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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 760,800,000 2003
2
 India 482,200,000 2004 est.
3
 European Union 215,000,000 various
4
 United States 147,400,000 2004 est.
5
 Indonesia 111,500,000 2004 est.
6
 Brazil 89,000,000 2004 est.
7
 Russia 71,830,000 2004 est.
8
 Japan 66,970,000 2004 est.
9
 Bangladesh 65,490,000 2004 est.
10
 Nigeria 55,670,000 2004 est.
11
 Pakistan 45,430,000 2004 est.
12
 Vietnam 42,980,000 2004 est.
13
 Germany 42,630,000 2004 est.
14
 Thailand 36,430,000 November 2004 est.
15
 Philippines 35,860,000 2004 est.
16
 Mexico 34,730,000 2004 est.
17
 United Kingdom 29,780,000 2004 est.
18
 France 27,700,000 2004 est.
19
 Burma 27,010,000 2004 est.
20
 Turkey 25,300,000 2003 est.
21
 Italy 24,270,000 2004 est.
22
 Iran 23,000,000 2004 est.
23
 Korea, South 22,900,000 2004 est.
24
 Ukraine 21,110,000 2004 est.
25
 Egypt 20,710,000 2004 est.
26
 Colombia 20,700,000 2004 est.
27
 Spain 19,330,000 2004 est.
28
 Tanzania 19,000,000 2004 est.
29
 Canada 17,370,000 2004
30
 Poland 17,020,000 2004 est.
31
 South Africa 16,630,000 2004 est.
32
 Argentina 15,040,000 2004 est.
33
 Uzbekistan 14,640,000 2004 est.
34
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
35
 Uganda 12,410,000 2004 est.
36
 Venezuela 12,250,000 2004 est.
37
 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
38
 Kenya 11,400,000 2004 est.
39
 Morocco 11,020,000 2004 est.
40
 Peru 11,000,000 2004 est.
41
 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
42
 Malaysia 10,490,000 2004 est.
43
 Australia 10,350,000 2004 est.
44
 Ghana 10,240,000 2004 est.
45
 Taiwan 10,220,000 2004 est.
46
 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
47
 Algeria 9,910,000 2004 est.
48
 Romania 9,660,000 2004 est.
49
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
50
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
51
 Kazakhstan 7,950,000 2004 est.
52
 Netherlands 7,530,000 2004 est.
53
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
54
 Sri Lanka 7,260,000 2004 est.
55
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
56
 Cote d'Ivoire 6,700,000 2004 est.
57
 Iraq 6,700,000 2004 est.
58
 Cameroon 6,680,000 2004 est.
59
 Saudi Arabia 6,620,000 2004 est.
60
 Chile 6,200,000 2004 est.
61
 Yemen 5,980,000 2004 est.
62
 Portugal 5,480,000 2004 est.
63
 Angola 5,410,000 2004 est.
64
 Czech Republic 5,250,000 2004 est.
65
 Syria 5,120,000 2004 est.
66
 Azerbaijan 5,090,000 2004 est.
67
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
68
 Belgium 4,750,000 2004 est.
69
 Senegal 4,650,000 2004 est.
70
 Zambia 4,630,000 2004 est.
71
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
72
 Cuba 4,550,000 2004 est.
73
 Ecuador 4,530,000 2004 est.
74
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
75
 Sweden 4,460,000 2004 est.
76
 Greece 4,400,000 2004 est.
77
 Belarus 4,305,000 31 December 2003
78
 Zimbabwe 4,230,000 2004 est.
79
 Hungary 4,170,000 2004 est.
80
 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
81
 Bolivia 3,800,000 2004 est.
82
 Switzerland 3,770,000 2004 est.
83
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
84
 Guatemala 3,680,000 2004 est.
85
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
86
 Tunisia 3,550,000 2004 est.
87
 Hong Kong 3,540,000 October 2004 est.
88
 Austria 3,450,000 2004 est.
89
 Bulgaria 3,398,000 2004 est.
90
 Papua New Guinea 3,320,000 2004 est.
