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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
 World 3,001,000,000 2005 est.
2
 China 791,400,000 2005 est.
3
 India 496,400,000 2005 est.
4
 European Union 218,500,000 2005 est.
5
 United States 149,300,000 2005 est.
6
 Indonesia 94,200,000 2005 est.
7
 Brazil 90,410,000 2005 est.
8
 Russia 74,220,000 2005 est.
9
 Bangladesh 66,600,000 2005 est.
10
 Japan 66,400,000 2005 est.
11
 Nigeria 57,210,000 2005 est.
12
 Pakistan 46,840,000 2005 est.
13
 Vietnam 44,390,000 2005 est.
14
 Mexico 43,400,000 2005 est.
15
 Germany 43,320,000 2005 est.
16
 Philippines 36,730,000 2005 est.
17
 Thailand 35,360,000 2005 est.
18
 United Kingdom 30,070,000 2005 est.
19
 Burma 27,750,000 2005 est.
20
 France 27,720,000 2005 est.
21
 Ethiopia 27,270,000 NA
22
 Turkey 24,700,000 2005 est.
23
 Italy 24,490,000 2005 est.
24
 Iran 23,680,000 2005 est.
25
 Korea, South 23,530,000 2005 est.
26
 Ukraine 22,670,000 2005 est.
27
 Egypt 21,340,000 2005 est.
28
 Spain 20,670,000 2005 est.
29
 Colombia 20,520,000 2005
30
 Tanzania 19,220,000 2005 est.
31
 Poland 17,100,000 2005 est.
32
 Canada 16,300,000 December 2005
33
 Argentina 15,340,000 2005 est.
34
 South Africa 15,230,000 2005 est.
35
 Afghanistan 15,000,000 2004 est.
36
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 NA
37
 Uzbekistan 14,260,000 2005 est.
38
 Uganda 13,170,000 2005 est.
39
 Venezuela 12,310,000 2005 est.
40
 Kenya 11,850,000 2005 est.
41
 Morocco 11,190,000 2005 est.
42
 Malaysia 10,670,000 2005 est.
43
 Ghana 10,620,000 2005 est.
44
 Taiwan 10,600,000 2005 est.
45
 Australia 10,420,000 2005 est.
46
 Nepal 10,400,000 2004 est.
47
 Algeria 10,150,000 2005 est.
48
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
49
 Romania 9,310,000 2005 est.
50
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
51
 Peru 9,060,000 2005 est.
52
 Sri Lanka 8,080,000 2005 est.
53
 Kazakhstan 7,850,000 2005 est.
54
 Netherlands 7,530,000 2005 est.
55
 Sudan 7,415,000 1996 est.
56
 Iraq 7,400,000 2004 est.
57
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
58
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
59
 Cote d'Ivoire 6,950,000 2005 est.
60
 Cameroon 6,860,000 2005 est.
61
 Saudi Arabia 6,760,000 2005 est.
62
 Chile 6,300,000 2005 est.
63
 Yemen 5,830,000 2005 est.
64
 Angola 5,580,000 2005 est.
65
 Portugal 5,520,000 2005 est.
66
 Azerbaijan 5,450,000 2005 est.
67
 Czech Republic 5,270,000 2005 est.
68
 Syria 5,120,000 2004 est.
69
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
70
 Senegal 4,820,000 2005 est.
71
 Zambia 4,800,000 2005 est.
72
 Belgium 4,770,000 2005 est.
73
 Greece 4,720,000 2005 est.
74
 Cuba 4,600,000 2005 est.
75
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
76
 Ecuador 4,600,000 2005 est.
77
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
78
 Sweden 4,490,000 2005 est.
79
 Belarus 4,300,000 31 December 2005
80
 Bolivia 4,220,000 2005 est.
81
 Hungary 4,180,000 2005 est.
82
 Zimbabwe 3,940,000 2005 est.
83
 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
84
 Switzerland 3,800,000 2005 est.
85
 Guatemala 3,760,000 2005 est.
86
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
87
 Tajikistan 3,700,000 2003
88
 Hong Kong 3,610,000 October 2005
89
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
90
 Austria 3,490,000 2005 est.
91
 Tunisia 3,410,000 2005 est.
92
 Bulgaria 3,340,000 2005 est.
93
 Benin 3,211,000 NA
94
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
95
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
96
 Serbia 2,961,000 2002 est.
97
 Denmark 2,900,000 2005 est.
98
 El Salvador 2,810,000 2005 est.
99
 United Arab Emirates 2,800,000 2005 est.
100
 Laos 2,800,000 2002 est.
101
 Chad 2,719,000 NA
102
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
103
 Paraguay 2,680,000 2005 est.
