The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its Economy section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition
237
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

3.463 billion (2021 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

12.312 million (2021 est.)

Angola

14.462 million (2021 est.)

Benin

5.295 million (2021 est.)

Botswana

1.05 million (2021 est.)

Burkina Faso

8.016 million (2021 est.)

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

Burundi

5.271 million (2021 est.)

Cabo Verde

234,300 (2021 est.)

Cameroon

11.81 million (2021 est.)

Central African Republic

2.015 million (2021 est.)

Chad

5.246 million (2021 est.)

Comoros

219,900 (2021 est.)

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

33.382 million (2021 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

2.268 million (2021 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

8.876 million (2021 est.)

Djibouti

240,500 (2021 est.)

Egypt

30.179 million (2021 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

549,800 (2021 est.)

Eritrea

1.675 million (2021 est.)

Eswatini

383,500 (2021 est.)

Ethiopia

56.664 million (2021 est.)

Gabon

718,400 (2021 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

856,100 (2021 est.)

Ghana

14.095 million (2021 est.)

Guinea

4.89 million (2021 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

867,500 (2021 est.)

Kenya

23.915 million (2021 est.)

Lesotho

955,600 (2021 est.)

Liberia

2.289 million (2021 est.)

Libya

2.28 million (2021 est.)

Madagascar

14.813 million (2021 est.)

Malawi

8.551 million (2021 est.)

Mali

7.9 million (2021 est.)

Mauritania

1.197 million (2021 est.)

Mauritius

597,900 (2021 est.)

Morocco

11.814 million (2021 est.)

Mozambique

14.137 million (2021 est.)

Namibia

939,000 (2021 est.)

Niger

9.411 million (2021 est.)

Nigeria

65.116 million (2021 est.)

Rwanda

6.776 million (2021 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

2,486 (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

71,400 (2021 est.)

Senegal

4.377 million (2021 est.)

Seychelles

51,000 (2018 est.)

Sierra Leone

2.858 million (2021 est.)

Somalia

3.042 million (2021 est.)

South Africa

22.398 million (2021 est.)

South Sudan

4.278 million (2021 est.)

Sudan

12.921 million (2021 est.)

Tanzania

29.863 million (2021 est.)

Togo

2.965 million (2021 est.)

Tunisia

4.226 million (2021 est.)

Uganda

16.995 million (2021 est.)

Zambia

8.113 million (2021 est.)

Zimbabwe

7.916 million (2021 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

26,840 (2015 est.)

Iceland

200,300 (2021 est.)

Svalbard

1,590 (2013)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

9.39 million (2021 est.)

Armenia

1.153 million (2021 est.)

Azerbaijan

4.919 million (2021 est.)

Bangladesh

70.961 million (2021 est.)

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

Bhutan

361,000 (2021 est.)

note: major shortage of skilled labor

China

791.383 million (2021 est.)

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

Georgia

1.724 million (2021 est.)

India

476.67 million (2021 est.)

Japan

68.629 million (2021 est.)

Kazakhstan

9.248 million (2021 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

17.16 million (2021 est.)

note: estimates vary widely

Korea, South now South Korea

28.674 million (2021 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

2.478 million (2021 est.)

Maldives

229,300 (2021 est.)

Mongolia

1.331 million (2021 est.)

Nepal

16.884 million (2021 est.)

note: severe lack of skilled labor

Pakistan

73.133 million (2021 est.)

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

Russia

72.444 million (2021 est.)

Sri Lanka

8.268 million (2021 est.)

Tajikistan

2.5 million (2021 est.)

Turkmenistan

1.998 million (2021 est.)

Uzbekistan

14.094 million (2021 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

224,400 (2021 est.)

Barbados

139,100 (2021 est.)

Belize

176,900 (2021 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

2.426 million (2021 est.)

note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica

Cuba

5.135 million (2021 est.)

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

Curacao

73,010 (2013)

Dominica

25,000 (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

5.027 million (2021 est.)

El Salvador

2.658 million (2021 est.)

Grenada

55,270 (2017 est.)

Guatemala

6.671 million (2021 est.)

Haiti

5.01 million (2021 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant

Honduras

4.314 million (2021 est.)

Jamaica

1.418 million (2021 est.)

Montserrat

4,521 (2012)

Nicaragua

3.042 million (2021 est.)

Panama

1.966 million (2021 est.)

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

Puerto Rico

1.136 million (2021 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

18,170 (June 1995 est.)

Saint Lucia

99,900 (2021 est.)

Saint Martin

17,300 (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

51,700 (2021 est.)

Sint Maarten

23,200 (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

702,900 (2021 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

4,848 (1990 est.)

Virgin Islands

42,200 (2021 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

1.378 million (2021 est.)

Andorra

39,750 (2016)

Austria

4.661 million (2021 est.)

Belarus

4.95 million (2021 est.)

Belgium

5.24 million (2021 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.169 million (2021 est.)