91
 Serbia and Montenegro 3,200,000 2004 est.
92
 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
93
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
94
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
95
 Denmark 2,870,000 2004 est.
96
 El Salvador 2,750,000 2004 est.
97
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
98
 Israel 2,680,000 2004 est.
99
 Finland 2,660,000 2004 est.
100
 Paraguay 2,660,000 2004 est.
101
 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
102
 Lebanon 2,600,000 2001 est.
103
 Honduras 2,470,000 2004 est.
104
 Norway 2,380,000 2004 est.
105
 United Arab Emirates 2,360,000 2004 est.
106
 Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est.
107
 Slovakia 2,200,000 3rd quarter, 2004 est.
108
 Singapore 2,180,000 2004 est.
109
 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
110
 New Zealand 2,050,000 2004 est.
111
 Nicaragua 1,930,000 2004 est.
112
 Ireland 1,920,000 2004 est.
113
 Costa Rica 1,810,000 2004 est.
114
 Togo 1,740,000 1996
115
 Croatia 1,710,000 2004 est.
116
 Lithuania 1,630,000 2004 est.
117
 Libya 1,590,000 2004 est.
118
 Uruguay 1,560,000 2004 est.
119
 Mongolia 1,488,000 2003
120
 Kuwait 1,420,000 2004 est.
121
 Jordan 1,410,000 2004 est.
122
 Armenia 1,400,000 2001
123
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
124
 Moldova 1,360,000 2004 est.
125
 Panama 1,320,000 2004 est.
126
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
127
 Latvia 1,170,000 2004 est.
128
 Jamaica 1,140,000 2004 est.
129
 Albania 1,090,000 2004 est.
130
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
131
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
132
 Slovenia 870,000 2004 est.
133
 Macedonia 855,000 2004 est.
134
 Namibia 840,000 2004 est.
135
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
136
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
137
 Gaza Strip 725,000 2004
138
 Estonia 660,000 2004 est.
139
 Gabon 650,000 2004 est.
140
 Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2004 est.
141
 Mauritius 560,000 2004 est.
142
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
143
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
144
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
145
 Swaziland 383,200 2000
146
 Bahrain 370,000 2004 est.
147
 West Bank 364,000 2004
148
 Cyprus 330,000 2004 est.
149
 Reunion 309,900 2000
150
 Luxembourg 293,700 2004 est.
151
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
152
 Botswana 264,000 2000
153
 Macau 231,500 3rd Quarter, 2004
154
 Martinique 165,900 1998
155
 Malta 160,000 2002 est.
156
 Iceland 158,100 2004 est.
157
 Brunei 158,000 2002 est.
158
 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
159
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
160
 Qatar 140,000 2004 est.
161
 Fiji 137,000 1999
162
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
163
 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
164
 Suriname 104,000 2003
165
 Cyprus 95,025 2004 est.
166
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
167
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
168
 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
169
 Maldives 88,000 2000
170
 New Caledonia 79,400 1996
171
 French Polynesia 70,000 1996
172
 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
173
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
174
 Guam 60,000 2000 est.
175
 French Guiana 58,800 1997
176
 Jersey 52,790 2004
177
 Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est.
178
 Mayotte 48,800 2000
179
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
180
 Grenada 42,300 1996
181
 Aruba 41,500 1997 est.
182
 Man, Isle of 39,690 2001
183
 Bermuda 37,470 2000
184
 Tonga 33,910 1996
185
 Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
186
 Guernsey 32,290 2001
187
 Seychelles 30,900 1996
188
 Monaco 30,540 January 1994
189
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
190
 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
191
 Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est.
192
 Solomon Islands 26,840 1999
193
 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
194
 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
195
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
196
 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
197
 San Marino 18,500 1999
198
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
199
 Gibraltar 14,800 1999
200
 American Samoa 14,000 1996
201
 British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
202
 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
203
 Palau 9,845 2000
204
 Cook Islands 8,000 1996
205
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
206
 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
207
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
208
 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
209
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
210
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
211
 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
212
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
213
 Norfolk Island 1,345 NA
214
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
215
 Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

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