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Afghanistan8.478 million (2017 est.)
Albania1.104 million (2020 est.)
Algeria10.859 million (2017 est.)
American Samoa17,850 (2015 est.)
Andorra39,750 (2016)
Angola12.51 million (2017 est.)
Anguilla6,049 (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda30,000 (1991)
Argentina18 million (2017 est.)

note: urban areas only
Armenia1.507 million (2017 est.)
Aruba51,610 (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
Australia12.568 million (2020 est.)
Austria3.739 million (2020 est.)
Azerbaijan4.939 million (2019 est.)
Bahamas, The196,900 (2013 est.)
Bahrain831,600 (2017 est.)

note: excludes unemployed; 44% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national
Bangladesh66.64 million (2017 est.)

note: extensive migration of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia
Barbados144,000 (2017 est.)
Belarus4.381 million (2016 est.)
Belgium4.122 million (2020 est.)
Belize120,500 (2008 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor and all types of technical personnel
Benin3.662 million (2007 est.)
Bermuda33,480 (2016 est.)
Bhutan397,900 (2017 est.)

note: major shortage of skilled labor
Bolivia5.719 million (2016 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina806,000 (2020 est.)
Botswana1.177 million (2017 est.)
Brazil86.621 million (2020 est.)
British Virgin Islands12,770 (2004)
Brunei203,600 (2014 est.)
Bulgaria3.113 million (2020 est.)

note: number of employed persons
Burkina Faso8.501 million (2016 est.)

note: a large part of the male labor force migrates annually to neighboring countries for seasonal employment
Burma22.3 million (2017 est.)
Burundi5.012 million (2017 est.)
Cambodia8.913 million (2017 est.)
Cameroon9.912 million (2017 est.)
Canada18.136 million (2020 est.)
Cayman Islands39,000 (2007 est.)

note: nearly 55% are non-nationals
Central African Republic2.242 million (2017 est.)
Chad5.654 million (2017 est.)
Chile7.249 million (2020 est.)
China774.71 million (2019 est.)

note: by the end of 2012, China's working age population (15-64 years) was 1.004 billion
Christmas IslandNA
Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA
Colombia19.309 million (2020 est.)
Comoros278,500 (2016 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the20.692 million (2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the2.055 million (2016 est.)
Cook Islands6,820 (2001)
Costa Rica1.843 million (2020 est.)

note: official estimate; excludes Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire8.747 million (2017 est.)
Croatia1.656 million (2020 est.)
Cuba4.691 million (2017 est.)

note: state sector 72.3%, non-state sector 27.7%
Curacao73,010 (2013)
Cyprus416,000 (2019 est.)
Denmark2.736 million (2020 est.)
Djibouti294,600 (2012)
Dominica25,000 (2000 est.)
Dominican Republic4.732 million (2017 est.)
Ecuador8.086 million (2017 est.)
Egypt24.113 million (2020 est.)
El Salvador2.908 million (2019 est.)
Equatorial Guinea195,200 (2007 est.)
Eritrea2.71 million (2017 est.)
Estonia648,000 (2020 est.)
Ethiopia52.82 million (2017 est.)
European Union238.9 million (2016 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)1,850 (2016 est.)
Faroe Islands27,540 (2017 est.)
Fiji353,100 (2017 est.)
Finland2.52 million (2020 est.)
France27.742 million (2020 est.)
French Polynesia126,300 (2016 est.)
Gabon557,800 (2017 est.)
Gambia, The777,100 (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip1.24 million (2017 est.)

note: excludes the West Bank
Georgia686,000 (2019 est.)
Germany44.585 million (2020 est.)
Ghana12.49 million (2017 est.)
Gibraltar24,420 (2014 est.)
Greece4 million (2020 est.)
Greenland26,840 (2015 est.)
Grenada55,270 (2017 est.)
Guam73,210 (2016 est.)

note: includes only the civilian labor force
Guatemala6.664 million (2017 est.)
Guernsey31,470 (March 2006)
Guinea5.558 million (2017 est.)
Guinea-Bissau731,300 (2013 est.)
Guyana313,800 (2013 est.)
Haiti4.594 million (2014 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor; unskilled labor abundant
Holy See (Vatican City)4,822 (2016)
Honduras3.735 million (2017 est.)
Hong Kong3.627 million (2020 est.)
Hungary4.414 million (2020 est.)
Iceland200,000 (2020 est.)
India521.9 million (2017 est.)
Indonesia129.366 million (2019 est.)
Iran30.5 million (2017 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor
Iraq8.9 million (2010 est.)
Ireland2.289 million (2020 est.)
Israel3.893 million (2020 est.)
Italy22.92 million (2020 est.)
Jamaica1.113 million (2020 est.)
Japan66.54 million (2020 est.)
Jersey59,950 (2017 est.)
Jordan731,000 (2020 est.)
Kazakhstan8.685 million (2020 est.)
Kenya19.6 million (2017 est.)
Kiribati39,000 (2010 est.)

note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers
Korea, North14 million (2014 est.)

note: estimates vary widely
Korea, South26.839 million (2020 est.)
Kosovo500,300 (2017 est.)

note: includes those estimated to be employed in the gray economy
Kuwait2.695 million (2017 est.)

note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 60% of the labor force
Kyrgyzstan2.841 million (2017 est.)
Laos3.582 million (2017 est.)
Latvia885,000 (2020 est.)
Lebanon2.166 million (2016 est.)

