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Country Comparison :: Labor force
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Rank
 country Labor force Date of Information
1 China
819,500,000
2009 est.
2 India
478,300,000
2009 est.
3 European Union
225,200,000
2009 est.
4 United States
154,900,000
2009
5 Indonesia
114,900,000
2009 est.
6 Brazil
103,600,000
2009 est.
7 Russia
75,550,000
2009 est.
8 Bangladesh
73,870,000
2009 est.
9 Japan
65,640,000
2009 est.
10 Pakistan
55,770,000
2009 est.
11 Nigeria
48,330,000
2009 est.
12 Vietnam
47,490,000
April 2009 est.
13 Mexico
46,990,000
2009 est.
14 Germany
43,350,000
2009 est.
15 Philippines
38,910,000
2009 est.
16 Thailand
38,700,000
2009 est.
17 Ethiopia
37,900,000
2007
18 Burma
31,680,000
2009 est.
19 United Kingdom
31,450,000
2009 est.
20 France
28,210,000
2009 est.
21 Egypt
26,100,000
2009 est.
22 Iran
25,700,000
2009 est.
23 Italy
25,050,000
2009 est.
24 Turkey
24,730,000
2009 est.
25 Korea, South
24,620,000
2009 est.
26 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
23,530,000
2007 est.
27 Spain
22,960,000
2009 est.
28 Ukraine
22,060,000
2009 est.
29 Tanzania
21,860,000
2009 est.
30 Colombia
21,270,000
2009 est.
31 Canada
18,590,000
2009 est.
32 Nepal
18,000,000
2009 est.
33 Kenya
17,940,000
2009 est.
34 South Africa
17,320,000
2009 est.
35 Poland
17,000,000
2009 est.
36 Argentina
16,620,000
2009 est.
37 Uzbekistan
16,000,000
2009 est.
38 Uganda
15,510,000
2009 est.
39 Afghanistan
15,000,000
2004 est.
40 Venezuela
13,300,000
2009 est.
41 Korea, North
12,200,000
2004 est.
42 Sudan
11,920,000
2007 est.
43 Morocco
11,630,000
2009 est.
44 Australia
11,620,000
2009 est.
45 Malaysia
11,620,000
2009 est.
46 Taiwan
11,030,000
2009 est.
47 Peru
10,580,000
2009 est.
48 Ghana
10,560,000
2009 est.
49 Algeria
9,877,000
2009 est.
50 Mozambique
9,870,000
2009 est.
51 Madagascar
9,504,000
2007
52 Romania
9,350,000
2009 est.
53 Kazakhstan
8,718,000
2009 est.
54 Iraq
8,500,000
2008 est.
55 Sri Lanka
8,100,000
2009 est.
56 Cambodia
8,000,000
2009 est.
57 Angola
7,977,000
2009 est.
58 Netherlands
7,860,000
2009 est.
59 Cameroon
7,836,000
2009 est.
60 Cote d'Ivoire
7,617,000
2009 est.
61 Chile
7,580,000
2009 est.
62 Saudi Arabia
7,337,000
2009 est.
63 Yemen
6,832,000
2009 est.
64 Burkina Faso
6,668,000
2007
65 Azerbaijan
5,874,000
2008 est.
66 Malawi
5,747,000
2007 est.
67 Portugal
5,570,000
2009 est.
68 Senegal
5,530,000
2009 est.
69 Syria
5,527,000
2009 est.
70 Zambia
5,524,000
2009 est.
71 Czech Republic
5,370,000
2009 est.
72 Cuba
5,164,000
2009 est.
73 Greece
5,050,000
2009 est.
74 Belgium
5,020,000
2009 est.
75 Belarus
5,000,000
2009
76 Sweden
4,930,000
2009 est.
77 Niger
4,688,000
2007
78 Bolivia
4,614,000
2009 est.
79 Ecuador
4,590,000
2009 est.
80 Dominican Republic
4,498,000
2009 est.
81 Rwanda
4,446,000
2007
82 Guinea
4,392,000
2007 est.
83 Chad
4,293,000
2007
84 Guatemala
4,260,000
2009 est.
85 Burundi
4,245,000
2007
86 Hungary
4,170,000
January 2010 est.
87 Switzerland
4,130,000
2009 est.
88 United Arab Emirates
3,908,000
2009 est.
89 Zimbabwe
3,848,000
2009 est.
90 Tunisia
3,830,000
2009 est.
91 Papua New Guinea
3,809,000
2009 est.
92 Hong Kong
3,700,000
2009 est.
93 Benin
3,662,000
2007 est.
94 Laos
3,650,000
2009 est.
