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
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2095rank.html.
The World Factbook
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2095rank.html.
| Rank | Country/Region | Labour force | Date of information |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | World | 3,176,200,000 | 2009 est. |
| 1 |  Mainland China |
780,000,000 | 2010 est. |
| 2 |  India |
478,300,000 | 2010 est. |
| — |  European Union |
225,300,000 | 2010 est. |
| 3 |  United States |
154,900,000 | 2010 est. |
| 4 |  Indonesia |
116,500,000 | 2010 est. |
| 5 |  Brazil |
95,210,000 | 2009 est. |
| 6 |  Russia |
75,810,000 | 2009 est. |
| 7 |  Bangladesh |
72,500,000 | 2009 est. |
| 8 |  Japan |
65,930,000 | 2009 est. |
| 9 |  Pakistan |
75,880,000 | 2011 est. |
| 10 |  Nigeria |
47,330,000 | 2009 est. |
| 11 |  Mexico |
46,100,000 | 2009 est. |
| 12 |  Vietnam |
43,870,000 | 30 April 2009 est. |
| 13 |  Germany |
43,510,000 | 2009 est. |
| 14 |  Thailand |
38,240,000 | 2009 est. |
| 15 |  Ethiopia |
37,900,000 | 2007 |
| 16 |  Philippines |
37,890,000 | 2009 est. |
| 17 |  United Kingdom |
31,250,000 | 2009 est. |
| 18 |  Myanmar |
30,850,000 | 2009 est. |
| 19 |  Early Modern France |
27,990,000 | 2009 est. |
| 20 |  Egypt |
25,800,000 | 2009 est. |
| 21 |  Turkey |
25,300,000 | 2009 est. |
| 22 |  Iran |
25,020,000 | 2009 est. |
| 23 |  Italy |
24,950,000 | 2009 est. |
| 24 |  South Korea |
24,370,000 | 2009 est. |
| 25 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
23,530,000 | 2007 est. |
| 26 |  Spain |
22,970,000 | 2009 est. |
| 27 |  Tanzania |
21,230,000 | 2009 est. |
| 28 |  Ukraine |
21,150,000 | 2009 est. |
| 29 |  Colombia |
20,030,000 | 2009 est. |
| 30 |  North Korea |
20,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 31 |  Canada |
18,400,000 | 2009 est. |
| 32 |  Nepal |
18,000,000 | 2009 est. |
| 33 |  Kenya |
17,470,000 | 2009 est. |
| 34 |  South Africa |
17,320,000 | 2009 est. |
| 35 |  Poland |
16,990,000 | 2009 est. |
| 36 |  Argentina |
16,380,000 | 2009 est. |
| 37 |  Uzbekistan |
15,650,000 | 2009 est. |
| 38 |  Uganda |
15,010,000 | 2009 est. |
| 39 |  Afghanistan |
15,000,000 | 2004 est. |
| 40 |  Venezuela |
12,670,000 | 2009 est. |
| 41 |  Sudan |
11,920,000 | 2007 est. |
| 42 |  Morocco |
11,460,000 | 2009 est. |
| 43 |  Australia |
11,440,000 | 2009 est. |
| 44 |  Malaysia |
11,290,000 | 2009 est. |
| — |  Republic of China |
10,910,000 | 2009 est. |
| 45 |  Ghana |
10,330,000 | 2009 est. |
| 46 |  Peru |
10,260,000 | 2009 est. |
| 47 |  Mozambique |
9,770,000 | 2009 est. |
| 48 |  Algeria |
9,612,000 | 2009 est. |
| 49 |  Madagascar |
9,504,000 | 2007 |
| 50 |  Kingdom of Romania |
9,330,000 | 2009 est. |
| 51 |  Kazakhstan |
8,700,000 | 2009 est. |
| 52 |  Cambodia |
8,600,000 | 2008 est. |
| 53 |  Netherlands |
8,330,000 | 2009 est. |
| 54 |  Iraq |
8,175,000 | 2008 est. |
| 55 |  Sri Lanka |
8,100,000 | 2009 est. |
| 56 |  Angola |
7,769,000 | 2009 est. |
| 57 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
7,463,000 | 2009 est. |
| 58 |  Chile |
7,420,000 | 2009 est. |
| 59 |  Cameroon |
7,313,000 | 2009 est. |
| 60 |  Saudi Arabia |
6,922,000 | 2009 est. |
| 61 |  Burkina Faso |
6,668,000 | 2007 |
| 62 |  Yemen |
6,641,000 | 2009 est. |
| 63 |  Syria |
5,772,000 | 2009 est. |
| 64 |  Malawi |
5,747,000 | 2007 est. |
| 65 |  Portugal |
5,580,000 | 2009 est. |
