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Labor force Bangladesh, in 36 editions.
The entry for Bangladesh published Labor force in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 30 editions. Each is shown as published. Labor force in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 30
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Labor force” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- 35,100,000;
- 74% agriculture, 15% services, 11% industry and commerce;
- extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait (FY86)
35,100,000; 74% agriculture, 15% services, 11% industry and commerce; extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait (FY86)
- 35,100,000;
- agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86);
- extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
35,100,000; 74% agriculture, 15% services, 11% agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce; commerce 11% (FY86); extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait (FY86) Oman (1991)
- 35,100,000;
- agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86);
- extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
35,100,000; agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86);
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
35.1 million
- by occupation:
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
35,100,000; 35.1 million
by occupation:
agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86); (FY86)
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
50.1 million
35.1 50.1 million
by occupation:
agriculture 74%, services 15%, industry and commerce 11% (FY86)
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
50.1 million
- by occupation:
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
50.1 million
by occupation: agriculture 65%, services 21%, industry and mining 14%
(1989)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
50.1 million
- by occupation:
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
50.1 million
by occupation: agriculture 65%, services 21%, industry and mining 14%
14% (1989)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
- total:
- 50.1 million
- by occupation:
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
total: 50.1 million
by occupation: agriculture 65%, services 21%, industry and mining
(1989)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
- total:
- 56 million
- by occupation:
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Oman (1996)
total: 50.1 56 million
by occupation: agriculture 65%, 63%, services 21%, 25%, industry and mining 14% 10%(1989) (1996)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Oman (1991)
(1996)
56 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Oman (1996)
total: 56 millionby occupation: agriculture 63%, services 25%, industry and mining 10%note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and
(1996)Oman
Oman (1996)
56 million (1995-96)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia, and Singapore
56 million (1995-96)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia, and
Oman (1996)
- 64.1 million (1998) note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia;
- workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99
56 64.1 million (1995-96)(1998) note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, Malaysia, and Singapore Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99
64.1 million (1998)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
64.1 million (1998)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
64.1 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
64.1 million (1998)
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998)
64.02 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2003)
64.1 64.02 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (1998) (2003)
65.49 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2004 est.)
64.02 65.49 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2003) (2004 est.)
66.6 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2005 est.)
65.49 66.6 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2004 (2005 est.)
68 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2006 est.)
66.6 68 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 $4.8 billion in 1998-99 (2005 2005-06. (2006 est.)
69.4 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2007 est.)
68 69.4 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2006 (2007 est.)
70.86 million
country comparison to the world: 8
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2008 est.)
69.4 70.86 million
country comparison to the world:
8
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 billion in 2005-06. (2007 (2008 est.)
73.87 million
country comparison to the world: 8
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $10.9 billion in 2009-10 (2010 est.)
70.86 73.87 million
country comparison to the world:
8
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $4.8 $10.9 billion in 2005-06. (2008 2009-10 (2010 est.)
73.86 million
country comparison to the world: 8
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.)
73.87 73.86 million
country comparison to the world:
8
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at were $10.9 billion in 2009-10 FY09/10 (2010 est.)
The same text in 2012 and 2013.
77 million
country comparison to the world: 7
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2012 est.)
73.86 77 million
country comparison to the world:8 7
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2010 (2012 est.)
78.62 million
country comparison to the world: 7
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2013 est.)
77 78.62 million
country comparison to the world:
7
note:
extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2012 (2013 est.)
80.27 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 billion in FY09/10 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
78.62 80.27 millioncountry comparison to the world:note:
7(2013 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
81.95 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 (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
80.27 81.95 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $10.9 $15 billion in FY09/10 (2014 2015, 8% of GDP (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7
72.05 million
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
81.95 72.05 million
note: extensive export migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances were $15 billion in 2015, 8% of GDP (2015 Malaysia (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 7 8
The same text in 5 editions, 2018 to 2022.
66.64 million (2017 est.)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia
72.05 66.64 million (2017 est.)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 8
70.961 million (2021 est.)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia
66.64 70.961 million (2017 (2021 est.)
note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia
74.914 million (2023 est.)
note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
70.961 74.914 million (2021 (2023 est.)
note: extensive migration number of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
77.355 million (2024 est.)
note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
74.914 77.355 million (2023 (2024 est.)
note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Bangladesh: Labor force.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/bangladesh/labor-force.