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  Country Comparisons - Labor force


Rank
Country
Labor force
Date of Information
1
 World 3,167,000,000 2008 est.
2
 China 807,700,000 2008 est.
3
 India 523,500,000 2008 est.
4
 European Union 224,800,000 2008 est.
5
 United States 155,200,000 2008 est.
6
 Indonesia 112,000,000 2008 est.
7
 Brazil 100,900,000 2008 est.
8
 Russia 75,700,000 2008 est.
9
 Bangladesh 70,860,000 2008 est.
10
 Japan 66,150,000 2008 est.
11
 Nigeria 51,040,000 2008 est.
12
 Pakistan 50,580,000 2008 est.
13
 Vietnam 47,410,000 2008 est.
14
 Mexico 45,500,000 2008 est.
15
 Germany 43,620,000 2008 est.
16
 Thailand 37,780,000 2008 est.
17
 Philippines 36,810,000 2008 est.
18
 United Kingdom 31,200,000 2008 est.
19
 Burma 30,040,000 2008 est.
20
 France 28,500,000 2008 est.
21
 Ethiopia 27,270,000 1999
22
 Italy 25,090,000 2008 est.
23
 Egypt 24,720,000 2008 est.
24
 Iran 24,350,000 2008 est.
25
 Korea, South 24,350,000 2008 est.
26
 Turkey 23,210,000 2008 est.
27
 Spain 23,100,000 2008 est.
28
 Ukraine 21,710,000 2008 est.
29
 Colombia 21,300,000 2008 est.
30
 Tanzania 20,380,000 2008 est.
31
 Korea, North 20,000,000 2004 est.
32
 South Africa 18,220,000 2008 est.
33
 Canada 18,180,000 2008 est.
34
 Poland 16,950,000 2008 est.
35
 Argentina 16,270,000 2008 est.
36
 Uzbekistan 15,280,000 2008 est.
37
 Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est.
38
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 15,000,000 2006 est.
39
 Nepal 14,600,000 2008 est.
40
 Uganda 14,480,000 2008 est.
41
 Venezuela 12,490,000 2008 est.
42
 Ghana 11,520,000 2008 est.
43
 Morocco 11,500,000 2008 est.
44
 Australia 11,210,000 2008 est.
45
 Malaysia 11,200,000 2008 est.
46
 Taiwan 10,850,000 2008 est.
47
 Peru 10,200,000 2008 est.
48
 Mozambique 10,040,000 2008 est.
49
 Kenya 9,450,000 2007 est.
50
 Algeria 9,440,000 2008 est.
51
 Romania 9,320,000 2008 est.
52
 Cambodia 8,600,000 2008 est.
53
 Kazakhstan 8,358,000 2008 est.
54
 Netherlands 7,750,000 2008 est.
55
 Iraq 7,740,000 2008 est.
56
 Sri Lanka 7,588,000 2008 est.
57
 Sudan 7,415,000 1996 est.
58
 Chile 7,320,000 2008 est.
59
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
60
 Angola 7,288,000 2008 est.
61
 Cote d'Ivoire 7,035,000 2008 est.
62
 Saudi Arabia 6,740,000 2008 est.
63
 Cameroon 6,716,000 2008 est.
64
 Yemen 6,494,000 2008 est.
65
 Azerbaijan 5,782,000 2008 est.
66
 Portugal 5,640,000 2008 est.
67
 Syria 5,547,000 2008 est.
68
 Mali 5,400,000 2007 est.
69
 Benin 5,380,000 2007 est.
70
 Czech Republic 5,370,000 2008 est.
71
 Zambia 5,093,000 2008 est.
72
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
73
 Belgium 4,990,000 2008
74
 Senegal 4,973,000 2008 est.
75
 Cuba 4,962,000 2008 est.
76
 Greece 4,960,000 2008 est.
77
 Sweden 4,900,000 2008 est.
78
 Ecuador 4,640,000 2008 est.
79
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
80
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
81
 Bolivia 4,457,000 2008 est.
82
 Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005
83
 Hungary 4,200,000 2008 est.
84
 Dominican Republic 4,119,000 2008 est.
85
 Guatemala 4,054,000 2008 est.
86
 Switzerland 4,040,000 2008 est.
87
 Zimbabwe 4,039,000 2008 est.
88
 Chad 3,747,000 2006
89
 Guinea 3,700,000 2006 est.
90
 Somalia 3,700,000 1975
91
 Tunisia 3,676,000 2008 est.
92
 Hong Kong 3,670,000 2008 est.
93
 Papua New Guinea 3,639,000 2008 est.
94
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
95
 Austria 3,493,000 2008 est.
96
 United Arab Emirates 3,266,000 2008 est.
97
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
98
 Serbia 2,961,000 2002 est.
99
 Singapore 2,960,000 2008 est.
