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| Country | Labor force |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan |
8.478 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Albania |
1.104 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Algeria |
10.859 million
(2017 est.)
|
| American Samoa |
17,850
(2015 est.)
|
| Andorra |
39,750
(2016)
|
| Angola |
12.51 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Anguilla |
6,049
(2001)
|
| Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000
(1991)
|
| Argentina |
18 million
(2017 est.)
note: urban areas only |
| Armenia |
1.507 million
(2017 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 |
12.568 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Austria |
3.739 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Azerbaijan |
4.939 million
(2019 est.)
|
| Bahamas, The |
196,900
(2013 est.)
|
| Bahrain |
831,600
(2017 est.)
note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national |
| Bangladesh |
66.64 million
(2017 est.)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia |
| Barbados |
144,000
(2017 est.)
|
| Belarus |
4.381 million
(2016 est.)
|
| Belgium |
4.122 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Belize |
120,500
(2008 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel |
| Benin |
3.662 million
(2007 est.)
|
| Bermuda |
33,480
(2016 est.)
|
| Bhutan |
397,900
(2017 est.)
note: major shortage of skilled labor |
| Bolivia |
5.719 million
(2016 est.)
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
806,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Botswana |
1.177 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Brazil |
86.621 million
(2020 est.)
|
| British Virgin Islands |
12,770
(2004)
|
| Brunei |
203,600
(2014 est.)
|
| Bulgaria |
3.113 million
(2020 est.)
note: number of employed persons |
| Burkina Faso |
8.501 million
(2016 est.)
note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment |
| Burma |
22.3 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Burundi |
5.012 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Cabo Verde |
196,100
(2007 est.)
|
| Cambodia |
8.913 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Cameroon |
9.912 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Canada |
18.136 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Cayman Islands |
39,000
(2007 est.)
note: nearly 55% are non-nationals |
| Central African Republic |
2.242 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Chad |
5.654 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Chile |
7.249 million
(2020 est.)
|
| China |
774.71 million
(2019 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 |
19.309 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Comoros |
278,500
(2016 est.)
|
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
20.692 million
(2012 est.)
|
| Congo, Republic of the |
2.055 million
(2016 est.)
|
| Cook Islands |
6,820
(2001)
|
| Costa Rica |
1.843 million
(2020 est.)
note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
8.747 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Croatia |
1.656 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Cuba |
4.691 million
(2017 est.)
note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7% |
| Curacao |
73,010
(2013)
|
| Cyprus |
416,000
(2019 est.)
|
| Czechia |
5.222 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Denmark |
2.736 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Djibouti |
294,600
(2012)
|
| Dominica |
25,000
(2000 est.)
|
| Dominican Republic |
4.732 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Ecuador |
8.086 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Egypt |
24.113 million
(2020 est.)
|
| El Salvador |
2.908 million
(2019 est.)
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
195,200
(2007 est.)
|
| Eritrea |
2.71 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Estonia |
648,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Eswatini |
427,900
(2016 est.)
|
| Ethiopia |
52.82 million
(2017 est.)
|
| European Union |
238.9 million
(2016 est.)
|
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1,850
(2016 est.)
|
| Faroe Islands |
27,540
(2017 est.)
|
| Fiji |
353,100
(2017 est.)
|
| Finland |
2.52 million
(2020 est.)
|
| France |
27.742 million
(2020 est.)
|
| French Polynesia |
126,300
(2016 est.)
|
| Gabon |
557,800
(2017 est.)
|
| Gambia, The |
777,100
(2007 est.)
|
| Gaza Strip |
1.24 million
(2017 est.)
note: excludes the West Bank |
| Georgia |
686,000
(2019 est.)
|
| Germany |
44.585 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Ghana |
12.49 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Gibraltar |
24,420
(2014 est.)
|
| Greece |
4 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Greenland |
26,840
(2015 est.)
|
| Grenada |
55,270
(2017 est.)
|
| Guam |
73,210
(2016 est.)
note: includes only the civilian labor force |
| Guatemala |
6.664 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Guernsey |
31,470
(March 2006)
|
| Guinea |
5.558 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
731,300
(2013 est.)
|
| Guyana |
313,800
(2013 est.)
|
| Haiti |
4.594 million
(2014 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant |
| Holy See (Vatican City) |
4,822
(2016)
|
| Honduras |
3.735 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Hong Kong |
3.627 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Hungary |
4.414 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Iceland |
200,000
(2020 est.)
|
| India |
521.9 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Indonesia |
129.366 million
(2019 est.)
|
| Iran |
30.5 million
(2017 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor |
| Iraq |
8.9 million
(2010 est.)
|
| Ireland |
2.289 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Isle of Man |
41,790
(2006)
|
| Israel |
3.893 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Italy |
22.92 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Jamaica |
1.113 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Japan |
66.54 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Jersey |
59,950
(2017 est.)
|
| Jordan |
731,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Kazakhstan |
8.685 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Kenya |
19.6 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Kiribati |
39,000
(2010 est.)
note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers |
| Korea, North |
14 million
(2014 est.)
note: estimates vary widely |
| Korea, South |
26.839 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Kosovo |
500,300
(2017 est.)
note: includes those estimated to be employed in the gray economy |
| Kuwait |
2.695 million
(2017 est.)
