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  Rank Order - Labor force


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Labor force
Date of Information
1
China 778,100,000 2004 est.
2
India 472,000,000 2004 est.
3
European Union 211,100,000 Various
4
United States 146,500,000 2004 est.
5
Indonesia 105,700,000 2004 est.
6
Brazil 82,590,000 2004 est.
7
Russia 71,680,000 2004 est.
8
Japan 66,660,000 2004 est.
9
Bangladesh 64,020,000 2004 est.
10
Nigeria 54,360,000 2004 est.
11
Vietnam 45,740,000 2004 est.
12
Pakistan 43,980,000 2004 est.
13
Germany 42,630,000 2004 est.
14
Thailand 34,900,000 2004 est.
15
Philippines 34,560,000 2004 est.
16
Mexico 34,110,000 2004 est.
17
United Kingdom 29,600,000 2004 est.
18
France 27,390,000 2004 est.
19
Italy 24,150,000 2004 est.
20
Turkey 23,790,000 2004 est.
21
Korea, South 22,920,000 2004 est.
22
Iran 22,320,000 2004 est.
23
Burma 22,140,000 2004 est.
24
Ukraine 21,290,000 2004 est.
25
Colombia 20,340,000 2004 est.
26
Egypt 20,190,000 2004 est.
27
Spain 18,820,000 2004 est.
28
Tanzania 18,560,000 2004 est.
29
Canada 17,040,000 2004 est.
30
Poland 16,920,000 2004 est.
31
South Africa 16,350,000 2004 est.
32
Argentina 14,920,000 2004 est.
33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
34
Uzbekistan 14,200,000 2004 est.
35
Uganda 12,090,000 2004 est.
36
Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
37
Kenya 11,450,000 2004 est.
38
Venezuela 11,380,000 2004 est.
39
Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
40
Morocco 10,840,000 2004 est.
41
Malaysia 10,260,000 2004 est.
42
Australia 10,190,000 2004 est.
43
Taiwan 10,080,000 2004 est.
44
Ghana 10,000,000 2004 est.
45
Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
46
Algeria 9,600,000 2004 est.
47
Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
48
Romania 9,280,000 2004 est.
49
Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
50
Peru 8,630,000 2004 est.
51
Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est.
52
Kazakhstan 7,634,000 2004 est.
53
Netherlands 7,460,000 2004 est.
54
Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
55
Sri Lanka 7,170,000 2004 est.
56
Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
57
Cote d'Ivoire 6,640,000 2004 est.
58
Cameroon 6,490,000 2004 est.
59
Saudi Arabia 6,430,000 2004 est.
60
Chile 6,000,000 2004 est.
61
Yemen 5,790,000 2004 est.
62
Angola 5,570,000 2004 est.
63
Portugal 5,409,000 2004 est.
64
Czech Republic 5,250,000 2004 est.
65
Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
66
Azerbaijan 4,990,000 2004 est.
67
Syria 4,970,000 2004 est.
68
Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est.
69
Belgium 4,730,000 2004 est.
70
Senegal 4,620,000 2004 est.
71
Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
72
Zambia 4,590,000 2004 est.
73
Cuba 4,580,000 2004 est.
74
Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
75
Sweden 4,449,000 2004 est.
76
Greece 4,390,000 2004 est.
77
Ecuador 4,360,000 2004 est.
78
Zimbabwe 4,170,000 2004 est.
79
Hungary 4,164,000 2004 est.
80
Bolivia 4,100,000 2004 est.
81
Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
82
Guatemala 3,840,000 2004 est.
83
Switzerland 3,720,000 2004 est.
84
Somalia 3,700,000 NA
85
Haiti 3,600,000 1995
86
Hong Kong 3,500,000 2004 est.
87
Tunisia 3,461,000 2004 est.
88
Austria 3,425,000 2004 est.
89
Bulgaria 3,333,000 2004 est.
