Country Comparison :: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
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Rank
 country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
795,400,000
2012 est.
2 India
498,400,000
2012 est.
3 European Union
229,000,000
2012 est.
4 United States
154,900,000
2012 est.
5 Indonesia
119,500,000
2012 est.
6 Brazil
107,100,000
2012 est.
7 Bangladesh
77,000,000
2012 est.
8 Russia
75,240,000
2012 est.
9 Japan
65,270,000
2012 est.
10 Pakistan
60,360,000
2012 est.
11 Nigeria
53,830,000
2012 est.
12 Mexico
50,010,000
2012 est.
13 Vietnam
49,180,000
2012 est.
14 Germany
44,010,000
2012 est.
15 Philippines
40,730,000
2012 est.
16 Thailand
39,770,000
2012 est.
17 Ethiopia
37,900,000
2007
18 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
35,920,000
2012 est.
19 Burma
33,410,000
2012 est.
20 United Kingdom
31,900,000
2012 est.
21 France
29,620,000
2012 est.
22 Egypt
27,240,000
2012 est.
23 Turkey
27,110,000
2012 est.
24 Iran
27,050,000
2012 est.
25 Italy
25,280,000
2012 est.
26 Korea, South
25,180,000
2012 est.
27 Tanzania
24,770,000
2012 est.
28 Spain
23,140,000
2012 est.
29 Colombia
23,080,000
2012 est.
30 Ukraine
22,190,000
2012 est.
31 Kenya
18,890,000
2012 est.
32 Canada
18,850,000
2012 est.
33 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
34 Poland
17,920,000
2012 est.
35 South Africa
17,890,000
2012 est.
36 Argentina
17,070,000
2012 est.
37 Uganda
16,550,000
2012 est.
38 Uzbekistan
16,350,000
2012 est.
39 Peru
15,900,000
2011 est.
40 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
41 Venezuela
13,700,000
2012 est.
42 Malaysia
12,840,000
2012 est.
43 Australia
12,270,000
2012 est.
44 Korea, North
12,200,000
2009 est.
45 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
46 Morocco
11,780,000
2012 est.
47 Ghana
11,670,000
2012 est.
48 Taiwan
11,300,000
2012 est.
49 Algeria
11,260,000
2012 est.
50 Mozambique
10,100,000
2012 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,252,000
2012 est.
53 Kazakhstan
8,973,000
2012 est.
54 Cote d'Ivoire
8,970,000
2012 est.
55 Iraq
8,900,000
2010 est.
56 Cambodia
8,800,000
2010 est.
57 Angola
8,468,000
2012 est.
58 Cameroon
8,264,000
2012 est.
59 Chile
8,231,000
2012 est.
60 Sri Lanka
8,194,000
2012 est.
61 Saudi Arabia
8,012,000
2012 est.
62 Netherlands
7,746,000
2012 est.
63 Yemen
7,158,000
2012 est.
64 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
65 Azerbaijan
6,206,000
2012 est.
66 Senegal
5,852,000
2012 est.
67 Zambia
5,839,000
2012 est.
68 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
69 Guatemala
5,571,000
2011 est.
70 Czech Republic
5,545,000
2012 est.
71 Syria
5,540,000
2012 est.
72 Portugal
5,480,000
2012 est.
73 Cuba
5,180,000
2012 est.
74 Belgium
5,055,000
2012 est.
75 Sweden
5,032,000
2012 est.
76 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
77 Greece
4,951,000
2012 est.
78 Switzerland
4,910,000
2012 est.
79 Haiti
4,810,000
2010 est.
80 Dominican Republic
4,806,000
2012 est.
81 Guinea
4,778,000
2012 est.
82 Ecuador
4,769,000
2012 est.
83 Bolivia
4,718,000
2012 est.
84 Niger
4,688,000
2007
85 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
86 United Arab Emirates
4,337,000
2012 est.
87 Chad
4,293,000
2007
88 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
89 Hungary
4,178,000
2012 est.
90 Tunisia
4,014,000
2012 est.
91 Papua New Guinea
3,986,000
2012 est.
92 Zimbabwe
3,909,000
2012 est.
93 Hong Kong
3,705,000
2012 est.
94 Laos
3,690,000
2010 est.
95 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
96 Austria
3,655,000
2012 est.
97 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
98 Honduras
3,440,000
2012 est.
99 Singapore
3,303,000
2012 est.
100 Israel
3,269,000
2012 est.
101 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
102 Serbia
3,170,000
2012 est.
103 Paraguay
3,137,000
2012 est.
104 Nicaragua
2,961,000
2012 est.
105 Denmark
2,848,000
2012 est.
106 Slovakia
2,724,000
2012 est.
107 Finland
2,679,000
2012 est.
