Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure.

• Afghanistan

  9.39 million (2021 est.)

• Albania

  1.378 million (2021 est.)

• Algeria

  12.312 million (2021 est.)

• American Samoa

  17,850 (2015 est.)

• Andorra

  39,750 (2016)

• Angola

  14.462 million (2021 est.)

• Anguilla

  6,049 (2001)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  30,000 (1991)

• Argentina

  21.206 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: urban areas only

• Armenia

  1.153 million (2021 est.)

• Aruba

  51,610 (2007 est.)
  
  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

• Australia

  13.786 million (2021 est.)

• Austria

  4.661 million (2021 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  4.919 million (2021 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  224,400 (2021 est.)

• Bahrain

  819,100 (2021 est.)
  
  note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national

• Bangladesh

  70.961 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia

• Barbados

  139,100 (2021 est.)

• Belarus

  4.95 million (2021 est.)

• Belgium

  5.24 million (2021 est.)

• Belize

  176,900 (2021 est.)
  
  note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel

• Benin

  5.295 million (2021 est.)

• Bermuda

  33,480 (2016 est.)

• Bhutan

  361,000 (2021 est.)
  
  note: major shortage of skilled labor

• Bolivia

  6.322 million (2021 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  1.169 million (2021 est.)

• Botswana

  1.05 million (2021 est.)

• Brazil

  99.47 million (2021 est.)

• British Virgin Islands

  12,770 (2004)

• Brunei

  219,800 (2021 est.)

• Bulgaria

  3.291 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: number of employed persons

• Burkina Faso

  8.016 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment

• Burma

  22.122 million (2021 est.)

• Burundi

  5.271 million (2021 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  234,300 (2021 est.)

• Cambodia

  9.345 million (2021 est.)

• Cameroon

  11.81 million (2021 est.)

• Canada

  21.017 million (2021 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  39,000 (2007 est.)
  
  note: nearly 55% are non-nationals

• Central African Republic

  2.015 million (2021 est.)

• Chad

  5.246 million (2021 est.)

• Chile

  8.684 million (2021 est.)

• China

  791.383 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: by the end of 2012, China's working age population (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  26.137 million (2021 est.)

• Comoros

  219,900 (2021 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  33.382 million (2021 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  2.268 million (2021 est.)

• Cook Islands

  6,820 (2001)

• Costa Rica

  2.426 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica

• Cote d'Ivoire

  8.876 million (2021 est.)

• Croatia

  1.742 million (2021 est.)

• Cuba

  5.135 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7%

• Curacao

  73,010 (2013)

• Cyprus

  655,100 (2021 est.)

• Czechia

  5.266 million (2021 est.)

• Denmark

  3.051 million (2021 est.)

• Djibouti

  240,500 (2021 est.)

• Dominica

  25,000 (2000 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  5.027 million (2021 est.)

• Ecuador

  8.528 million (2021 est.)

• Egypt

  30.179 million (2021 est.)

• El Salvador

  2.658 million (2021 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  549,800 (2021 est.)

• Eritrea

  1.675 million (2021 est.)

• Estonia

  704,700 (2021 est.)

• Eswatini

  383,500 (2021 est.)

• Ethiopia

  56.664 million (2021 est.)

• European Union

  217.042 million (2021 est.)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  1,850 (2016 est.)

• Faroe Islands

  27,540 (2017 est.)

• Fiji

  372,200 (2021 est.)

• Finland

  2.82 million (2021 est.)

• France

  31.132 million (2021 est.)

• French Polynesia

  130,100 (2021 est.)

• Gabon

  718,400 (2021 est.)

• Gambia, The

  856,100 (2021 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  1.249 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: excludes the West Bank

• Georgia

  1.724 million (2021 est.)

• Germany

  43.968 million (2021 est.)

• Ghana

  14.095 million (2021 est.)

• Gibraltar

  24,420 (2014 est.)

• Greece

  4.619 million (2021 est.)

• Greenland

  26,840 (2015 est.)

• Grenada

  55,270 (2017 est.)

• Guam

  76,200 (2021 est.)
  
  note: includes only the civilian labor force

• Guatemala

  6.671 million (2021 est.)

• Guernsey

  86,800 (2021 est.)

• Guinea

  4.89 million (2021 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  867,500 (2021 est.)

• Guyana

  299,300 (2021 est.)

• Haiti

  5.01 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  4,822 (2016)

• Honduras

  4.314 million (2021 est.)

• Hong Kong

  3.842 million (2021 est.)

• Hungary

  4.91 million (2021 est.)

• Iceland

  200,300 (2021 est.)

• India

  476.67 million (2021 est.)

• Indonesia

  138.119 million (2021 est.)

• Iran

  27.682 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: shortage of skilled labor

• Iraq

  11.184 million (2021 est.)

• Ireland

  2.518 million (2021 est.)

• Isle of Man

  41,790 (2006)

• Israel

  4.186 million (2021 est.)

• Italy

  25.012 million (2021 est.)

• Jamaica

  1.418 million (2021 est.)

• Japan

  68.629 million (2021 est.)

• Jersey

  86,800 (2021 est.)

• Jordan

  2.865 million (2021 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  9.248 million (2021 est.)

• Kenya

  23.915 million (2021 est.)

• Kiribati

  39,000 (2010 est.)
  
  note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers

• Korea, North

  17.16 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: estimates vary widely

• Korea, South

  28.674 million (2021 est.)

• Kosovo

  500,300 (2017 est.)
  
  note: includes those estimated to be employed in the gray economy

• Kuwait

  2.363 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force

• Kyrgyzstan

  2.478 million (2021 est.)

