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  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
China 744,000,000 2001 est.
2
India 406,000,000 1999
3
United States 141,800,000 2001
4
Indonesia 99,000,000 1999
5
Brazil 79,000,000 1999 est.
6
Russia 71,800,000 2002 est.
7
Japan 67,700,000 December 2001
8
Nigeria 66,000,000 1999 est.
9
Bangladesh 64,100,000 1999
10
Germany 41,900,000 2001
11
Pakistan 40,400,000 2000
12
Mexico 39,800,000 2000
13
Vietnam 38,200,000 1998 est.
14
Philippines 33,700,000 2002
15
Thailand 33,400,000 2001 est.
16
United Kingdom 29,700,000 2001
17
France 26,600,000 2001 est.
18
Turkey 23,800,000 2001 3rd quarter
19
Burma 23,700,000 1999 est.
20
Italy 23,600,000 2001 est.
21
Ukraine 22,800,000 yearend 1997
22
Korea, South 22,000,000 2001
23
Iran 21,000,000 1998
24
Egypt 20,600,000 2001 est.
25
Colombia 18,300,000 1999 est.
26
Poland 17,600,000 2000 est.
27
Spain 17,100,000 2001
28
South Africa 17,000,000 NA
29
Canada 16,400,000 2001 est.
30
Argentina 15,000,000 1999
31
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
32
Tanzania 13,495,000 NA
33
Uganda 12,000,000 2001 est.
34
Uzbekistan 11,900,000 1998 est.
35
Morocco 11,000,000 1999
36
Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
37
Afghanistan 10,000,000 2000 est.
38
Taiwan 10,000,000 2002 est.
39
Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
40
Kenya 10,000,000 2001 est.
41
Malaysia 9,900,000 2001 est.
42
Romania 9,900,000 1999 est.
43
Venezuela 9,900,000 1999
44
Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
45
Algeria 9,400,000 2001 est.
46
Australia 9,200,000 December 2001
47
Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
48
Ghana 9,000,000 2000 est.
49
Kazakhstan 8,400,000 1999
50
Peru 7,500,000 2000 est.
51
Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
52
Netherlands 7,200,000 2000
53
Saudi Arabia 7,000,000 NA
54
Sri Lanka 6,600,000 1998
55
Iraq 6,500,000 2002 est.
56
Cambodia 6,000,000 1998 est.
57
Chile 5,900,000 2000 est.
58
Zimbabwe 5,800,000 2000 est.
59
Czech Republic 5,203,000 1999 est.
60
Syria 5,200,000 2000 est.
61
Portugal 5,100,000 2000
62
Angola 5,000,000 1997 est.
63
Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2002
64
Belarus 4,800,000 2000
65
Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
66
Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
67
Belgium 4,440,000 2001
68
Sweden 4,400,000 2000 est.
69
Greece 4,370,000 2002 est.
70
Austria 4,300,000 2001
71
Cuba 4,300,000 2000 est.
72
Zambia 4,290,000 2000
73
Guatemala 4,200,000 1999 est.
74
Hungary 4,200,000 1997
75
Switzerland 4,000,000 2001
76
Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
77
Bulgaria 3,830,000 2000 est.
78
Azerbaijan 3,700,000 2001
79
Ecuador 3,700,000 NA
80
Somalia 3,700,000 NA
81
Burundi 3,700,000 2000
82
Haiti 3,600,000 1995
83
Hong Kong 3,520,000 2001 est.
84
Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
85
Guinea 3,000,000 1999
86
Serbia and Montenegro 3,000,000 2001 est.
87
Slovakia 3,000,000 1999
88
Denmark 2,856,000 2000 est.
89
Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
90
Tunisia 2,690,000 2001 est.
91
Finland 2,600,000 2000 est.
92
Bolivia 2,500,000 NA
93
Israel 2,500,000 2002 est.
94
Laos 2,400,000 1999
95
Norway 2,400,000 2000 est.
96
El Salvador 2,350,000 1999
97
Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
98
Honduras 2,300,000 1997 est.
99
Papua New Guinea 2,300,000 1999
100
Singapore 2,190,000 2000
101
Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
102
Paraguay 2,000,000 2000 est.
103
New Zealand 1,920,000 2001 est.
104
Costa Rica 1,900,000 1999
105
Ireland 1,800,000 2001
106
Togo 1,740,000 1996
107
Croatia 1,700,000 2001
108
Nicaragua 1,700,000 1999
109
Moldova 1,700,000 1998
110
United Arab Emirates 1,600,000 NA
111
Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
112
Libya 1,500,000 2000 est.
113
Lithuania 1,500,000 2001 est.
114
Armenia 1,400,000 2001
115
Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
116
Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
117
Jordan 1,360,000 2002
118
Kuwait 1,300,000 1998 est.
119
Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
120
Albania 1,283,000 2000 est.
121
Uruguay 1,200,000 2001
122
Jamaica 1,130,000 1998
123
Latvia 1,100,000 2001 est.
124
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1,100,000 2000 est.
125
Panama 1,100,000 2000 est.
126
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 NA
127
Oman 920,000 2002 est.
128
Slovenia 857,400 NA
129
Lesotho 838,000 NA
130
Mauritania 786,000 2001
131
Namibia 725,000 2000
132
Estonia 608,600 2001 est.
133
Gabon 600,000 NA
134
Trinidad and Tobago 564,000 2000
135
Mauritius 514,000 1995
136
Guinea-Bissau 480,000 NA
137
Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
138
Gambia, The 400,000 NA
139
Swaziland 383,200 2000
140
Reunion 309,900 2000
141
Bahrain 295,000 1998 est.
142
Djibouti 282,000 NA
143
Qatar 280,122 1997 est.
144
Botswana 264,000 2000
145
Luxembourg 262,300 2000
146
Macau 214,000 2002
147
Martinique 165,900 1998
148
Malta 160,000 2002 est.
149
Iceland 159,000 2000
150
Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
151
Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
152
Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
153
Fiji 137,000 1999
154
Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
155
Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
156
Suriname 100,000 NA
157
Belize 90,000 NA
158
Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
159
Netherlands Antilles 89,000 NA
160
Maldives 88,000 2000
161
New Caledonia 79,395 NA
162
French Polynesia 70,000 1996
163
Niger 70,000 NA
164
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
165
Guam 60,000 2000 est.
166
French Guiana 58,800 1997
167
Jersey 57,050 1996
168
Virgin Islands 49,000 2002 est.
169
Mayotte 48,800 2000
170
Saint Lucia 43,800 NA
171
Grenada 42,300 1996
172
Aruba 41,501 1997 est.
173
Bermuda 37,472 2000
174
Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
175
Tonga 33,908 1996
176
Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
177
Guernsey 31,322 2000
178
Seychelles 30,900 1996
179
Monaco 30,540 January 1994
180
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
181
Liechtenstein 29,000 December 2001
182
Marshall Islands 28,698 NA
183
Solomon Islands 26,842 NA
184
Dominica 25,000 NA
185
Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
186
Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
187
Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
188
San Marino 18,500 1999
189
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,172 June 1995
190
Gibraltar 14,800 NA
191
American Samoa 14,000 1996
192
Western Sahara 12,000 NA
193
Palau 9,845 2000
194
Cook Islands 8,000 1996
195
Kiribati 7,870 NA
196
Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
197
Anguilla 6,049 2001
198
Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 NA
199
British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
200
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
201
Montserrat 4,521 NA
202
Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
203
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
204
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
205
Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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