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Country Comparison :: Labor force
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
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country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
813,500,000
2009 est.
2 India
467,000,000
2009 est.
3 European Union
225,500,000
2009 est.
4 United States
154,200,000
2009
5 Indonesia
113,700,000
2009 est.
6 Brazil
101,700,000
2009 est.
7 Russia
75,700,000
2009 est.
8 Bangladesh
72,350,000
2009 est.
9 Japan
66,170,000
2009 est.
10 Pakistan
53,780,000
2009 est.
11 Nigeria
47,330,000
2009 est.
12 Vietnam
46,510,000
April 2009 est.
13 Mexico
46,200,000
2009 est.
14 Germany
43,500,000
2009 est.
15 Thailand
38,430,000
2009 est.
16 Ethiopia
37,900,000
2007
17 Philippines
37,890,000
2009 est.
18 United Kingdom
31,370,000
2009 est.
19 Burma
30,850,000
2009 est.
20 France
28,140,000
2009 est.
21 Egypt
25,400,000
2009 est.
22 Iran
25,020,000
2009 est.
23 Italy
25,000,000
2009 est.
24 Turkey
24,740,000
2009 est.
25 Korea, South
24,400,000
2009 est.
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
23,530,000
2007 est.
27 Spain
23,040,000
2009 est.
28 Ukraine
22,150,000
2009 est.
29 Tanzania
21,230,000
2009 est.
30 Colombia
20,940,000
2009 est.
31 Korea, North
20,000,000
2004 est.
32 Canada
18,390,000
2009 est.
33 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
34 Kenya
17,470,000
2009 est.
35 South Africa
17,300,000
2009 est.
36 Poland
17,280,000
2009 est.
37 Argentina
16,400,000
2009 est.
38 Uzbekistan
15,740,000
2009 est.
39 Uganda
15,010,000
2009 est.
40 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
41 Venezuela
12,930,000
2009 est.
42 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
43 Australia
11,600,000
2009 est.
44 Malaysia
11,380,000
2009 est.
45 Morocco
11,330,000
2009 est.
46 Taiwan
10,920,000
2009 est.
47 Ghana
10,330,000
2009 est.
48 Peru
10,320,000
2009 est.
49 Mozambique
9,770,000
2009 est.
50 Algeria
9,748,000
2009 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,330,000
2009 est.
53 Kazakhstan
8,700,000
2009 est.
54 Iraq
8,175,000
2008 est.
55 Cambodia
8,000,000
2009 est.
56 Netherlands
7,848,000
2009 est.
57 Angola
7,769,000
2009 est.
58 Cameroon
7,660,000
2009 est.
59 Sri Lanka
7,572,000
2009 est.
60 Cote d'Ivoire
7,442,000
2009 est.
61 Chile
7,420,000
2009 est.
62 Saudi Arabia
7,193,000
2009 est.
63 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
64 Yemen
6,640,000
2009 est.
65 Azerbaijan
5,867,000
2008 est.
66 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
67 Portugal
5,583,000
2009 est.
68 Zambia
5,416,000
2009 est.
69 Czech Republic
5,401,000
2009 est.
70 Senegal
5,390,000
2009 est.
71 Syria
5,382,000
2009 est.
72 Cuba
5,159,000
2009 est.
73 Belgium
5,070,000
2009 est.
74 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
75 Greece
4,980,000
2009 est.
76 Sweden
4,907,000
2009 est.
77 Niger
4,688,000
2007
78 Bolivia
4,532,000
2009 est.
79 Ecuador
4,503,000
2009 est.
80 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
81 Dominican Republic
4,401,000
2009 est.
82 Guinea
4,392,000
2007 est.
83 Chad
4,293,000
2007
84 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
85 Hungary
4,170,000
January 2010 est.
86 Guatemala
4,157,000
2009 est.
87 Switzerland
4,103,000
2009 est.
88 Zimbabwe
3,840,000
2009 est.
89 Tunisia
3,740,000
2009 est.
90 Papua New Guinea
3,723,000
2009 est.
91 Hong Kong
3,695,000
2009 est.
92 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
93 Laos
3,650,000
2009 est.
94 Haiti
3,643,000
2007
95 Austria
3,636,000
2009 est.
96 United Arab Emirates
3,518,000
2009 est.
97 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
98 Honduras
3,327,000
2009 est.
99 Serbia
3,246,000
October 2009 est.
100 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
101 Bulgaria
3,200,000
2009 est.
102 Singapore
3,030,000
2009 est.