104
 Finland 2,610,000 2005 est.
105
 Lebanon 2,600,000 2001 est.
106
 Honduras 2,540,000 2005 est.
107
 Israel 2,420,000 2005 est.
108
 Papua New Guinea 2,413,000 2004
109
 Norway 2,400,000 2005 est.
110
 Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est.
111
 Singapore 2,280,000 September 2005 est.
112
 Slovakia 2,240,000 30 September 2005 est.
113
 New Zealand 2,130,000 2005 est.
114
 Georgia 2,040,000 2004 est.
115
 Ireland 2,030,000 2005 est.
116
 Nicaragua 2,010,000 2005 est.
117
 Costa Rica 1,820,000 2005 est.
118
 Croatia 1,710,000 2005 est.
119
 Kuwait 1,670,000 2005 est.
120
 Libya 1,640,000 2005 est.
121
 Lithuania 1,610,000 2005 est.
122
 Uruguay 1,520,000 2005 est.
123
 Mongolia 1,488,000 2003
124
 Jordan 1,460,000 2005 est.
125
 Panama 1,390,000 2005 est.
126
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
127
 Moldova 1,340,000 2005 est.
128
 Togo 1,302,000 1998
129
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
130
 Armenia 1,200,000 2005
131
 Jamaica 1,200,000 2005 est.
132
 Latvia 1,110,000 2005 est.
133
 Albania 1,090,000 2004 est.
134
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
135
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
136
 Slovenia 920,000 2005 est.
137
 Macedonia 855,000 2004 est.
138
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
139
 Namibia 820,000 2005 est.
140
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
141
 Estonia 670,000 2005 est.
142
 Gabon 640,000 2005 est.
143
 Trinidad and Tobago 620,000 2005 est.
144
 West Bank 614,000 April-June 2005
145
 Mauritius 570,000 2005 est.
146
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
147
 Qatar 440,000 2005 est.
148
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
149
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
150
 Bahrain 380,000 2005 est.
151
 Cyprus 370,000 2005 est.
152
 Luxembourg 316,500 2005 est.
153
 Reunion 299,000 2002
154
 Botswana 288,400 2004
155
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
156
 Gaza Strip 278,000 April-June 2005
157
 Montenegro 259,100 2004
158
 Macau 251,200 3rd Quarter, 2005
159
 Solomon Islands 249,200 1999
160
 Guadeloupe 191,400 1999
161
 Bahamas, The 176,300 2004
162
 Iceland 165,900 2005 est.
163
 Martinique 165,900 1998
164
 Malta 160,000 2005 est.
165
 Suriname 156,700 2004
166
 Swaziland 155,700 2003
167
 Brunei 146,300 2003 est.
168
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
169
 Fiji 137,000 1999
170
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
171
 Cape Verde 120,600 NA
172
 Cyprus 95,025 2005 est.
173
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
174
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
175
 Maldives 88,000 2000
176
 Netherlands Antilles 83,600 2005
177
 New Caledonia 78,990 2004
178
 Vanuatu 76,410 NA
179
 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
180
 French Polynesia 65,870 December 2005
181
 French Guiana 62,630 1999
182
 Guam 62,050 2002 est.
183
 Jersey 52,790 2004
184
 Andorra 48,740 2004
185
 Mayotte 44,560 2002
186
 Northern Mariana Islands 44,470 2000
187
 Virgin Islands 43,980 2004 est.
188
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
189
 Grenada 42,300 1996
190
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 41,680 1991 est.
191
 Aruba 41,500 2004 est.
192
 Monaco 41,110 2004
193
 Isle of Man 39,690 2001
194
 Bermuda 38,360 2004
195
 Micronesia, Federated States of 37,410 NA
196
 Sao Tome and Principe 35,050 NA
197
 Tonga 33,910 2003
198
 Guernsey 32,290 2001
199
 Seychelles 30,900 1996
200
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
201
 Liechtenstein 29,500 31 December 2001
202
 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
203
 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
204
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
205
 Cayman Islands 23,450 2004
206
 San Marino 19,970 2003
207
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
208
 American Samoa 17,630 2005
209
 Marshall Islands 14,680 2000
210
 British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
211
 Gibraltar 12,690 2001
212
 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
213
 Palau 9,777 2005
214
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
215
 Cook Islands 6,820 2001
216
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
217
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
218
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
219
 Tuvalu 3,615 2004 est.
220
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
221
 Wallis and Futuna 3,104 NA
222
 Saint Helena 2,486 1998 est.
223
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,724 NA
224
 Norfolk Island 1,345 NA
225
 Niue 663 NA
226
 Tokelau 440 NA
227
 Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

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