The CIA World Factbook Edition 2021 Economy

Labor force In 36 editions of 36.

Labor force was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2021 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2021 edition
236
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Labor force” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

3.432 billion (2017 est.)

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

10.859 million (2017 est.)

Angola

12.51 million (2017 est.)

Benin

3.662 million (2007 est.)

Botswana

1.177 million (2017 est.)

Burkina Faso

8.501 million (2016 est.)

note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment

Burundi

5.012 million (2017 est.)

Cabo Verde

196,100 (2007 est.)

Cameroon

9.912 million (2017 est.)

Central African Republic

2.242 million (2017 est.)

Chad

5.654 million (2017 est.)

Comoros

278,500 (2016 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

20.692 million (2012 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.055 million (2016 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

8.747 million (2017 est.)

Djibouti

294,600 (2012)

Egypt

24.113 million (2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

195,200 (2007 est.)

Eritrea

2.71 million (2017 est.)

Eswatini

427,900 (2016 est.)

Ethiopia

52.82 million (2017 est.)

Gabon

557,800 (2017 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

777,100 (2007 est.)

Ghana

12.49 million (2017 est.)

Guinea

5.558 million (2017 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

731,300 (2013 est.)

Kenya

19.6 million (2017 est.)

Lesotho

930,800 (2017 est.)

Liberia

1.677 million (2017 est.)

Libya

1.114 million (2017 est.)

Madagascar

13.4 million (2017 est.)

Malawi

7 million (2013 est.)

Mali

6.447 million (2017 est.)

Mauritania

1.437 million (2017 est.)

Mauritius

554,000 (2020 est.)

Morocco

10.399 million (2020 est.)

Mozambique

12.9 million (2017 est.)

Namibia

956,800 (2017 est.)

Niger

6.5 million (2017 est.)

Nigeria

60.08 million (2017 est.)

Rwanda

6.227 million (2017 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

2,486 (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

72,600 (2017 est.)

Senegal

6.966 million (2017 est.)

Seychelles

51,000 (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

132,000 (2013 est.)

Somalia

4.154 million (2016 est.)

South Africa

14.687 million (2020 est.)

Sudan

11.92 million (2007 est.)

Tanzania

24.89 million (2017 est.)

Togo

2.595 million (2007 est.)

Tunisia

4.054 million (2017 est.)

Uganda

15.84 million (2015 est.)

Zambia

6.898 million (2017 est.)

Zimbabwe

7.907 million (2017 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

26,840 (2015 est.)

Iceland

200,000 (2020 est.)

Svalbard

1,590 (2013)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

8.478 million (2017 est.)

Armenia

1.507 million (2017 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.939 million (2019 est.)

Bangladesh

66.64 million (2017 est.)

note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia

Bhutan

397,900 (2017 est.)

note: major shortage of skilled labor

China

774.71 million (2019 est.)

note: by the end of 2012, China's working age population (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion

Georgia

686,000 (2019 est.)

India

521.9 million (2017 est.)

Japan

66.54 million (2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

8.685 million (2020 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

14 million (2014 est.)

note: estimates vary widely

Korea, South now South Korea

26.839 million (2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2.841 million (2017 est.)

Maldives

222,200 (2017 est.)

Mongolia

1.241 million (2017 est.)

Nepal

16.81 million (2017 est.)

note: severe lack of skilled labor

Pakistan

61.71 million (2017 est.)

note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor

Russia

69.923 million (2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

8 million (2020 est.)

Tajikistan

2.295 million (2016 est.)

Turkmenistan

2.305 million (2013 est.)

Uzbekistan

13.273 million (2018 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

6,049 (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda

30,000 (1991)

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

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

196,900 (2013 est.)

Barbados

144,000 (2017 est.)

Belize

120,500 (2008 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel

British Virgin Islands

12,770 (2004)

Cayman Islands

39,000 (2007 est.)

note: nearly 55% are non-nationals

Costa Rica

1.843 million (2020 est.)

note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica

Cuba

4.691 million (2017 est.)

note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7%

Curacao

73,010 (2013)

Dominica

25,000 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

4.732 million (2017 est.)

El Salvador

2.908 million (2019 est.)

Grenada

55,270 (2017 est.)

Guatemala

6.664 million (2017 est.)

Haiti

4.594 million (2014 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant

Honduras

3.735 million (2017 est.)

Jamaica

1.113 million (2020 est.)

Montserrat

4,521 (2012)

Nicaragua

3.046 million (2017 est.)

Panama

1.633 million (2017 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor

Puerto Rico

1.139 million (December 2014 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

18,170 (June 1995 est.)

Saint Lucia

79,700 (2012 est.)

Saint Martin

17,300 (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

57,520 (2007 est.)

Sint Maarten

23,200 (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

629,400 (2017 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4,848 (1990 est.)

Virgin Islands

48,550 (2016 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

1.104 million (2020 est.)

Andorra

39,750 (2016)

Austria

3.739 million (2020 est.)

Belarus

4.381 million (2016 est.)

Belgium

4.122 million (2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

806,000 (2020 est.)

Bulgaria

3.113 million (2020 est.)

note: number of employed persons

Croatia

1.656 million (2020 est.)