note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2.841 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Laos |
3.582 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Latvia |
885,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Lebanon |
2.166 million
(2016 est.)
note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees |
| Lesotho |
930,800
(2017 est.)
|
| Liberia |
1.677 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Libya |
1.114 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Liechtenstein |
38,520
(2012)
(2015 est.)
note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany |
| Lithuania |
1.333 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Luxembourg |
476,000
(2020 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 |
392,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Madagascar |
13.4 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Malawi |
7 million
(2013 est.)
|
| Malaysia |
15.139 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Maldives |
222,200
(2017 est.)
|
| Mali |
6.447 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Malta |
223,000
(2019 est.)
|
| Marshall Islands |
10,670
(2013 est.)
|
| Mauritania |
1.437 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Mauritius |
554,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Mexico |
50.914 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
37,920
(2010 est.)
|
| Moldova |
1.295 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Monaco |
52,000
(2014 est.)
note: includes all foreign workers |
| Mongolia |
1.241 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Montenegro |
167,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Montserrat |
4,521
(2012)
|
| Morocco |
10.399 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Mozambique |
12.9 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Namibia |
956,800
(2017 est.)
|
| Nauru |
NA
|
| Nepal |
16.81 million
(2017 est.)
note: severe lack of skilled labor |
| Netherlands |
8.907 million
(2020 est.)
|
| New Caledonia |
119,500
(2016 est.)
|
| New Zealand |
2.709 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Nicaragua |
3.046 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Niger |
6.5 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Nigeria |
60.08 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Niue |
663
(2001)
|
| Norfolk Island |
978
(2006)
|
| North Macedonia |
793,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Northern Mariana Islands |
27,970
(2010 est.)
note: includes foreign workers |
| Norway |
2.699 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Oman |
2.255 million
(2016 est.)
note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national |
| Pakistan |
61.71 million
(2017 est.)
note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor |
| Palau |
11,610
(2016)
|
| Panama |
1.633 million
(2017 est.)
note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor |
| Papua New Guinea |
3.681 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Paraguay |
3.428 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Peru |
3.421 million
(2020 est.)
note: individuals older than 14 years of age |
| Philippines |
41.533 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
15
(2004)
|
| Poland |
9.561 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Portugal |
4.717 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Puerto Rico |
1.139 million
(December 2014 est.)
|
| Qatar |
1.953 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Romania |
4.889 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Russia |
69.923 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Rwanda |
6.227 million
(2017 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 |
4,429
(2015)
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
57,520
(2007 est.)
|
| Samoa |
50,700
(2016 est.)
|
| San Marino |
21,960
(September 2013 est.)
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
72,600
(2017 est.)
|
| Saudi Arabia |
13.8 million
(2017 est.)
note: comprised of 3.1 million Saudis and 10.7 million non-Saudis |
| Senegal |
6.966 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Serbia |
3 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Seychelles |
51,000
(2018 est.)
|
| Sierra Leone |
132,000
(2013 est.)
|
| Singapore |
3.778 million
(2019 est.)
note: excludes non-residents |
| Sint Maarten |
23,200
(2008 est.)
|
| Slovakia |
2.511 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Slovenia |
885,000
(2020 est.)
|
| Solomon Islands |
202,500
(2007 est.)
|
| Somalia |
4.154 million
(2016 est.)
|
| South Africa |
14.687 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Spain |
19.057 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Sri Lanka |
8 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Sudan |
11.92 million
(2007 est.)
|
| Suriname |
144,000
(2014 est.)
|
| Svalbard |
1,590
(2013)
|
| Sweden |
5.029 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Switzerland |
5.067 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Syria |
3.767 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Taiwan |
11.498 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Tajikistan |
2.295 million
(2016 est.)
|
| Tanzania |
24.89 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Thailand |
37.546 million
(2020 est.)
|
| Timor-Leste |
286,700
(2016 est.)
|
| Togo |
2.595 million
(2007 est.)
|
| Tokelau |
1,100
(2019 est.)
|
| Tonga |
33,800
(2011 est.)
|
| Trinidad and Tobago |
629,400
(2017 est.)
|
| Tunisia |
4.054 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Turkey |
25.677 million
(2020 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 |
2.305 million
(2013 est.)
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848
(1990 est.)
|
| Tuvalu |
3,615
(2004 est.)
|
| Uganda |
15.84 million
(2015 est.)
|
| Ukraine |
17.99 million
(2017 est.)
|
| United Arab Emirates |
5.344 million
(2017 est.)
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce |
| United Kingdom |
16.033 million
(2020 est.)
|
| United States |
35.412 million
(2020 est.)
note: includes unemployed |
| Uruguay |
1.748 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Uzbekistan |
13.273 million
(2018 est.)
|
| Vanuatu |
115,900
(2007 est.)
|
| Venezuela |
14.21 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Vietnam |
54.659 million
(2019 est.)
|
| Virgin Islands |
48,550
(2016 est.)
|
| Wallis and Futuna |
4,482
(2013)
|
| West Bank |
1.24 million
(2017 est.)
note: excludes Gaza Strip |
| World |
3.432 billion
(2017 est.)
|
| Yemen |
7.425 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Zambia |
6.898 million
(2017 est.)
|
| Zimbabwe |
7.907 million
(2017 est.)
|