Labor force / World Rankings
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Rank
|
Country
|
Labor force
|
Date of Information
|
1 |
China
|
795,500,000 |
2011 est. |
2 |
India
|
487,600,000 |
2011 est. |
3 |
European Union
|
228,400,000 |
2011 est. |
4 |
United States
|
153,600,000 |
2011 est. |
5 |
Indonesia
|
117,400,000 |
2011 est. |
6 |
Brazil
|
104,700,000 |
2011 est. |
7 |
Bangladesh
|
75,420,000 |
2011 est. |
8 |
Russia
|
75,410,000 |
2011 est. |
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9 |
Japan
|
65,930,000 |
2011 est. |
10 |
Pakistan
|
58,410,000 |
2011 est. |
11 |
Nigeria
|
52,160,000 |
2011 est. |
12 |
Mexico
|
49,170,000 |
2011 est. |
13 |
Vietnam
|
46,480,000 |
2011 est. |
14 |
Germany
|
43,620,000 |
2011 est. |
15 |
Philippines
|
40,000,000 |
2011 est. |
16 |
Thailand
|
39,620,000 |
2011 est. |
17 |
Ethiopia
|
37,900,000 |
2007 |
18 |
Congo, Democratic Republic Of The
|
34,790,000 |
2011 est. |
19 |
Burma
|
32,530,000 |
2011 est. |
20 |
United Kingdom
|
31,730,000 |
2011 est. |
21 |
France
|
29,610,000 |
2011 est. |
22 |
Egypt
|
27,740,000 |
2011 est. |
23 |
Turkey
|
27,430,000 |
2011 est. |
24 |
Iran
|
26,370,000 |
2011 est. |
25 |
Korea, South
|
25,100,000 |
2011 est. |
26 |
Italy
|
25,080,000 |
2011 est. |
27 |
Tanzania
|
24,060,000 |
2011 est. |
28 |
Spain
|
23,100,000 |
2011 est. |
29 |
Colombia
|
22,450,000 |
2011 est. |
30 |
Ukraine
|
22,090,000 |
2011 est. |
31 |
Canada
|
18,670,000 |
2011 est. |
32 |
Kenya
|
18,390,000 |
2011 est. |
33 |
Nepal
|
18,000,000 |
2009 est. |
34 |
Poland
|
17,850,000 |
2011 est. |
35 |
South Africa
|
17,660,000 |
2011 est. |
36 |
Argentina
|
16,760,000 |
2011 est. |
37 |
Uzbekistan
|
16,110,000 |
2011 est. |
38 |
Uganda
|
16,020,000 |
2011 est. |
39 |
Peru
|
15,900,000 |
2011 est. |
40 |
Afghanistan
|
15,000,000 |
2004 est. |
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41 |
Venezuela
|
13,320,000 |
2011 est. |
42 |
Korea, North
|
12,200,000 |
2009 est. |
43 |
Australia
|
12,050,000 |
2011 est. |
44 |
Sudan
|
11,920,000 |
2007 est. |
45 |
Malaysia
|
11,910,000 |
2011 est. |
46 |
Morocco
|
11,540,000 |
2011 est. |
47 |
Ghana
|
11,440,000 |
2011 est. |
48 |
Taiwan
|
11,200,000 |
2011 est. |
49 |
Algeria
|
11,040,000 |
2011 est. |
50 |
Mozambique
|
9,973,000 |
2011 est. |
51 |
Madagascar
|
9,504,000 |
2007 |
52 |
Romania
|
9,252,000 |
2011 est. |
53 |
Iraq
|
8,900,000 |
2010 est. |
54 |
Cambodia
|
8,800,000 |
2010 est. |
55 |
Kazakhstan
|
8,777,000 |
2011 est. |
56 |
Cote D'ivoire
|
8,764,000 |
2011 est. |
57 |
Sri Lanka
|
8,307,000 |
2011 est. |
58 |
Angola
|
8,240,000 |
2011 est. |
59 |
Chile
|
8,099,000 |
2011 est. |
60 |
Cameroon
|
8,083,000 |
2011 est. |
61 |
Netherlands
|
7,809,000 |
2011 est. |
62 |
Saudi Arabia
|
7,630,000 |
2011 est. |
63 |
Yemen
|
7,030,000 |
2011 est. |
64 |
Burkina Faso
|
6,668,000 |
2007 |
65 |
Azerbaijan
|
6,119,000 |
2011 est. |
66 |
Malawi
|
