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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
 World 3,001,000,000 2005
2
 China 791,400,000 2005 est.
3
 India 496,400,000 2005 est.
4
 European Union 218,500,000 2005 est.
5
 United States 149,300,000 2005 est.
6
 Indonesia 94,200,000 2005 est.
7
 Brazil 90,410,000 2005 est.
8
 Russia 74,220,000 2005 est.
9
 Bangladesh 66,600,000 2005 est.
10
 Japan 66,400,000 2005 est.
11
 Nigeria 57,210,000 2005 est.
12
 Pakistan 46,840,000 2005 est.
13
 Vietnam 44,390,000 2005 est.
14
 Mexico 43,400,000 2005 est.
15
 Germany 43,320,000 2005 est.
16
 Philippines 36,730,000 2005 est.
17
 Thailand 35,360,000 2005 est.
18
 United Kingdom 30,070,000 2005 est.
19
 Burma 27,750,000 2005 est.
20
 France 27,720,000 2005 est.
21
 Turkey 24,700,000 2005 est.
22
 Italy 24,490,000 2005 est.
23
 Iran 23,680,000 2005 est.
24
 Korea, South 23,530,000 2005 est.
25
 Ukraine 22,670,000 2005 est.
26
 Egypt 21,340,000 2005 est.
27
 Spain 20,670,000 2005 est.
28
 Colombia 20,520,000 2005
29
 Tanzania 19,220,000 2005 est.
30
 Poland 17,100,000 2005 est.
31
 Canada 16,300,000 December 2005
32
 Argentina 15,340,000 2005 est.
33
 South Africa 15,230,000 2005 est.
34
 Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est.
35
 Uzbekistan 14,260,000 2005 est.
36
 Uganda 13,170,000 2005 est.
37
 Venezuela 12,310,000 2005 est.
38
 Kenya 11,850,000 2005 est.
39
 Morocco 11,190,000 2005 est.
40
 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
41
 Malaysia 10,670,000 2005 est.
42
 Ghana 10,620,000 2005 est.
43
 Taiwan 10,600,000 2005 est.
44
 Australia 10,420,000 2005 est.
45
 Nepal 10,400,000 2004 est.
46
 Algeria 10,150,000 2005 est.
47
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
48
 Romania 9,310,000 2005 est.
49
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
50
 Peru 9,060,000 2005 est.
51
 Sri Lanka 8,080,000 2005 est.
52
 Kazakhstan 7,850,000 2005 est.
53
 Netherlands 7,530,000 2005 est.
54
 Iraq 7,400,000 2004 est.
55
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
56
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
57
 Cote d'Ivoire 6,950,000 2005 est.
58
 Cameroon 6,860,000 2005 est.
59
 Saudi Arabia 6,760,000 2005 est.
60
 Chile 6,300,000 2005 est.
61
 Yemen 5,830,000 2005 est.
62
 Angola 5,580,000 2005 est.
63
 Portugal 5,520,000 2005 est.
64
 Azerbaijan 5,450,000 2005 est.
65
 Czech Republic 5,270,000 2005 est.
66
 Syria 5,120,000 2004 est.
67
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
68
 Senegal 4,820,000 2005 est.
69
 Zambia 4,800,000 2005 est.
70
 Belgium 4,770,000 2005 est.
71
 Greece 4,720,000 2005 est.
72
 Cuba 4,600,000 2005 est.
73
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
74
 Ecuador 4,600,000 2005 est.
75
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
76
 Sweden 4,490,000 2005 est.
77
 Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005
78
 Bolivia 4,220,000 2005 est.
79
 Hungary 4,180,000 2005 est.
80
 Zimbabwe 3,940,000 2005 est.
81
 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
82
 Switzerland 3,800,000 2005 est.
83
 Guatemala 3,760,000 2005 est.
84
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
85
 Tajikistan 3,700,000 2003
86
 Hong Kong 3,610,000 October 2005
87
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
88
 Austria 3,490,000 2005 est.
89
 Tunisia 3,410,000 2005 est.
90
 Papua New Guinea 3,400,000 2005 est.
91
 Bulgaria 3,340,000 2005 est.
92
 Serbia and Montenegro 3,220,000 2005 est.
93
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
94
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
95
 Denmark 2,900,000 2005 est.
96
 El Salvador 2,810,000 2005 est.
97
 United Arab Emirates 2,800,000 2005 est.
98
 Laos 2,800,000 2002 est.
99
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
100
 Paraguay 2,680,000 2005 est.
101
 Finland 2,610,000 2005 est.
102
 Lebanon 2,600,000 2001 est.
103
 Honduras 2,540,000 2005 est.
104
 Israel 2,420,000 2005 est.
105
 Norway 2,400,000 2005 est.
106
 Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est.
107
 Singapore 2,280,000 September 2005 est.
108
 Slovakia 2,240,000 30 September 2005 est.
109
 New Zealand 2,130,000 2005 est.
110
 Georgia 2,040,000 2004 est.
111
 Ireland 2,030,000 2005 est.
112
 Nicaragua 2,010,000 2005 est.
113
 Costa Rica 1,820,000 2005 est.
114
 Togo 1,740,000 1996
115
 Croatia 1,710,000 2005 est.
116
 Kuwait 1,670,000 2005 est.
117
 Libya 1,640,000 2005 est.
118
 Lithuania 1,610,000 2005 est.
119
 Uruguay 1,520,000 2005 est.
120
 Mongolia 1,488,000 2003
121
 Jordan 1,460,000 2005 est.
122
 Panama 1,390,000 2005 est.
123
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
124
 Moldova 1,340,000 2005 est.
125
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
126
 Armenia 1,200,000 2005
127
 Jamaica 1,200,000 2005 est.
128
 Latvia 1,110,000 2005 est.
129
 Albania 1,090,000 2004 est.
130
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
131
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
132
 Slovenia 920,000 2005 est.
133
 Macedonia 855,000 2004 est.
134
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
135
 Namibia 820,000 2005 est.
136
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
137
 Estonia 670,000 2005 est.
138
 Gabon 640,000 2005 est.
139
 Trinidad and Tobago 620,000 2005 est.
140
 West Bank 614,000 April-June 2005
141
 Mauritius 570,000 2005 est.
142
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
143
 Qatar 440,000 2005 est.
144
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
145
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
146
 Bahrain 380,000 2005 est.
147
 Cyprus 370,000 2004 est.
148
 Luxembourg 316,500 2005 est.
149
 Reunion 309,900 2000
150
 Botswana 288,400 2004
151
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
152
 Gaza Strip 278,000 April-June 2005
153
 Macau 251,200 3rd Quarter, 2005
154
 Bahamas, The 176,300 2004
155
 Iceland 165,900 2005 est.
156
 Martinique 165,900 1998
157
 Malta 160,000 2005 est.
158
 Suriname 156,700 2004
159
 Swaziland 155,700 2003
160
 Brunei 146,300 2003 est.
161
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
162
 Fiji 137,000 1999
163
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
164
 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
165
 Cyprus 95,025 2004 est.
166
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
167
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
168
 Maldives 88,000 2000
169
 Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005
170
 New Caledonia 78,900 2004
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
 Andorra 48,740 2004
180
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
181
 Grenada 42,300 1996
182
 Aruba 41,500 2004 est.
183
 Isle of Man 39,690 2001
184
 Bermuda 38,360 2004
185
 Tonga 33,910 1996
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 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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