95 Haiti
3,643,000
2007
96 Austria
3,630,000
2009 est.
97 Somalia
3,447,000
2007
98 Honduras
3,394,000
2009 est.
99 Serbia
3,250,000
October 2009 est.
100 Mali
3,241,000
2007 est.
101 Singapore
3,090,000
2009 est.
102 Israel
3,080,000
2009 est.
103 Paraguay
3,038,000
2009 est.
104 El Salvador
2,940,000
2009 est.
105 Denmark
2,820,000
2009 est.
106 Finland
2,680,000
2009 est.
107 Slovakia
2,673,000
2009 est.
108 Bulgaria
2,610,000
2009 est.
109 Togo
2,595,000
2007
110 Norway
2,590,000
2009 est.
111 Kyrgyzstan
2,344,000
2007
112 Nicaragua
2,343,000
2009 est.
113 New Zealand
2,320,000
2009 est.
114 Turkmenistan
2,300,000
2008 est.
115 Sierra Leone
2,207,000
2007 est.
116 Ireland
2,180,000
2009 est.
117 Costa Rica
2,170,000
2009 est.
118 Kuwait
2,154,000
2009 est.
119 Tajikistan
2,100,000
2009
120 Eritrea
1,935,000
2007
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
1,762,000
November 2009 est.
125 Libya
1,729,000
2009 est.
126 Jordan
1,719,000
2009 est.
127 Uruguay
1,637,000
2009 est.
128 Lithuania
1,633,000
2009 est.
129 Congo, Republic of the
1,514,000
2007
130 Panama
1,490,000
2009 est.
131 Armenia
1,481,000
2007 est.
132 Lebanon
1,481,000
2007 est.
133 Puerto Rico
1,479,000
2007
134 Liberia
1,372,000
2007
135 Mauritania
1,318,000
2007
136 Jamaica
1,317,000
2009 est.
137 Qatar
1,254,000
2009 est.
138 Moldova
1,203,000
2009 est.
139 Latvia
1,178,000
2009 est.
140 Albania
1,100,000
2009 est.
141 Mongolia
1,068,000
2008
142 Oman
968,800
2007
143 Macedonia
942,000
2009 est.
144 Slovenia
930,000
2009 est.
145 Lesotho
854,600
2007 est.
146 Gambia, The
777,100
2007
147 Namibia
729,000
2009 est.
148 Gabon
712,000
2009 est.
149 West Bank
694,000
2009
150 Estonia
688,000
2009 est.
151 Botswana
685,300
2007
152 Guinea-Bissau
632,700
2007
153 Trinidad and Tobago
631,000
2009 est.
154 Bahrain
611,000
2009 est.
155 Mauritius
597,000
2009 est.
156 Swaziland
457,900
2007
157 Timor-Leste
414,200
2007
158 Cyprus
400,000
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
206,000
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 Iceland
188,000
2009 est.
173 Bahamas, The
184,000
2009
174 Barbados
175,000
2007 est.
175 Malta
174,000
2008 est.
176 Suriname
165,600
2007
177 Maldives
144,000
2009
178 Western Sahara
144,000
2005 est.
179 Belize
120,500
2008 est.
180 French Polynesia
116,000
2007
181 Vanuatu
115,900
2007
182 New Caledonia
102,600
2007
183 Netherlands Antilles
91,470
2007
184 Saint Lucia
79,700
2007
185 Samoa
66,270
2007 est.
186 Curacao
63,000
NA
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
57,520
2007 est.
188 Jersey
53,560
June 2006
189 Sao Tome and Principe
52,490
2007
190 Virgin Islands
49,820
2007 est.
191 Mayotte
44,560
2002
192 Monaco
44,000
2005 est.
193 Grenada
42,300
1996
194 Andorra
42,220
2008
195 Aruba
41,500
2004 est.
196 Tonga
39,960
2007
197 Isle of Man
39,690
2001
198 Seychelles
39,560
2006
199 Cayman Islands
39,000
2007
200 Northern Mariana Islands
38,450
2005 est.
201 Bermuda
38,360
2004
202 Faroe Islands
34,680
November 2008
203 Liechtenstein
32,440
2008
204 Guernsey
31,470
March 2006
205 Antigua and Barbuda
30,000
1991
206 Greenland
28,240
January 2009
207 Dominica
25,000
2000 est.
208 Sint Maarten
23,200
2008 est.
209 San Marino
22,660
2008
210 Saint Kitts and Nevis
18,170
June 1995
211 American Samoa
17,630
2005
212 Micronesia, Federated States of
16,360
2008
213 Marshall Islands
14,680
2000
214 British Virgin Islands
12,770
2004
215 Gibraltar
12,690
2001
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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