Rank Order - Labor force

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Labor force
Date of Information
1
World 3,131,000,000 2007 est.
2
China 803,300,000 2007 est.
3
India 516,400,000 2007 est.
4
European Union 222,500,000 2006 est.
5
United States 153,100,000 2007 est.
6
Indonesia 109,900,000 2007 est.
7
Brazil 99,470,000 2007 est.
8
Russia 74,100,000 2007 est.
9
Bangladesh 69,400,000 2007 est.
10
Japan 66,690,000 2007 est.
11
Nigeria 50,130,000 2007 est.
12
Pakistan 49,180,000 2007 est.
13
Vietnam 46,420,000 2007 est.
14
Mexico 44,710,000 2007 est.
15
Germany 43,510,000 2007 est.
16
Thailand 36,900,000 2007 est.
17
Philippines 36,220,000 2007 est.
18
United Kingdom 30,870,000 2007 est.
19
Burma 29,260,000 2007 est.
20
Iran 28,700,000 2006 est.
21
France 27,810,000 2007 est.
22
Ethiopia 27,270,000 1999
23
Italy 24,710,000 2007 est.
24
Korea, South 24,220,000 2007 est.
25
Turkey 23,530,000 2007 est.
26
Spain 22,190,000 2007 est.
27
Egypt 22,100,000 2007 est.
28
Ukraine 21,580,000 2007 est.
29
Colombia 20,500,000 2007 est.
30
South Africa 20,490,000 2007 est.
31
Tanzania 20,040,000 2007 est.
32
Korea, North 20,000,000 2004 est.
33
Canada 17,950,000 2007 est.
34
Poland 16,860,000 2007 est.
35
Argentina 16,030,000 2007 est.
36
Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est.
37
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000,000 2006 est.
38
Uzbekistan 14,600,000 2007 est.
39
Uganda 14,020,000 2007 est.
40
Venezuela 12,370,000 2007 est.
41
Kenya 11,850,000 2005 est.
42
Ghana 11,290,000 2007 est.
43
Nepal 11,110,000 2006 est.
44
Morocco 11,050,000 2007 est.
45
Australia 10,950,000 2007 est.
46
Malaysia 10,940,000 2007 est.
47
Taiwan 10,780,000 2007 est.
48
Peru 9,839,000 2007 est.
49
Mozambique 9,600,000 2007 est.
50
Algeria 9,380,000 2007 est.
51
Romania 9,350,000 2007 est.
52
Kazakhstan 8,229,000 2007 est.
53
Sri Lanka 7,670,000 2007 est.
54
Netherlands 7,500,000 2007 est.
55
Sudan 7,415,000 1996 est.
56
Iraq 7,400,000 2004 est.
57
Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
58
Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
59
Chile 6,970,000 2007 est.
60
Cote d'Ivoire 6,907,000 2007 est.
61
Cameroon 6,674,000 2007 est.
62
Angola 6,640,000 2007 est.
63
Saudi Arabia 6,563,000 2007 est.
64
Yemen 6,316,000 2007 est.
65
Portugal 5,620,000 2007 est.
66
Syria 5,462,000 2007 est.
67
Mali 5,400,000 2007 est.
68
Benin 5,380,000 2007 est.
69
Czech Republic 5,360,000 2007 est.
70
Azerbaijan 5,243,000 2007 est.
71
Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
72
Zambia 4,989,000 2007 est.
73
Belgium 4,960,000 2007 est.
74
Cuba 4,956,000 2007 est.
75
Greece 4,920,000 2007 est.
76
Senegal 4,850,000 2007 est.
77
Sweden 4,839,000 2007 est.
78
Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
79
Ecuador 4,510,000 2007 est.
80
Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
81
Bolivia 4,377,000 2007 est.
82
Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005
83
Hungary 4,190,000 2007 est.
84
Zimbabwe 4,032,000 2007 est.
85
Dominican Republic 4,027,000 2007 est.
86
Guatemala 3,958,000 2007 est.
87
Switzerland 3,950,000 2007 est.
88
Chad 3,747,000 2006
89
Guinea 3,700,000 2006 est.
90
Somalia 3,700,000 1975
91
Hong Kong 3,620,000 2007 est.
92
Haiti 3,600,000 1995
93
Tunisia 3,593,000 2007 est.
94
Austria 3,566,000 2007 est.
95
Papua New Guinea 3,557,000 2007 est.
96
United Arab Emirates 3,065,000 2007 est.
97
Burundi 2,990,000 2002
98
Serbia 2,961,000 2002 est.
99
El Salvador 2,913,000 2007 est.
100
Israel 2,894,000 2007 est.
