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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