Labour Force (Total) rose 3.22% to 11.2 mil in Iraq in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Iraq reached an all time high of 11.2 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 4.15 mil in 1990. When compared to Iraq's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Iran amounted to 27.7 mil, 2.36 mil in Kuwait, 16.1 mil in Saudi Arabia and 6.14 mil in Syria in 2021.
Iraq has been ranked 51st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 7 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 |
| Bahrain | mil | 0.776 | 0.806 | 0.837 | 0.858 | 0.863 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 2.08 | 2.02 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 1.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 6.14 | 6.21 | 6.27 | 6.19 | 6.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 6.08 | 6.30 | 6.53 | 6.75 | 6.97 |
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