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Country Comparison :: Labor force
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Rank
 country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
812,700,000
2009 est.
2 India
467,000,000
2009 est.
3 European Union
224,800,000
2009 est.
4 United States
154,100,000
2009
5 Indonesia
113,300,000
2009 est.
6 Brazil
95,210,000
2009 est.
7 Russia
75,810,000
2009 est.
8 Bangladesh
72,500,000
2009 est.
9 Japan
65,930,000
2009 est.
10 Pakistan
55,880,000
2009 est.
11 Nigeria
47,330,000
2009 est.
12 Mexico
47,000,000
2009 est.
13 Vietnam
43,870,000
April 2009 est.
14 Germany
43,510,000
2009 est.
15 Thailand
38,240,000
2009 est.
16 Ethiopia
37,900,000
2007
17 Philippines
37,890,000
2009 est.
18 United Kingdom
31,250,000
2009 est.
19 Burma
30,850,000
2009 est.
20 France
27,990,000
2009 est.
21 Egypt
25,800,000
2009 est.
22 Turkey
25,300,000
2009 est.
23 Iran
25,020,000
2009 est.
24 Italy
24,950,000
2009 est.
25 Korea, South
24,370,000
2009 est.
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
23,530,000
2007 est.
27 Spain
22,970,000
2009 est.
28 Colombia
21,530,000
2009 est.
29 Tanzania
21,230,000
2009 est.
30 Ukraine
20,400,000
2009 est.
31 Korea, North
20,000,000
2004 est.
32 Canada
18,400,000
2009 est.
33 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
34 Kenya
17,470,000
2009 est.
35 South Africa
17,320,000
2009 est.
36 Poland
16,990,000
2009 est.
37 Argentina
16,540,000
2009 est.
38 Uzbekistan
15,650,000
2009 est.
39 Uganda
15,010,000
2009 est.
40 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
41 Venezuela
12,670,000
2009 est.
42 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
43 Morocco
11,460,000
2009 est.
44 Australia
11,440,000
2009 est.
45 Malaysia
11,290,000
2009 est.
46 Taiwan
10,920,000
2009 est.
47 Ghana
10,330,000
2009 est.
48 Peru
10,260,000
2009 est.
49 Mozambique
9,770,000
2009 est.
50 Algeria
9,612,000
2009 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,330,000
2009 est.
53 Kazakhstan
8,700,000
2009 est.
54 Netherlands
8,330,000
2009 est.
55 Iraq
8,175,000
2008 est.
56 Sri Lanka
8,100,000
2009 est.
57 Cambodia
8,000,000
2009 est.
58 Angola
7,769,000
2009 est.
59 Cote d'Ivoire
7,463,000
2009 est.
60 Chile
7,420,000
2009 est.
61 Cameroon
7,313,000
2009 est.
62 Saudi Arabia
6,922,000
2009 est.
63 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
64 Yemen
6,641,000
2009 est.
65 Syria
5,772,000
2009 est.
66 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
67 Portugal
5,580,000
2009 est.
68 Senegal
5,578,000
2009 est.
69 Zambia
5,398,000
2009 est.
70 Czech Republic
5,380,000
2009 est.
71 Belgium
5,010,000
2009 est.
72 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
73 Greece
5,000,000
2009 est.
74 Cuba
4,968,000
2009 est.
75 Sweden
4,930,000
2009 est.
76 Niger
4,688,000
2007
77 Bolivia
4,536,000
2009 est.
78 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
79 Ecuador
4,430,000
2009 est.
80 Dominican Republic
4,417,000
2009 est.
81 Guinea
4,392,000
2007 est.
82 Azerbaijan
4,318,000
2008 est.
83 Chad
4,293,000
2007
84 Switzerland
4,280,000
2009 est.
85 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
86 Guatemala
4,157,000
2009 est.
87 Zimbabwe
3,840,000
2009 est.
88 Hungary
3,800,000
January 2010 est.
89 Tunisia
3,750,000
2009 est.
90 Papua New Guinea
3,723,000
2009 est.
91 Austria
3,680,000
2009 est.
92 Hong Kong
3,670,000
2009 est.
93 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
94 Laos
3,650,000
2009 est.
95 Haiti
3,643,000
2007
96 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
97 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
98 Bulgaria
3,200,000
2009 est.
99 United Arab Emirates
3,168,000
2009 est.
100 Serbia
3,107,000
October 2009 est.
101 Honduras
3,052,000
2009 est.
102 Singapore
3,030,000
2009 est.
103 Israel
3,010,000
2009 est.
104 Paraguay
2,981,000
2009 est.
105 Denmark
2,940,000
2009 est.
