World Data
This Chart gives the Population, size of Labor Force and Unemployment Rate for the World and then by Countries. The unemployment rates have the year the rate was estimated next to them. Countries are listed in order of Population, going from highest to lowest.
Additional Charts are available sorted by the countries:
Names alphabetically
Size of Labor Force
Unemployment Rate
The statistics come from the CIA's World Fact Book.
| World | 6,830,586,985 | 3,448,218,893 | 8.7% (2009 est.) |
| | | | |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| | | | |
| China | 1,330,141,295 | 813,500,000 | 4.3% (2009 est.) |
| India | 1,173,108,018 | 467,000,000 | 10.7% (2009 est.) |
| United States | 310,232,863 | 154,200,000 | 9.3% (2009 est.) |
| Indonesia | 242,968,342 | 113,300,000 | 7.7% (2009 est.) |
| Brazil | 201,103,330 | 101,700,000 | 8.1% (2009 est.) |
| Pakistan | 177,276,594 | 53,780,000 | 14% (2009 est.) |
| Bangladesh | 158,065,841 | 72,350,000 | 2.5% (2009 est.) |
| Nigeria | 152,217,341 | 47,330,000 | 4.9% (2007 est.) |
| Russia | 139,390,205 | 75,810,000 | 8.4% (2009 est.) |
| Japan | 126,804,433 | 65,930,000 | 5.1% (2009 est.) |
| Mexico | 112,468,855 | 46,200,000 | 5.5% (2009 est.) |
| Philippines | 99,900,177 | 37,890,000 | 7.5% (2009 est.) |
| Vietnam | 89,571,130 | 48,260,000 | 6.5% (4/2009 est.) |
| European Union | | 225,000,000 | |
| Ethiopia | 88,013,491 | 37,900,000 | 8.9% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Germany | 82,282,988 | 43,500,000 | 7.5% (2009 est.) |
| Egypt | 80,471,869 | 2,917,000 | 7.2% (2009 est.) |
| Turkey | 77,804,122 | 24,740,000 | 14.1% (2009 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 70,916,439 | 23,530,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Iran | 67,037,517 | 25,020,000 | 11.8% (2009 est.) |
| Thailand | 66,404,688 | 38,430,000 | 1.5% (2009 est.) |
| France | 64,057,792 | 28,100,000 | 9.1% (2009 est.) |
| United Kingdom | 61,284,806 | 31,370,000 | 7.6% (2009 est.) |
| Italy | 58,090,681 | 24,970,000 | 7.7% (2009 est.) |
| Burma | 53,414,374 | 30,850,000 | 4.9% (2009 est.) |
| South Africa | 49,109,107 | 17,380,000 | 24% (2009 est.) |
| Korea, South | 48,636,068 | 24,400,000 | 3.7% (2009 est.) |
| Ukraine | 45,415,596 | 22,150,000 | 8.8% (2009 est.) |
| Colombia | 44,205,293 | 21,530,000 | 12% (2009 est.) |
| Sudan | 41,980,182 | 11,920,000 | 18.7% (2002 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Tanzania | 41,892,895 | 21,230,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Argentina | 41,343,201 | 16,400,000 | 8.7% (2009 est.) |
| Spain | 40,548,753 | 23,040,000 | 18% (2009 est.) |
| Kenya | 40,046,566 | 17,470,000 | 40% (2008 est.) |
| Poland | 38,463,689 | 17,280,000 | 8.9% (1/2010 est.) |
| Algeria | 34,586,184 | 9,748,000 | 10.2% (2009 est.) |
| Canada | 33,759,742 | 18,390,000 | 8.3% (2009 est.) |
| Uganda | 33,398,682 | 15,010,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Morocco | 31,627,428 | 11,460,000 | 9.1% (2009 est.) |
| Peru | 29,907,003 | 10,320,000 | 8.1% (2009 est.) |
| Iraq | 29,671,605 | 8,175,000 | 15.2% (2008 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia | 29,207,277 | 6,922,000 | 11.7% (2009 est.) |
| Afghanistan | 29,121,286 | 15,000,000 | 35% (2008 est.) |
| Nepal | 28,951,852 | 18,000,000 | 46% (2008 est.) |
| Uzbekistan | 27,865,738 | 15,770,000 | 1.1% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Venezuela | 27,223,228 | 12,930,000 | 7.9% (2009 est.) |
| Malaysia | 26,160,256 | 11,380,000 | 3.7% (2009 est.) |
| Ghana | 24,339,838 | 10,330,000 | 11% (2000 est.) |
| Yemen | 23,495,361 | 5,398,000 | 35% (2003 est.) |
| Taiwan | 23,024,956 | 10,920,000 | 5.9% (2009 est.) |