101
Denmark 2,860,000 2007 est.
102
Paraguay 2,787,000 2007 est.
103
Honduras 2,780,000 2007 est.
104
Singapore 2,751,000 2007 est.
105
Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
106
Finland 2,675,000 2007 est.
107
Slovakia 2,661,000 2007 est.
108
Bulgaria 2,590,000 2007 est.
109
Norway 2,507,000 2007 est.
110
Nicaragua 2,262,000 2007 est.
111
New Zealand 2,233,000 2007 est.
112
Ireland 2,220,000 2007 est.
113
Laos 2,100,000 2006 est.
114
Tajikistan 2,100,000 2007
115
Kuwait 2,093,000 2007 est.
116
Turkmenistan 2,089,000 2004 est.
117
Georgia 2,020,000 2007 est.
118
Costa Rica 1,920,000 2007 est.
119
Central African Republic 1,857,000 2006
120
Libya 1,830,000 2007 est.
121
Croatia 1,749,000 2007 est.
122
Lithuania 1,587,000 2007 est.
123
Uruguay 1,587,000 2007 est.
124
Jordan 1,563,000 2007 est.
125
Lebanon 1,500,000 2005 est.
126
Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
127
Panama 1,362,000 2007 est.
128
Moldova 1,333,000 2007 est.
129
Togo 1,302,000 1998
130
Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
131
Jamaica 1,255,000 2007 est.
132
Armenia 1,200,000 2007 est.
133
Latvia 1,167,000 2007 est.
134
Albania 1,090,000 September 2006 est.
135
Mongolia 1,042,000 2006
136
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
137
Slovenia 925,000 2007 est.
138
Oman 920,000 2002 est.
139
Macedonia 890,000 2007 est.
140
Lesotho 838,000 2000 est.
141
Kosovo 832,000 June 2007 est.
142
Mauritania 786,000 2001
143
Estonia 687,000 2007 est.
144
Namibia 660,000 2007 est.
145
Qatar 638,000 2007 est.
146
Trinidad and Tobago 615,000 2007 est.
147
West Bank 605,000 2006
148
Gabon 582,000 2007 est.
149
Mauritius 574,000 2007 est.
150
Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
151
Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
152
Gambia, The 400,000 1996
153
Cyprus 393,000 2007 est.
154
Bahrain 363,000 2007 est.
155
Swaziland 300,000 2006
156
Botswana 288,400 2004
157
Djibouti 282,000 2000
158
Macau 275,000 2006
159
Gaza Strip 267,000 2006
160
Montenegro 259,100 2004
161
Solomon Islands 249,200 1999
162
Luxembourg 205,000 2007 est.
163
Bahamas, The 181,900 2006
164
Iceland 181,000 2007 est.
165
Brunei 180,400 2006 est.
166
Malta 164,000 2006 est.
167
Suriname 156,700 2004
168
Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
169
Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
170
Cape Verde 120,600 1990
171
Fiji 117,500 2006 est.
172
Belize 113,000 2006 est.
173
Maldives 101,300 2004
174
Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
175
Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005
176
New Caledonia 78,990 2004
177
Vanuatu 76,410 1999
178
Niger 70,000 1995
179
French Polynesia 65,930 December 2005
180
Guam 62,050 2002 est.
181
Jersey 53,560 June 2006
182
Mayotte 44,560 2002
183
Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 2000
184
Monaco 44,000 2005 est.
185
Virgin Islands 43,980 2004 est.
186
Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
187
Andorra 42,420 2005
188
Grenada 42,300 1996
189
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 1991 est.
190
Aruba 41,500 2004 est.
191
Isle of Man 39,690 2001
192
Seychelles 39,560 2006
193
Bermuda 38,360 2004
194
Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410 2000
195
Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 1991
196
Tonga 33,910 2003
197
Greenland 32,120 2004
198
Guernsey 31,470 March 2006
199
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 1991
200
Liechtenstein 29,500 31 December 2001
201
Dominica 25,000 2000 est.
202
Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
203
Cayman Islands 23,450 2004
204
San Marino 20,470 2004
205
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
206
American Samoa 17,630 2005
207
Marshall Islands 14,680 2000
208
British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
209
Gibraltar 12,690 2001
210
Western Sahara 12,000 2005 est.
211
Palau 9,777 2005
212
Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
213
Cook Islands 6,820 2001
214
Anguilla 6,049 2001
215
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
216
Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
217
Tuvalu 3,615 2004 est.
218
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 2005
219
Wallis and Futuna 3,104 2003
220
Saint Helena 2,486 1998 est.
221
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 1996
222
Niue 663 2001
223
Tokelau 440 2001
224
Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

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