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Country Comparison
:: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
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
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