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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
 United States 146,500,000 2004 est.
4
 Indonesia 105,700,000 2004 est.
5
 Brazil 82,590,000 2004 est.
6
 Russia 71,680,000 2004 est.
7
 Japan 66,660,000 2004 est.
8
 Bangladesh 64,020,000 2004 est.
9
 Nigeria 54,360,000 2004 est.
10
 Vietnam 45,740,000 2004 est.
11
 Pakistan 43,980,000 2004 est.
12
 Germany 42,630,000 2004 est.
13
 Thailand 34,900,000 2004 est.
14
 Philippines 34,560,000 2004 est.
15
 Mexico 34,110,000 2004 est.
16
 United Kingdom 29,600,000 2004 est.
17
 France 27,390,000 2004 est.
18
 Italy 24,150,000 2004 est.
19
 Turkey 23,790,000 2004 est.
20
 Korea, South 22,920,000 2004 est.
21
 Iran 22,320,000 2004 est.
22
 Burma 22,140,000 2004 est.
23
 Ukraine 21,290,000 2004 est.
24
 Colombia 20,340,000 2004 est.
25
 Egypt 20,190,000 2004 est.
26
 Spain 18,820,000 2004 est.
27
 Tanzania 18,560,000 2004 est.
28
 Canada 17,040,000 2004 est.
29
 Poland 16,920,000 2004 est.
30
 South Africa 16,350,000 2004 est.
31
 Argentina 14,920,000 2004 est.
32
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
33
 Uzbekistan 14,200,000 2004 est.
34
 Uganda 12,090,000 2004 est.
35
 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
36
 Kenya 11,450,000 2004 est.
37
 Venezuela 11,380,000 2004 est.
38
 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
39
 Morocco 10,840,000 2004 est.
40
 Malaysia 10,260,000 2004 est.
41
 Australia 10,190,000 2004 est.
42
 Taiwan 10,080,000 2004 est.
43
 Ghana 10,000,000 2004 est.
44
 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
45
 Algeria 9,600,000 2004 est.
46
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
47
 Romania 9,280,000 2004 est.
48
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
49
 Peru 8,630,000 2004 est.
50
 Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est.
51
 Kazakhstan 7,634,000 2004 est.
52
 Netherlands 7,460,000 2004 est.
53
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
54
 Sri Lanka 7,170,000 2004 est.
55
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
56
 Cote d'Ivoire 6,640,000 2004 est.
57
 Cameroon 6,490,000 2004 est.
58
 Saudi Arabia 6,430,000 2004 est.
59
 Chile 6,000,000 2004 est.
60
 Yemen 5,790,000 2004 est.
61
 Angola 5,570,000 2004 est.
62
 Portugal 5,409,000 2004 est.
63
 Czech Republic 5,250,000 2004 est.
64
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
65
 Azerbaijan 4,990,000 2004 est.
66
 Syria 4,970,000 2004 est.
67
 Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est.
68
 Belgium 4,730,000 2004 est.
69
 Senegal 4,620,000 2004 est.
70
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
71
 Zambia 4,590,000 2004 est.
72
 Cuba 4,580,000 2004 est.
73
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
74
 Sweden 4,449,000 2004 est.
75
 Greece 4,390,000 2004 est.
76
 Ecuador 4,360,000 2004 est.
77
 Zimbabwe 4,170,000 2004 est.
78
 Hungary 4,164,000 2004 est.
79
 Bolivia 4,100,000 2004 est.
80
 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
81
 Guatemala 3,840,000 2004 est.
82
 Switzerland 3,720,000 2004 est.
83
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
84
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
85
 Hong Kong 3,500,000 2004 est.
86
 Tunisia 3,461,000 2004 est.
87
 Austria 3,425,000 2004 est.
88
 Bulgaria 3,333,000 2004 est.
89
 Papua New Guinea 3,250,000 2004 est.
90
 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
91
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
92
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
93
 Serbia and Montenegro 2,930,000 2004 est.
94
 Denmark 2,863,000 2004 est.
95
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
96
 El Salvador 2,620,000 2004 est.
97
 Israel 2,610,000 2004 est.
98
 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
99
 Finland 2,599,000 2004 est.
100
 Slovakia 2,580,000 2004 est.
101
 Honduras 2,410,000 2004 est.
102
 Norway 2,380,000 2004 est.
103
 Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
104
 Singapore 2,200,000 2004 est.
105
 United Arab Emirates 2,160,000 2004 est.
106
 Paraguay 2,150,000 2004 est.
107
 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
108
 New Zealand 2,008,000 2004 est.
109
 Nicaragua 1,910,000 2004 est.
110
 Ireland 1,871,000 2004 est.
111
 Costa Rica 1,758,000 2004 est.
112
 Togo 1,740,000 1996
113
 Croatia 1,690,000 2004 est.
114
 Lithuania 1,642,000 2004 est.
115
 Uruguay 1,560,000 2004 est.
116
 Libya 1,510,000 2004 est.
117
 Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
118
 Armenia 1,400,000 2001
119
 Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
120
 Moldova 1,383,000 2004 est.
121
 Kuwait 1,380,000 2004 est.
122
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
123
 Jordan 1,360,000 2004 est.
124
 Albania 1,350,000 2003 est.
125
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
126
 Panama 1,190,000 2004 est.
127
 Latvia 1,180,000 2004 est.
128
 Jamaica 1,130,000 2004 est.
129
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
130
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
131
 Slovenia 875,000 2004 est.
132
 Macedonia 860,000 2003 est.
133
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
134
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
135
 Namibia 760,000 2004 est.
136
 Estonia 654,000 2004 est.
137
 Gabon 610,000 2004 est.
138
 Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2004 est.
139
 Mauritius 560,000 2004 est.
140
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
141
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
142
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
143
 Swaziland 383,200 2000
144
 Bahrain 350,000 2004 est.
145
 Cyprus 330,000 2004 est.
146
 Reunion 309,900 2000
147
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
148
 Botswana 264,000 2000
149
 Macau 214,000 2002
150
 Luxembourg 200,000 2004 est.
151
 Martinique 165,900 1998
152
 Iceland 160,000 2004 est.
153
 Malta 160,000 2002 est.
154
 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
155
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
156
 Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
157
 Qatar 140,000 2004 est.
158
 Fiji 137,000 1999
159
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
160
 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
161
 Suriname 100,000 NA
162
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
163
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
164
 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
165
 Maldives 88,000 2000
166
 New Caledonia 79,400 NA
167
 French Polynesia 70,000 1996
168
 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
169
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
170
 Guam 60,000 2000 est.
171
 French Guiana 58,800 1997
172
 Jersey 57,050 1996
173
 Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est.
174
 Mayotte 48,800 2000
175
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
176
 Grenada 42,300 1996
177
 Aruba 41,500 1997 est.
178
 Bermuda 37,470 2000
179
 Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
180
 Tonga 33,910 1996
181
 Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
182
 Guernsey 31,320 2000
183
 Seychelles 30,900 1996
184
 Monaco 30,540 January 1994
185
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
186
 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
187
 Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est.
188
 Solomon Islands 26,840 1999
189
 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
190
 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
191
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
192
 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
193
 San Marino 18,500 1999
194
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
195
 Gibraltar 14,800 1999
196
 American Samoa 14,000 1996
197
 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
198
 Palau 9,845 2000
199
 Cook Islands 8,000 1996
200
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
201
 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
202
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
203
 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
204
 British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
205
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
206
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
207
 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
208
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
209
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
210
 Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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