777,100 (2007 est.)
|
Gaza Strip |
1.157 million
note: excludes the West Bank (2016 est.)
|
Georgia |
1.959 million (2011 est.)
|
Germany |
45.3 million (2016 est.)
|
Ghana |
11.99 million (2016 est.)
|
Gibraltar |
22,910 (2013 est.)
|
Greece |
4.761 million (2016 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 |
4.623 million (2016 est.)
|
Guernsey |
31,470 (March 2006)
|
Guinea-Bissau |
731,300 (2013 est.)
|
Guinea |
5.392 million (2016 est.)
|
Guyana |
313,800 (2013 est.)
|
Haiti |
4.594 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2014 est.)
|
Holy See (Vatican City) |
2,885 (December 2011)
|
Honduras |
3.625 million (2016 est.)
|
Hong Kong |
3.911 million (2016 est.)
|
Hungary |
4.564 million (2016 est.)
|
Iceland |
195,000 (2016 est.)
|
India |
513.7 million (2016 est.)
|
Indonesia |
123.7 million (2016 est.)
|
Iran |
29.75 million
note: shortage of skilled labor (2016 est.)
|
Iraq |
8.9 million (2010 est.)
|
Ireland |
2.181 million (2016 est.)
|
Isle of Man |
41,790 (2006)
|
Israel |
3.927 million (2016 est.)
|
Italy |
25.6 million (2016 est.)
|
Jamaica |
1.312 million (2016 est.)
|
Japan |
65.93 million (2016 est.)
|
Jersey |
53,380 (June 2012)
|
Jordan |
2.205 million (2016 est.)
|
Kazakhstan |
9.059 million (2016 est.)
|
Kenya |
18.66 million (2016 est.)
|
Kiribati |
39,000
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.)
|
Korea, North |
14 million
note: estimates vary widely (2014 est.)
|
Korea, South |
27.25 million (2016 est.)
|
Kosovo |
483,200
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the grey economy (2013 est.)
|
Kuwait |
2.546 million
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2016 est.)
|
Kyrgyzstan |
2.778 million (2016 est.)
|
Laos |
3.5 million (2016 est.)
|
Latvia |
968,700 (2016 est.)
|
Lebanon |
1.628 million
note: does not include as many as 1 million foreign workers, nor refugees (2013 est.)
|
Lesotho |
919,900 (2016 est.)
|
Liberia |
1.654 million (2016 est.)
|
Libya |
1.153 million (2016 est.)
|
Liechtenstein |
35,830 (2012)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2012 est.)
|
Lithuania |
1.459 million (2016 est.)
|
Luxembourg |
272,000
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 (2016 est.)
|
Macau |
400,000 (2016 est.)
|
Macedonia |
957,400 (2016 est.)
|
Madagascar |
12.98 million (2016 est.)
|
Malawi |
5.747 million (2007 est.)
|
Malaysia |
14.77 million (2016 est.)
|
Maldives |
195,100 (2014)
|
Mali |
6.283 million (2016 est.)
|
Malta |
201,600 (2016 est.)
|
Marshall Islands |
10,670 (2013 est.)
|
Mauritania |
1.356 million (2016 est.)
|
Mauritius |
624,700 (2016 est.)
|
Mexico |
53.74 million (2016 est.)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
37,920 (2010 est.)
|
Moldova |
1.253 million (2016 est.)
|
Monaco |
52,000
note: includes all foreign workers (2014 est.)
|
Mongolia |
1.164 million (2015 est.)
|
Montenegro |
263,200 (2014 est.)
|
Montserrat |
4,521 (2012)
|
Morocco |
12.23 million (2016 est.)
|
Mozambique |
13.31 million (2016 est.)
|
Namibia |
1.21 million (2016 est.)
|
Nauru |
NA
|
Nepal |
15.2 million
note: severe lack of skilled labor (2013 est.)
|
Netherlands |
7.919 million (2016 est.)
|
New Caledonia |
106,400 (2010 est.)
|
New Zealand |
2.562 million (2016 est.)
|
Nicaragua |
3.013 million (2016 est.)
|
Nigeria |
58.8 million (2016 est.)
|
Niger |
6.5 million (2016 est.)
