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Field Listing :: Labor force

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This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Labor force


Afghanistan	15 million (2004 est.)


Albania	1.053 million (2010 est.)


Algeria	10.81 million (2010 est.)


American Samoa	17,630 (2005)


Andorra	38,220 (2010)


Angola	8.014 million (2010 est.)


Anguilla	6,049 (2001)


Antigua and Barbuda	30,000 (1991)


Argentina	16.54 million note: urban areas only (2010 est.)


Armenia	1.481 million (2007 est.)


Aruba	41,500 (2004 est.)


Australia	11.87 million (2010 est.)


Austria	3.611 million (2010 est.)


Azerbaijan	5.933 million (2010 est.)


Bahamas, The	184,000 (2009)


Bahrain	654,900 note: 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.)


Bangladesh	73.86 million note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2010 est.)


Barbados	175,000 (2007 est.)


Belarus	5 million (2009)


Belgium	5.114 million (2010 est.)


Belize	120,500 note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel (2008 est.)


Benin	3.662 million (2007 est.)


Bermuda	38,360 (2004)


Bhutan	299,900 note: major shortage of skilled labor (2008)


Bolivia	4.614 million (2010 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.6 million (2010 est.)


Botswana	1.225 million formal sector employees (2009 est.)


Brazil	102.2 million (2010 est.)


British Virgin Islands	12,770 (2004)


Brunei	188,800 (2008)


Bulgaria	2.499 million (2010 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	31.68 million (2010 est.)


Burundi	4.245 million (2007)


Cambodia	8.8 million (2010 est.)


Cameroon	7.836 million (2010 est.)


Canada	18.53 million (2010 est.)


Cape Verde	196,100 (2007)


Cayman Islands	39,000 note: nearly 55% are non-nationals (2007)


Central African Republic	1.926 million (2007)


Chad	4.293 million (2007)


Chile	7.918 million (2010 est.)


China	815.3 million (2010 est.)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	21.78 million (2010 est.)


Comoros	268,500 (2007 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	33.68 million (2010 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	1.514 million (2007)


Cook Islands	6,820 (2001)


Costa Rica	2.052 million note: this official estimate excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica (2010 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	8,509 (2010 est.)


Croatia	1.721 million (2010 est.)


Cuba	5.147 million note: state sector 78%, non-state sector 22% (2010 est.)


Curacao	63,000 (2008 est.)


Cyprus	407,700 (2010 est.)


Czech Republic	5.415 million (2010 est.)


Denmark	2.852 million (2010 est.)


Djibouti	351,700 (2007)


Dominica	25,000 (2000 est.)


Dominican Republic	4.63 million (2010 est.)


Ecuador	4.645 million (urban) (2010 est.)


Egypt	26.2 million (2010 est.)


El Salvador	2.564 million (2010 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	195,200 (2007)


Eritrea	1.935 million (2007)


Estonia	686,800 (2010 est.)


Ethiopia	37.9 million (2007)


European Union	227.5 million (2010 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,724 (1996)


Faroe Islands	34,680 (November 2008)


Fiji	335,000 (2007 est.)


Finland	2.672 million (2010 est.)


France	29.32 million (2010 est.)


French Polynesia	116,000 (2007)


Gabon	714,500 (2010 est.)


Gambia, The	777,100 (2007)


Gaza Strip	339,000 (2009)


Georgia	1.918 million (2007 est.)


Germany	43.49 million (2010 est.)


Ghana	10.56 million (2010 est.)


Gibraltar	12,690 (including non-Gibraltar laborers) (2001)


Greece	5.013 million (2010 est.)


Greenland	28,240 (January 2009)


Grenada	42,300 (1996)


Guam	82,950 (2007 est.)


Guatemala	4.146 million (2010 est.)


Guernsey	31,470 (March 2006)


Guinea	4.392 million (2007 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	632,700 (2007)


Guyana	333,900 (2007 est.)


Haiti	4.81 million note: shortage of skilled labor, unskilled labor abundant (2010 est.)


Holy See (Vatican City)	NA


Honduras	3.394 million (2010 est.)


Hong Kong	3.676 million (2010 est.)


Hungary	4.23 million (2010 est.)


Iceland	181,000 (2010 est.)


India	478.3 million (2010 est.)


Indonesia	116.5 million (2010 est.)


Iran	25.7 million note: shortage of skilled labor (2010 est.)


Iraq	8.5 million (2009 est.)


Ireland	2.14 million (2010 est.)


Isle of Man	39,690 (2001)


Israel	3.147 million (2010 est.)


Italy	24.99 million (2010 est.)


Jamaica	1.317 million (2010 est.)


Japan	62.97 million (2010 est.)


Jersey	53,560 (June 2006)


Jordan	1.719 million (2010 est.)


Kazakhstan	8.611 million (2010 est.)


Kenya	17.9 million (2010 est.)


Kiribati	7,870 economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2001 est.)


Korea, North	12.2 million note: estimates vary widely (2009 est.)


Korea, South	24.75 million (2010 est.)


Kosovo	310,000 (2009 est.)


Kuwait	2.158 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force (2010 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	2.344 million (2007)


Laos	3.69 million (2010 est.)


Latvia	1.178 million (2010 est.)


Lebanon	1.481 million note: in addition, there are as many as 1 million foreign workers (2007 est.)


