Labour Force (Total) rose 2.88% to 32.6 mil in Turkey in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Turkey reached an all time high of 33.6 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 19.7 mil in 1993. When compared to Turkey's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Bulgaria amounted to 3.29 mil, 4.62 mil in Greece, 11.2 mil in Iraq and 27.7 mil in Iran in 2021.
Turkey has been ranked 19th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 1 place 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 |
| Albania | mil | 1.31 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.41 | 1.43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 3.33 | 3.27 | 3.36 | 3.34 | 3.39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 4.81 | 4.81 | 4.79 | 4.77 | 4.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.950 | 0.945 | 0.953 | 0.958 | 0.965 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 9.11 | 8.92 | 9.06 | 9.00 | 8.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | 3.14 | 3.23 | 3.25 | 3.27 | 3.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 4.96 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 5.27 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 |
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