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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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