Country Comparison :: Labor force
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Rank
 country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
815,300,000
2010 est.
2 India
478,300,000
2010 est.
3 European Union
227,500,000
2010 est.
4 United States
153,900,000
2010 est.
5 Indonesia
116,500,000
2010 est.
6 Brazil
102,200,000
2010 est.
7 Russia
75,490,000
2010 est.
8 Bangladesh
73,860,000
2010 est.
9 Japan
62,970,000
2010 est.
10 Pakistan
55,770,000
2010 est.
11 Nigeria
50,480,000
2010 est.
12 Vietnam
47,370,000
2010 est.
13 Mexico
46,990,000
2010 est.
14 Germany
43,490,000
2010 est.
15 Philippines
38,900,000
2010 est.
16 Thailand
38,640,000
2010 est.
17 Ethiopia
37,900,000
2007
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
33,680,000
2010 est.
19 Burma
31,680,000
2010 est.
20 United Kingdom
31,520,000
2010 est.
21 France
29,320,000
2010 est.
22 Egypt
26,200,000
2010 est.
23 Iran
25,700,000
2010 est.
24 Turkey
25,640,000
2010 est.
25 Italy
24,990,000
2010 est.
26 Korea, South
24,750,000
2010 est.
27 Tanzania
23,390,000
2010 est.
28 Spain
23,090,000
2010 est.
29 Ukraine
22,020,000
2010 est.
30 Colombia
21,780,000
2010 est.
31 Canada
18,530,000
2010 est.
32 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
33 Kenya
17,900,000
2010 est.
34 Poland
17,660,000
2010 est.
35 South Africa
17,390,000
2010 est.
36 Argentina
16,540,000
2010 est.
37 Uzbekistan
16,000,000
2010 est.
38 Uganda
15,510,000
2010 est.
39 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
40 Venezuela
13,110,000
2010 est.
41 Korea, North
12,200,000
2009 est.
42 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
43 Australia
11,870,000
2010 est.
44 Malaysia
11,630,000
2010 est.
45 Morocco
11,440,000
2010 est.
46 Taiwan
11,070,000
2010 est.
47 Algeria
10,810,000
2010 est.
48 Peru
10,580,000
2010 est.
49 Ghana
10,560,000
2010 est.
50 Mozambique
9,871,000
2010 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,258,000
2010 est.
53 Cambodia
8,800,000
2010 est.
54 Kazakhstan
8,611,000
2010 est.
55 Iraq
8,500,000
2009 est.
56 Sri Lanka
8,074,000
2010 est.
57 Angola
8,014,000
2010 est.
58 Chile
7,918,000
2010 est.
59 Cameroon
7,836,000
2010 est.
60 Netherlands
7,816,000
2010 est.
61 Saudi Arabia
7,337,000
2010 est.
62 Yemen
6,832,000
2010 est.
63 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
64 Azerbaijan
5,933,000
2010 est.
65 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
66 Portugal
5,581,000
2010 est.
67 Senegal
5,532,000
2010 est.
68 Syria
5,529,000
2010 est.
69 Zambia
5,460,000
2010 est.
70 Czech Republic
5,415,000
2010 est.
71 Cuba
5,147,000
2010 est.
72 Belgium
5,114,000
2010 est.
73 Greece
5,013,000
2010 est.
74 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
75 Sweden
4,961,000
2010 est.
76 Haiti
4,810,000
2010 est.
77 Niger
4,688,000
2007
78 Ecuador
4,645,000
2010 est.
79 Dominican Republic
4,630,000
2010 est.
80 Bolivia
4,614,000
2010 est.
81 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
82 Guinea
4,392,000
2007 est.
83 Chad
4,293,000
2007
84 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
85 Hungary
4,230,000
2010 est.
86 Switzerland
4,218,000
2010 est.
87 Guatemala
4,146,000
2010 est.
88 Zimbabwe
3,848,000
2010 est.
89 Papua New Guinea
3,809,000
2010 est.
90 Tunisia
3,769,000
2010 est.
91 United Arab Emirates
3,705,000
2010 est.
92 Laos
3,690,000
2010 est.
93 Hong Kong
3,676,000
2010 est.
94 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
95 Austria
3,611,000
2010 est.
96 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
97 Honduras
3,394,000
2010 est.
98 Serbia
3,250,000
2010 est.
99 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
100 Singapore
3,156,000
2010 est.
101 Israel
3,147,000
2010 est.
102 Paraguay
3,033,000
2010 est.
103 Denmark
2,852,000
2010 est.
104 Nicaragua
2,811,000
2010 est.
105 Slovakia
2,707,000
2010 est.
