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This entry contains the total labor force figure. |
Rank |
country |
Labor force |
Date of Information |
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1 |
China |
807,300,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
2 |
India |
523,500,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
3 |
European Union |
224,400,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
4 |
United States |
154,300,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
5 |
Indonesia |
112,000,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
6 |
Brazil |
93,650,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
7 |
Russia |
75,700,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
8 |
Bangladesh |
70,860,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
9 |
Japan |
66,500,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
10 |
Nigeria |
51,040,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
11 |
Pakistan |
50,580,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
12 |
Vietnam |
47,410,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
13 |
Mexico |
45,320,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
14 |
Germany |
43,600,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
15 |
Ethiopia |
37,900,000 |
2007
|
|
16 |
Thailand |
37,780,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
17 |
Philippines |
36,810,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
18 |
United Kingdom |
31,230,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
19 |
Burma |
30,040,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
20 |
France |
27,970,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
21 |
Italy |
25,110,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
22 |
Egypt |
24,600,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
23 |
Iran |
24,350,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
24 |
Korea, South |
24,350,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
25 |
Turkey |
24,060,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
26 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
23,530,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
27 |
Spain |
22,850,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
28 |
Ukraine |
21,570,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
29 |
Colombia |
21,300,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
30 |
Tanzania |
21,060,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
31 |
Korea, North |
20,000,000 |
2004 est.
|
|
32 |
Canada |
18,220,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
33 |
South Africa |
17,790,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
34 |
Kenya |
17,370,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
35 |
Poland |
17,010,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
36 |
Argentina |
16,270,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
37 |
Uzbekistan |
15,370,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
38 |
Afghanistan |
15,000,000 |
2004 est.
|
|
39 |
Nepal |
14,600,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
40 |
Uganda |
14,540,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
41 |
Venezuela |
12,590,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
42 |
Sudan |
11,920,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
43 |
Morocco |
11,290,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
44 |
Australia |
11,250,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
45 |
Malaysia |
11,090,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
46 |
Taiwan |
10,850,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
47 |
Peru |
10,200,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
48 |
Ghana |
10,120,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
49 |
Mozambique |
9,650,000 |
2008 est.
|
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50 |
Madagascar |
9,504,000 |
2007
|
|
51 |
Algeria |
9,464,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
52 |
Romania |
9,320,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
53 |
Cambodia |
8,600,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
54 |
Kazakhstan |
8,412,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
55 |
Iraq |
7,740,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
56 |
Netherlands |
7,715,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
57 |
Angola |
7,569,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
58 |
Sri Lanka |
7,569,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
59 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
7,346,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
60 |
Chile |
7,267,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
61 |
Cameroon |
6,759,000 |
2008 est.
|
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62 |
Saudi Arabia |
6,740,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
63 |
Burkina Faso |
6,668,000 |
2007
|
|
64 |
Yemen |
6,454,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
65 |
Azerbaijan |
5,782,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
66 |
Malawi |
5,747,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
67 |
Portugal |
5,625,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
68 |
Syria |
5,593,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
69 |
Czech Republic |
5,360,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
70 |
Zambia |
5,235,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
71 |
Belgium |
4,990,000 |
2008
|
|
72 |
Senegal |
4,973,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
73 |
Cuba |
4,962,000 |
2008 est.
|
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74 |
Greece |
4,960,000 |
2008 est.
|
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75 |
Sweden |
4,897,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
76 |
Belarus |
4,869,000 |
2007
|
|
78 |
Ecuador |
4,640,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
79 |
Bolivia |
4,454,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
81 |
Guinea |
4,392,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
83 |
Burundi |
4,245,000 |
2007
|
|
84 |
Hungary |
4,200,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
85 |
Dominican Republic |
4,119,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
86 |
Guatemala |
4,056,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
87 |
Switzerland |
4,053,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
88 |
Zimbabwe |
4,039,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
89 |
Benin |
3,662,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
90 |
Hong Kong |
3,660,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
91 |
Tunisia |
3,660,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
93 |
Papua New Guinea |
3,639,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
94 |
Austria |
3,633,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
95 |
Somalia |
3,447,000 |
2007
|
|
96 |
United Arab Emirates |
3,266,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
97 |
Mali |
3,241,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
98 |
Honduras |
2,991,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
99 |
Serbia |
2,961,000 |
2002 est.
|
|
100 |
Israel |
2,957,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
101 |
El Salvador |
2,947,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
102 |
Singapore |
2,940,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
103 |
Denmark |
2,880,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
104 |
Paraguay |
2,839,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
105 |
Finland |
2,703,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
106 |
Bulgaria |
2,670,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
108 |
Norway |
2,591,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
109 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2,344,000 |
2007
|
|
110 |
Nicaragua |
2,322,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
111 |
Georgia |
2,317,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
112 |
Turkmenistan |
2,300,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
113 |
Slovakia |
2,254,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
114 |
New Zealand |
2,250,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
115 |
Ireland |
2,241,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
116 |
Sierra Leone |
2,207,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
117 |
Laos |
2,100,000 |
2006 est.
