Labour Force (Total) rose 1.89% to 27.7 mil in Iran in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Iran reached an all time high of 28.7 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 14.7 mil in 1990. When compared to Iran's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Iraq amounted to 11.2 mil, 73.1 mil in Pakistan and 2.00 mil in Turkmenistan in 2021.
Iran has been ranked 24th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total).
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | mil | 8.63 | 8.91 | 9.25 | 9.61 | 9.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 792 | 794 | 795 | 794 | 796 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 470 | 473 | 476 | 479 | 489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 9.08 | 9.03 | 8.99 | 9.16 | 9.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 4.96 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 5.27 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
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