Lesotho	854,600 (2007 est.)


Liberia	1.372 million (2007)


Libya	1.728 million (2010 est.)


Liechtenstein	32,880 (2009) note: 51% of people at work in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany (2009)


Lithuania	1.635 million (2010 est.)


Luxembourg	205,900 note: 125,400 workers commute daily from France, Belgium, and Germany (2010 est.)


Macau	330,900 (2010 est.)


Macedonia	938,300 (2010 est.)


Madagascar	9.504 million (2007)


Malawi	5.747 million (2007 est.)


Malaysia	11.63 million (2010 est.)


Maldives	110,000 (2010)


Mali	3.241 million (2007 est.)


Malta	265,200 (2010 est.)


Marshall Islands	14,680 (2000)


Mauritania	1.318 million (2007)


Mauritius	597,300 (2010 est.)


Mexico	46.99 million (2010 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	16,360 (2008)


Moldova	1.235 million (2010 est.)


Monaco	44,000 note: includes workers from all foreign countries (2005 est.)


Mongolia	1.068 million (2008)


Montenegro	259,100 (2004)


Montserrat	NA


Morocco	11.44 million (2010 est.)


Mozambique	9.871 million (2010 est.)


Namibia	789,100 (2010 est.)


Nepal	18 million note: severe lack of skilled labor (2009 est.)


Netherlands	7.816 million (2010 est.)


New Caledonia	102,600 (2007)


New Zealand	2.333 million (2010 est.)


Nicaragua	2.811 million (2010 est.)


Niger	4.688 million (2007)


Nigeria	50.48 million (2010 est.)


Niue	663 (2001)


Norfolk Island	978 (2006)


Northern Mariana Islands	38,450 note: nearly 29,000 of these were foreign workers (2005 est.)


Norway	2.602 million (2010 est.)


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


Pakistan	55.77 million note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor (2010 est.)


Palau	9,777 (2005)


Panama	1.485 million note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor (2010 est.)


Papua New Guinea	3.809 million (2010 est.)


Paraguay	3.033 million (2010 est.)


Peru	10.58 million (2010 est.)


Philippines	38.9 million (2010 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	15 able-bodied men (2004)


Poland	17.66 million (2010 est.)


Portugal	5.581 million (2010 est.)


Puerto Rico	1.479 million (2007)


Qatar	1.242 million (2010 est.)


Romania	9.258 million (2010 est.)


Russia	75.49 million (2010 est.)


Rwanda	4.446 million (2007)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	2,486 note: 1,200 work offshore (1998 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170 (June 1995)


Saint Lucia	79,700 (2007)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450 (2005)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520 (2007 est.)


Samoa	66,270 (2007 est.)


San Marino	22,950 (June 2010)


Sao Tome and Principe	52,490 (2007)


Saudi Arabia	7.337 million note: about 80% of the labor force is non-national (2010 est.)


Senegal	5.532 million (2010 est.)


Serbia	3.25 million (2010 est.)


Seychelles	39,560 (2006)


Sierra Leone	2.207 million (2007 est.)


Singapore	3.156 million (2010 est.)


Sint Maarten	23,200 (2008 est.)


Slovakia	2.707 million (2010 est.)


Slovenia	935,500 (2010 est.)


Solomon Islands	202,500 (2007)


Somalia	3.447 million (few skilled laborers) (2007)


South Africa	17.39 million economically active (2010 est.)


Spain	23.09 million (2010 est.)


Sri Lanka	8.074 million (2010 est.)


Sudan	11.92 million (2007 est.)


Suriname	165,600 (2007)


Svalbard	1,234 in Norwegian settlements (2003)


Swaziland	457,900 (2007)


Sweden	4.961 million (2010 est.)


Switzerland	4.218 million (2010 est.)


Syria	5.529 million (2010 est.)


Taiwan	11.07 million (2010 est.)


Tajikistan	2.1 million (2009)


Tanzania	23.39 million (2010 est.)


Thailand	38.64 million (2010 est.)


Timor-Leste	414,200 (2007)


Togo	2.595 million (2007)


Tokelau	440 (2001)


Tonga	39,960 (2007)


Trinidad and Tobago	634,300 (2010 est.)


Tunisia	3.769 million (2010 est.)


Turkey	25.64 million note: about 1.2 million Turks work abroad (2010 est.)


Turkmenistan	2.3 million (2008 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848 (1990 est.)


Tuvalu	3,615 (2004 est.)


Uganda	15.51 million (2010 est.)


Ukraine	22.02 million (2010 est.)


United Arab Emirates	3.705 million note: expatriates account for about 85% of the work force (2010 est.)


United Kingdom	31.52 million (2010 est.)


United States	153.9 million note: includes unemployed (2010 est.)


Uruguay	1.637 million (2010 est.)


Uzbekistan	16 million (2010 est.)


Vanuatu	115,900 (2007)


Venezuela	13.11 million (2010 est.)


Vietnam	47.37 million (2010 est.)


Virgin Islands	49,820 (2007 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	3,104 (2003)


West Bank	694,000 (2009)


Western Sahara	144,000 (2010 est.)


World	3.228 billion (2010 est.)


Yemen	6.832 million (2010 est.)


Zambia	5.46 million (2010 est.)


Zimbabwe	3.848 million (2010 est.)

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