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Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure.

Afghanistan

8.804 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Albania

1.405 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Algeria

13.023 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

American Samoa

17,850 (2015 est.)

Andorra

39,750 (2016)

Angola

14.746 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Argentina

21.511 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Armenia

1.368 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

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

14.075 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Austria

4.762 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Azerbaijan

5.433 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bahamas, The

238,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bahrain

844,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bangladesh

73.862 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Barbados

145,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Belarus

4.994 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Belgium

5.374 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Belize

185,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Benin

4.797 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bermuda

33,480 (2016 est.)

Bhutan

426,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bolivia

5.912 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.382 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Botswana

1.145 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Brazil

108.751 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Brunei

225,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Bulgaria

3.147 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Burkina Faso

8.328 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Burma

22.527 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Burundi

5.511 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cabo Verde

252,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cambodia

9.057 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cameroon

11.592 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Canada

21.363 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cayman Islands

39,000 (2007 est.)

note: nearly 55% are non-nationals

Central African Republic

2.039 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Chad

5.602 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Chile

9.63 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

China

781.808 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Colombia

25.771 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Comoros

229,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

34.812 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Congo, Republic of the

2.384 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Costa Rica

2.543 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cote d'Ivoire

10.609 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Croatia

1.732 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Cuba

5.286 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Curacao

73,010 (2013)

Cyprus

685,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Czechia

5.373 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Denmark

3.141 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Djibouti

250,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Dominican Republic

5.175 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Ecuador

8.813 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Egypt

32.614 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

El Salvador

2.835 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Equatorial Guinea

572,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Eritrea

1.749 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Estonia

734,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Eswatini

399,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Ethiopia

59.752 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

European Union

219.322 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1,850 (2016 est.)

Faroe Islands

27,540 (2017 est.)

Fiji

382,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Finland

2.846 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

France

31.617 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

French Polynesia

136,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Gabon

740,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Gambia, The

937,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Gaza Strip

1.389 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

Georgia

1.84 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Germany

44.198 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Ghana

14.549 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Gibraltar

24,420 (2014 est.)

Greece

4.652 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Greenland

26,840 (2015 est.)

Grenada

55,270 (2017 est.)

Guam

80,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Guatemala

7.069 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Guernsey

86,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work;entry includes Jersey and Guernsey

Guinea

4.268 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Guinea-Bissau

705,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Guyana

288,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Haiti

5.15 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Holy See (Vatican City)

4,822 (2016)

Honduras

4.565 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Hong Kong

3.761 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Hungary

4.984 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Iceland

231,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

India

554.145 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Indonesia

138.099 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Iran

28.641 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Iraq

11.356 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Ireland

2.673 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Israel

4.451 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Italy

25.342 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Jamaica

1.517 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Japan

69.114 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Jersey

86,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work;entry includes Jersey and Guernsey

Jordan

3.009 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Kazakhstan

9.481 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Kenya

24.75 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Kiribati

39,000 (2010 est.)

note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers

Korea, North

15.772 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Korea, South

29.314 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Kosovo

500,300 (2017 est.)

note: includes those estimated to be employed in the gray economy

Kuwait

2.422 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Kyrgyzstan

3.004 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Laos

3.106 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Latvia

970,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Lebanon

1.813 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Lesotho

990,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Liberia

2.418 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Libya

2.327 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Liechtenstein

38,520 (2015 est.) (2012)

note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany

Lithuania

1.489 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Luxembourg

339,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Macau

401,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Madagascar

15.363 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Malawi

8.072 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Malaysia

17.129 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Maldives

261,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Mali

7.958 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Malta

295,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Marshall Islands

10,670 (2013 est.)

Mauritania

1.135 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Mauritius

583,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Mexico

58.718 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Micronesia, Federated States of

37,920 (2010 est.)

Moldova

1.486 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Monaco

52,000 (2014 est.)

note: includes all foreign workers

Mongolia

1.389 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Montenegro

284,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Montserrat

4,521 (2012)

Morocco

12.183 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Mozambique

14.693 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Namibia

968,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Nepal

8.741 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Netherlands

9.794 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

New Caledonia

119,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

New Zealand

2.971 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Nicaragua

3.189 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Niger

9.833 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Nigeria

73.389 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

North Macedonia

916,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Northern Mariana Islands

27,970 (2010 est.)

note: includes foreign workers

Norway

2.981 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Oman

2.261 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Pakistan

78.863 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Palau

11,610 (2016)

Panama

2.05 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Papua New Guinea

3.167 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Paraguay

3.404 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Peru

18.268 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Philippines

47.872 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Poland

18.301 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Portugal

5.296 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Puerto Rico

1.16 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Qatar

2.011 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Romania

8.296 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Russia

73.799 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Rwanda

5.1 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Saint Lucia

103,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Saint Martin

17,300 (2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,429 (2015)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

53,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Samoa

75,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

San Marino

21,960 (September 2013 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

74,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Saudi Arabia

16.617 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Senegal

5.124 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Serbia

3.373 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Seychelles

51,000 (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

2.829 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Singapore

3.541 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Sint Maarten

23,200 (2008 est.)

Slovakia

2.815 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Slovenia

1.056 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Solomon Islands

372,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Somalia

3.163 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

South Africa

24.367 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

South Sudan

4.319 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Spain

23.687 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Sri Lanka

8.775 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Sudan

13.45 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Suriname

246,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Svalbard

1,590 (2013)

Sweden

5.724 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Switzerland

4.968 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Syria

5.816 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Taiwan

11.498 million (2020 est.)

Tajikistan

2.612 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Tanzania

30.096 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Thailand

40.908 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Timor-Leste

581,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Togo

3.074 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Tokelau

1,100 (2019 est.)

Tonga

38,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Trinidad and Tobago

675,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Tunisia

4.36 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Turkey (Turkiye)

34.63 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Turkmenistan

2.117 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Tuvalu

3,615

Uganda

18.243 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Ukraine

20.3 million (2021 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

United Arab Emirates

6.589 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

United Kingdom

34.376 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

United States

168.19 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Uruguay

1.751 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Uzbekistan

13.971 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Vanuatu

137,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Venezuela

10.969 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Vietnam

55.689 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Virgin Islands

47,000 (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Wallis and Futuna

4,482 (2013)

West Bank

1.389 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work; entry includes West Bank and Gaza Strip

World

3.553 billion (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Yemen

6.663 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Zambia

6.827 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work

Zimbabwe

6.371 million (2022 est.)

note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work