| Korea, North | 22,757,275 | 20,000,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Syria | 22,198,110 | 5,382,000 | 8.5% (2009 est.) |
| Romania | 22,181,287 | 9,330,000 | 7.8% (2009 est.) |
| Mozambique | 22,061,451 | 9,770,000 | 21% (1997 est.) |
| Australia | 21,515,754 | 11,450,000 | 5.6% (2009 est.) |
| Sri Lanka | 21,513,990 | 7,572,000 | 5.9% (2009 est.) |
| Madagascar | 21,281,844 | 9,504,000 | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 21,058,798 | 7,440,000 | |
| Cameroon | 19,294,149 | 7,283,000 | 30% (2001 est.) |
| Netherlands | 16,783,092 | 7,754,000 | 4.9% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Chile | 16,746,491 | 7,420,000 | 9.6% (2009 est.) |
| Burkina Faso | 16,241,811 | 6,668,000 | 77% (2004) |
| Niger | 15,878,271 | 4,688,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Kazakhstan | 15,460,484 | 8,700,000 | 6.3% (2009 est.) |
| Malawi | 15,447,500 | 5,747,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Ecuador | 14,790,608 | 25,400,000 | 9.4% (2009 est.) |
| Cambodia | 14,753,320 | 8,000,000 | 3.5% (2007 est) (2007 est.) |
| Senegal | 14,086,103 | 5,580,000 | 48% (2007 est.) |
| Mali | 13,796,354 | 3,241,000 | 30% (2004 est.) |
| Guatemala | 13,550,440 | 4,157,000 | 3.2% (2005 est.) |
| Angola | 13,068,161 | 7,769,000 | NA |
| Zambia | 12,056,923 | 3,840,000 | 50% (2000 est.) |
| Zimbabwe | 11,651,858 | | 95% (2009 est.) |
| Cuba | 11,477,459 | 5,159,000 | 1.7% (2009 est.) |
| Rwanda | 11,055,976 | 4,446,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Greece | 10,749,943 | 4,980,000 | 9.5% (2009 est.) |
| Portugal | 10,735,765 | 5,583,000 | 9.5% (2009 est.) |
| Tunisia | 10,589,025 | 3,740,000 | 14.7% (2009 est.) |
| Chad | 10,543,464 | 4,293,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Belgium | 10,423,493 | 5,080,000 | 7.9% (2009 est.) |
| Guinea | 10,324,025 | 4,392,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Czech Republic | 10,201,707 | 5,401,000 | 8.1% (2009 est.) |
| Somalia | 10,112,453 | 3,447,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Bolivia | 9,947,418 | 4,534,000 | 8.5% (2009 est.) |
| Hungary | 9,880,059 | 3,800,000 | 10.8% (2009 est.) |
| Burundi | 9,863,117 | 4,245,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Dominican Republic | 9,794,487 | 4,770,000 | 8.5% (2009 est.) |
| Belarus | 9,612,632 | 5,000,000 | 1% (2009 est.) |
| Haiti | 9,203,083 | 3,643,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Sweden | 9,074,055 | 4,910,000 | 8.3% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Benin | 9,056,010 | 3,662,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Azerbaijan | 8,303,512 | 4,318,000 | 6% (2009 est.) |
| Austria | 8,214,160 | 3,680,000 | 4.8% (2009 est.) |
| Honduras | 7,989,415 | 3,327,000 | 3% (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland | 7,623,438 | 4,103,000 | 4.4% (February 2010 est.) |
| Tajikistan | 7,487,489 | 2,100,000 | 2.2% (2009 est.) |
| Israel | 7,353,985 | 3,015,000 | 7.6% (2009 est.) |
| Serbia | 7,344,847 | 3,107,000 | 16.6% (October 2009 est.) |
| Bulgaria | 7,148,785 | 3,200,000 | 9.1% (2009) |
| Hong Kong | 7,089,705 | 3,695,000 | 5.3% (2009 est.) |
| Laos | 6,993,767 | 3,650,000 | 2.5% (2009 est.) |
| Libya | 6,461,454 | 1,686,000 | 30% (2004 est.) |
| Jordan | 6,407,085 | 1,667,000 | 12.9% (2009 est.) |
| Paraguay | 6,375,830 | 2,983,000 | 7.9% (2009 est.) |
| Togo | 6,199,841 | 2,595,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Papua New Guinea | 6,064,515 | 3,723,000 | 1.8% (2004) |
| El Salvador | 6,052,064 | 195,200 | 30% (1998 est.) |
| Nicaragua | 5,995,928 | 2,283,000 | 8.2% (2009 est.) |
| Eritrea | 5,792,984 | 691,000 | 13.8% (2009 est.) |
| Denmark | 5,515,575 | 2,840,000 | 4.3% (2009 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5,508,626 | 2,344,000 | 18% (2004 est.) |