106 El Salvador
2,917,000
2009 est.
107 Finland
2,680,000
2009 est.
108 Norway
2,600,000
2009 est.
109 Togo
2,595,000
2007
110 Nicaragua
2,383,000
2009 est.
111 Slovakia
2,365,000
2009 est.
112 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
113 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
114 New Zealand
2,290,000
2009 est.
115 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
116 Ireland
2,200,000
2009 est.
117 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2009
118 Costa Rica
2,090,000
2009 est.
119 Kuwait
2,040,000
2009 est.
120 Eritrea
1,935,000
NA
121 Central African Republic
1,926,000
2007
122 Georgia
1,918,000
2007 est.
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,863,000
2007
124 Libya
1,686,000
2009 est.
125 Jordan
1,667,000
2009 est.
126 Lithuania
1,656,000
2009 est.
127 Uruguay
1,636,000
2009 est.
128 Congo, Republic of the
1,514,000
2007
129 Armenia
1,481,000
2007 est.
130 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
131 Puerto Rico
1,479,000
2007
132 Panama
1,423,000
2009 est.
133 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
134 Moldova
1,336,000
2009 est.
135 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
136 Jamaica
1,311,000
2009 est.
137 Latvia
1,205,000
2009 est.
138 Qatar
1,202,000
2009 est.
139 Croatia
1,196,000
November 2009 est.
140 Albania
1,103,000
2009 est.
141 Mongolia
1,068,000
2008
142 Oman
968,800
2007
143 Macedonia
940,700
2009 est.
144 Slovenia
914,000
2009 est.
145 Lesotho
854,600
2007 est.
146 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
147 Namibia
716,000
2009 est.
148 Estonia
700,000
2009 est.
149 West Bank
694,000
2009
150 Botswana
685,300
2007
151 Gabon
633,000
2009 est.
152 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
153 Trinidad and Tobago
629,000
2009 est.
154 Bahrain
595,000
2009 est.
155 Mauritius
594,000
2009 est.
156 Kosovo
550,000
2007 est.
157 Swaziland
457,900
2007
158 Timor-Leste
414,200
2007
159 Cyprus
400,000
2009 est.
160 Djibouti
351,700
2007
161 Gaza Strip
339,000
2009
162 Fiji
335,000
2007 est.
163 Guyana
333,900
2007 est.
164 Macau
322,000
2009 est.
165 Bhutan
299,900
2008
166 Comoros
268,500
2007 est.
167 Montenegro
259,100
2004
168 Luxembourg
208,000
2009 est.
169 Solomon Islands
202,500
2007
170 Cape Verde
196,100
2007
171 Equatorial Guinea
195,200
NA
172 Brunei
188,800
2008 est.
173 Bahamas, The
184,000
2009
174 Iceland
180,900
2009 est.
175 Barbados
175,000
2007 est.
176 Malta
175,000
2008 est.
177 Suriname
165,600
2007
178 Maldives
144,000
2009
179 Belize
122,300
2008 est.
180 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
181 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
182 New Caledonia
102,600
2007
183 Netherlands Antilles
91,470
2007
184 Saint Lucia
79,700
2007
185 Samoa
66,270
2007 est.
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520
2007 est.
187 Jersey
53,560
June 2006
188 Sao Tome and Principe
52,490
2007
189 Virgin Islands
49,820
2007 est.
190 Mayotte
44,560
2002
191 Monaco
44,000
2005 est.
192 Grenada
42,300
1996
193 Andorra
42,220
2008
194 Aruba
41,500
2004 est.
195 Tonga
39,960
2007
196 Isle of Man
39,690
2001
197 Seychelles
39,560
2006
198 Cayman Islands
39,000
2007
199 Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
2005 est.
200 Bermuda
38,360
2004
201 Faroe Islands
34,680
November 2008
202 Liechtenstein
32,440
2008
203 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
204 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
205 Greenland
28,240
January 2009
206 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
207 San Marino
22,660
2008
208 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
209 American Samoa
17,630
2005
210 Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360
2008
211 Marshall Islands
14,680
2000
212 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
213 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
214 Western Sahara
12,000
2005 est.
215 Palau
9,777
2005
216 Kiribati
7,870
2001 est.
217 Cook Islands
6,820
2001
218 Anguilla
6,049
2001
219 Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848
1990 est.
220 Tuvalu
3,615
2004 est.
221 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,450
2005
222 Wallis and Futuna
3,104
2003
223 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486
1998 est.
224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,724
1996
225 Svalbard
1,234
2003
226 Norfolk Island
978
NA
227 Niue
663
2001
228 Tokelau
440
2001
229 Pitcairn Islands
15
2004
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