| 66 |  Senegal |
5,578,000 | 2009 est. |
| 67 |  Zambia |
5,398,000 | 2009 est. |
| 68 |  Czech Republic |
5,380,000 | 2009 est. |
| 69 |  Belgium |
5,010,000 | 2009 est. |
| 70 |  Greece |
5,010,000 | 2009 est. |
| 71 |  Cuba |
4,968,000 | 2009 est. |
| 72 |  Sweden |
4,930,000 | 2009 est. |
| 73 |  Belarus |
4,869,000 | 2007 |
| 74 |  Ecuador |
4,770,000 | 2009 est. |
| 75 |  Niger |
4,688,000 | 2007 |
| 76 |  Bolivia |
4,536,000 | 2009 est. |
| 77 |  Rwanda |
4,446,000 | 2007 |
| 78 |  Dominican Republic |
4,417,000 | 2009 est. |
| 79 |  Guinea |
4,392,000 | 2007 est. |
| 80 |  Azerbaijan |
4,318,000 | 2008 est. |
| 81 |  Chad |
4,293,000 | 2007 |
| 82 |  Burundi |
4,245,000 | 2007 |
| 83 |  Hungary |
4,200,000 | 2009 est. |
| 84 |  Guatemala |
4,157,000 | 2009 est. |
| 85 |  Switzerland |
4,080,000 | 2009 est. |
| 86 |  Zimbabwe |
3,840,000 | 2009 est. |
| 87 |  Tunisia |
3,730,000 | 2009 est. |
| 88 |  Papua New Guinea |
3,723,000 | 2009 est. |
| 89 |  Austria |
3,680,000 | 2009 est. |
| — |  Hong Kong |
3,670,000 | 2009 est. |
| 90 |  Benin |
3,662,000 | 2007 est. |
| 91 |  Haiti |
3,643,000 | 2007 |
| 92 |  Somalia |
3,447,000 | 2007 |
| 93 |  Mali |
3,241,000 | 2007 est. |
| 94 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
3,200,000 | 2009 est. |
| 95 |  United Arab Emirates |
3,168,000 | 2009 est. |
| 96 |  Honduras |
3,052,000 | 2009 est. |
| 97 |  Singapore |
3,030,000 | 2009 est. |
| 98 |  Israel |
3,010,000 | 2009 est. |
| 99 |  Paraguay |
2,983,000 | 2009 est. |
| 100 |  Serbia |
2,961,000 | 2002 est. |
| 96 |  El Salvador |
2,958,000 | 2008 est. |
| 99 |  Denmark |
2,860,000 | 2008 est. |
| 101 |  Kyrgyzstan |
2,700,000 | 2000 |
| 102 |  Norway |
2,590,000 | 2008 est. |
| 103 |  Finland |
2,530,000 | 2008 |
| 105 |  Nicaragua |
2,322,000 | 2008 est. |
| 106 |  Republic of Ireland |
2,270,000 | 2008 est. |
| 107 |  New Zealand |
2,260,000 | 2008 est. |
| 108 |  Slovakia |
2,254,000 | 2008 est. |
| 109 |  Kuwait |
2,225,000 | 2008 est. |
| 110 |  Laos |
2,100,000 | 2006 est. |
| 111 |  Tajikistan |
2,100,000 | 2008 |
| 112 |  Turkmenistan |
2,089,000 | 2004 est. |
| 113 |  Georgia (country) |
2,020,000 | 2007 est. |
| 114 |  Costa Rica |
1,957,000 | 2008 est. |
| 115 |  Libya |
1,916,000 | 2008 est. |
| 116 |  Central African Republic |
1,857,000 | 2006 |
| 117 |  Independent State of Croatia |
1,781,000 | 2008 |
| 118 |  Uruguay |
1,641,000 | 2008 est. |
| 119 |  Jordan |
1,615,000 | 2008 est. |
| 120 |  Lithuania |
1,601,000 | 2008 est. |
| 121 |  Panama |
1,392,000 | 2008 est. |
| 122 |  Sierra Leone |
1,369,000 | 1981 est. |
| 123 |  Moldova |
1,327,000 | 2008 est. |
| 124 |  Togo |
1,302,000 | 1998 |
| — |  Puerto Rico |
1,300,000 | 2000 |
| 125 |  Jamaica |
1,261,000 | 2008 est. |
| 126 |  Armenia |
1,200,000 | 2007 est. |
| 127 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,196,000 | 2007 |
| 128 |  Latvia |
1,169,000 | 2008 est. |
| 129 |  Qatar |
1,124,000 | 2008 est. |
| 130 |  Lebanon |
1,100,000 | 2007 est. |
| 131 |  Albania |
1,090,000 | September 2006 est. |
| 132 |  Mongolia |
1,068,000 | 2008 |
| 133 |  Oman |
920,000 | 2002 est. |
| 134 |  Slovenia |
920,000 | 2008 est. |
| 135 |  Republic of Macedonia |
900,000 | 2008 est. |
| 136 |  Lesotho |
838,000 | 2000 est. |
| 137 |  Mauritania |
786,000 | 2001 |
| 138 |  Estonia |
686,000 | 2008 est. |
| 139 |  Namibia |
667,000 | 2008 est. |
