Country | LABOR FORCE |
---|---|
Afghanistan |
7.983 million (2013 est.) |
Albania |
1.179 million (2016 est.) |
Algeria |
11.78 million (2016 est.) |
American Samoa |
16,090 (2013) |
Andorra |
39,750 (2016) |
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 migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia (2016 est.) |
Barbados |
142,500 (2016 est.) |
Belarus |
4.381 million (2016 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 |
353,000 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 |
101.9 million (2016 est.) |
British Virgin Islands |
12,770 (2004) |
Brunei |
203,600 (2014 est.) |
Bulgaria |
3.017 million note: number of employed persons (2016 est.) |
Burkina Faso |
7.942 million note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment (2014 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 |
907.5 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 |
2.939 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 |
233.7 million (2016 est.) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1,944 (2012 est.) |
Faroe Islands |
28,900 (2015 est.) |
Fiji |
350.1 (2016 est.) |
Finland |
2.675 million (2016 est.) |
France |
30.48 million (2016 est.) |
French Polynesia |
126,300 (2016 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 |
2.022 million (2015 est.) |
Germany |
45.3 million (2016 est.) |
Ghana |
11.99 million (2016 est.) |
Gibraltar |
24,420 (2014 est.) |
Greece |
4.761 million (2016 est.) |
Greenland |
26,840 (2015 est.) |
Grenada |
59,900 (2013 est.) |
Guam |
70,490 note: includes only the civilian labor force (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) |
4,822 (2016) |
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 |
125 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 |
8.964 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 |
26.24 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 |
957,100 (2016 est.) |
Lebanon |
1.628 million note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees (2013 est.) |
Lesotho |
919,900 (2016 est.) |
Liberia |
1.654 million (2016 est.) |
Libya |
1.153 million (2016 est.) |
Liechtenstein |
38,520 (2012) note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2015 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 |
950,300 (2016 est.) |
Madagascar |
12.98 million (2016 est.) |
Malawi |
7 million (2013 est.) |
Malaysia |
14.77 million (2016 est.) |
Maldives |
195,100 (2014) |
Mali |
6.283 million (2016 est.) |
Malta |
192,800 (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 |
1.22 million (2016 est.) |
Monaco |
52,000 note: includes all foreign workers (2014 est.) |
Mongolia |
1.24 million (2016 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 |
15.6 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2014 est.) |
Netherlands |
8.942 million (2016 est.) |
New Caledonia |
119,500 (2016 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 |
11,610 (2016) |
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 |
43.19 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 |
76.9 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 |
3.141 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 |
926,600 (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 |
144,000 (2014 est.) |
Svalbard |
1,590 (2013) |
Swaziland |
295,200 (2013 est.) |
Sweden |
4.898 million (2016 est.) |
Switzerland |
3.843 million (2016 est.) |
Syria |
3.37 million (2016 est.) |
Taiwan |
11.73 million (2016 est.) |
Tajikistan |
2.295 million (2016 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 |
615,000 (2016 est.) |
Tunisia |
4.038 million (2016 est.) |
Turkey |
30.54 million note: this number is for the domestic labor force only; number does not include about 1.2 million Turks working abroad, nor refugees (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 |
18.1 million (2017 est.) |
Vanuatu |
115,900 (2007 est.) |
Venezuela |
14.12 million (April, 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 |
3.53 billion (2016 est.) |
Yemen |
7.47 million (2016 est.) |
Zambia |
7.116 million (2016 est.) |
Zimbabwe |
8.098 million (2016 est.) |