Labour Force (Total) rose 1.89% to 3.91 mil in Laos in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Laos reached an all time high of 3.91 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.98 mil in 1990. When compared to Laos's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Cambodia amounted to 9.35 mil, 791 mil in China, 40.2 mil in Thailand and 56.2 mil in Vietnam in 2021.
Laos has been ranked 96th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Cambodia | mil | 8.48 | 8.85 | 8.97 | 9.09 | 9.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 792 | 794 | 795 | 794 | 796 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 470 | 473 | 476 | 479 | 489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 66.2 | 66.7 | 67.3 | 68.4 | 69.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | mil | 3.52 | 3.59 | 3.66 | 3.73 | 3.80 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.6 | 16.0 | 16.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | mil | 24.5 | 24.1 | 23.7 | 24.1 | 23.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 75.0 | 75.0 | 74.8 | 74.8 | 74.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 40.2 | 39.9 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 40.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 160 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 166 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 54.5 | 54.7 | 55.0 | 55.2 | 55.8 |
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