• Laos

  3.915 million (2021 est.)

• Latvia

  955,000 (2021 est.)

• Lebanon

  1.719 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees

• Lesotho

  955,600 (2021 est.)

• Liberia

  2.289 million (2021 est.)

• Libya

  2.28 million (2021 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  38,520 (2015 est.) (2012)
  
  note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany

• Lithuania

  1.476 million (2021 est.)

• Luxembourg

  333,900 (2021 est.)
  
  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

• Macau

  404,500 (2021 est.)

• Madagascar

  14.813 million (2021 est.)

• Malawi

  8.551 million (2021 est.)

• Malaysia

  16.74 million (2021 est.)

• Maldives

  229,300 (2021 est.)

• Mali

  7.9 million (2021 est.)

• Malta

  280,300 (2021 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  10,670 (2013 est.)

• Mauritania

  1.197 million (2021 est.)

• Mauritius

  597,900 (2021 est.)

• Mexico

  56.132 million (2021 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  37,920 (2010 est.)

• Moldova

  810,000 (2021 est.)

• Monaco

  52,000 (2014 est.)
  
  note: includes all foreign workers

• Mongolia

  1.331 million (2021 est.)

• Montenegro

  277,400 (2021 est.)

• Montserrat

  4,521 (2012)

• Morocco

  11.814 million (2021 est.)

• Mozambique

  14.137 million (2021 est.)

• Namibia

  939,000 (2021 est.)

• Nauru

  NA

• Nepal

  16.884 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: severe lack of skilled labor

• Netherlands

  9.902 million (2021 est.)

• New Caledonia

  132,200 (2021 est.)

• New Zealand

  2.911 million (2021 est.)

• Nicaragua

  3.042 million (2021 est.)

• Niger

  9.411 million (2021 est.)

• Nigeria

  65.116 million (2021 est.)

• Niue

  663 (2001)

• Norfolk Island

  978 (2006)

• North Macedonia

  916,200 (2021 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  27,970 (2010 est.)
  
  note: includes foreign workers

• Norway

  2.971 million (2021 est.)

• Oman

  2.259 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national

• Pakistan

  73.133 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor

• Palau

  11,610 (2016)

• Panama

  1.966 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor

• Papua New Guinea

  3.073 million (2021 est.)

• Paraguay

  3.43 million (2021 est.)

• Peru

  18.352 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: individuals older than 14 years of age

• Philippines

  44.242 million (2021 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  15 (2004)

• Poland

  18.212 million (2021 est.)

• Portugal

  5.174 million (2021 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  1.136 million (2021 est.)

• Qatar

  1.977 million (2021 est.)

• Romania

  8.381 million (2021 est.)

• Russia

  72.444 million (2021 est.)

• Rwanda

  6.776 million (2021 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  2,486 (1998 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  18,170 (June 1995 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  99,900 (2021 est.)

• Saint Martin

  17,300 (2008 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  4,429 (2015)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  51,700 (2021 est.)

• Samoa

  58,400 (2021 est.)

• San Marino

  21,960 (September 2013 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  71,400 (2021 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  16.06 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: comprised of 3.1 million Saudis and 10.7 million non-Saudis

• Senegal

  4.377 million (2021 est.)

• Serbia

  3.176 million (2021 est.)

• Seychelles

  51,000 (2018 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  2.858 million (2021 est.)

• Singapore

  3.29 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: excludes non-residents

• Sint Maarten

  23,200 (2008 est.)

• Slovakia

  2.766 million (2021 est.)

• Slovenia

  1.036 million (2021 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  366,000 (2021 est.)

• Somalia

  3.042 million (2021 est.)

• South Africa

  22.398 million (2021 est.)

• South Sudan

  4.278 million (2021 est.)

• Spain

  23.382 million (2021 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  8.268 million (2021 est.)

• Sudan

  12.921 million (2021 est.)

• Suriname

  244,200 (2021 est.)

• Svalbard

  1,590 (2013)

• Sweden

  5.556 million (2021 est.)

• Switzerland

  4.963 million (2021 est.)

• Syria

  6.143 million (2021 est.)

• Taiwan

  11.498 million (2020 est.)

• Tajikistan

  2.5 million (2021 est.)

• Tanzania

  29.863 million (2021 est.)

• Thailand

  40.213 million (2021 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  569,700 (2021 est.)

• Togo

  2.965 million (2021 est.)

• Tokelau

  1,100 (2019 est.)

• Tonga

  32,000 (2021 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  702,900 (2021 est.)

• Tunisia

  4.226 million (2021 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  32.554 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: this number is for the domestic labor force only; number does not include about 1.2 million Turks working abroad, nor refugees

• Turkmenistan

  1.998 million (2021 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  4,848 (1990 est.)

• Tuvalu

  3,615 (2004 est.)

• Uganda

  16.995 million (2021 est.)

• Ukraine

  20.463 million (2021 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  6.074 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce

• United Kingdom

  34.637 million (2021 est.)

• United States

  164.797 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: includes unemployed

• Uruguay

  1.702 million (2021 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  14.094 million (2021 est.)

• Vanuatu

  132,700 (2021 est.)

• Venezuela

  10.245 million (2021 est.)

• Vietnam

  56.203 million (2021 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  42,200 (2021 est.)

• Wallis and Futuna

  4,482 (2013)

• West Bank

  1.249 million (2021 est.)
  
  note: excludes Gaza Strip

• World

  3.463 billion (2021 est.)

• Yemen

  7.299 million (2021 est.)

• Zambia

  8.113 million (2021 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  7.916 million (2021 est.)