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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
The total labor force figure
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
791,400,000
2005
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
496,400,000
2005
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
149,300,000
2005
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
94,200,000
2005
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
90,410,000
2005
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
74,220,000
2005
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
66,600,000
2005
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
66,400,000
2005
Japanese Labor
# 9
Nigeria :
57,210,000
2005
Nigerian Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
46,840,000
2005
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
44,390,000
2005
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Mexico :
43,400,000
2005
Mexican Labor
# 13
Germany :
43,320,000
2005
German Labor
# 14
Philippines :
36,730,000
2005
Philippine Labor
# 15
Thailand :
35,360,000
2005
Thai Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
30,070,000
2005
British Labor
# 17
Burma :
27,750,000
2005
Burmese Labor
# 18
France :
27,720,000
2005
French Labor
# 19
Turkey :
24,700,000
2005
Turkish Labor
# 20
Italy :
24,490,000
2005
Italian Labor
# 21
Iran :
23,680,000
2005
Iranian Labor
# 22
Korea, South :
23,530,000
2005
Korean Labor
# 23
Ukraine :
22,670,000
2005
Ukrainian Labor
# 24
Egypt :
21,340,000
2005
Egyptian Labor
# 25
Spain :
20,670,000
2005
Spanish Labor
# 26
Colombia :
20,520,000
2005
Colombian Labor
# 27
Tanzania :
19,220,000
2005
Tanzanian Labor
# 28
Canada :
17,350,000
2005
Canadian Labor
# 29
Poland :
17,100,000
2005
Polish Labor
# 30
Argentina :
15,340,000
2005
Argentine Labor
# 31
South Africa :
15,230,000
2005
South African Labor
# 32
Uzbekistan :
14,260,000
2005
Uzbekistani Labor
# 33
Uganda :
13,170,000
2005
Ugandan Labor
# 34
Venezuela :
12,310,000
2005
Venezuelan Labor
# 35
Kenya :
11,850,000
2005
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Morocco :
11,190,000
2005
Moroccan Labor
# 37
Malaysia :
10,670,000
2005
Malaysian Labor
# 38
Ghana :
10,620,000
2005
Ghanaian Labor
# 39
Taiwan :
10,600,000
2005
Taiwan Labor
# 40
Australia :
10,420,000
2005
Australian Labor
# 41
Algeria :
10,150,000
2005
Algerian Labor
# 42
Romania :
9,310,000
2005
Romanian Labor
# 43
Peru :
9,060,000
2005
Peruvian Labor
# 44
Sri Lanka :
8,080,000
2005
Sri Lankan Labor
# 45
Kazakhstan :
7,850,000
2005
Kazakhstani Labor
# 46
Netherlands :
7,530,000
2005
Dutch Labor
# 47
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,950,000
2005
Ivoirian Labor
# 48
Cameroon :
6,860,000
2005
Cameroonian Labor
# 49
Saudi Arabia :
6,760,000
2005
Saudi Labor
# 50
Chile :
6,300,000
2005
Chilean Labor
# 51
Yemen :
5,830,000
2005
Yemeni Labor
# 52
Angola :
5,580,000
2005
Angolan Labor
# 53
Portugal :
5,520,000
2005
Portuguese Labor
# 54
Azerbaijan :
5,450,000
2005
Azerbaijani Labor
# 55
Czech Republic :
5,270,000
2005
Czech Labor
# 56
Guatemala :
5,020,000
2005
Guatemalan Labor
# 57
Senegal :
4,820,000
2005
Senegalese Labor
# 58
Zambia :
4,800,000
2005
Zambian Labor
# 59
Belgium :
4,770,000
2005
Belgian Labor
# 60
Greece :
4,720,000
2005
Greek Labor
# 61
Cuba :
4,600,000
2005
Cuban Labor
# 62
Ecuador :
4,600,000
2005
Ecuadorian Labor
# 63
Sweden :
4,490,000
2005
Swedish Labor
# 64
Belarus :
4,300,000
