Rank Order - Labor force

Rank Order - Labor force

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Rank	Country	Labor force	Date of Information
1	World	3,001,000,000	2007 est.
2	China	803,300,000	2007 est.
3	India	516,400,000	2007 est.
4	European Union	222,400,000	2006 est.
5	United States	153,100,000	2007 est.
6	Indonesia	108,000,000	2007 est.
7	Brazil	99,470,000	2007 est.
8	Russia	72,400,000	2007 est.
9	Bangladesh	69,400,000	2007 est.
10	Japan	66,070,000	2007 est.
11	Nigeria	50,130,000	2007 est.
12	Pakistan	49,180,000	2007 est.
13	Vietnam	45,730,000	2007 est.
14	Mexico	45,380,000	2007 est.
15	Germany	43,630,000	2007 est.
16	Thailand	37,120,000	2007 est.
17	Philippines	36,310,000	2007 est.
18	United Kingdom	30,710,000	2007 est.
19	Burma	29,260,000	2007 est.
20	Iran	28,700,000	2006 est.
21	France	27,760,000	2007 est.
22	Ethiopia	27,270,000	1999
23	Turkey	25,270,000	2007 est.
24	Italy	24,860,000	2007 est.
25	Korea, South	24,010,000	2007 est.
26	Egypt	22,490,000	2007 est.
27	Spain	22,010,000	2007 est.
28	Ukraine	21,630,000	2007 est.
29	Colombia	20,650,000	2007 est.
30	Tanzania	19,690,000	2007 est.
31	South Africa	18,250,000	2007 est.
32	Canada	17,900,000	2007 est.
33	Poland	17,010,000	2007 est.
34	Argentina	16,100,000	2007 est.
35	Afghanistan	15,000,000	2004 est.
36	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	15,000,000	2006 est.
37	Uzbekistan	14,600,000	2007 est.
38	Uganda	14,050,000	2007 est.
39	Venezuela	12,500,000	2007 est.
40	Kenya	11,850,000	2005 est.
41	Morocco	11,350,000	2007 est.
42	Ghana	11,290,000	2007 est.
43	Nepal	11,110,000	2006 est.
44	Malaysia	10,910,000	2007 est.
45	Australia	10,900,000	2007 est.
46	Taiwan	10,630,000	2007 est.
47	Korea, North	10,000,000	2002 est.
48	Mozambique	9,600,000	2007 est.
49	Peru	9,419,000	2007 est.
50	Algeria	9,380,000	2007 est.
51	Romania	9,350,000	2007 est.
52	Kazakhstan	8,156,000	2007 est.
53	Sri Lanka	7,670,000	2007 est.
54	Netherlands	7,500,000	2007 est.
55	Sudan	7,415,000	1996 est.
56	Iraq	7,400,000	2004 est.
57	Madagascar	7,300,000	2000
58	Cambodia	7,000,000	2003 est.
59	Chile	6,970,000	2007 est.
60	Cote d'Ivoire	6,907,000	2007 est.
61	Cameroon	6,680,000	2007 est.
62	Angola	6,573,000	2007 est.
63	Saudi Arabia	6,488,000	2007 est.
64	Yemen	6,316,000	2007 est.
65	Portugal	5,620,000	2007 est.
66	Syria	5,457,000	2007 est.
67	Czech Republic	5,350,000	2007 est.
68	Azerbaijan	5,243,000	2007 est.
69	Belgium	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	Mali	3,930,000	2001 est.
86	Switzerland	3,850,000	2007 est.
87	Chad	3,747,000	2006
88	Guinea	3,700,000	2006 est.
89	Somalia	3,700,000	1975
90	Tajikistan	3,700,000	2003
91	Hong Kong	3,650,000	2007 est.
92	Haiti	3,600,000	1995
93	Tunisia	3,591,000	2007 est.
94	Austria	3,560,000	2007 est.
95	Papua New Guinea	3,557,000	2007 est.
96	Bulgaria	3,440,000	2007 est.
97	Benin	3,211,000	1996
98	United Arab Emirates	3,119,000	2007 est.
99	Burundi	2,990,000	2002
100	Serbia	2,961,000	2002 est.
101	El Salvador	2,913,000	2007 est.
102	Denmark	2,900,000	2007 est.
103	Israel	2,880,000	2007 est.
104	Honduras	2,812,000	2007 est.
105	Paraguay	2,757,000	2007 est.
106	Kyrgyzstan	2,700,000	2000
107	Finland	2,680,000	2007 est.
108	Slovakia	2,661,000	2007 est.
109	Norway	2,500,000	2007 est.
110	Singapore	2,480,000	2007 est.
111	Turkmenistan	2,320,000	2003 est.
112	Nicaragua	2,262,000	2007 est.
113	New Zealand	2,230,000	2007 est.
114	Ireland	2,210,000	2007 est.
115	Laos	2,100,000	2006 est.
116	Georgia	2,040,000	2004 est.
117	Costa Rica	1,946,000	2007 est.
118	Central African Republic	1,857,000	2006
