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Country Comparison :: Labor force

This entry contains the total labor force figure.

Rank	country	Labor force	Date of Information


1	China	780,000,000	2010 est.


2	India	478,300,000	2010 est.


3	European Union	225,300,000	2010 est.


4	United States	154,900,000	2010 est.


5	Indonesia	116,500,000	2010 est.


6	Brazil	103,600,000	2010 est.


7	Russia	75,550,000	2010 est.


8	Bangladesh	73,870,000	2010 est.


9	Japan	65,700,000	2010 est.


10	Pakistan	55,770,000	2010 est.


11	Nigeria	48,330,000	2010 est.


12	Mexico	46,990,000	2010 est.


13	Vietnam	46,210,000	2010 est.


14	Germany	43,350,000	2010 est.


15	Philippines	38,900,000	2010 est.


16	Thailand	38,700,000	2010 est.


17	Ethiopia	37,900,000	2007


18	Burma	31,680,000	2010 est.


19	United Kingdom	31,450,000	2010 est.


20	France	28,210,000	2010 est.


21	Egypt	26,100,000	2010 est.


22	Iran	25,700,000	2010 est.


23	Italy	25,050,000	2010 est.


24	Turkey	24,730,000	2010 est.


25	Korea, South	24,620,000	2010 est.


26	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	23,530,000	2007 est.


27	Spain	22,960,000	2010 est.


28	Ukraine	22,060,000	2010 est.


29	Tanzania	21,860,000	2010 est.


30	Colombia	21,270,000	2010 est.


31	Canada	18,590,000	2010 est.


32	Nepal	18,000,000	2009 est.


33	Kenya	17,940,000	2010 est.


34	South Africa	17,320,000	2010 est.


35	Poland	17,000,000	2010 est.


36	Argentina	16,620,000	2010 est.


37	Uzbekistan	16,000,000	2010 est.


38	Peru	15,680,000	mid-year 2010 est.


39	Uganda	15,510,000	2010 est.


40	Afghanistan	15,000,000	2004 est.


41	Venezuela	13,300,000	2010 est.


42	Malaysia	12,200,000	2010 est.


43	Korea, North	12,200,000	2009 est.


44	Sudan	11,920,000	2007 est.


45	Morocco	11,630,000	2010 est.


46	Australia	11,620,000	2010 est.


47	Taiwan	11,070,000	2010 est.


48	Ghana	10,560,000	2010 est.


49	Algeria	9,877,000	2010 est.


50	Mozambique	9,870,000	2010 est.


51	Madagascar	9,504,000	2007


52	Romania	9,350,000	2010 est.


53	Cambodia	8,800,000	2010 est.


54	Kazakhstan	8,718,000	2010 est.


55	Iraq	8,500,000	2009 est.


56	Sri Lanka	8,100,000	2010 est.


57	Angola	7,977,000	2010 est.


58	Netherlands	7,860,000	2010 est.


59	Cameroon	7,836,000	2010 est.


60	Cote d'Ivoire	7,617,000	2010 est.


61	Chile	7,580,000	2010 est.


62	Saudi Arabia	7,337,000	2010 est.


63	Yemen	6,832,000	2010 est.


64	Burkina Faso	6,668,000	2007


65	Azerbaijan	5,874,000	2010 est.


66	Malawi	5,747,000	2007 est.


67	Portugal	5,570,000	2010 est.


68	Senegal	5,530,000	2010 est.


69	Syria	5,527,000	2010 est.


70	Zambia	5,524,000	2010 est.


71	Czech Republic	5,370,000	2010 est.


72	Cuba	5,164,000	2010 est.


73	Greece	5,050,000	2010 est.


74	Belgium	5,020,000	2010 est.


75	Belarus	5,000,000	2009


76	Sweden	4,930,000	2010 est.


77	Haiti	4,810,000	2010 est.


78	Niger	4,688,000	2007


79	Switzerland	4,620,000	2010


80	Ecuador	4,590,000	2010 est.


81	Dominican Republic	4,498,000	2010 est.


82	Rwanda	4,446,000	2007


83	Guinea	4,392,000	2007 est.


84	Hungary	4,300,000	2010 est.


85	Chad	4,293,000	2007


86	Guatemala	4,260,000	2010 est.


87	Burundi	4,245,000	2007


88	Bolivia	4,186,000	2010 est.


89	United Arab Emirates	3,908,000	2010 est.


90	Zimbabwe	3,848,000	2010 est.


91	Tunisia	3,830,000	2010 est.


92	Papua New Guinea	3,809,000	2010 est.


93	Hong Kong	3,700,000	2010 est.


94	Austria	3,700,000	2010 est.


95	Laos	3,690,000	2010 est.


96	Benin	3,662,000	2007 est.


97	Somalia	3,447,000	2007


98	Bulgaria	3,400,000	2009 est.


99	Honduras	3,394,000	2010 est.


100	Mali	3,241,000	2007 est.


101	Israel	3,080,000	2010 est.


102	Singapore	3,075,000	2010 est.


103	Paraguay	3,038,000	2010 est.


104	Serbia	2,950,000	2010 est.


105	El Salvador	2,940,000	2010 est.


106	Denmark	2,820,000	2010 est.


107	Finland	2,680,000	2010 est.


108	Slovakia	2,673,000	2010 est.


109	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,600,000	2010 est.