2005
Belarusian Labor
# 65
Bolivia :
4,220,000
2005
Bolivian Labor
# 66
Hungary :
4,180,000
2005
Hungarian Labor
# 67
Zimbabwe :
3,940,000
2005
Zimbabwean Labor
# 68
Switzerland :
3,800,000
2005
Swiss Labor
# 69
Hong Kong :
3,610,000
2005
Hong Kong Labor
# 70
Austria :
3,490,000
2005
Austrian Labor
# 71
Tunisia :
3,410,000
2005
Tunisian Labor
# 72
Papua New Guinea :
3,400,000
2005
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 73
Bulgaria :
3,340,000
2005
Bulgarian Labor
# 74
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,220,000
2005
Serbian Labor
# 75
Denmark :
2,900,000
2005
Danish Labor
# 76
El Salvador :
2,810,000
2005
Salvadoran Labor
# 77
United Arab Emirates :
2,800,000
2005
Emirati Labor
# 78
Paraguay :
2,680,000
2005
Paraguayan Labor
# 79
Slovakia :
2,620,000
2005
Slovak Labor
# 80
Finland :
2,610,000
2005
Finnish Labor
# 81
Honduras :
2,540,000
2005
Honduran Labor
# 82
Israel :
2,420,000
2005
Israeli Labor
# 83
Norway :
2,400,000
2005
Norwegian Labor
# 84
Singapore :
2,190,000
2005
Singapore Labor
# 85
New Zealand :
2,130,000
2005
New Zealand Labor
# 86
Ireland :
2,030,000
2005
Irish Labor
# 87
Nicaragua :
2,010,000
2005
Nicaraguan Labor
# 88
Costa Rica :
1,820,000
2005
Costa Rican Labor
# 89
Croatia :
1,710,000
2005
Croatian Labor
# 90
Kuwait :
1,670,000
2005
Kuwaiti Labor
# 91
Libya :
1,640,000
2005
Libyan Labor
# 92
Lithuania :
1,610,000
2005
Lithuanian Labor
# 93
Mongolia :
1,577,000
2005
Mongolian Labor
# 94
Uruguay :
1,520,000
2005
Uruguayan Labor
# 95
Lebanon :
1,500,000
2005
Lebanese Labor
# 96
Jordan :
1,460,000
2005
Jordanian Labor
# 97
Panama :
1,390,000
2005
Panamanian Labor
# 98
Moldova :
1,340,000
2005
Moldovan Labor
# 99
Armenia :
1,200,000
2005
Armenian Labor
# 100
Jamaica :
1,200,000
2005
Jamaican Labor
# 101
Latvia :
1,110,000
2005
Latvian Labor
# 102
Slovenia :
920,000
2005
Slovenian Labor
# 103
Namibia :
820,000
2005
Namibian Labor
# 104
Estonia :
670,000
2005
Estonian Labor
# 105
Gabon :
640,000
2005
Gabonese Labor
# 106
Trinidad and Tobago :
620,000
2005
Tobagonian Labor
# 107
West Bank :
614,000
2005
Labor
# 108
Mauritius :
570,000
2005
Mauritian Labor
# 109
Qatar :
440,000
2005
Qatari Labor
# 110
Bahrain :
380,000
2005
Bahraini Labor
# 111
Gaza Strip :
278,000
2005
Labor
# 112
Macau :
248,000
2005
Chinese Labor
# 113
Luxembourg :
200,000
2005
Luxembourg Labor
# 114
Iceland :
165,900
2005
Icelandic Labor
# 115
Malta :
160,000
2005
Maltese Labor
# 116
Netherlands Antilles :
83,600
2005
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 117
French Polynesia :
65,930
2005
French Polynesian Labor
# 118
Monaco :
44,000
2005
Monegasque Labor
# 119
Andorra :
42,420
2005
Andorran Labor
# 120
Northern Mariana Islands :
38,450
2005
NA Labor
# 121
Guernsey :
31,470
2005
Channel Islander Labor
# 122
American Samoa :
17,630
2005
American Samoan Labor
# 123
Western Sahara :
12,000
2005
Sahrawi-Sahrawian-Sahraouian Labor
# 124
Palau :
9,777
2005
Palauan Labor
# 125
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
3,450
2005
French Labor
Total :
2,837,841,627
Weighted average:
22,522,552.6
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
222,700,000
DEFINITION: The total labor force figure
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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"Labor force (2005) by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_lab_for-labor-force&date=2005
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