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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 est.
2
China 798,000,000 2006 est.
3
India 509,300,000 2006 est.
4
European Union 222,700,000 2005 est.
5
United States 151,400,000 2006 est.
6
Indonesia 108,200,000 2006 est.
7
Brazil 96,340,000 2006 est.
8
Russia 73,880,000 2006 est.
9
Bangladesh 68,000,000 2006 est.
10
Japan 66,440,000 2006 est.
11
Nigeria 48,990,000 2006 est.
12
Pakistan 48,290,000 2006 est.
13
Vietnam 44,580,000 2006 est.
14
Germany 43,660,000 2006 est.
15
Mexico 38,090,000 2006 est.
16
Thailand 36,410,000 2006 est.
17
Philippines 35,790,000 2006 est.
18
United Kingdom 31,100,000 2006 est.
19
Burma 28,490,000 2006 est.
20
France 27,880,000 2006 est.
21
Ethiopia 27,270,000 1999
22
Uruguay 27,000,000 2006 est.
23
Turkey 24,800,000 2006 est.
24
Italy 24,630,000 2006 est.
25
Iran 24,360,000 2006 est.
26
Korea, South 23,770,000 31 December 2006 est.
27
Ukraine 22,300,000 2006 est.
28
Egypt 21,800,000 2006 est.
29
Spain 21,770,000 2006 est.
30
Colombia 20,810,000 2006 est.
31
Tanzania 19,350,000 2006 est.
32
Canada 17,590,000 2006 est.
33
Poland 17,260,000 2006 est.
34
South Africa 16,090,000 2006 est.
35
Argentina 15,350,000 2006 est.
36
Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est.
37
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000,000 2006 est.
38
Uzbekistan 14,440,000 2006 est.
39
Uganda 13,760,000 2006 est.
40
Venezuela 12,500,000 November 2006 est.
41
Morocco 11,250,000 2006 est.
42
Nepal 11,110,000 2006 est.
43
Ghana 10,870,000 2006 est.
44
Malaysia 10,730,000 2006 est.
45
Australia 10,660,000 2006 est.
46
Taiwan 10,460,000 2006 est.
47
Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
48
Mozambique 9,400,000 2006 est.
49
Romania 9,330,000 2006 est.
50
Algeria 9,310,000 2006 est.
51
Peru 9,210,000 2006 est.
52
Kazakhstan 7,834,000 2006 est.
53
Netherlands 7,600,000 2006 est.
54
Sri Lanka 7,500,000 2006 est.
55
Sudan 7,415,000 1996 est.
56
Iraq 7,400,000 2004 est.
57
Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
58
Saudi Arabia 7,125,000 2006 est.
59
Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
60
Chile 6,940,000 2006 est.
61
Cote d'Ivoire 6,738,000 2006 est.
62
Cameroon 6,394,000 2006 est.
63
Angola 6,393,000 2006 est.
64
Yemen 5,759,000 2006 est.
65
Portugal 5,580,000 2006
66
Syria 5,505,000 2006 est.
67
Czech Republic 5,310,000 2006 est.
68
Azerbaijan 5,191,000 2006 est.
69
Guatemala 5,020,000 2005 est.
70
Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
71
Zambia 4,903,000 2006 est.
72
Belgium 4,890,000 2006 est.
73
Greece 4,880,000 2006 est.
74
Cuba 4,820,000 2006 est.
75
Senegal 4,749,000 2006 est.
76
Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
77
Sweden 4,590,000 2006 est.
78
Ecuador 4,570,000 2006 est.
79
Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
80
Bolivia 4,300,000 2006 est.
81
Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005
82
Hungary 4,200,000 2006 est.
83
Zimbabwe 3,958,000 2006 est.
84
Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
85
Dominican Republic 3,896,000 2006 est.
86
Austria 3,880,000 2006 est.
87
Switzerland 3,810,000 2006 est.
88
Guinea 3,700,000 2006 est.
89
Somalia 3,700,000 NA
90
Tajikistan 3,700,000 2003
91
Hong Kong 3,630,000 2006 est.
92
Haiti 3,600,000 1995
93
Bulgaria 3,510,000 30 September 2006 est.
94
Tunisia 3,502,000 2006 est.
95
Papua New Guinea 3,477,000 2006 est.
96
Benin 3,211,000 1996
97
Burundi 2,990,000 2002
98
United Arab Emirates 2,968,000 2006 est.
99
Serbia 2,961,000 2002 est.
100
Denmark 2,910,000 2006 est.
101
El Salvador 2,856,000 2006 est.