| Slovakia | 5,470,306 | 2,641,000 | 11.4% (2009) |
| Finland | 5,255,068 | 2,678,000 | 8.5% (2009 est.) |
| Sierra Leone | 5,245,695 | 2,207,000 | NA% ( ) |
| United Arab Emirates | 4,975,593 | 3,152,000 | 2.4% (2001) |
| Turkmenistan | 4,940,916 | 2,300,000 | 60% (2004 est.) |
| Central African Republic | 4,844,927 | 1,926,000 | 8% (2001 est.) |
| Singapore | 4,701,069 | 3,030,000 | 3% (2009 est.) |
| Norway | 4,676,305 | 2,590,000 | 3.2% (2009 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4,621,598 | 1,863,000 | 40% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Georgia | 4,600,825 | 1,918,000 | 16.4% (2009 est.) |
| Costa Rica | 4,516,220 | 2,121,000 | 7.8% (2009 est.) |
| Croatia | 4,486,881 | 1,196,000 | 16.1% (2009 est.) |
| Moldova | 4,317,483 | 1,283,000 | 3.1% (2009 est.) |
| New Zealand | 4,252,277 | 2,300,000 | 6.2% (2009 est.) |
| Ireland | 4,250,163 | 2,187,000 | 11.8% (2009 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 4,125,916 | 1,514,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Lebanon | 4,125,247 | 1,481,000 | 9.2% (2007 est.) |
| Puerto Rico | 3,977,663 | 1,479,000 | 12% (2002) |
| Liberia | 3,685,076 | 1,372,000 | 85% (2003 est.) |
| Albania | 3,659,616 | 1,103,000 | 12.8% (2009 est.) |
| Lithuania | 3,545,319 | 1,641,000 | 13.7% (2009 est.) |
| Uruguay | 3,510,386 | 1,636,000 | 7.6% (2009 est.) |
| Panama | 3,410,676 | 1,448,000 | 7% (2009 est.) |
| Mauritania | 3,205,060 | 1,318,000 | 30% (2008 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Mongolia | 3,086,918 | 1,068,000 | 2.8% (2008) |
| Oman | 2,967,717 | 968,800 | 15% (2004 est.) |
| Armenia | 2,966,802 | 1,481,000 | 7.1% (2007 est.) |
| Jamaica | 2,847,232 | 1,311,000 | 12.9% (2009 est.) |
| Kuwait | 2,789,132 | 2,040,000 | 2.2% (2004 est.) |
| West Bank | 2,514,845 | 694,000 | 19% (2009 est.) |
| Latvia | 2,217,969 | 1,186,000 | 17.1% (2009 est.) |
| Namibia | 2,128,471 | 716,000 | 51.2% (2008 est.) |
| Macedonia | 2,072,086 | 929,000 | 32.2% (2009 est.) |
| Botswana | 2,029,307 | 685,300 | 7.5% (2007 est.) |
| Slovenia | 2,003,136 | 945,000 | 9.2% (2009 est.) |
| Lesotho | 1,919,552 | 854,600 | 45% (2002) |
| Gambia, The | 1,824,158 | 777,100 | NA% ( ) |
| Kosovo | 1,815,048 | 3,246,000 | 16.6% (2009 est.) |
| Gaza Strip | 1,604,238 | 339,000 | 40% (2009 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,565,126 | 632,700 | NA% ( ) |
| Gabon | 1,545,255 | 626,000 | 21% (2006 est.) |
| Swaziland | 1,354,051 | 457,900 | 40% (2006 est.) |
| Mauritius | 1,294,104 | 587,000 | 7.3% (2009 est.) |
| Estonia | 1,291,170 | 37,900,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1,228,691 | 629,000 | 5.8% (2009 est.) |
| Timor-Leste | 1,154,625 | 414,200 | 20% (2006 est.) |
| Cyprus | 1,102,677 | 403,000 | 5.3% (2009 est.) |
| Fiji | 957,780 | 335,000 | 7.6% (1999) |
| Qatar | 840,926 | 1,179,000 | 0.5% (2009 est.) |
| Comoros | 773,407 | 268,500 | 20% (1996 est.) |
| Guyana | 748,486 | 333,900 | 11% (2007) |
| Djibouti | 740,528 | 25,000 | 23% (2000 est.) |
| Bahrain | 738,004 | 595,000 | 15% (2005 est.) |
| Bhutan | 699,847 | 299,900 | 4% (2009) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Montenegro | 666,730 | 259,100 | 14.7% (2007 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 650,702 | 1,935,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Solomon Islands | 609,794 | 202,500 | NA% ( ) |
| Macau | 567,957 | 322,000 | 3.6% (2009) |
| Cape Verde | 508,659 | 196,100 | 21% (2000 est.) |
| Luxembourg | 497,538 | 205,000 | 5.9% (2009 est.) |
| Western Sahara | 491,519 | 12,000 | NA% ( ) |
| Suriname | 486,618 | 165,600 | 9.5% (2004) |
| Malta | 406,771 | 175,000 | 7% (2009 est.) |
| Maldives | 395,650 | 144,000 | 14.4% (2006 est.) |