90
Papua New Guinea 3,250,000 2004 est.
91
Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
92
Guinea 3,000,000 1999
93
Burundi 2,990,000 2002
94
Serbia and Montenegro 2,930,000 2004 est.
95
Denmark 2,863,000 2004 est.
96
Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
97
El Salvador 2,620,000 2004 est.
98
Israel 2,610,000 2004 est.
99
Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
100
Finland 2,599,000 2004 est.
101
Slovakia 2,580,000 2004 est.
102
Honduras 2,410,000 2004 est.
103
Norway 2,380,000 2004 est.
104
Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
105
Singapore 2,200,000 2004 est.
106
United Arab Emirates 2,160,000 2004 est.
107
Paraguay 2,150,000 2004 est.
108
Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
109
New Zealand 2,008,000 2004 est.
110
Nicaragua 1,910,000 2004 est.
111
Ireland 1,871,000 2004 est.
112
Costa Rica 1,758,000 2004 est.
113
Togo 1,740,000 1996
114
Croatia 1,690,000 2004 est.
115
Lithuania 1,642,000 2004 est.
116
Uruguay 1,560,000 2004 est.
117
Libya 1,510,000 2004 est.
118
Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
119
Armenia 1,400,000 2001
120
Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
121
Moldova 1,383,000 2004 est.
122
Kuwait 1,380,000 2004 est.
123
Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
124
Jordan 1,360,000 2004 est.
125
Albania 1,350,000 2003 est.
126
Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
127
Panama 1,190,000 2004 est.
128
Latvia 1,180,000 2004 est.
129
Jamaica 1,130,000 2004 est.
130
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
131
Oman 920,000 2002 est.
132
Slovenia 875,000 2004 est.
133
Macedonia 860,000 2003 est.
134
Lesotho 838,000 2000
135
Mauritania 786,000 2001
136
Namibia 760,000 2004 est.
137
Estonia 654,000 2004 est.
138
Gabon 610,000 2004 est.
139
Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2004 est.
140
Mauritius 560,000 2004 est.
141
Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
142
Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
143
Gambia, The 400,000 1996
144
Swaziland 383,200 2000
145
Bahrain 350,000 2004 est.
146
Cyprus 330,000 2004 est.
147
Reunion 309,900 2000
148
Djibouti 282,000 2000
149
Botswana 264,000 2000
150
Macau 214,000 2002
151
Luxembourg 200,000 2004 est.
152
Martinique 165,900 1998
153
Iceland 160,000 2004 est.
154
Malta 160,000 2002 est.
155
Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
156
Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
157
Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
158
Qatar 140,000 2004 est.
159
Fiji 137,000 1999
160
Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
161
Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
162
Suriname 100,000 NA
163
Belize 90,000 2001 est.
164
Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
165
Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
166
Maldives 88,000 2000
167
New Caledonia 79,400 NA
168
French Polynesia 70,000 1996
169
Niger 70,000 2002 est.
170
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
171
Guam 60,000 2000 est.
172
French Guiana 58,800 1997
173
Jersey 57,050 1996
174
Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est.
175
Mayotte 48,800 2000
176
Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
177
Grenada 42,300 1996
178
Aruba 41,500 1997 est.
179
Bermuda 37,470 2000
180
Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
181
Tonga 33,910 1996
182
Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
183
Guernsey 31,320 2000
184
Seychelles 30,900 1996
185
Monaco 30,540 January 1994
186
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
187
Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
188
Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est.
189
Solomon Islands 26,840 1999
190
Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
191
Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
192
Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
193
Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
194
San Marino 18,500 1999
195
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
196
Gibraltar 14,800 1999
197
American Samoa 14,000 1996
198
Western Sahara 12,000 NA
199
Palau 9,845 2000
200
Cook Islands 8,000 1996
201
Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
202
Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
203
Anguilla 6,049 2001
204
Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
205
British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
206
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
207
Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
208
Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
209
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
210
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
211
Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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