List of countries by labour force
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This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook [1].
| Rank | Country/Region | Labor force | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| - |  World |
3,001,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 1 |  China |
803,300,000 | 2007 est. |
| 2 |  India |
516,400,000 | 2007 est. |
| - |  European Union |
222,400,000 | 2006 est. |
| 3 |  United States |
153,100,000 | 2007 est. |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
108,000,000 | 2007 est. |
| 5 |  Brazil |
99,470,000 | 2007 est. |
| 6 |  Russia |
75,100,000 | November 2007 est. |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
69,400,000 | 2007 est. |
| 8 |  Japan |
66,070,000 | 2007 est. |
| 9 |  Nigeria |
50,130,000 | 2007 est. |
| 10 |  Pakistan |
49,180,000 | 2007 est. |
| 11 |  Vietnam |
45,730,000 | 2007 est. |
| 12 |  Mexico |
45,380,000 | 2007 est. |
| 13 |  Germany |
43,630,000 | 2007 est. |
| 14 |  Thailand |
37,120,000 | 2007 est. |
| 15 |  Philippines |
36,220,000 | 2007 est. |
| 16 |  United Kingdom |
30,710,000 | 2007 est. |
| 17 |  Burma |
29,260,000 | 2007 est. |
| 18 |  Iran |
28,700,000 | 2006 est. |
| 19 |  France |
27,760,000 | 2007 est. |
| 20 |  Ethiopia |
27,270,000 | 1999 |
| 21 |  Turkey |
25,270,000 | 2007 est. |
| 22 |  Italy |
24,860,000 | 2007 est. |
| 23 |  Korea, South |
23,990,000 | 2007 est. |
| 24 |  Egypt |
22,490,000 | 2007 est. |
| 25 |  Spain |
22,010,000 | 2007 est. |
| 26 |  Ukraine |
21,630,000 | 2007 est. |
| 27 |  Colombia |
20,650,000 | 2007 est. |
| 28 |  South Africa |
20,490,000 | 2007 est. |
| 29 |  Korea, North |
20,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 30 |  Tanzania |
19,690,000 | 2007 est. |
| 31 |  Canada |
17,900,000 | 2007 est. |
| 32 |  Poland |
17,010,000 | 2007 est. |
| 33 |  Argentina |
16,100,000 | 2007 est. |
| 34 |  Afghanistan |
15,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 35 |  Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
15,000,000 | 2006 est. |
| 36 |  Uzbekistan |
14,600,000 | 2007 est. |
| 37 |  Uganda |
14,050,000 | 2007 est. |
| 38 |  Venezuela |
12,500,000 | 2007 est. |
| 39 |  Kenya |
11,850,000 | 2005 est. |
| 40 |  Morocco |
11,350,000 | 2007 est. |
| 41 |  Ghana |
11,290,000 | 2007 est. |
| 42 |  Nepal |
11,110,000 | 2006 est. |
| 43 |  Malaysia |
10,910,000 | 2007 est. |
| 44 |  Australia |
10,900,000 | 2007 est. |
| 45 |  Taiwan |
10,780,000 | 2007 est. |
| 46 |  Mozambique |
9,600,000 | 2007 est. |
| 47 |  Peru |
9,419,000 | 2007 est. |
| 48 |  Algeria |
9,380,000 | 2007 est. |
| 49 |  Romania |
9,350,000 | 2007 est. |
| 50 |  Kazakhstan |
8,156,000 | 2007 est. |
| 51 |  Sri Lanka |
7,670,000 | 2007 est. |
| 52 |  Netherlands |
7,500,000 | 2007 est. |
| 53 |  Sudan |
7,415,000 | 1996 est. |
| 54 |  Iraq |
7,400,000 | 2004 est. |
| 55 |  Madagascar |
7,300,000 | 2000 |
| 56 |  Cambodia |
7,000,000 | 2003 est. |
| 57 |  Chile |
6,970,000 | 2007 est. |
| 58 |  Cote d'Ivoire |
6,907,000 | 2007 est. |
| 59 |  Cameroon |
6,680,000 | 2007 est. |
| 60 |  Angola |
6,573,000 | 2007 est. |
| 61 |  Saudi Arabia |
6,488,000 | 2007 est. |
| 62 |  Yemen |
6,316,000 | 2007 est. |
| 63 |  Portugal |
5,500,000 | 2007 est. |
| 64 |  Syria |
5,457,000 | 2007 est. |
| 65 |  Mali |
5,400,000 | 2007 est. |
| 66 |  Benin |
5,380,000 | 2007 est. |
| 67 |  Czech Republic |
5,350,000 | 2007 est. |