103 Israel
3,015,000
2009 est.
104 Paraguay
2,983,000
2009 est.
105 El Salvador
2,917,000
2009 est.
106 Denmark
2,841,000
2009 est.
107 Finland
2,678,000
2009 est.
108 Slovakia
2,632,000
2009 est.
109 Togo
2,595,000
2007
110 Norway
2,590,000
2009 est.
111 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
112 New Zealand
2,307,000
2009 est.
113 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
114 Nicaragua
2,283,000
2009 est.
115 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
116 Ireland
2,187,000
2009 est.
117 Costa Rica
2,121,000
2009 est.
118 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2009
119 Kuwait
2,091,000
2009 est.
120 Eritrea
1,935,000
NA
121 Central African Republic
1,926,000
2007
122 Georgia
1,918,000
2007 est.
123 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,863,000
2007
124 Croatia
1,769,000
November 2009 est.
125 Libya
1,688,000
2009 est.
126 Jordan
1,667,000
2009 est.
127 Lithuania
1,641,000
2009 est.
128 Uruguay
1,636,000
2009 est.
129 Congo, Republic of the
1,514,000
2007
130 Armenia
1,481,000
2007 est.
131 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
132 Puerto Rico
1,479,000
2007
133 Panama
1,448,000
2009 est.
134 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
135 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
136 Jamaica
1,311,000
2009 est.
137 Moldova
1,223,000
2009 est.
138 Latvia
1,186,000
2009 est.
139 Qatar
1,179,000
2009 est.
140 Albania
1,100,000
2009 est.
141 Mongolia
1,068,000
2008
142 Oman
968,800
2007
143 Slovenia
945,000
2009 est.
144 Macedonia
929,000
2009 est.
145 Lesotho
854,600
2007 est.
146 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
147 Namibia
716,000
2009 est.
148 Gabon
701,000
2009 est.
149 West Bank
694,000
2009
150 Estonia
691,000
2009 est.
151 Botswana
685,300
2007
152 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
153 Trinidad and Tobago
629,000
2009 est.
154 Mauritius
587,000
2009 est.
155 Bahrain
584,000
2009 est.
156 Swaziland
457,900
2007
157 Timor-Leste
414,200
2007
158 Cyprus
403,000
2009 est.
159 Djibouti
351,700
2007
160 Gaza Strip
339,000
2009
161 Fiji
335,000
2007 est.
162 Guyana
333,900
2007 est.
163 Macau
322,000
2009 est.
164 Bhutan
299,900
2008
165 Comoros
268,500
2007 est.
166 Montenegro
259,100
2004
167 Luxembourg
205,000
2009 est.
168 Solomon Islands
202,500
2007
169 Cape Verde
196,100
2007
170 Equatorial Guinea
195,200
NA
171 Brunei
188,800
2008 est.
172 Bahamas, The
184,000
2009
173 Iceland
180,900
2009 est.
174 Barbados
175,000
2007 est.
175 Malta
174,000
2008 est.
176 Suriname
165,600
2007
177 Maldives
144,000
2009
178 Belize
122,300
2008 est.
179 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
180 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
181 New Caledonia
102,600
2007
182 Netherlands Antilles
91,470
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 Mayotte
44,560
2002
191 Monaco
44,000
2005 est.
192 Grenada
42,300
1996
193 Andorra
42,220
2008
194 Aruba
41,500
2004 est.
195 Tonga
39,960
2007
196 Isle of Man
39,690
2001
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 Faroe Islands
34,680
November 2008
202 Liechtenstein
32,440
2008
203 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
204 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
205 Greenland
28,240
January 2009
206 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
207 Sint Maarten
23,200
2008 est.
208 San Marino
22,660
2008
209 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
210 American Samoa
17,630
2005
211 Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360
2008
212 Marshall Islands
14,680
2000
213 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
214 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
215 Western Sahara
12,000
2005 est.
216 Palau
9,777
2005
217 Kiribati
7,870
2001 est.
218 Cook Islands
6,820
2001
219 Anguilla
6,049
2001
220 Turks and Caicos Islands
4,848
1990 est.
221 Tuvalu
3,615
2004 est.
222 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
3,450
2005
223 Wallis and Futuna
3,104
2003
224 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,486
1998 est.
225 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
1,724
1996
226 Svalbard
1,234
2003
227 Norfolk Island
978
NA
228 Niue
663
2001
229 Tokelau
440
2001
230 Pitcairn Islands
15
2004
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