Country Comparison > Labor force

Rank	Country	Labor force
1	China	807,300,000
2	India	523,500,000
3	United States	154,300,000
4	Indonesia	112,000,000
5	Brazil	93,650,000
6	Russia	75,700,000
7	Bangladesh	70,860,000
8	Japan	66,500,000
9	Nigeria	51,040,000
10	Pakistan	50,580,000
11	Vietnam	47,410,000
12	Mexico	45,320,000
13	Germany	43,600,000
14	Ethiopia	37,900,000
15	Thailand	37,780,000
16	Philippines	36,810,000
17	United Kingdom	31,230,000
18	Burma	30,040,000
19	France	27,970,000
20	Italy	25,110,000
21	Egypt	24,600,000
22	Korea, South	24,350,000
23	Iran	24,350,000
24	Korea, North	24,330,000
25	Turkey	24,060,000
26	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	23,530,000
27	Spain	22,850,000
28	Ukraine	21,570,000
29	Colombia	21,300,000
30	Tanzania	21,060,000
31	Canada	18,220,000
32	South Africa	17,790,000
33	Kenya	17,370,000
34	Poland	17,010,000
35	Argentina	16,270,000
36	Uzbekistan	15,370,000
37	Afghanistan	15,000,000
38	Nepal	14,600,000
39	Uganda	14,540,000
40	Turkmenistan	13,510,000
41	Venezuela	12,590,000
42	Sudan	11,920,000
43	Morocco	11,290,000
44	Australia	11,250,000
45	Malaysia	11,090,000
46	Taiwan	10,850,000
47	Peru	10,200,000
48	Ghana	10,120,000
49	Mozambique	9,650,000
50	Madagascar	9,504,000
51	Algeria	9,464,000
52	Romania	9,320,000
53	Cambodia	8,600,000
54	Kazakhstan	8,412,000
55	Iraq	7,740,000
56	Netherlands	7,715,000
57	Sri Lanka	7,569,000
58	Angola	7,569,000
59	Cote d'Ivoire	7,275,000
60	Chile	7,267,000
61	Cameroon	6,759,000
62	Saudi Arabia	6,740,000
63	Burkina Faso	6,668,000
64	Yemen	6,454,000
65	Azerbaijan	5,782,000
66	Malawi	5,747,000
67	Portugal	5,625,000
68	Syria	5,593,000
69	Czech Republic	5,360,000
70	Zambia	5,235,000
71	Belgium	4,990,000
72	Senegal	4,973,000
73	Cuba	4,962,000
74	Greece	4,960,000
75	Sweden	4,897,000
76	Belarus	4,869,000
77	Niger	4,688,000
78	Ecuador	4,640,000
79	Bolivia	4,454,000
80	Rwanda	4,446,000
81	Guinea	4,392,000
82	Chad	4,293,000
83	Burundi	4,245,000
84	Hungary	4,200,000
85	Dominican Republic	4,119,000
86	Guatemala	4,056,000
87	Switzerland	4,053,000
88	Zimbabwe	4,039,000
89	Benin	3,662,000
90	Hong Kong	3,660,000
91	Tunisia	3,660,000
92	Haiti	3,643,000
93	Papua New Guinea	3,639,000
94	Austria	3,633,000
95	Somalia	3,447,000
96	United Arab Emirates	3,266,000
97	Mali	3,241,000
98	Honduras	2,991,000
99	Israel	2,957,000
100	El Salvador	2,947,000
101	Singapore	2,940,000
102	Denmark	2,880,000
103	Paraguay	2,839,000
104	Finland	2,703,000
105	Bulgaria	2,670,000
106	Togo	2,595,000
107	Norway	2,591,000
108	Kyrgyzstan	2,344,000
109	Nicaragua	2,322,000
110	Georgia	2,317,000
111	Slovakia	2,254,000
112	New Zealand	2,250,000
113	Ireland	2,241,000
114	Sierra Leone	2,207,000
115	Laos	2,100,000
116	Tajikistan	2,100,000
117	Kuwait	2,088,000
118	Costa Rica	2,060,000
119	Central African Republic	1,926,000
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,863,000
121	Croatia	1,731,000
122	Uruguay	1,641,000
123	Libya	1,640,000
124	Jordan	1,615,000
125	Lithuania	1,614,000
126	Lebanon	1,481,000
127	Armenia	1,481,000
128	Puerto Rico	1,479,000
129	Albania	1,441,000
130	Panama	1,392,000
131	Moldova	1,327,000
132	Mauritania	1,318,000
133	Jamaica	1,304,000
134	Latvia	1,193,000
135	Qatar	1,119,000
136	Mongolia	1,068,000
137	Oman	968,800
138	Slovenia	940,000
139	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	925,000
140	Lesotho	854,600
141	Gambia, The	777,100
142	Estonia	693,000
143	Namibia	686,000
144	Botswana	685,300
145	Guinea-Bissau	632,700
146	Trinidad and Tobago	620,800
147	West Bank	605,000
148	Mauritius	584,000
149	Gabon	581,000
150	Bahrain	557,000
151	Swaziland	457,900
152	Djibouti	351,700
153	Macau	337,400
154	Fiji	335,000
155	Guyana	333,900
156	Comoros	268,500
157	Gaza Strip	267,000
158	Montenegro	259,100
159	Luxembourg	207,100
160	Solomon Islands	202,500
161	Cape Verde	196,100
162	Brunei	188,800
163	Iceland	184,000
164	Bahamas, The	175,500
165	Barbados	175,000
166	Malta	173,000
167	Suriname	165,600
168	Maldives	136,100
169	Belize	122,300
170	French Polynesia	116,000
171	Vanuatu	115,900
172	New Caledonia	102,600
173	Netherlands Antilles	91,470
174	Guam	82,950
175	Saint Lucia	79,700
176	Samoa	66,270
177	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520
178	Jersey	53,560
179	Sao Tome and Principe	52,490
180	Virgin Islands	49,820
181	Mayotte	44,560
182	Monaco	44,000
183	Grenada	42,300
184	Andorra	42,230
185	Aruba	41,500
186	Tonga	39,960
187	Man, Isle of	39,690
188	Seychelles	39,560
189	Northern Mariana Islands	38,450
190	Bermuda	38,360
191	Liechtenstein	32,440
192	Greenland	32,120
193	Guernsey	31,470
194	Antigua and Barbuda	30,000
195	Dominica	25,000
196	Faroe Islands	24,250
197	Cayman Islands	23,450
198	San Marino	22,660
199	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170
200	American Samoa	17,630
201	Micronesia, Federated States of	16,360
202	Marshall Islands	14,680
203	British Virgin Islands	12,770
204	Gibraltar	12,690
205	Western Sahara	12,000
206	Palau	9,777
207	Kiribati	7,870
208	Cook Islands	6,820
209	Anguilla	6,049
210	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848
211	Montserrat	4,521
212	Tuvalu	3,615
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450
214	Wallis and Futuna	3,104
215	Saint Helena	2,486
216	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,724
217	Niue	663
218	Tokelau	440
219	Pitcairn Islands	15

Definition: This entry contains the total labor force figure.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009