| 68 |  Azerbaijan |
5,243,000 | 2007 est. |
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5,030,000 | 2007 est. |
| 70 |  Burkina Faso |
5,000,000 | 2003 |
| 71 |  Zambia |
4,989,000 | 2007 est. |
| 72 |  Greece |
4,940,000 | 2007 est. |
| 73 |  Cuba |
4,853,000 | 2007 est. |
| 74 |  Senegal |
4,850,000 | 2007 est. |
| 75 |  Bolivia |
4,793,000 | 2006 est. |
| 76 |  Sweden |
4,660,000 | 2007 est. |
| 77 |  Rwanda |
4,600,000 | 2000 |
| 78 |  Ecuador |
4,550,000 | 2007 est. |
| 79 |  Malawi |
4,500,000 | 2001 est. |
| 80 |  Belarus |
4,300,000 | 31 December 2005 |
| 81 |  Hungary |
4,190,000 | 2007 est. |
| 82 |  Zimbabwe |
3,998,000 | 2007 est. |
| 83 |  Dominican Republic |
3,986,000 | 2007 est. |
| 84 |  Guatemala |
3,958,000 | 2007 est. |
| 85 |  Switzerland |
3,850,000 | 2007 est. |
| 86 |  Chad |
3,747,000 | 2006 |
| 87 |  Guinea |
3,700,000 | 2006 est. |
| 88 |  Somalia |
3,700,000 | 1975 |
| 89 |  Hong Kong |
3,640,000 | 2007 est. |
| 90 |  Haiti |
3,600,000 | 1995 |
| 91 |  Tunisia |
3,591,000 | 2007 est. |
| 92 |  Austria |
3,560,000 | 2007 est. |
| 93 |  Papua New Guinea |
3,557,000 | 2007 est. |
| 94 |  Bulgaria |
3,440,000 | 2007 est. |
| 95 |  United Arab Emirates |
3,119,000 | 2007 est. |
| 96 |  Burundi |
2,990,000 | 2002 |
| 97 |  Serbia |
2,961,000 | 2002 est. |
| 98 |  Denmark |
2,900,000 | 2007 est. |
| 99 |  Israel |
2,880,000 | 2007 est. |
| 100 |  El Salvador |
2,870,000 | 2007 est. |
| 101 |  Honduras |
2,812,000 | 2007 est. |
| 102 |  Paraguay |
2,735,000 | 2007 |
| 103 |  Kyrgyzstan |
2,700,000 | 2000 |
| 104 |  Finland |
2,680,000 | 2007 est. |
| 105 |  Singapore |
2,670,000 | 2007 est. |
| 106 |  Slovakia |
2,661,000 | 2007 est. |
| 107 |  Norway |
2,500,000 | 2007 est. |
| 108 |  Nicaragua |
2,262,000 | 2007 est. |
| 109 |  New Zealand |
2,230,000 | 2007 est. |
| 110 |  Ireland |
2,210,000 | 2007 est. |
| 111 |  Laos |
2,100,000 | 2006 est. |
| 112 |  Tajikistan |
2,100,000 | 2007 est. |
| 113 |  Turkmenistan |
2,089,000 | 2004 est. |
| 114 |  Georgia |
2,020,000 | 2007 est. |
| 115 |  Costa Rica |
1,946,000 | 2007 est. |
| 116 |  Central African Republic |
1,857,000 | 2006 |
| 117 |  Libya |
1,820,000 | 2007 est. |
| 118 |  Croatia |
1,714,000 | 2007 est. |
| 119 |  Lithuania |
1,587,000 | 2007 est. |
| 120 |  Jordan |
1,563,000 | 2007 est. |
| 121 |  Lebanon |
1,500,000 | 2005 est. |
| 122 |  Uruguay |
1,500,000 | 2007 est. |
| 123 |  Panama |
1,471,000 | 2007 est. |
| 124 |  Sierra Leone |
1,369,000 | 1981 est. |
| 125 |  Moldova |
1,333,000 | 2007 est. |
| 126 |  Togo |
1,302,000 | 1998 |
| 127 |  Puerto Rico |
1,300,000 | 2000 |
| 128 |  Jamaica |
1,255,000 | 2007 est. |
| 129 |  Armenia |
1,200,000 | 2007 est. |
| 130 |  Kuwait |
1,167,000 | 2007 est. |
| 131 |  Latvia |
1,136,000 | 2006 est. |
| 132 |  Albania |
1,090,000 | September 2006 est. |
| 133 |  Mongolia |
1,042,000 | 2006 |
| 134 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,026,000 | 2001 |
| 135 |  Oman |
920,000 | 2002 est. |
| 136 |  Slovenia |
920,000 | 2007 est. |
| 137 |  Macedonia |
906,900 | 2007 est. |
| 138 |  Lesotho |
838,000 | 2000 est. |
| 139 |  Kosovo |
832,000 | June 2007 est. |
| 140 |  Mauritania |
786,000 | 2001 |
| 141 |  Estonia |
688,000 | 2007 est. |
| 142 |  Namibia |
660,000 | 2007 est. |
| 143 |  Qatar |
638,000 | 2007 est. |
| 144 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
615,400 | 2007 est. |
| 145 |  West Bank |
605,000 | 2006 |