102
Paraguay 2,742,000 2006 est.
103
Chad 2,719,000 1993
104
Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
105
Slovakia 2,629,000 2006 est.
106
Finland 2,620,000 2006 est.
107
Israel 2,600,000 2006 est.
108
Honduras 2,589,000 2006 est.
109
Norway 2,420,000 2006 est.
110
Singapore 2,400,000 2006 est.
111
Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est.
112
Nicaragua 2,261,000 2006 est.
113
New Zealand 2,180,000 2006 est.
114
Ireland 2,120,000 2006 est.
115
Laos 2,100,000 2006 est.
116
Georgia 2,040,000 2004 est.
117
Kenya 1,955,000 2006 est.
118
Costa Rica 1,866,000 2006 est.
119
Libya 1,787,000 2006 est.
120
Croatia 1,720,000 2006 est.
121
Lithuania 1,617,000 2006 est.
122
Mongolia 1,577,000 2005
123
Jordan 1,512,000 2006 est.
124
Lebanon 1,500,000 2005 est.
125
Panama 1,441,000 2006 est.
126
Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
127
Moldova 1,339,000 2006 est.
128
Togo 1,302,000 1998
129
Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
130
Armenia 1,200,000 November 2006
131
Kuwait 1,136,000 2006 est.
132
Latvia 1,136,000 2006 est.
133
Jamaica 1,100,000 2006 est.
134
Albania 1,090,000 September 2006 est.
135
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
136
Slovenia 1,026,000 2006 est.
137
Oman 920,000 2002 est.
138
Macedonia 899,000 2006 est.
139
Lesotho 838,000 2000
140
Mauritania 786,000 2001
141
Estonia 673,000 2006 est.
142
Namibia 653,000 2006 est.
143
Trinidad and Tobago 618,000 2006 est.
144
Gabon 581,000 2006 est.
145
West Bank 568,000 2005
146
Mauritius 555,000 2006 est.
147
Qatar 508,000 2006 est.
148
Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
149
Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
150
Gambia, The 400,000 1996
151
Cyprus 380,000 2006 est.
152
Bahrain 352,000 2006 est.
153
Swaziland 300,000 2006
154
Botswana 288,400 2004
155
Djibouti 282,000 2000
156
Montenegro 259,100 2004
157
Gaza Strip 259,000 2005
158
Solomon Islands 249,200 1999
159
Macau 248,000 2005
160
Luxembourg 203,000 2006 est.
161
Brunei 180,400 2006 est.
162
Bahamas, The 176,300 2004
163
Iceland 173,000 2006 est.
164
Malta 164,000 2006 est.
165
Suriname 156,700 2004
166
Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
167
Fiji 137,000 1999
168
Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
169
Cape Verde 120,600 1990
170
Belize 113,000 2006 est.
171
Maldives 101,300 2004
172
Cyprus 95,025 2006 est.
173
Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
174
Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005
175
New Caledonia 78,990 2004
176
Vanuatu 76,410 1999
177
Niger 70,000 2002 est.
178
French Polynesia 65,930 December 2005
179
Guam 62,050 2002 est.
180
Jersey 53,560 June 2006
181
Mayotte 44,560 2002
182
Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 2000
183
Monaco 44,000 2005 est.
184
Virgin Islands 43,980 2004 est.
185
Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
186
Andorra 42,420 2005
187
Grenada 42,300 1996
188
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 1991 est.
189
Aruba 41,500 2004 est.
190
Isle of Man 39,690 2001
191
Bermuda 38,360 2004
192
Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410 2000
193
Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 1991
194
Tonga 33,910 2003
195
Greenland 32,120 2004
196
Guernsey 31,470 March 2006
197
Seychelles 30,900 1996
198
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
199
Liechtenstein 29,500 31 December 2001
200
Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
201
Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
202
Cayman Islands 23,450 2004
203
San Marino 20,470 2004
204
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
205
American Samoa 17,630 2005
206
Marshall Islands 14,680 2000
207
British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
208
Gibraltar 12,690 2001
209
Western Sahara 12,000 NA
210
Palau 9,777 2005
211
Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
212
Cook Islands 6,820 2001
213
Anguilla 6,049 2001
214
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
215
Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
216
Tuvalu 3,615 2004 est.
217
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 2005
218
Wallis and Futuna 3,104 2003
219
Saint Helena 2,486 1998 est.
220
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 1996
221
Norfolk Island 1,345 NA
222
Niue 663 2001
223
Tokelau 440 2001
224
Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

This page was last updated on 8 March, 2007

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