108 Norway
2,645,000
2012 est.
109 Bosnia and Herzegovina
2,600,000
2010 est.
110 Togo
2,595,000
2007
111 El Salvador
2,593,000
2012 est.
112 Bulgaria
2,451,000
2012 est.
113 New Zealand
2,402,000
2012 est.
114 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
115 Kuwait
2,304,000
2012 est.
116 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
117 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
118 Costa Rica
2,196,000
2012 est.
119 Ireland
2,104,000
2012 est.
120 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2009
121 Georgia
1,945,000
2010 est.
122 Eritrea
1,935,000
2007
123 Central African Republic
1,926,000
2007
124 Jordan
1,824,000
2012 est.
125 Croatia
1,745,000
2012 est.
126 Uruguay
1,691,000
2012 est.
127 Lithuania
1,587,000
2012 est.
128 Congo, Republic of the
1,514,000
2007
129 Panama
1,509,000
2012 est.
130 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
131 Libya
1,437,000
2012 est.
132 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
133 Qatar
1,338,000
2012 est.
134 Jamaica
1,325,000
2012 est.
135 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
136 Botswana
1,288,000
2012 est.
137 Puerto Rico
1,286,000
March 2012
138 Moldova
1,247,000
2012 est.
139 Armenia
1,194,000
2011 est.
140 Mongolia
1,147,000
2010 est.
141 Latvia
1,139,000
2012 est.
142 Albania
1,071,000
2011 est.
143 Oman
968,800
2007
144 Macedonia
936,000
2012 est.
145 Slovenia
932,300
2012 est.
146 Lesotho
854,600
2007 est.
147 Namibia
818,600
2012 est.
148 Kosovo
800,000
2011 est.
149 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
150 Gabon
756,200
2012 est.
151 West Bank
745,600
2010
152 Bahrain
705,900
2012 est.
153 Estonia
675,900
2012 est.
154 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
155 Mauritius
617,800
2012 est.
156 Trinidad and Tobago
616,500
2012 est.
157 Swaziland
457,900
2007
158 Timor-Leste
418,200
2009
159 Cyprus
416,900
2012 est.
160 Djibouti
351,700
2007
161 Gaza Strip
348,200
2010
162 Fiji
335,000
2007 est.
163 Macau
330,900
2010 est.
164 Guyana
313,100
2009 est.
165 Bhutan
299,900
2008
166 Comoros
268,500
2007 est.
167 Montenegro
251,300
2011 est.
168 Luxembourg
208,200
2012 est.
169 Solomon Islands
202,500
2007
170 Brunei
198,800
2010 est.
171 Cape Verde
196,100
2007
172 Equatorial Guinea
195,200
2007
173 Bahamas, The
184,000
2009
174 Iceland
180,800
2012 est.
175 Malta
180,200
2011 est.
176 Suriname
165,600
2007
177 Barbados
145,000
2011 est.
178 Western Sahara
144,000
2010 est.
179 Belize
120,500
2008 est.
180 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
181 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
182 Maldives
110,000
2010
183 New Caledonia
102,600
2007
184 Guam
82,950
2007 est.
185 Saint Lucia
79,700
2012
186 Samoa
66,270
2007 est.
187 Curacao
63,000
2008
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520
2007 est.
189 Jersey
53,560
June 2006
190 Sao Tome and Principe
52,490
2007
191 Virgin Islands
49,820
2007 est.
192 Monaco
49,300
2010 est.
193 Grenada
47,580
2008
194 Isle of Man
41,790
2006
195 Aruba
41,500
2004 est.
196 Tonga
39,960
2007
197 Seychelles
39,560
2006
198 Cayman Islands
39,000
2007
199 Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
2005 est.
200 Bermuda
38,360
2004
201 Andorra
38,220
2010
202 Faroe Islands
34,710
November 2010
203 Liechtenstein
34,330
2010
204 Greenland
33,670
2010
205 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
206 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
207 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
208 Sint Maarten
23,200
2008 est.
209 San Marino
22,050
December 2011
210 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
211 American Samoa
17,630
2005
212 Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360
2008
213 Marshall Islands
14,680
2000
214 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
215 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
216 Palau
9,777
2005
217 Kiribati
7,870
2001
218 Cook Islands
6,820
2001
219 Anguilla
6,049
2001
220 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
5,246
2006
221 Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848
1990 est.
222 Montserrat
4,521
2012
223 Tuvalu
3,615
2004 est.
224 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,450
2005
225 Wallis and Futuna
3,104
2003
226 Holy See (Vatican City)
2,832
December 2011
227 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486
1998 est.
228 Svalbard
1,234
2003
229 Norfolk Island
978
2006
230 Niue
663
2001
231 Tokelau
440
2001
232 Pitcairn Islands
15
2004