100
 El Salvador 2,958,000 2008 est.
101
 Israel 2,950,000 2008 est.
102
 Honduras 2,892,000 2008 est.
103
 Denmark 2,860,000 2008 est.
104
 Paraguay 2,839,000 2008 est.
105
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
106
 Norway 2,590,000 2008 est.
107
 Finland 2,530,000 2008
108
 Bulgaria 2,440,000 2008
109
 Nicaragua 2,322,000 2008 est.
110
 Ireland 2,270,000 2008 est.
111
 New Zealand 2,260,000 2008 est.
112
 Slovakia 2,254,000 2008 est.
113
 Kuwait 2,225,000 2008 est.
114
 Laos 2,100,000 2006 est.
115
 Tajikistan 2,100,000 2008
116
 Turkmenistan 2,089,000 2004 est.
117
 Georgia 2,020,000 2007 est.
118
 Costa Rica 1,957,000 2008 est.
119
 Libya 1,916,000 2008 est.
120
 Central African Republic 1,857,000 2006
121
 Croatia 1,781,000 2008
122
 Uruguay 1,641,000 2008 est.
123
 Jordan 1,615,000 2008 est.
124
 Lithuania 1,601,000 2008 est.
125
 Panama 1,392,000 2008 est.
126
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
127
 Moldova 1,327,000 2008 est.
128
 Togo 1,302,000 1998
129
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
130
 Jamaica 1,261,000 2008 est.
131
 Armenia 1,200,000 2007 est.
132
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,196,000 2007
133
 Latvia 1,169,000 2008 est.
134
 Qatar 1,124,000 2008 est.
135
 Lebanon 1,100,000 2007 est.
136
 Albania 1,090,000 September 2006 est.
137
 Mongolia 1,068,000 2008
138
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
139
 Slovenia 920,000 2008 est.
140
 Macedonia 900,000 2008 est.
141
 Lesotho 838,000 2000 est.
142
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
143
 Estonia 686,000 2008 est.
144
 Namibia 667,000 2008 est.
145
 Trinidad and Tobago 620,800 2008 est.
146
 West Bank 605,000 2006
147
 Gabon 592,000 2008 est.
148
 Mauritius 584,000 2008 est.
149
 Kosovo 550,000 2007 est.
150
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
151
 Bahrain 463,000 2008 est.
152
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
153
 Cyprus 403,000 2008 est.
154
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
155
 Macau 337,400 2008 est.
156
 Swaziland 300,000 2006
157
 Botswana 288,400 2004
158
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
159
 Gaza Strip 267,000 2006
160
 Montenegro 259,100 2004
161
 Solomon Islands 249,200 1999
162
 Luxembourg 207,100 2008 est.
163
 Brunei 188,800 2008 est.
164
 Bahamas, The 181,900 2006
165
 Malta 173,000 2008
166
 Iceland 166,000 2008 est.
167
 Suriname 156,700 2004
168
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
169
 Maldives 128,800 2006
170
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
171
 Cape Verde 120,600 1990
172
 Fiji 117,500 2006 est.
173
 French Polynesia 113,400 2006
174
 Belize 113,000 2006 est.
175
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
176
 Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005
177
 New Caledonia 78,990 2004
178
 Vanuatu 76,410 1999
179
 Niger 70,000 1995
180
 Guam 62,050 2002 est.
181
 Jersey 53,560 June 2006
182
 Mayotte 44,560 2002
183
 Monaco 44,000 2005 est.
184
 Virgin Islands 43,980 2004 est.
185
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
186
 Grenada 42,300 1996
187
 Andorra 42,230 2007
188
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 1991 est.
189
 Aruba 41,500 2004 est.
190
 Isle of Man 39,690 2001
191
 Seychelles 39,560 2006
192
 Northern Mariana Islands 38,450 2005 est.
193
 Bermuda 38,360 2004
194
 Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 1991
195
 Tonga 33,910 2003
196
 Greenland 32,120 2004
197
 Guernsey 31,470 March 2006
198
 Liechtenstein 31,000 31 December 2006
199
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 1991
200
 Dominica 25,000 2000 est.
201
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
202
 Cayman Islands 23,450 2004
203
 San Marino 22,660 2008
204
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
205
 American Samoa 17,630 2005
206
 Micronesia, Federated States of 16,360 2008
207
 Marshall Islands 14,680 2000
208
 British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
209
 Gibraltar 12,690 2001
210
 Western Sahara 12,000 2005 est.
211
 Palau 9,777 2005
212
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
213
 Cook Islands 6,820 2001
214
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
215
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
216
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
217
 Tuvalu 3,615 2004 est.
218
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,450 2005
219
 Wallis and Futuna 3,104 2003
220
 Saint Helena 2,486 1998 est.
221
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 1996
222
 Niue 663 2001
223
 Tokelau 440 2001
224
 Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

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