|
|
118 |
Tajikistan |
2,100,000 |
2008
|
|
119 |
Kuwait |
2,088,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
120 |
Costa Rica |
2,060,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
121 |
Central African Republic |
1,926,000 |
2007
|
|
122 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,863,000 |
2007
|
|
123 |
Croatia |
1,731,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
124 |
Uruguay |
1,641,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
125 |
Libya |
1,640,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
126 |
Jordan |
1,615,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
127 |
Lithuania |
1,614,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
128 |
Armenia |
1,481,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
129 |
Lebanon |
1,481,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
130 |
Puerto Rico |
1,479,000 |
2007
|
|
131 |
Panama |
1,392,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
132 |
Moldova |
1,327,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
133 |
Mauritania |
1,318,000 |
2007
|
|
134 |
Jamaica |
1,304,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
135 |
Latvia |
1,193,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
136 |
Qatar |
1,119,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
137 |
Albania |
1,103,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
138 |
Mongolia |
1,068,000 |
2008
|
|
140 |
Slovenia |
940,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
141 |
Macedonia |
925,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
142 |
Lesotho |
854,600 |
2007 est.
|
|
143 |
Gambia, The |
777,100 |
2007
|
|
144 |
Estonia |
693,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
145 |
Namibia |
686,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
146 |
Botswana |
685,300 |
2007
|
|
147 |
Guinea-Bissau |
632,700 |
2007
|
|
148 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
620,800 |
2008 est.
|
|
149 |
West Bank |
605,000 |
2006
|
|
150 |
Mauritius |
584,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
151 |
Gabon |
581,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
152 |
Bahrain |
557,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
153 |
Kosovo |
550,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
154 |
Swaziland |
457,900 |
2007
|
|
155 |
Cyprus |
397,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
156 |
Djibouti |
351,700 |
2007
|
|
157 |
Macau |
337,400 |
2008 est.
|
|
158 |
Fiji |
335,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
159 |
Guyana |
333,900 |
2007 est.
|
|
160 |
Comoros |
268,500 |
2007 est.
|
|
161 |
Gaza Strip |
267,000 |
2006
|
|
162 |
Montenegro |
259,100 |
2004
|
|
163 |
Luxembourg |
206,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
164 |
Solomon Islands |
202,500 |
2007
|
|
165 |
Cape Verde |
196,100 |
2007
|
|
166 |
Brunei |
188,800 |
2008 est.
|
|
167 |
Iceland |
184,000 |
2008 est.
|
|
168 |
Bahamas, The |
175,500 |
2007
|
|
169 |
Barbados |
175,000 |
2007 est.
|
|
171 |
Suriname |
165,600 |
2007
|
|
172 |
Maldives |
136,100 |
2007
|
|
173 |
Belize |
122,300 |
2008 est.
|
|
174 |
French Polynesia |
116,000 |
2007
|
|
176 |
New Caledonia |
102,600 |
2007
|
|
177 |
Netherlands Antilles |
91,470 |
2007
|
|
178 |
Saint Lucia |
79,700 |
2007
|
|
179 |
Samoa |
66,270 |
2007 est.
|
|
180 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
57,520 |
2007 est.
|
|
181 |
Jersey |
53,560 |
June 2006
|
|
182 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
52,490 |
2007
|
|
183 |
Virgin Islands |
49,820 |
2007 est.
|
|
185 |
Monaco |
44,000 |
2005 est.
|
|
188 |
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.
|
|
194 |
Liechtenstein |
32,440 |
2007
|
|
195 |
Greenland |
32,120 |
2004
|
|
196 |
Guernsey |
31,470 |
March 2006
|
|
197 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 |
1991
|
|
198 |
Dominica |
25,000 |
2000 est.
|
|
199 |
Faroe Islands |
24,250 |
October 2000
|
|
200 |
Cayman Islands |
23,450 |
2004
|
|
201 |
San Marino |
22,660 |
2008
|
|
202 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
18,170 |
June 1995
|
|
203 |
American Samoa |
17,630 |
2005
|
|
204 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
16,360 |
2008
|
|
205 |
Marshall Islands |
14,680 |
2000
|
|
206 |
British Virgin Islands |
12,770 |
2004
|
|
207 |
Gibraltar |
12,690 |
2001
|
|
208 |
Western Sahara |
12,000 |
2005 est.
|
|
210 |
Kiribati |
7,870 |
2001 est.
|
|
211 |
Cook Islands |
6,820 |
2001
|
|
213 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 |
1990 est.
|
|
214 |
Tuvalu |
3,615 |
2004 est.
|
|
215 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
3,450 |
2005
|
|
216 |
Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 |
2003
|
|
217 |
Saint Helena |
2,486 |
1998 est.
|
|
218 |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
1,724 |
1996
|
|
221 |
Pitcairn Islands |
15 |
2004
|
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