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