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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 753,600,000 2002 est.
2
 India 406,000,000 1999
3
 United States 141,800,000 2003
4
 Indonesia 100,500,000 2002
5
 Brazil 79,000,000 1999 est.
6
 Russia 71,500,000 2003 est.
7
 Japan 66,660,000 2003
8
 Nigeria 66,000,000 1999 est.
9
 Bangladesh 64,100,000 1998
10
 Germany 41,900,000 2001
11
 Mexico 41,500,000 2003
12
 Pakistan 40,400,000 2000
13
 Vietnam 38,200,000 1998 est.
14
 Philippines 34,600,000 2003
15
 Thailand 33,400,000 2001 est.
16
 United Kingdom 29,700,000 2001
17
 France 27,100,000 2003 est.
18
 Turkey 23,800,000 2001 3rd quarter
19
 Burma 23,700,000 1999 est.
20
 Italy 23,600,000 2001 est.
21
 Korea, South 23,000,000 2003
22
 Ukraine 22,800,000 yearend 1997
23
 Egypt 20,100,000 2003 est.
24
 Iran 20,000,000 2002 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 1998 est.
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
 Kenya 12,950,000 2001 est.
34
 Uganda 12,000,000 2001 est.
35
 Uzbekistan 11,900,000 1998 est.
36
 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
37
 Morocco 11,000,000 1999
38
 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
39
 Malaysia 10,400,000 2003 est.
40
 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
41
 Taiwan 10,000,000 2003
42
 Romania 9,900,000 1999 est.
43
 Venezuela 9,900,000 1999
44
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
45
 Algeria 9,500,000 2003
46
 Australia 9,200,000 37256
47
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
48
 Ghana 9,000,000 2000 est.
49
 Kazakhstan 8,400,000 1999
50
 Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est.
51
 Peru 7,500,000 2000 est.
52
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
53
 Netherlands 7,200,000 2000
54
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
55
 Saudi Arabia 7,000,000 1999
56
 Sri Lanka 6,600,000 1998
57
 Angola 6,230,000 2001 est.
58
 Zimbabwe 5,800,000 2000 est.
59
 Chile 5,680,000 2000 est.
60
 Czech Republic 5,203,000 1999 est.
61
 Syria 5,200,000 2000 est.
62
 Portugal 5,100,000 2000
63
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
64
 Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est.
65
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
66
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
67
 Belgium 4,440,000 2001
68
 Greece 4,406,700 2nd quarter 2003 est.
69
 Sweden 4,400,000 2000 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
 Ecuador 3,800,000 2002
79
 Azerbaijan 3,700,000 2001
80
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
81
 Yemen 3,700,000 2003 est.
82
 Haiti 3,600,000 2003
83
 Tunisia 3,500,000 2001 est.
84
 Hong Kong 3,480,000 2002 est.
85
 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
86
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
87
 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000,000 2001 est.
88
 Slovakia 3,000,000 1999
89
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
90
 Denmark 2,856,000 2000 est.
91
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
92
 Finland 2,600,000 2000 est.
93
 Israel 2,600,000 2003 est.
94
 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
95
 Bolivia 2,500,000 2001
96
 Paraguay 2,500,000 2002 est.
97
 Norway 2,400,000 2000 est.
98
 El Salvador 2,350,000 1999
99
 Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
100
 Honduras 2,300,000 1997 est.
101
 Papua New Guinea 2,300,000 1999
102
 United Arab Emirates 2,100,000 2001
103
 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
104
 Singapore 2,000,000 June 2003
105
 New Zealand 1,920,000 2001 est.
106
 Costa Rica 1,800,000 July 2003
107
 Ireland 1,800,000 2001
108
 Croatia 1,790,000 2003
109
 Togo 1,740,000 1996
110
 Moldova 1,700,000 1998
111
 Nicaragua 1,700,000 1999
112
 Libya 1,600,000 2001 est.
113
 Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
114
 Lithuania 1,500,000 2001 est.
115
 Armenia 1,400,000 2001
116
 Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
117
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
118
 Jordan 1,360,000 2002
119
 Albania 1,350,000 2003 est.
120
 Kuwait 1,300,000 1998 est.
121
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2002
122
 Uruguay 1,300,000 2002
123
 Jamaica 1,120,000 1998
124
 Latvia 1,100,000 2001 est.
125
 Panama 1,100,000 2000 est.
126
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
127
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
128
 Slovenia 876,100 2003
129
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 860,000 2003 est.
130
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
131
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
132
 Namibia 725,000 2000
133
 Estonia 608,600 2001 est.
134
 Gabon 600,000 1999 est.
135
 Trinidad and Tobago 564,000 2000
136
 Mauritius 514,000 1995
137
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
138
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
139
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
140
 Swaziland 383,200 2000
141
 Reunion 309,900 2000
142
 Bahrain 295,000 1998 est.
143
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
144
 Qatar 280,122 1997 est.
145
 Botswana 264,000 2000
146
 Luxembourg 262,300 2000
147
 Macau 214,000 2002
148
 Martinique 165,900 1998
149
 Malta 160,000 2002 est.
150
 Iceland 159,000 2000
151
 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
152
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
153
 Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
154
 Fiji 137,000 1999
155
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
156
 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
157
 Suriname 100,000 NA
158
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
159
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
160
 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
161
 Maldives 88,000 2000
162
 New Caledonia 79,395 NA
163
 French Polynesia 70,000 1996
164
 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
165
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
166
 Guam 60,000 2000 est.
167
 French Guiana 58,800 1997
168
 Jersey 57,050 1996
169
 Virgin Islands 49,000 2002 est.
170
 Mayotte 48,800 2000
171
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
172
 Grenada 42,300 1996
173
 Aruba 41,501 1997 est.
174
 Bermuda 37,472 2000
175
 Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
176
 Tonga 33,908 1996
177
 Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
178
 Guernsey 31,322 2000
179
 Seychelles 30,900 1996
180
 Monaco 30,540 January 1994
181
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
182
 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
183
 Marshall Islands 28,698 1996 est.
184
 Solomon Islands 26,842 1999
185
 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
186
 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
187
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
188
 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
189
 San Marino 18,500 1999
190
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,172 June 1995
191
 Gibraltar 14,800 1999
192
 American Samoa 14,000 1996
193
 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
194
 Palau 9,845 2000
195
 Cook Islands 8,000 1996
196
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
197
 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
198
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
199
 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
200
 British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
201
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
202
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
203
 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
204
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
205
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
206
 Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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