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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 760,800,000 2003
2
India 482,200,000 2004 est.
3
European Union 215,000,000 various
4
United States 147,400,000 2004 est.
5
Indonesia 111,500,000 2004 est.
6
Brazil 89,000,000 2004 est.
7
Russia 71,830,000 2004 est.
8
Japan 66,970,000 2004 est.
9
Bangladesh 65,490,000 2004 est.
10
Nigeria 55,670,000 2004 est.
11
Pakistan 45,430,000 2004 est.
12
Vietnam 42,980,000 2004 est.
13
Germany 42,630,000 2004 est.
14
Thailand 36,430,000 November 2004 est.
15
Philippines 35,860,000 2004 est.
16
Mexico 34,730,000 2004 est.
17
United Kingdom 29,780,000 2004 est.
18
France 27,700,000 2004 est.
19
Burma 27,010,000 2004 est.
20
Turkey 25,300,000 2003 est.
21
Italy 24,270,000 2004 est.
22
Iran 23,000,000 2004 est.
23
Korea, South 22,900,000 2004 est.
24
Ukraine 21,110,000 2004 est.
25
Egypt 20,710,000 2004 est.
26
Colombia 20,700,000 2004 est.
27
Spain 19,330,000 2004 est.
28
Tanzania 19,000,000 2004 est.
29
Canada 17,370,000 2004
30
Poland 17,020,000 2004 est.
31
South Africa 16,630,000 2004 est.
32
Argentina 15,040,000 2004 est.
33
Uzbekistan 14,640,000 2004 est.
34
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
35
Uganda 12,410,000 2004 est.
36
Venezuela 12,250,000 2004 est.
37
Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
38
Kenya 11,400,000 2004 est.
39
Morocco 11,020,000 2004 est.
40
Peru 11,000,000 2004 est.
41
Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
42
Malaysia 10,490,000 2004 est.
43
Australia 10,350,000 2004 est.
44
Ghana 10,240,000 2004 est.
45
Taiwan 10,220,000 2004 est.
46
Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
47
Algeria 9,910,000 2004 est.
48
Romania 9,660,000 2004 est.
49
Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
50
Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
51
Kazakhstan 7,950,000 2004 est.
52
Netherlands 7,530,000 2004 est.
53
Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
54
Sri Lanka 7,260,000 2004 est.
55
Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
56
Cote d'Ivoire 6,700,000 2004 est.
57
Iraq 6,700,000 2004 est.
58
Cameroon 6,680,000 2004 est.
59
Saudi Arabia 6,620,000 2004 est.
60
Chile 6,200,000 2004 est.
61
Yemen 5,980,000 2004 est.
62
Portugal 5,480,000 2004 est.
63
Angola 5,410,000 2004 est.
64
Czech Republic 5,250,000 2004 est.
65
Syria 5,120,000 2004 est.
66
Azerbaijan 5,090,000 2004 est.
67
Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
68
Belgium 4,750,000 2004 est.
69
Senegal 4,650,000 2004 est.
70
Zambia 4,630,000 2004 est.
71
Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
72
Cuba 4,550,000 2004 est.
73
Ecuador 4,530,000 2004 est.
74
Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
75
Sweden 4,460,000 2004 est.
76
Greece 4,400,000 2004 est.
77
Belarus 4,305,000 31 December 2003
78
Zimbabwe 4,230,000 2004 est.
79
Hungary 4,170,000 2004 est.
80
Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
81
Bolivia 3,800,000 2004 est.
82
Switzerland 3,770,000 2004 est.
83
Somalia 3,700,000 NA
84
Guatemala 3,680,000 2004 est.
85
Haiti 3,600,000 1995
86
Tunisia 3,550,000 2004 est.
87
Hong Kong 3,540,000 October 2004 est.
88
Austria 3,450,000 2004 est.
89
Bulgaria 3,398,000 2004 est.
90
Papua New Guinea 3,320,000 2004 est.
91
Serbia and Montenegro 3,200,000 2004 est.
92
Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
93
Guinea 3,000,000 1999
94
Burundi 2,990,000 2002
95
Denmark 2,870,000 2004 est.