110	Togo	2,595,000	2007


111	Norway	2,590,000	2010 est.


112	Kyrgyzstan	2,344,000	2007


113	Nicaragua	2,343,000	2010 est.


114	New Zealand	2,320,000	2010 est.


115	Turkmenistan	2,300,000	2008 est.


116	Sierra Leone	2,207,000	2007 est.


117	Costa Rica	2,170,000	2010 est.


118	Kuwait	2,154,000	2010 est.


119	Ireland	2,150,000	2010 est.


120	Tajikistan	2,100,000	2009


121	Eritrea	1,935,000	2007


122	Central African Republic	1,926,000	2007


123	Georgia	1,918,000	2007 est.


124	Croatia	1,762,000	2010 est.


125	Libya	1,729,000	2010 est.


126	Jordan	1,719,000	2010 est.


127	Uruguay	1,637,000	2010 est.


128	Lithuania	1,633,000	2010 est.


129	Panama	1,557,000	2010 est.


130	Congo, Republic of the	1,514,000	2007


131	Lebanon	1,481,000	2007 est.


132	Armenia	1,481,000	2007 est.


133	Puerto Rico	1,479,000	2007


134	Liberia	1,372,000	2007


135	Mauritania	1,318,000	2007


136	Jamaica	1,317,000	2010 est.


137	Qatar	1,254,000	2010 est.


138	Moldova	1,203,000	2010 est.


139	Latvia	1,178,000	2010 est.


140	Mongolia	1,068,000	2008


141	Albania	1,060,000	2010 est.


142	Oman	968,800	2007


143	Macedonia	949,300	2010 est.


144	Slovenia	930,000	2010 est.


145	Lesotho	854,600	2007 est.


146	Gambia, The	777,100	2007


147	Namibia	729,000	2010 est.


148	Gabon	712,000	2010 est.


149	West Bank	694,000	2009


150	Estonia	688,000	2010 est.


151	Botswana	685,300	2007


152	Guinea-Bissau	632,700	2007


153	Trinidad and Tobago	631,000	2010 est.


154	Bahrain	611,000	2010 est.


155	Mauritius	597,000	2010 est.


156	Swaziland	457,900	2007


157	Timor-Leste	414,200	2007


158	Cyprus	400,000	2010 est.


159	Djibouti	351,700	2007


160	Gaza Strip	339,000	2009


161	Fiji	335,000	2007 est.


162	Guyana	333,900	2007 est.


163	Macau	330,900	2010 est.


164	Kosovo	310,000	2009 est.


165	Bhutan	299,900	2008


166	Comoros	268,500	2007 est.


167	Montenegro	259,100	2004


168	Luxembourg	206,000	2010 est.


169	Solomon Islands	202,500	2007


170	Cape Verde	196,100	2007


171	Equatorial Guinea	195,200	2007


172	Brunei	188,800	2008


173	Bahamas, The	184,000	2009


174	Iceland	178,800	2010


175	Barbados	175,000	2007 est.


176	Suriname	165,600	2007


177	Malta	163,100	2010


178	Western Sahara	144,000	2010 est.


179	Belize	120,500	2008 est.


180	French Polynesia	116,000	2007


181	Vanuatu	115,900	2007


182	Maldives	110,000	2010


183	New Caledonia	102,600	2007


184	Saint Lucia	79,700	2007


185	Samoa	66,270	2007 est.


186	Curacao	63,000	NA


187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520	2007 est.


188	Jersey	53,560	June 2006


189	Sao Tome and Principe	52,490	2007


190	Virgin Islands	49,820	2007 est.


191	Monaco	44,000	2005 est.


192	Grenada	42,300	1996


193	Aruba	41,500	2004 est.


194	Tonga	39,960	2007


195	Isle of Man	39,690	2001


196	Seychelles	39,560	2006


197	Cayman Islands	39,000	2007


198	Northern Mariana Islands	38,450	2005 est.


199	Bermuda	38,360	2004


200	Andorra	38,220	2010


201	Faroe Islands	34,680	November 2008


202	Liechtenstein	32,880	NA


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	Sint Maarten	23,200	2008 est.


208	San Marino	22,950	June 2010


209	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170	June 1995


210	American Samoa	17,630	2005


211	Micronesia, Federated States of	16,360	2008


212	Marshall Islands	14,680	2000


213	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004


214	Gibraltar	12,690	2001


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	2006


227	Niue	663	2001


228	Tokelau	440	2001


229	Pitcairn Islands	15	2004