Labour Force (Total) rose 2.62% to 2.48 mil in Kyrgyzstan in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Kyrgyzstan reached an all time high of 2.51 mil in 2015 and an all time low of 1.65 mil in 1990. When compared to Kyrgyzstan's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in China amounted to 791 mil, 9.25 mil in Kazakhstan, 2.50 mil in Tajikistan and 14.1 mil in Uzbekistan in 2021.
Kyrgyzstan has been ranked 116th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 8 places below 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 |
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 66.2 | 66.7 | 67.3 | 68.4 | 69.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 9.08 | 9.03 | 8.99 | 9.16 | 9.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | mil | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.48 | 2.46 | 2.49 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 75.0 | 75.0 | 74.8 | 74.8 | 74.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | mil | 2.29 | 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.39 | 2.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 160 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 166 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
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