96
El Salvador 2,750,000 2004 est.
97
Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
98
Israel 2,680,000 2004 est.
99
Finland 2,660,000 2004 est.
100
Paraguay 2,660,000 2004 est.
101
Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
102
Lebanon 2,600,000 2001 est.
103
Honduras 2,470,000 2004 est.
104
Norway 2,380,000 2004 est.
105
United Arab Emirates 2,360,000 2004 est.
106
Turkmenistan 2,320,000 2003 est.
107
Slovakia 2,200,000 3rd quarter, 2004 est.
108
Singapore 2,180,000 2004 est.
109
Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
110
New Zealand 2,050,000 2004 est.
111
Nicaragua 1,930,000 2004 est.
112
Ireland 1,920,000 2004 est.
113
Costa Rica 1,810,000 2004 est.
114
Togo 1,740,000 1996
115
Croatia 1,710,000 2004 est.
116
Lithuania 1,630,000 2004 est.
117
Libya 1,590,000 2004 est.
118
Uruguay 1,560,000 2004 est.
119
Mongolia 1,488,000 2003
120
Kuwait 1,420,000 2004 est.
121
Jordan 1,410,000 2004 est.
122
Armenia 1,400,000 2001
123
Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
124
Moldova 1,360,000 2004 est.
125
Panama 1,320,000 2004 est.
126
Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
127
Latvia 1,170,000 2004 est.
128
Jamaica 1,140,000 2004 est.
129
Albania 1,090,000 2004 est.
130
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
131
Oman 920,000 2002 est.
132
Slovenia 870,000 2004 est.
133
Macedonia 855,000 2004 est.
134
Namibia 840,000 2004 est.
135
Lesotho 838,000 2000
136
Mauritania 786,000 2001
137
Gaza Strip 725,000 2004
138
Estonia 660,000 2004 est.
139
Gabon 650,000 2004 est.
140
Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2004 est.
141
Mauritius 560,000 2004 est.
142
Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
143
Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
144
Gambia, The 400,000 1996
145
Swaziland 383,200 2000
146
Bahrain 370,000 2004 est.
147
West Bank 364,000 2004
148
Cyprus 330,000 2004 est.
149
Reunion 309,900 2000
150
Luxembourg 293,700 2004 est.
151
Djibouti 282,000 2000
152
Botswana 264,000 2000
153
Macau 231,500 3rd Quarter, 2004
154
Martinique 165,900 1998
155
Malta 160,000 2002 est.
156
Iceland 158,100 2004 est.
157
Brunei 158,000 2002 est.
158
Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
159
Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
160
Qatar 140,000 2004 est.
161
Fiji 137,000 1999
162
Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
163
Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
164
Suriname 104,000 2003
165
Cyprus 95,025 2004 est.
166
Belize 90,000 2001 est.
167
Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
168
Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
169
Maldives 88,000 2000
170
New Caledonia 79,400 1996
171
French Polynesia 70,000 1996
172
Niger 70,000 2002 est.
173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
174
Guam 60,000 2000 est.
175
French Guiana 58,800 1997
176
Jersey 52,790 2004
177
Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est.
178
Mayotte 48,800 2000
179
Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
180
Grenada 42,300 1996
181
Aruba 41,500 1997 est.
182
Man, Isle of 39,690 2001
183
Bermuda 37,470 2000
184
Tonga 33,910 1996
185
Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
186
Guernsey 32,290 2001
187
Seychelles 30,900 1996
188
Monaco 30,540 January 1994
189
Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
190
Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
191
Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est.
192
Solomon Islands 26,840 1999
193
Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
194
Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
195
Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
196
Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
197
San Marino 18,500 1999
198
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
199
Gibraltar 14,800 1999
200
American Samoa 14,000 1996
201
British Virgin Islands 12,770 2004
202
Western Sahara 12,000 NA
203
Palau 9,845 2000
204
Cook Islands 8,000 1996
205
Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
206
Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
207
Anguilla 6,049 2001
208
Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
209
Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
210
Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
211
Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
212
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
213
Norfolk Island 1,345 NA
214
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
215
Pitcairn Islands 15 2004

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