106 Finland
2,672,000
2010 est.
107 Norway
2,602,000
2010 est.
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,600,000
2010 est.
109 Togo
2,595,000
2007
110 El Salvador
2,564,000
2010 est.
111 Bulgaria
2,499,000
2010 est.
112 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
113 New Zealand
2,333,000
2010 est.
114 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
115 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
116 Kuwait
2,158,000
2010 est.
117 Ireland
2,140,000
2010 est.
118 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2009
119 Costa Rica
2,052,000
2010 est.
120 Eritrea
1,935,000
2007
121 Central African Republic
1,926,000
2007
122 Georgia
1,918,000
2007 est.
123 Libya
1,728,000
2010 est.
124 Croatia
1,721,000
2010 est.
125 Jordan
1,719,000
2010 est.
126 Uruguay
1,637,000
2010 est.
127 Lithuania
1,635,000
2010 est.
128 Congo, Republic of the
1,514,000
2007
129 Panama
1,485,000
2010 est.
130 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
131 Armenia
1,481,000
2007 est.
132 Puerto Rico
1,479,000
2007
133 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
134 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
135 Jamaica
1,317,000
2010 est.
136 Qatar
1,242,000
2010 est.
137 Moldova
1,235,000
2010 est.
138 Botswana
1,225,000
2009 est.
139 Latvia
1,178,000
2010 est.
140 Mongolia
1,068,000
2008
141 Albania
1,053,000
2010 est.
142 Oman
968,800
2007
143 Macedonia
938,300
2010 est.
144 Slovenia
935,500
2010 est.
145 Lesotho
854,600
2007 est.
146 Namibia
789,100
2010 est.
147 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
148 Gabon
714,500
2010 est.
149 West Bank
694,000
2009
150 Estonia
686,800
2010 est.
151 Bahrain
654,900
2010 est.
152 Trinidad and Tobago
634,300
2010 est.
153 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
154 Mauritius
597,300
2010 est.
155 Swaziland
457,900
2007
156 Timor-Leste
414,200
2007
157 Cyprus
407,700
2010 est.
158 Djibouti
351,700
2007
159 Gaza Strip
339,000
2009
160 Fiji
335,000
2007 est.
161 Guyana
333,900
2007 est.
162 Macau
330,900
2010 est.
163 Kosovo
310,000
2009 est.
164 Bhutan
299,900
2008
165 Comoros
268,500
2007 est.
166 Malta
265,200
2010 est.
167 Montenegro
259,100
2004
168 Luxembourg
205,900
2010 est.
169 Solomon Islands
202,500
2007
170 Cape Verde
196,100
2007
171 Equatorial Guinea
195,200
2007
172 Brunei
188,800
2008
173 Bahamas, The
184,000
2009
174 Iceland
181,000
2010 est.
175 Barbados
175,000
2007 est.
176 Suriname
165,600
2007
177 Western Sahara
144,000
2010 est.
178 Belize
120,500
2008 est.
179 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
180 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
181 Maldives
110,000
2010
182 New Caledonia
102,600
2007
183 Saint Lucia
79,700
2007
184 Samoa
66,270
2007 est.
185 Curacao
63,000
NA
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520
2007 est.
187 Jersey
53,560
June 2006
188 Sao Tome and Principe
52,490
2007
189 Virgin Islands
49,820
2007 est.
190 Monaco
44,000
2005 est.
191 Grenada
42,300
1996
192 Aruba
41,500
2004 est.
193 Tonga
39,960
2007
194 Isle of Man
39,690
2001
195 Seychelles
39,560
2006
196 Cayman Islands
39,000
2007
197 Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
2005 est.
198 Bermuda
38,360
2004
199 Andorra
38,220
2010
200 Faroe Islands
34,680
November 2008
201 Liechtenstein
32,880
NA
202 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
203 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
204 Greenland
28,240
January 2009
205 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
206 Sint Maarten
23,200
2008 est.
207 San Marino
22,950
June 2010
208 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
209 American Samoa
17,630
2005
210 Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360
2008
211 Marshall Islands
14,680
2000
212 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
213 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
214 Palau
9,777
2005
215 Cote d'Ivoire
8,509
2010 est.
216 Kiribati
7,870
2001 est.
217 Cook Islands
6,820
2001
218 Anguilla
6,049
2001
219 Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848
1990 est.
220 Tuvalu
3,615
2004 est.
221 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,450
2005
222 Wallis and Futuna
3,104
2003
223 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486
1998 est.
224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,724
1996
225 Svalbard
1,234
2003
226 Norfolk Island
978
2006
227 Niue
663
2001
228 Tokelau
440
2001
229 Pitcairn Islands
15
2004