| 146 |  Gabon |
582,000 | 2007 est. |
| 147 |  Mauritius |
552,700 | 2007 est. |
| 148 |  Guinea-Bissau |
480,000 | 1999 |
| 149 |  Guyana |
418,000 | 2001 est. |
| 150 |  Gambia, The |
400,000 | 1996 |
| 151 |  Cyprus |
377,400 | 2007 est. |
| 152 |  Bahrain |
363,000 | 2007 est. |
| 153 |  Swaziland |
300,000 | 2006 |
| 154 |  Botswana |
288,400 | 2004 |
| 155 |  Djibouti |
282,000 | 2000 |
| 156 |  Macau |
275,000 | 2006 |
| 157 | Gaza Strip |
267,000 | 2006 |
| 158 |  Montenegro |
259,100 | 2004 |
| 159 |  Solomon Islands |
249,200 | 1999 |
| 160 |  Luxembourg |
205,000 | 2007 est. |
| 161 |  Bahamas, The |
181,900 | 2006 |
| 162 |  Brunei |
180,400 | 2006 est. |
| 163 |  Iceland |
180,000 | 2007 est. |
| 164 |  Malta |
164,000 | 2006 est. |
| 165 |  Suriname |
156,700 | 2004 |
| 166 |  Comoros |
144,500 | 1996 est. |
| 167 |  Barbados |
128,500 | 2001 est. |
| 168 |  Cape Verde |
120,600 | 1990 |
| 169 |  Fiji |
117,500 | 2006 est. |
| 170 |  Belize |
113,000 | 2006 est. |
| 171 |  Maldives |
101,300 | 2004 |
| 172 |  Samoa |
90,000 | 2000 est. |
| 173 |  Netherlands Antilles |
83,600 | 2005 |
| 174 | New Caledonia |
78,990 | 2004 |
| 175 |  Vanuatu |
76,410 | 1999 |
| 176 |  Niger |
70,000 | 1995 |
| 177 |  French Polynesia |
65,930 | December 2005 |
| 178 |  Guam |
62,050 | 2002 est. |
| 179 |  Jersey |
53,560 | June 2006 |
| 180 | Mayotte |
44,560 | 2002 |
| 181 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
44,470 | 2000 |
| 182 |  Monaco |
44,000 | 2005 est. |
| 183 |  U.S. Virgin Islands |
43,980 | 2004 est. |
| 184 |  Saint Lucia |
43,800 | 2001 est. |
| 185 |  Andorra |
42,420 | 2005 |
| 186 |  Grenada |
42,300 | 1996 |
| 187 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
41,680 | 1991 est. |
| 188 |  Aruba |
41,500 | 2004 est. |
| 189 |  Isle of Man |
39,690 | 2001 |
| 190 |  Seychelles |
39,560 | 2006 |
| 191 |  Bermuda |
38,360 | 2004 |
| 192 |  Micronesia, Federated States of |
37,410 | 2000 |
| 193 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
35,050 | 1991 |
| 194 |  Tonga |
33,910 | 2003 |
| 195 |  Greenland |
32,120 | 2004 |
| 196 |  Guernsey |
31,470 | March 2006 |
| 197 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 | 1991 |
| 198 |  Liechtenstein |
29,500 | 31 December 2001 |
| 199 |  Dominica |
25,000 | 2000 est. |
| 200 |  Faroe Islands |
24,250 | October 2000 |
| 201 |  Cayman Islands |
23,450 | 2004 |
| 202 |  San Marino |
20,470 | 2004 |
| 203 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
18,170 | June 1995 |
| 204 |  American Samoa |
17,630 | 2005 |
| 205 |  Marshall Islands |
14,680 | 2000 |
| 206 |  British Virgin Islands |
12,770 | 2004 |
| 207 |  Gibraltar |
12,690 | 2001 |
| 208 |  Western Sahara |
12,000 | 2005 est. |
| 209 |  Palau |
9,777 | 2005 |
| 210 |  Kiribati |
7,870 | 2001 est. |
| 211 |  Cook Islands |
6,820 | 2001 |
| 212 |  Anguilla |
6,049 | 2001 |
| 213 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 | 1990 est. |
| 214 |  Montserrat |
4,521 | 2000 est. |
| 215 |  Tuvalu |
3,615 | 2004 est. |
| 216 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
3,450 | 2005 |
| 217 | Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 | 2003 |
| 218 |  Saint Helena |
2,486 | 1998 est. |
| 219 |  Falkland Islands |
1,724 | 1996 |
| 220 |  Niue |
663 | 2001 |
| 221 |  Tokelau |
440 | 2001 |
| 222 |  Pitcairn Islands |
15 | 2004 |
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