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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 2003 est.
2
 India 472,000,000 2003
3
 European Union 211,100,000 NA
4
 United States 147,400,000 2003
5
 Indonesia 105,700,000 2003
6
 Brazil 82,590,000 2003 est.
7
 Russia 71,680,000 2003 est.
8
 Japan 66,660,000 2003
9
 Bangladesh 64,020,000 2003
10
 Nigeria 54,360,000 2003 est.
11
 Vietnam 45,740,000 2003 est.
12
 Pakistan 43,980,000 2003
13
 Germany 42,630,000 2003
14
 Thailand 34,900,000 2003 est.
15
 Philippines 34,560,000 2003
16
 Mexico 34,110,000 2003
17
 United Kingdom 29,600,000 2003
18
 France 27,390,000 2003 est.
19
 Italy 24,150,000 2003 est.
20
 Turkey 23,790,000 2003
21
 Korea, South 22,920,000 2003
22
 Iran 22,320,000 2003 est.
23
 Burma 22,140,000 2003 est.
24
 Ukraine 21,290,000 2003
25
 Colombia 20,340,000 2003 est.
26
 Egypt 20,190,000 2003 est.
27
 Spain 18,820,000 2003
28
 Tanzania 18,560,000 2003
29
 Canada 17,040,000 2003 est.
30
 Poland 16,920,000 2003 est.
31
 South Africa 16,350,000 2003
32
 Argentina 14,920,000 2003
33
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
34
 Uzbekistan 14,200,000 2003 est.
35
 Uganda 12,090,000 2003 est.
36
 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
37
 Kenya 11,450,000 2003 est.
38
 Venezuela 11,380,000 2003
39
 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
40
 Morocco 10,840,000 2003
41
 Malaysia 10,260,000 2003 est.
42
 Australia 10,190,000 37256
43
 Taiwan 10,080,000 2003
44
 Ghana 10,000,000 2003 est.
45
 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
46
 Algeria 9,600,000 2003
47
 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
48
 Romania 9,280,000 2003 est.
49
 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
50
 Peru 8,630,000 2003 est.
51
 Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est.
52
 Kazakhstan 7,634,000 2003
53
 Netherlands 7,460,000 2003
54
 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
55
 Sri Lanka 7,170,000 2003
56
 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
57
 Cote d'Ivoire 6,640,000 2003
58
 Cameroon 6,490,000 2003
59
 Saudi Arabia 6,430,000 2003
60
 Chile 6,000,000 2003 est.
61
 Yemen 5,790,000 2003 est.
62
 Angola 5,570,000 2003 est.
63
 Portugal 5,409,000 2003
64
 Czech Republic 5,250,000 2003 est.
65
 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
66
 Azerbaijan 4,990,000 2003
67
 Syria 4,970,000 2003 est.
68
 Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est.
69
 Belgium 4,730,000 2003
70
 Senegal 4,620,000 2003
71
 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
72
 Zambia 4,590,000 2003
73
 Cuba 4,580,000 2003 est.
74
 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
75
 Sweden 4,449,000 2003 est.
76
 Greece 4,390,000 2003 est.
77
 Ecuador 4,360,000 2003
78
 Zimbabwe 4,170,000 2003 est.
79
 Hungary 4,164,000 2003
80
 Bolivia 4,100,000 2003
81
 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
82
 Guatemala 3,840,000 2003 est.
83
 Switzerland 3,720,000 2003
84
 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
85
 Haiti 3,600,000 1995
86
 Hong Kong 3,500,000 2003 est.
87
 Tunisia 3,461,000 2003 est.
88
 Austria 3,425,000 2003
89
 Bulgaria 3,333,000 2003 est.
90
 Papua New Guinea 3,250,000 2003
91
 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
92
 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
93
 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
94
 Serbia and Montenegro 2,930,000 2003 est.
95
 Denmark 2,863,000 2003 est.
96
 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
97
 El Salvador 2,620,000 2003
98
 Israel 2,610,000 2003 est.
99
 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
100
 Finland 2,599,000 2003 est.
101
 Slovakia 2,580,000 2003
102
 Honduras 2,410,000 2003 est.
103
 Norway 2,380,000 2003 est.
104
 Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
105
 Singapore 2,200,000 2003
106
 United Arab Emirates 2,160,000 2003
107
 Paraguay 2,150,000 2003 est.
108
 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
109
 New Zealand 2,008,000 2003 est.
110
 Nicaragua 1,910,000 2003
111
 Ireland 1,871,000 2003
112
 Costa Rica 1,758,000 2003
113
 Togo 1,740,000 1996
114
 Croatia 1,690,000 2003
115
 Lithuania 1,642,000 2003 est.
116
 Uruguay 1,560,000 2003
117
 Libya 1,510,000 2003 est.
118
 Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
119
 Armenia 1,400,000 2001
120
 Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
121
 Moldova 1,383,000 2003
122
 Kuwait 1,380,000 2003 est.
123
 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
124
 Jordan 1,360,000 2003
125
 Albania 1,350,000 2003 est.
126
 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2000
127
 Panama 1,190,000 2003 est.
128
 Latvia 1,180,000 2003 est.
129
 Jamaica 1,130,000 2003
130
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
131
 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
132
 Slovenia 875,000 2003
133
 Macedonia 860,000 2003 est.
134
 Lesotho 838,000 2000
135
 Mauritania 786,000 2001
136
 Namibia 760,000 2003
137
 Estonia 654,000 2003 est.
138
 Gabon 610,000 2003
139
 Trinidad and Tobago 590,000 2003
140
 Mauritius 560,000 2003
141
 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
142
 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
143
 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
144
 Swaziland 383,200 2000
145
 Bahrain 350,000 2003 est.
146
 Cyprus 330,000 2003
147
 Reunion 309,900 2000
148
 Djibouti 282,000 2000
149
 Botswana 264,000 2000
150
 Macau 214,000 2002
151
 Luxembourg 200,000 2003
152
 Martinique 165,900 1998
153
 Iceland 160,000 2003
154
 Malta 160,000 2002 est.
155
 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
156
 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
157
 Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
158
 Qatar 140,000 2003 est.
159
 Fiji 137,000 1999
160
 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
161
 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
162
 Suriname 100,000 NA
163
 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
164
 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
165
 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
166
 Maldives 88,000 2000
167
 New Caledonia 79,400 NA
168
 French Polynesia 70,000 1996
169
 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
170
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
171
 Guam 60,000 2000 est.
172
 French Guiana 58,800 1997
173
 Jersey 57,050 1996
174
 Virgin Islands 48,900 2003 est.
175
 Mayotte 48,800 2000
176
 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
177
 Grenada 42,300 1996
178
 Aruba 41,500 1997 est.
179
 Bermuda 37,470 2000
180
 Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
181
 Tonga 33,910 1996
182
 Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
183
 Guernsey 31,320 2000
184
 Seychelles 30,900 1996
185
 Monaco 30,540 January 1994
186
 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
187
 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
188
 Marshall Islands 28,700 1996 est.
189
 Solomon Islands 26,840 1999
190
 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
191
 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
192
 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
193
 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
194
 San Marino 18,500 1999
195
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,170 June 1995
196
 Gibraltar 14,800 1999
197
 American Samoa 14,000 1996
198
 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
199
 Palau 9,845 2000
200
 Cook Islands 8,000 1996
201
 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
202
 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
203
 Anguilla 6,049 2001
204
 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
205
 British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
206
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
207
 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
208
 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
209
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
210
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
211
 Pitcairn Islands 12 1997

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