note: excludes as many as 1 million foreign workers and refugees
Lesotho930,800 (2017 est.)
Liberia1.677 million (2017 est.)
Libya1.114 million (2017 est.)
Liechtenstein38,520 (2012) (2015 est.)

note: 51% of the labor force in Liechtenstein commute daily from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany
Lithuania1.333 million (2020 est.)
Luxembourg476,000 (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
Macau392,000 (2020 est.)
Madagascar13.4 million (2017 est.)
Malawi7 million (2013 est.)
Malaysia15.139 million (2020 est.)
Maldives222,200 (2017 est.)
Mali6.447 million (2017 est.)
Malta223,000 (2019 est.)
Marshall Islands10,670 (2013 est.)
Mauritania1.437 million (2017 est.)
Mauritius554,000 (2020 est.)
Mexico50.914 million (2020 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of37,920 (2010 est.)
Moldova1.295 million (2017 est.)
Monaco52,000 (2014 est.)

note: includes all foreign workers
Mongolia1.241 million (2017 est.)
Montenegro167,000 (2020 est.)
Montserrat4,521 (2012)
Morocco10.399 million (2020 est.)
Mozambique12.9 million (2017 est.)
Namibia956,800 (2017 est.)
NauruNA
Nepal16.81 million (2017 est.)

note: severe lack of skilled labor
Netherlands8.907 million (2020 est.)
New Caledonia119,500 (2016 est.)
New Zealand2.709 million (2020 est.)
Nicaragua3.046 million (2017 est.)
Niger6.5 million (2017 est.)
Nigeria60.08 million (2017 est.)
Niue663 (2001)
Norfolk Island978 (2006)
Northern Mariana Islands27,970 (2010 est.)

note: includes foreign workers
Norway2.699 million (2020 est.)
Oman2.255 million (2016 est.)

note: about 60% of the labor force is non-national
Pakistan61.71 million (2017 est.)

note: extensive export of labor, mostly to the Middle East, and use of child labor
Palau11,610 (2016)
Panama1.633 million (2017 est.)

note: shortage of skilled labor, but an oversupply of unskilled labor
Papua New Guinea3.681 million (2017 est.)
Paraguay3.428 million (2017 est.)
Peru3.421 million (2020 est.)

note: individuals older than 14 years of age
Philippines41.533 million (2020 est.)
Pitcairn Islands15 (2004)
Poland9.561 million (2020 est.)
Portugal4.717 million (2020 est.)
Puerto Rico1.139 million (December 2014 est.)
Qatar1.953 million (2017 est.)
Romania4.889 million (2020 est.)
Russia69.923 million (2020 est.)
Rwanda6.227 million (2017 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis18,170 (June 1995 est.)
Saint Lucia79,700 (2012 est.)
Saint Martin17,300 (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon4,429 (2015)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines57,520 (2007 est.)
Samoa50,700 (2016 est.)
San Marino21,960 (September 2013 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe72,600 (2017 est.)
Saudi Arabia13.8 million (2017 est.)

note: comprised of 3.1 million Saudis and 10.7 million non-Saudis
Senegal6.966 million (2017 est.)
Serbia3 million (2020 est.)
Seychelles51,000 (2018 est.)
Sierra Leone132,000 (2013 est.)
Singapore3.778 million (2019 est.)

note: excludes non-residents
Sint Maarten23,200 (2008 est.)
Slovakia2.511 million (2020 est.)
Slovenia885,000 (2020 est.)
Solomon Islands202,500 (2007 est.)
Somalia4.154 million (2016 est.)
South Africa14.687 million (2020 est.)
Spain19.057 million (2020 est.)
Sri Lanka8 million (2020 est.)
Sudan11.92 million (2007 est.)
Suriname144,000 (2014 est.)
Svalbard1,590 (2013)
Sweden5.029 million (2020 est.)
Switzerland5.067 million (2020 est.)
Syria3.767 million (2017 est.)
Taiwan11.498 million (2020 est.)
Tajikistan2.295 million (2016 est.)
Tanzania24.89 million (2017 est.)
Thailand37.546 million (2020 est.)
Togo2.595 million (2007 est.)
Tokelau1,100 (2019 est.)
Tonga33,800 (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago629,400 (2017 est.)
Tunisia4.054 million (2017 est.)
Turkey25.677 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
Turkmenistan2.305 million (2013 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands4,848 (1990 est.)
Tuvalu3,615 (2004 est.)
Uganda15.84 million (2015 est.)
Ukraine16.033 million (2017 est.)
United Arab Emirates5.344 million (2017 est.)

note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce
United Kingdom35.412 million (2020 est.)
United States146.128 million (2020 est.)

note: includes unemployed
Uruguay1.748 million (2017 est.)
Uzbekistan13.273 million (2018 est.)
Vanuatu115,900 (2007 est.)
Venezuela14.21 million (2017 est.)
Vietnam54.659 million (2019 est.)
Virgin Islands48,550 (2016 est.)
Wallis and Futuna4,482 (2013)
West Bank1.24 million (2017 est.)

note: excludes Gaza Strip
World3.432 billion (2017 est.)
Yemen7.425 million (2017 est.)
Zambia6.898 million (2017 est.)
Zimbabwe7.907 million (2017 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook