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Country Comparison :: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
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Rank
 country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
798,500,000
NA
2 India
482,300,000
2012 est.
3 European Union
229,900,000
2012 est.
4 United States
155,000,000
2012 est.
5 Indonesia
118,100,000
2012 est.
6 Brazil
105,700,000
2012 est.
7 Bangladesh
77,000,000
2012 est.
8 Russia
75,680,000
2012 est.
9 Japan
65,550,000
2012 est.
10 Pakistan
59,210,000
2012 est.
11 Gaza Strip
58,980,000
2012 est.
12 Vietnam
52,290,000
2012 est.
13 Mexico
50,640,000
2012 est.
14 Ethiopia
44,020,000
2012 est.
15 Germany
43,920,000
2012 est.
16 Philippines
40,430,000
2012 est.
17 Thailand
39,410,000
2012 est.
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
34,120,000
2012 est.
19 Burma
33,410,000
2012 est.
20 United Kingdom
32,070,000
2012 est.
21 France
29,780,000
2012 est.
22 Turkey
27,340,000
2012 est.
23 Iran
27,050,000
2012 est.
24 Egypt
27,000,000
2012 est.
25 Italy
25,620,000
2012 est.
26 Korea, South
25,500,000
2012 est.
27 Tanzania
24,820,000
2012 est.
28 Colombia
23,090,000
2012 est.
29 Spain
23,050,000
2012 est.
30 Ukraine
22,110,000
2012 est.
31 Kenya
19,110,000
2012 est.
32 Canada
18,890,000
2012 est.
33 Poland
18,170,000
2012 est.
34 South Africa
18,060,000
2012 est.
35 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
36 Argentina
17,050,000
2012 est.
37 Uganda
16,830,000
2012 est.
38 Uzbekistan
16,730,000
2012 est.
39 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
40 Venezuela
13,490,000
2012 est.
41 Malaysia
12,900,000
2012 est.
42 Korea, North
12,200,000
2009 est.
43 Australia
12,150,000
2012 est.
44 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
45 Ghana
11,790,000
2012 est.
46 Morocco
11,530,000
2012 est.
47 Taiwan
11,340,000
2012 est.
48 Algeria
11,050,000
2012 est.
49 Peru
11,020,000
2012 est.
50 Mozambique
10,290,000
2012 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,252,000
2012 est.
53 Kazakhstan
8,983,000
2012 est.
54 Iraq
8,900,000
2010 est.
55 Angola
8,745,000
2012 est.
56 Sri Lanka
8,465,000
2012 est.
57 Cameroon
8,246,000
2012 est.
58 Chile
8,234,000
2012 est.
59 Saudi Arabia
8,012,000
2012 est.
60 Cambodia
7,900,000
2011 est.
61 Netherlands
7,895,000
2012 est.
62 Cote d'Ivoire
7,746,000
2012 est.
63 Yemen
7,158,000
2012 est.
64 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
65 Zambia
6,098,000
2012 est.
66 Senegal
5,910,000
2012 est.
67 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
68 Nigeria
5,500,000
2012 est.
69 Portugal
5,495,000
2012 est.
70 Czech Republic
5,404,000
2012 est.
71 Syria
5,327,000
2012 est.
72 Guinea
5,240,000
2012 est.
73 Cuba
5,227,000
2012 est.
74 Belgium
5,190,000
2012 est.
75 Sweden
5,058,000
2012 est.
76 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
77 Switzerland
4,954,000
2012 est.
78 Greece
4,950,000
2012 est.
79 Haiti
4,810,000
2010 est.
80 Dominican Republic
4,806,000
2012 est.
81 Ecuador
4,769,000
2012 est.
82 Bolivia
4,724,000
2012 est.
83 Azerbaijan
4,696,000
2012 est.
84 Niger
4,688,000
2007
85 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
86 Guatemala
4,356,000
2012 est.
87 United Arab Emirates
4,337,000
2012 est.
88 Chad
4,293,000
2007
89 Hungary
4,257,000
2012 est.
90 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
91 Papua New Guinea
3,986,000
2012 est.
92 Zimbabwe
3,931,000
2012 est.
93 Tunisia
3,914,000
2012 est.
94 Hong Kong
3,792,000
2012 est.
95 Austria
3,737,000
2012
96 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
97 Israel
3,606,000
2012 est.
98 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
99 Honduras
3,437,000
2012 est.
100 Singapore
3,362,000
2012 est.
101 Laos
3,308,000
2012 est.
102 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
103 Serbia
3,170,000
2012 est.
104 Paraguay
3,137,000
2012 est.
105 Nicaragua
2,961,000
2012 est.
106 Congo, Republic of the
2,890,000
2011 est.
107 Denmark
2,784,000
2012 est.
108 El Salvador
2,725,000
2012 est.
109 Slovakia
2,724,000
2012 est.
110 Finland
2,690,000
2012 est.
111 Norway
2,678,000
2012 est.
112 Togo
2,595,000
2007
113 Bulgaria
2,585,000
2012 est.
114 New Zealand
2,381,000
2012 est.
115 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
116 Kuwait
2,304,000
2012 est.
117 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
118 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
119 Costa Rica
2,182,000
2012 est.
120 Ireland
2,154,000
2012 est.
121 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2012
122 Central African Republic
2,082,000
2011 est.
123 Georgia
1,959,000
2011 est.
124 Eritrea
1,935,000
2007
125 Jordan
1,835,000
2012 est.
126 Croatia
1,702,000
2012 est.
127 Uruguay
1,691,000
2012 est.
128 Panama
1,517,000
2012 est.
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,490,000
2012 est.
130 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
131 Lithuania
1,474,000
2012 est.
132 Armenia
1,386,000
2012 est.
133 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
134 Libya
1,353,000
2012 est.
135 Qatar
1,339,000
2012 est.
136 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
137 Botswana
1,288,000
2012 est.
138 Puerto Rico
1,286,000
March 2012
139 Jamaica
1,260,000
2012 est.
140 Moldova
1,215,000
2012 est.
141 Albania
1,098,000
2012 est.
142 Mongolia
1,037,000
2011 est.
143 Latvia
1,031,000
2012 est.
144 West Bank
982,300
2012 est.
145 Oman
968,800
2007
146 Macedonia
943,100
2012 est.
147 Slovenia
920,200
2012 est.
148 Namibia
911,500
2012 est.
149 Lesotho
855,600
2012 est.
150 Kosovo
800,000
2011 est.
151 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
152 Estonia
695,000
2012 est.
153 Bahrain
655,300
2012 est.
154 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
155 Mauritius
626,900
2012 est.
156 Trinidad and Tobago
618,200
2012 est.
157 Gabon
616,700
2012 est.
158 Cyprus
428,900
2012 est.
159 Swaziland
424,100
2011 est.
160 Timor-Leste
418,200
2009
161 Macau
356,700
2012 est.
162 Djibouti
351,700
2007
163 Fiji
335,000
2007 est.
164 Guyana
313,100
2009 est.
165 Bhutan
299,900
2008
166 Montenegro
251,300
2011 est.
167 Comoros
233,500
2011 est.
168 Luxembourg
208,200
2012 est.
169 Brunei
205,800
2011 est.
170 Solomon Islands
202,500
2007
171 Cabo Verde
196,100
2007
172 Equatorial Guinea
195,200
2007
173 Bahamas, The
192,200
2012
174 Malta
184,500
2012 est.
175 Iceland
180,100
2012 est.
176 Suriname
165,600
2007
177 Maldives
152,500
2010
178 Western Sahara
144,000
2010 est.
179 Barbados
142,000
2012 est.
180 Belize
120,500
2008 est.
181 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
182 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
183 New Caledonia
106,400
2010
184 Saint Lucia
79,700
2012
185 Guam
69,390
2010 est.
186 Curacao
62,040
2011
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520
2007 est.
188 Jersey
53,380
June 2012
189 Sao Tome and Principe
52,490
2007
190 Aruba
51,610
2007 est.
191 Monaco
50,580
2011 est.
192 Virgin Islands
49,820
2007 est.
193 Samoa
47,930
2011 est.
194 Grenada
47,580
2008
195 Isle of Man
41,790
2006
196 Tonga
39,960
2007
197 Seychelles
39,560
2006
198 Cayman Islands
39,000
2007
199 Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
2005 est.
200 Bermuda
37,400
2011
201 Andorra
36,060
2012
202 Liechtenstein
35,250
2012
203 Faroe Islands
34,710
November 2010
204 Greenland
33,670
2010
205 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
206 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
207 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
208 Sint Maarten
23,200
2008 est.
209 San Marino
21,830
December 2012
210 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
211 American Samoa
17,630
2005
212 Saint Martin
17,300
NA
213 Micronesia, Federated States of
15,920
2011
214 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
215 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
216 Marshall Islands
10,480
2011 est.
217 Palau
9,777
2005
218 Kiribati
7,870
2001
219 Cook Islands
6,820
2001
220 Anguilla
6,049
2001
221 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
5,246
2006
222 Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848
1990 est.
223 Montserrat
4,521
2012
224 Tuvalu
3,615
2004 est.
225 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,194
2006
226 Wallis and Futuna
3,104
2003
227 Holy See (Vatican City)
2,832
December 2011
228 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486
1998 est.
229 Svalbard
1,234
2003
230 Norfolk Island
978
2006
231 Niue
663
2001
232 Tokelau
440
2001
233 Pitcairn Islands
15
2004
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