Labour Force (Total) rose 2.89% to 73.1 mil in Pakistan in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Pakistan reached an all time high of 73.1 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 32.0 mil in 1990. When compared to Pakistan's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Afghanistan amounted to 9.39 mil, 791 mil in China, 477 mil in India and 27.7 mil in Iran in 2021.
Pakistan has been ranked 6th 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 |
| Afghanistan | mil | 8.63 | 8.91 | 9.25 | 9.61 | 9.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | mil | 62.0 | 63.2 | 67.2 | 68.6 | 69.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 66.2 | 66.7 | 67.3 | 68.4 | 69.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 75.0 | 75.0 | 74.8 | 74.8 | 74.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | 8.44 | 8.57 | 8.74 | 8.49 | 8.48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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