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 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 | 4.381 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.) |
| Cambodia | 6.643 million (2016 est.) |
| Cameroon | 9.612 million (2016 est.) |
| Canada | 19.42 million (2016 est.) |
| Cape Verde | 196,100 (2007 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.) |
| Denmark | 2.939 million (2016 est.) |
| Djibouti | 294,600 (2012) |
| Dominica | 25,000 (2000 est.) |
| Dominican Republic | 5.113 million (2016 est.) |
| East Timor | 259,800 (2013 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: this number is for the civilian labor force only (2013 est.) |
| Guatemala | 4.623 million (2016 est.) |
| Guernsey | 31,470 (March 2006) |
| Guinea | 5.392 million (2016 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 731,300 (2013 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: 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 | 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.) |
| Niger | 6.5 million (2016 est.) |
| Nigeria | 58.8 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 | 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.) |
| 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: 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 | 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.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