5,747,000 |
2007 est. |
67 |
Senegal
|
5,687,000 |
2011 est. |
68 |
Syria
|
5,642,000 |
2011 est. |
69 |
Zambia
|
5,576,000 |
2011 est. |
70 |
Guatemala
|
5,571,000 |
2011 est. |
71 |
Portugal
|
5,543,000 |
2011 est. |
72 |
Czech Republic
|
5,410,000 |
2011 est. |
73 |
Belgium
|
5,177,000 |
2011 est. |
74 |
Cuba
|
5,153,000 |
2011 est. |
75 |
Sweden
|
5,018,000 |
2011 est. |
76 |
Belarus
|
5,000,000 |
2009 |
77 |
Greece
|
4,959,000 |
2011 est. |
78 |
Switzerland
|
4,898,000 |
2011 est. |
79 |
Haiti
|
4,810,000 |
2010 est. |
80 |
Dominican Republic
|
4,732,000 |
2011 est. |
81 |
Bolivia
|
4,689,000 |
2011 est. |
82 |
Niger
|
4,688,000 |
2007 |
83 |
Ecuador
|
4,682,000 |
2011 est. |
84 |
Guinea
|
4,638,000 |
2011 est. |
85 |
Rwanda
|
4,446,000 |
2007 |
86 |
Chad
|
4,293,000 |
2007 |
87 |
Hungary
|
4,274,000 |
2011 |
88 |
Burundi
|
4,245,000 |
2007 |
89 |
United Arab Emirates
|
4,111,000 |
2011 est. |
90 |
Tunisia
|
3,904,000 |
2011 est. |
91 |
Papua New Guinea
|
3,896,000 |
2011 est. |
92 |
Zimbabwe
|
3,856,000 |
2011 est. |
93 |
Hong Kong
|
3,703,000 |
2011 est. |
94 |
Laos
|
3,690,000 |
2010 est. |
95 |
Austria
|
3,668,000 |
2011 est. |
96 |
Benin
|
3,662,000 |
2007 est. |
97 |
Honduras
|
3,461,000 |
2011 est. |
98 |
Somalia
|
3,447,000 |
2007 |
99 |
Mali
|
3,241,000 |
2007 est. |
100 |
Singapore
|
3,237,000 |
2011 est. |
101 |
Israel
|
3,204,000 |
2011 est. |
102 |
Paraguay
|
3,085,000 |
2011 est. |
103 |
Serbia
|
2,920,000 |
November 2011 est. |
104 |
Nicaragua
|
2,885,000 |
2011 est. |
105 |
Denmark
|
2,853,000 |
2011 est. |
106 |
Slovakia
|
2,713,000 |
2011 est. |
107 |
Finland
|
2,682,000 |
2011 est. |
108 |
Norway
|
2,629,000 |
2011 est. |
109 |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
|
2,600,000 |
2010 est. |
110 |
Togo
|
2,595,000 |
2007 |
111 |
El Salvador
|
2,577,000 |
2011 est. |
112 |
Bulgaria
|
2,465,000 |
2011 est. |
113 |
New Zealand
|
2,364,000 |
2011 est. |
114 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
2,344,000 |
2007 |
115 |
Turkmenistan
|
2,300,000 |
2008 est. |
116 |
Kuwait
|
2,243,000 |
2011 est. |
117 |
Sierra Leone
|
2,207,000 |
2007 est. |
118 |
Costa Rica
|
2,155,000 |
2011 est. |
119 |
Ireland
|
2,126,000 |
2011 est. |
120 |
Tajikistan
|
2,100,000 |
2009 |
121 |
Georgia
|
1,945,000 |
2010 est. |
122 |
Eritrea
|
1,935,000 |
2007 |
123 |
Central African Republic
|
1,926,000 |
2007 |
124 |
Jordan
|
1,771,000 |
2011 est. |
125 |
Croatia
|
1,717,000 |
2011 est. |
126 |
Uruguay
|
1,677,000 |
2011 est. |
127 |
Lithuania
|
1,624,000 |
2011 est. |
128 |
Panama
|
1,570,000 |
2011 est. |
129 |
Congo, Republic Of The
|
1,514,000 |
2007 |
130 |
Lebanon
|
1,481,000 |
2007 est. |
131 |
Liberia
|
1,372,000 |
2007 |
132 |
Jamaica
|
1,324,000 |
2011 est. |
133 |
Mauritania
|
1,318,000 |
2007 |
134 |
Puerto Rico
|
1,286,000 |
March 2012 |
135 |
Moldova
|
1,270,000 |
2011 est. |
136 |
Botswana
|
1,269,000 |
2011 est. |
137 |