| 140 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
620,800 | 2008 est. |
| — |  West Bank |
605,000 | 2006 |
| 141 |  Gabon |
592,000 | 2008 est. |
| 142 |  Mauritius |
584,000 | 2008 est. |
| — |  Republic of Kosovo |
550,000 | 2007 est. |
| 143 |  Guinea-Bissau |
480,000 | 1999 |
| 144 |  Bahrain |
463,000 | 2008 est. |
| 145 |  Guyana |
418,000 | 2001 est. |
| 146 |  Cyprus |
403,000 | 2008 est. |
| 147 |  The Gambia |
400,000 | 1996 |
| — |  Macau |
337,400 | 2008 est. |
| 148 |  Swaziland |
300,000 | 2006 |
| 149 |  Botswana |
288,400 | 2004 |
| 150 |  Djibouti |
282,000 | 2000 |
| — |  Gaza Strip |
267,000 | 2006 |
| 151 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
259,100 | 2004 |
| 152 |  Solomon Islands |
249,200 | 1999 |
| 153 |  Luxembourg |
207,100 | 2008 est. |
| 154 |  Brunei |
188,800 | 2008 est. |
| 155 |  The Bahamas |
181,900 | 2006 |
| 156 |  Malta |
173,000 | 2008 |
| 157 |  Iceland |
166,000 | 2008 est. |
| 158 |  Suriname |
156,700 | 2004 |
| 159 |  Comoros |
144,500 | 1996 est. |
| 160 |  Maldives |
128,800 | 2006 |
| 161 |  Barbados |
128,500 | 2001 est. |
| 162 |  Cape Verde |
120,600 | 1990 |
| 163 |  Fiji |
117,500 | 2006 est. |
| — |  French Polynesia |
113,400 | 2006 |
| 164 |  Belize |
113,000 | 2006 est. |
| 165 |  Samoa |
90,000 | 2000 est. |
| — |  Netherlands Antilles |
83,600 | 2005 |
| — |  New Caledonia |
78,990 | 2004 |
| 166 |  Vanuatu |
76,410 | 1999 |
| — |  Guam |
62,050 | 2002 est. |
| — |  Jersey |
53,560 | June 2006 |
| — |  Mayotte |
44,560 | 2002 |
| 168 |  Monaco |
44,000 | 2005 est. |
| — |  United States Virgin Islands |
43,980 | 2004 est. |
| 169 |  Saint Lucia |
43,800 | 2001 est. |
| 170 |  Grenada |
42,300 | 1996 |
| 171 |  Andorra |
42,230 | 2007 |
| 172 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
41,680 | 1991 est. |
| — |  Aruba |
41,500 | 2004 est. |
| — |  Isle of Man |
39,690 | 2001 |
| 173 |  Seychelles |
39,560 | 2006 |
| — |  Northern Mariana Islands |
38,450 | 2005 est. |
| — |  Bermuda |
38,360 | 2004 |
| 174 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
35,050 | 1991 |
| 175 |  Tonga |
33,910 | 2003 |
| — |  Greenland |
32,120 | 2004 |
| — |  Guernsey |
31,470 | March 2006 |
| 176 |  Liechtenstein |
31,000 | 31 December 2006 |
| 177 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 | 1991 |
| 178 |  Dominica |
25,000 | 2000 est. |
| — |  Faroe Islands |
24,250 | October 2000 |
| — |  Cayman Islands |
23,450 | 2004 |
| 179 |  San Marino |
22,660 | 2008 |
| 180 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
18,170 | June 1995 |
| — |  American Samoa |
17,630 | 2005 |
| 181 |  Federated States of Micronesia |
16,360 | 2008 |
| 182 |  Marshall Islands |
14,680 | 2000 |
| — |  British Virgin Islands |
12,770 | 2004 |
| — |  Gibraltar |
12,690 | 2001 |
| — |  Western Sahara |
12,000 | 2005 est. |
| 183 |  Palau |
9,777 | 2005 |
| 184 |  Kiribati |
7,870 | 2001 est. |
| — |  Cook Islands |
6,820 | 2001 |
| — |  Anguilla |
6,049 | 2001 |
| — |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 | 1990 est. |
| — |  Montserrat |
4,521 | 2000 est. |
| 185 |  Tuvalu |
3,615 | 2004 est. |
| — |  Saint-Pierre and Miquelon |
3,450 | 2005 |
| — |  Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 | 2003 |
| — |  Saint Helena |
2,486 | 1998 est. |
| — |  Falkland Islands |
1,724 | 1996 |
| — |  Niue |
663 | 2001 |
| — |  Tokelau |
440 | 2001 |
| — |  Pitcairn Islands |
15 | 2004 |