Czechia

5.222 million (2020 est.)

Denmark

2.736 million (2020 est.)

Estonia

648,000 (2020 est.)

European Union

238.9 million (2016 est.)

Faroe Islands

27,540 (2017 est.)

Finland

2.52 million (2020 est.)

France

27.742 million (2020 est.)

Germany

44.585 million (2020 est.)

Gibraltar

24,420 (2014 est.)

Greece

4 million (2020 est.)

Guernsey

31,470 (March 2006)

Holy See (Vatican City)

4,822 (2016)

Hungary

4.414 million (2020 est.)

Ireland

2.289 million (2020 est.)

Isle of Man

41,790 (2006)

Italy

22.92 million (2020 est.)

Jersey

59,950 (2017 est.)

Kosovo

500,300 (2017 est.)

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

Latvia

885,000 (2020 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

Malta

223,000 (2019 est.)

Moldova

1.295 million (2017 est.)

Monaco

52,000 (2014 est.)

note: includes all foreign workers

Montenegro

167,000 (2020 est.)

Netherlands

8.907 million (2020 est.)

North Macedonia

793,000 (2020 est.)

Norway

2.699 million (2020 est.)

Poland

9.561 million (2020 est.)

Portugal

4.717 million (2020 est.)

Romania

4.889 million (2020 est.)

San Marino

21,960 (September 2013 est.)

Serbia

3 million (2020 est.)

Slovakia

2.511 million (2020 est.)

Slovenia

885,000 (2020 est.)

Spain

19.057 million (2020 est.)

Sweden

5.029 million (2020 est.)

Switzerland

5.067 million (2020 est.)

Ukraine

16.033 million (2017 est.)

United Kingdom

35.412 million (2020 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

831,600 (2017 est.)

note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national

Cyprus

416,000 (2019 est.)

Gaza Strip

1.24 million (2017 est.)

note: excludes the West Bank

Iran

30.5 million (2017 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor

Iraq

8.9 million (2010 est.)

Israel

3.893 million (2020 est.)

Jordan

731,000 (2020 est.)

Kuwait

2.695 million (2017 est.)

note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force

Lebanon

2.166 million (2016 est.)

note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees

Oman

2.255 million (2016 est.)

note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national

Qatar

1.953 million (2017 est.)

Saudi Arabia

13.8 million (2017 est.)

note: comprised of 3.1 million Saudis and 10.7 million non-Saudis

Syria

3.767 million (2017 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

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

United Arab Emirates

5.344 million (2017 est.)

note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce

West Bank

1.24 million (2017 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip

Yemen

7.425 million (2017 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

33,480 (2016 est.)

Canada

18.136 million (2020 est.)

Mexico

50.914 million (2020 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,429 (2015)

United States

146.128 million (2020 est.)

note: includes unemployed

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

17,850 (2015 est.)

Australia

12.568 million (2020 est.)

Cook Islands

6,820 (2001)

Fiji

353,100 (2017 est.)

French Polynesia

126,300 (2016 est.)

Guam

73,210 (2016 est.)

note: includes only the civilian labor force

Kiribati

39,000 (2010 est.)

note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers

Marshall Islands

10,670 (2013 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

37,920 (2010 est.)

Nauru

NA

New Caledonia

119,500 (2016 est.)

New Zealand

2.709 million (2020 est.)

Niue

663 (2001)

Norfolk Island

978 (2006)

Northern Mariana Islands

27,970 (2010 est.)

note: includes foreign workers

Palau

11,610 (2016)

Papua New Guinea

3.681 million (2017 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

15 (2004)

Samoa

50,700 (2016 est.)

Solomon Islands

202,500 (2007 est.)

Tokelau

1,100 (2019 est.)

Tonga

33,800 (2011 est.)

Tuvalu

3,615 (2004 est.)

Vanuatu

115,900 (2007 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

4,482 (2013)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

18 million (2017 est.)

note: urban areas only

Bolivia

5.719 million (2016 est.)

Brazil

86.621 million (2020 est.)

Chile

7.249 million (2020 est.)

Colombia

19.309 million (2020 est.)

Ecuador

8.086 million (2017 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1,850 (2016 est.)

Guyana

313,800 (2013 est.)

Paraguay

3.428 million (2017 est.)

Peru

3.421 million (2020 est.)

note: individuals older than 14 years of age

Suriname

144,000 (2014 est.)

Uruguay

1.748 million (2017 est.)

Venezuela

14.21 million (2017 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

203,600 (2014 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

22.3 million (2017 est.)

Cambodia

8.913 million (2017 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

3.627 million (2020 est.)

Indonesia

129.366 million (2019 est.)

Laos

3.582 million (2017 est.)

Macau

392,000 (2020 est.)

Malaysia

15.139 million (2020 est.)

Philippines

41.533 million (2020 est.)

Singapore

3.778 million (2019 est.)

note: excludes non-residents

Taiwan

11.498 million (2020 est.)

Thailand

37.546 million (2020 est.)

Timor-Leste

286,700 (2016 est.)

Vietnam

54.659 million (2019 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2021, “Labor force”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force/2021.

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