|
Niue |
663 (2001)
|
Norfolk Island |
978 (2006)
|
Northern Mariana Islands |
27,970
note: includes foreign workers (2010 est.)
|
Norway |
2.794 million (2016 est.)
|
Oman |
968,800
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national (2007 est.)
|
Pakistan |
65.1 million
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2016 est.)
|
Palau |
10,470 (2014)
|
Panama |
1.611 million
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2016 est.)
|
Papua New Guinea |
4.365 million (2016 est.)
|
Paraguay |
3.291 million (2016 est.)
|
Peru |
17.12 million
note: individuals older than 14 years of age (2016 est.)
|
Philippines |
42.8 million (2016 est.)
|
Pitcairn Islands |
15 (2004)
|
Poland |
17.78 million (2016 est.)
|
Portugal |
5.167 million (2016 est.)
|
Puerto Rico |
1.139 million (December 2014 est)
|
Qatar |
1.691 million (2016 est.)
|
Romania |
9.133 million (2016 est.)
|
Russia |
77.41 million (2016 est.)
|
Rwanda |
6.03 million (2016 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 |
49,180 (2013 est.)
|
San Marino |
21,960 (September 2013 es)
|
Sao Tome and Principe |
70,620 (2016 est.)
|
Saudi Arabia |
12.02 million
note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2016 est.)
|
Senegal |
6.737 million (2016 est.)
|
Serbia |
2.91 million (2016 est.)
|
Seychelles |
39,560 (2006 est.)
|
Sierra Leone |
2.678 million (2016 est.)
|
Singapore |
3.661 million
note: excludes non-residents (2016 est.)
|
Sint Maarten |
23,200 (2008 est.)
|
Slovakia |
2.724 million (2016 est.)
|
Slovenia |
918,700 (2016 est.)
|
Solomon Islands |
202,500 (2007 est.)
|
Somalia |
3.109 million (2013 est.)
|
South Africa |
21.7 million (2016 est.)
|
Spain |
22.89 million (2016 est.)
|
Sri Lanka |
9.062 million (2016 est.)
|
Sudan |
11.92 million (2007 est.)
|
Suriname |
165,600 (2007 est.)
|
Svalbard |
1,590 (2013)
|
Swaziland |
446,100 (2013 est.)
|
Sweden |
5.277 million (2016 est.)
|
Switzerland |
5.173 million (2016 est.)
|
Syria |
3.37 million (2016 est.)
|
Taiwan |
11.68 million (2016 est.)
|
Tajikistan |
2.209 million (2013 est.)
|
Tanzania |
26.96 million (2016 est.)
|
Thailand |
38.45 million (2016 est.)
|
Timor-Leste |
259,800 (2013 est.)
|
Togo |
2.595 million (2007 est.)
|
Tokelau |
440 (2001)
|
Tonga |
33,800 (2011 est.)
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
629,700 (2016 est.)
|
Tunisia |
4.038 million (2016 est.)
|
Turkey |
30.24 million
note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2016 est.)
|
Turkmenistan |
2.305 million (2013 est.)
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 (1990 est.)
|
Tuvalu |
3,615 (2004 est.)
|
Uganda |
19.03 million (2016 est.)
|
Ukraine |
18.04 million (2016 est.)
|
United Arab Emirates |
5.242 million
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce (2016 est.)
|
United Kingdom |
33.17 million (2016 est.)
|
United States |
158.6 million
note: includes unemployed (2016 est.)
|
Uruguay |
1.736 million (2016 est.)
|
Uzbekistan |
17.8 million (2016 est.)
|
Vanuatu |
115,900 (2007 est.)
|
Venezuela |
14.16 million (2016 est.)
|
Vietnam |
54.93 million (2016 est.)
|
Virgin Islands |
50,580 (2012 est.)
|
Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 (2003)
|
West Bank |
828,000
note: excludes Gaza Strip (2015 est.)
|
Western Sahara |
144,000 (2010 est.)
|
World |
3.435 billion (2016 est.)
|
Yemen |
7.47 million (2016 est.)
|
Zambia |
7.116 million (2016 est.)
|
Zimbabwe |
8.098 million (2016 est.)
|