Bulgaria

3.291 million (2021 est.)

note: number of employed persons

Croatia

1.742 million (2021 est.)

Czechia

5.266 million (2021 est.)

Denmark

3.051 million (2021 est.)

Estonia

704,700 (2021 est.)

European Union

217.042 million (2021 est.)

Faroe Islands

27,540 (2017 est.)

Finland

2.82 million (2021 est.)

France

31.132 million (2021 est.)

Germany

43.968 million (2021 est.)

Gibraltar

24,420 (2014 est.)

Greece

4.619 million (2021 est.)

Guernsey

86,800 (2021 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

4,822 (2016)

Hungary

4.91 million (2021 est.)

Ireland

2.518 million (2021 est.)

Isle of Man

41,790 (2006)

Italy

25.012 million (2021 est.)

Jersey

86,800 (2021 est.)

Kosovo

500,300 (2017 est.)

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

Latvia

955,000 (2021 est.)

Liechtenstein

  • 38,520 (2015 est.) (2012)

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

Lithuania

1.476 million (2021 est.)

Luxembourg

333,900 (2021 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

280,300 (2021 est.)

Moldova

810,000 (2021 est.)

Monaco

52,000 (2014 est.)

note: includes all foreign workers

Montenegro

277,400 (2021 est.)

Netherlands

9.902 million (2021 est.)

North Macedonia

916,200 (2021 est.)

Norway

2.971 million (2021 est.)

Poland

18.212 million (2021 est.)

Portugal

5.174 million (2021 est.)

Romania

8.381 million (2021 est.)

San Marino

21,960 (September 2013 est.)

Serbia

3.176 million (2021 est.)

Slovakia

2.766 million (2021 est.)

Slovenia

1.036 million (2021 est.)

Spain

23.382 million (2021 est.)

Sweden

5.556 million (2021 est.)

Switzerland

4.963 million (2021 est.)

Ukraine

20.463 million (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

34.637 million (2021 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

819,100 (2021 est.)

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

Cyprus

655,100 (2021 est.)

note: area administered by Turkish Cypriots - 95,030 (2007 est.)

Gaza Strip

1.249 million (2021 est.)

note: excludes the West Bank

Iran

27.682 million (2021 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor

Iraq

11.184 million (2021 est.)

Israel

4.186 million (2021 est.)

Jordan

2.865 million (2021 est.)

Kuwait

2.363 million (2021 est.)

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

Lebanon

1.719 million (2021 est.)

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

Oman

2.259 million (2021 est.)

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

Qatar

1.977 million (2021 est.)

Saudi Arabia

16.06 million (2021 est.)

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

Syria

6.143 million (2021 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

32.554 million (2021 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

6.074 million (2021 est.)

note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce

West Bank

1.249 million (2021 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip

Yemen

7.299 million (2021 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

33,480 (2016 est.)

Canada

21.017 million (2021 est.)

Mexico

56.132 million (2021 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,429 (2015)

United States

164.797 million (2021 est.)

note: includes unemployed

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

17,850 (2015 est.)

Australia

13.786 million (2021 est.)

Cook Islands

6,820 (2001)

Fiji

372,200 (2021 est.)

French Polynesia

130,100 (2021 est.)

Guam

76,200 (2021 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

132,200 (2021 est.)

New Zealand

2.911 million (2021 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

3.073 million (2021 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

15 (2004)

Samoa

58,400 (2021 est.)

Solomon Islands

366,000 (2021 est.)

Tokelau

1,100 (2019 est.)

Tonga

32,000 (2021 est.)

Tuvalu

3,615 (2004 est.)

Vanuatu

132,700 (2021 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

4,482 (2013)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

21.206 million (2021 est.)

note: urban areas only

Bolivia

6.322 million (2021 est.)

Brazil

99.47 million (2021 est.)

Chile

8.684 million (2021 est.)

Colombia

26.137 million (2021 est.)

Ecuador

8.528 million (2021 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1,850 (2016 est.)

Guyana

299,300 (2021 est.)

Paraguay

3.43 million (2021 est.)

Peru

18.352 million (2021 est.)

note: individuals older than 14 years of age

Suriname

244,200 (2021 est.)

Uruguay

1.702 million (2021 est.)

Venezuela

10.245 million (2021 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

219,800 (2021 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

22.122 million (2021 est.)

Cambodia

9.345 million (2021 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

3.842 million (2021 est.)

Indonesia

138.119 million (2021 est.)

Laos

3.915 million (2021 est.)

Macau

404,500 (2021 est.)

Malaysia

16.74 million (2021 est.)

Philippines

44.242 million (2021 est.)

Singapore

3.29 million (2021 est.)

note: excludes non-residents

Taiwan

11.498 million (2020 est.)

Thailand

40.213 million (2021 est.)

Timor-Leste

569,700 (2021 est.)

Vietnam

56.203 million (2021 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Labor force”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/labor-force/2023.

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