| Brunei | 395,027 | 188,800 | 3.7% (2008) |
| Belize | 314,522 | 122,300 | 8.1% (2008) |
| Bahamas, The | 310,426 | 184,000 | 7.6% (2006 est.) |
| Iceland | 308,910 | 180,900 | 8.2% (12/2009 est.) |
| French Polynesia | 291,000 | 116,000 | 11.7% (2005) |
| Barbados | 285,653 | 175,000 | 10.7% (2003 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Mayotte | 231,139 | 44,560 | 25.4% (2005) |
| New Caledonia | 229,993 | 102,600 | 17.1% (2004) |
| Netherlands Antilles | 228,693 | 91,470 | 15.5% (2002 est.) |
| Vanuatu | 221,552 | 115,900 | 1.7% (1999) |
| Samoa | 192,001 | 66,270 | NA% ( ) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 175,808 | 52,490 | NA% ( ) |
| Saint Lucia | 160,922 | 79,700 | 20% (2003 est.) |
| Tonga | 122,580 | 39,960 | 13% (FY03/04 est.) |
| Virgin Islands | 109,775 | 49,820 | 6.2% (2004) |
| Grenada | 107,818 | 42,300 | 12.5% (2000) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 107,154 | 16,360 | 22% (2000 est.) |
| Aruba | 104,589 | 41,500 | 6.9% (2005 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 104,217 | 57,520 | 15% (2001 est.) |
| Kiribati | 99,482 | 7,870 | 2% (1992 est.) |
| Jersey | 91,812 | 53,560 | 2.2% (2006 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Seychelles | 88,340 | 39,560 | 2% (2006 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 86,754 | 30,000 | 11% (2001 est.) |
| Andorra | 84,525 | 42,220 | 7% (2008) |
| Isle of Man | 76,913 | 39,690 | 1.5% (12/2006 est.) |
| Dominica | 72,813 | 4,417,000 | 15% (2009 est.) |
| Bermuda | 68,268 | 38,360 | 2.1% (2004 est.) |
| American Samoa | 66,432 | 17,630 | 29.8% (2005) |
| Marshall Islands | 65,859 | 14,680 | 36% (2006 est.) |
| Guernsey | 65,632 | 31,470 | 0.9% (3/2006 est.) |
| Greenland | 57,637 | 28,240 | 6.8% (2007 est.) |
| Cayman Islands | 50,209 | 39,000 | 4% (2008) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49,898 | 18,170 | 4.5% (1997) |
| Faroe Islands | 49,057 | 34,680 | 3.9% (2009) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 48,317 | 38,450 | 8% (2005 est.) |
| Liechtenstein | 35,002 | 32,440 | 1.5% (12/2007) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| San Marino | 31,477 | 22,660 | 3.1% (2008) |
| Monaco | 30,586 | 44,000 | 0% (2005) |
| Saint Martin | 30,235 | | |
| Gibraltar | 28,877 | 12,690 | 3% (2005 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands | 24,939 | 12,770 | 3.6% (1997) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 23,528 | 4,848 | 10% (1997 est.) |
| Palau | 20,879 | 9,777 | 4.2% (2005 est.) |
| Akrotiri | 15,700 | 0 | |
| Dhekelia | 15,700 | 351,700 | 59% (2007 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 15,343 | 3,104 | 15.2% (2003) |
| Anguilla | 14,764 | 6,049 | 8% (2002) |
| Nauru | 14,264 | | 90% (2004 est.) |
| Cook Islands | 11,488 | 6,820 | 13.1% (2005) |
| Tuvalu | 10,472 | 3,615 | NA% ( ) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 7,670 | 2,486 | 14% (1998 est.) |
| Saint Barthelemy | 7,406 | | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6,010 | 3,450 | 10.3% (1999) |
| Montserrat | 5,118 | | 6% (1998 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 3,140 | 1,724 | NA% ( ) |
| Norfolk Island | 2,155 | 978 | |
| Svalbard | 2,067 | 1,234 | |
| Christmas Island | 1,402 | | |
| Tokelau | 1,400 | 440 | NA% ( ) |
| Niue | 1,354 | 663 | 12% (2001) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | 829 | | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 596 | | 60% (2000 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 48 | 15 | |
| Guam | | | 11.4% (2002 est.) |
| Country |
Population |
Labor Force |
Unemploment Rate |
Additional information
on all of these statisdtics are available on the CIA website.
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