119	Libya	1,820,000	2007 est.
120	Croatia	1,714,000	2007 est.
121	Lithuania	1,587,000	2007 est.
122	Jordan	1,563,000	2007 est.
123	Lebanon	1,500,000	2005 est.
124	Panama	1,471,000	2007 est.
125	Sierra Leone	1,369,000	1981 est.
126	Moldova	1,333,000	2007 est.
127	Togo	1,302,000	1998
128	Puerto Rico	1,300,000	2000
129	Uruguay	1,278,000	2007 est.
130	Jamaica	1,255,000	2007 est.
131	Armenia	1,200,000	November 2006
132	Kuwait	1,167,000	2007 est.
133	Latvia	1,136,000	2006 est.
134	Albania	1,090,000	September 2006 est.
135	Mongolia	1,042,000	2006
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,026,000	2001
137	Oman	920,000	2002 est.
138	Slovenia	920,000	2007 est.
139	Macedonia	890,000	2007 est.
140	Lesotho	838,000	2000 est.
141	Mauritania	786,000	2001
142	Estonia	688,000	2007 est.
143	Namibia	660,000	2007 est.
144	Qatar	638,000	2007 est.
145	Trinidad and Tobago	615,000	2007 est.
146	West Bank	605,000	2006
147	Gabon	582,000	2007 est.
148	Mauritius	550,000	2007 est.
149	Guinea-Bissau	480,000	1999
150	Guyana	418,000	2001 est.
151	Gambia, The	400,000	1996
152	Cyprus	391,000	2007 est.
153	Cyprus	391,000	2007 est.
154	Bahrain	363,000	2007 est.
155	Swaziland	300,000	2006
156	Botswana	288,400	2004
157	Djibouti	282,000	2000
158	Gaza Strip	267,000	2006
159	Montenegro	259,100	2004
160	Solomon Islands	249,200	1999
161	Macau	248,000	2005
162	Luxembourg	205,000	2007 est.
163	Bahamas, The	181,900	2006
164	Brunei	180,400	2006 est.
165	Iceland	180,000	2007 est.
166	Malta	164,000	2006 est.
167	Suriname	156,700	2004
168	Comoros	144,500	1996 est.
169	Fiji	137,000	1999
170	Barbados	128,500	2001 est.
171	Cape Verde	120,600	1990
172	Belize	113,000	2006 est.
173	Maldives	101,300	2004
174	Cyprus	95,025	2007 est.
175	Samoa	90,000	2000 est.
176	Netherlands Antilles	83,600	2005
177	New Caledonia	78,990	2004
178	Vanuatu	76,410	1999
179	Niger	70,000	1995
180	French Polynesia	65,930	December 2005
181	Guam	62,050	2002 est.
182	Jersey	53,560	June 2006
183	Mayotte	44,560	2002
184	Northern Mariana Islands	44,470	2000
185	Monaco	44,000	2005 est.
186	Virgin Islands	43,980	2004 est.
187	Saint Lucia	43,800	2001 est.
188	Andorra	42,420	2005
189	Grenada	42,300	1996
190	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41,680	1991 est.
191	Aruba	41,500	2004 est.
192	Isle of Man	39,690	2001
193	Bermuda	38,360	2004
194	Micronesia, Federated States of	37,410	2000
195	Sao Tome and Principe	35,050	1991
196	Tonga	33,910	2003
197	Greenland	32,120	2004
198	Guernsey	31,470	March 2006
199	Seychelles	30,900	1996
200	Antigua and Barbuda	30,000	1991
201	Liechtenstein	29,500	31 December 2001
202	Dominica	25,000	2000 est.
203	Faroe Islands	24,250	October 2000
204	Cayman Islands	23,450	2004
205	San Marino	20,470	2004
206	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170	June 1995
207	American Samoa	17,630	2005
208	Marshall Islands	14,680	2000
209	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004
210	Gibraltar	12,690	2001
211	Western Sahara	12,000	NA
212	Palau	9,777	2005
213	Kiribati	7,870	2001 est.
214	Cook Islands	6,820	2001
215	Anguilla	6,049	2001
216	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848	1990 est.
217	Montserrat	4,521	2000 est.
218	Tuvalu	3,615	2004 est.
219	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450	2005
220	Wallis and Futuna	3,104	2003
221	Saint Helena	2,486	1998 est.
222	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,724	1996
223	Niue	663	2001
224	Tokelau	440	2001
225	Pitcairn Islands	15	2004

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