Qatar
|
1,241,000 |
2011 est. |
138 |
Armenia
|
1,194,000 |
2011 est. |
139 |
Latvia
|
1,169,000 |
2011 est. |
140 |
Libya
|
1,160,000 |
2011 est. |
141 |
Mongolia
|
1,147,000 |
2010 est. |
142 |
Albania
|
1,053,000 |
2010 est. |
143 |
Oman
|
968,800 |
2007 |
144 |
Macedonia
|
942,400 |
2011 est. |
145 |
Slovenia
|
934,700 |
2011 est. |
146 |
Lesotho
|
854,600 |
2007 est. |
147 |
Namibia
|
803,700 |
2011 est. |
148 |
Kosovo
|
800,000 |
2011 est. |
149 |
Gambia, The
|
777,100 |
2007 |
150 |
West Bank
|
745,600 |
2010 |
151 |
Gabon
|
737,200 |
2011 est. |
152 |
Estonia
|
704,400 |
2011 est. |
153 |
Bahrain
|
666,000 |
2011 est. |
154 |
Trinidad And Tobago
|
636,800 |
2011 est. |
155 |
Guinea-bissau
|
632,700 |
2007 |
156 |
Mauritius
|
607,400 |
2011 est. |
157 |
Swaziland
|
457,900 |
2007 |
158 |
Timor-leste
|
418,200 |
2009 |
159 |
Cyprus
|
414,100 |
2011 est. |
160 |
Djibouti
|
351,700 |
2007 |
161 |
Gaza Strip
|
348,200 |
2010 |
162 |
Fiji
|
335,000 |
2007 est. |
163 |
Macau
|
330,900 |
2010 est. |
164 |
Guyana
|
313,100 |
2009 est. |
165 |
Bhutan
|
299,900 |
2008 |
166 |
Comoros
|
268,500 |
2007 est. |
167 |
Montenegro
|
251,300 |
2011 est. |
168 |
Luxembourg
|
207,500 |
2011 est. |
169 |
Solomon Islands
|
202,500 |
2007 |
170 |
Brunei
|
198,800 |
2010 est. |
171 |
Cape Verde
|
196,100 |
2007 |
172 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
195,200 |
2007 |
173 |
Bahamas, The
|
184,000 |
2009 |
174 |
Iceland
|
175,700 |
2011 est. |
175 |
Barbados
|
175,000 |
2007 est. |
176 |
Malta
|
170,500 |
2011 est. |
177 |
Suriname
|
165,600 |
2007 |
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 |
2012 |
185 |
Samoa
|
66,270 |
2007 est. |
186 |
Curacao
|
63,000 |
2008 |
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
|
49,300 |
2010 est. |
192 |
Grenada
|
47,580 |
2008 |
193 |
Isle Of Man
|
41,790 |
2006 |
194 |
Aruba
|
41,500 |
2004 est. |
195 |
Tonga
|
39,960 |
2007 |
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
|
34,710 |
November 2010 |
202 |
Liechtenstein
|
34,330 |
2010 |
203 |
Greenland
|
33,670 |
2010 |
204 |
Guernsey
|
31,470 |
March 2006 |
205 |
Antigua And Barbuda
|
30,000 |
1991 |
206 |
Dominica
|
25,000 |
2000 est. |
207 |
Sint Maarten
|
23,200 |
2008 est. |
208 |
San Marino
|
22,050 |
December 2011 |
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 |
Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas)
|
5,246 |
2006 |
220 |
Turks And Caicos Islands
|
4,848 |
1990 est. |
221 |
Montserrat
|
4,521 |
2012 |
222 |
Tuvalu
|
3,615 |
2004 est. |
223 |
Saint Pierre And Miquelon
|
3,450 |
2005 |
224 |
Wallis And Futuna
|
3,104 |
2003 |
225 |
Saint Helena, Ascension, And Tristan Da Cunha
|
2,486 |
1998 est. |
226 |
Svalbard
|
1,234 |
2003 |
227 |
Norfolk Island
|
978 |
2006 |
228 |
Niue
|
663 |
2001 |
229 |
Tokelau
|
440 |
2001 |
230 |
Pitcairn Islands
|
15 |
2004 |
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