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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 :
795,300,000
2006
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
506,900,000
2006
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
151,400,000
2006
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
106,400,000
2006
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
97,770,000
2006
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
74,260,000
2006
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
68,000,000
2006
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
66,570,000
2006
Japanese Labor
# 9
Nigeria :
49,620,000
2006
Nigerian Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
47,870,000
2006
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
44,580,000
2006
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Mexico :
44,510,000
2006
Mexican Labor
# 13
Germany :
43,570,000
2006
German Labor
# 14
Thailand :
36,550,000
2006
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
35,790,000
2006
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
30,480,000
2006
British Labor
# 17
Iran :
28,700,000
2006
Iranian Labor
# 18
Burma :
28,490,000
2006
Burmese Labor
# 19
France :
27,750,000
2006
French Labor
# 20
Turkey :
24,790,000
2006
Turkish Labor
# 21
Italy :
24,640,000
2006
Italian Labor
# 22
Korea, South :
23,770,000
2006
Korean Labor
# 23
Egypt :
21,800,000
2006
Egyptian Labor
# 24
Spain :
21,580,000
2006
Spanish Labor
# 25
Ukraine :
21,520,000
2006
Ukrainian Labor
# 26
Colombia :
20,340,000
2006
Colombian Labor
# 27
Tanzania :
19,350,000
2006
Tanzanian Labor
# 28
Canada :
17,590,000
2006
Canadian Labor
# 29
South Africa :
16,960,000
2006
South African Labor
# 30
Poland :
16,940,000
2006
Polish Labor
# 31
Argentina :
15,760,000
2006
Argentine Labor
# 32
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
15,000,000
2006
Congolese Labor
# 33
Uzbekistan :
14,430,000
2006
Uzbekistani Labor
# 34
Uganda :
13,580,000
2006
Ugandan Labor
# 35
Venezuela :
12,500,000
2006
Venezuelan Labor
# 36
Nepal :
11,110,000
2006
Nepalese Labor
# 37
Ghana :
11,070,000
2006
Ghanaian Labor
# 38
Morocco :
10,860,000
2006
Moroccan Labor
# 39
Australia :
10,740,000
2006
Australian Labor
# 40
Malaysia :
10,680,000
2006
Malaysian Labor
# 41
Taiwan :
10,520,000
2006
Taiwan Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
9,400,000
2006
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Romania :
9,330,000
2006
Romanian Labor
# 44
Algeria :
9,310,000
2006
Algerian Labor
# 45
Peru :
9,210,000
2006
Peruvian Labor
# 46
Kazakhstan :
8,029,000
2006
Kazakhstani Labor
# 47
Sri Lanka :
7,602,000
2006
Sri Lankan Labor
# 48
Netherlands :
7,490,000
2006
Dutch Labor
# 49
Chile :
6,835,000
2006
Chilean Labor
# 50
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,799,000
2006
Ivoirian Labor
# 51
Cameroon :
6,542,000
2006
Cameroonian Labor
# 52
Angola :
6,444,000
2006
Angolan Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
6,311,000
2006
Saudi Labor
# 54
Yemen :
5,972,000
2006
Yemeni Labor
# 55
Portugal :
5,580,000
2006
Portuguese Labor
# 56
Czech Republic :
5,334,000
2006
Czech Labor
# 57
Syria :
5,276,000
2006
Syrian Labor
# 58
Azerbaijan :
5,165,000
2006
Azerbaijani Labor
# 59
Zambia :
4,920,000
2006
Zambian Labor
# 60
Belgium :
4,900,000
2006
Belgian Labor
# 61
Greece :
4,890,000
2006
Greek Labor
# 62
Cuba :
4,847,000
2006
Cuban Labor
# 63
Bolivia :
4,793,000
2006
Bolivian Labor
# 64
Senegal :
4,723,000
2006
Senegalese Labor
# 65
Sweden :
4,586,000
2006
Swedish Labor
# 66
Ecuador :
4,380,000
2006
Ecuadorian Labor
# 67
Hungary :
4,210,000
2006
Hungarian Labor
# 68
Zimbabwe :
3,990,000
2006
Zimbabwean Labor
# 69
Dominican Republic :
3,896,000
2006
Dominican Labor
# 70
Guatemala :
3,860,000
2006
Guatemalan Labor
# 71
Switzerland :
3,800,000
2006
Swiss Labor
# 72
Chad :
3,747,000
2006
Chadian Labor
# 73
Guinea :
3,700,000
2006
Guinean Labor
# 74
Hong Kong :
3,583,000
2006
Hong Kong Labor
# 75
Austria :
3,520,000
2006
Austrian Labor
# 76
Bulgaria :
3,510,000
2006
Bulgarian Labor
# 77
Tunisia :
3,503,000
2006
Tunisian Labor
# 78
Papua New Guinea :
3,477,000
2006
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 79
United Arab Emirates :
2,968,000
2006
Emirati Labor
# 80
Denmark :
2,911,000
2006
Danish Labor
# 81
El Salvador :
2,875,000
2006
Salvadoran Labor
# 82
Israel :
2,810,000
2006
Israeli Labor
# 83
Paraguay :
2,706,000
2006
Paraguayan Labor
# 84
Slovakia :
2,658,000
2006
Slovak Labor
# 85
Finland :
2,650,000
2006
Finnish Labor
# 86
Honduras :
2,574,000
2006
Honduran Labor
# 87
Singapore :
2,470,000
2006
Singapore Labor
# 88
Norway :
2,447,000
2006
Norwegian Labor
# 89
Nicaragua :
2,204,000
2006
Nicaraguan Labor
# 90
New Zealand :
2,199,000
2006
New Zealand Labor
# 91
Ireland :
2,132,000
2006
Irish Labor
# 92
Laos :
2,100,000
2006
Lao Labor
# 93
Kenya :
1,963,000
2006
Kenyan Labor
# 94
Costa Rica :
1,874,000
2006
Costa Rican Labor
# 95
Central African Republic :
1,857,000
2006
Central African Labor
# 96
Libya :
1,748,000
2006
Libyan Labor
# 97
Croatia :
1,720,000
2006
Croatian Labor
# 98
Lithuania :
1,588,000
2006
Lithuanian Labor
# 99
Jordan :
1,512,000
2006
Jordanian Labor
# 100
Panama :
1,439,000
2006
Panamanian Labor
# 101
Moldova :
1,339,000
2006
Moldovan Labor
# 102
Uruguay :
1,270,000
2006
Uruguayan Labor
# 103
Jamaica :
1,249,000
2006
Jamaican Labor
# 104
Armenia :
1,200,000
2006
Armenian Labor
# 105
Kuwait :
1,168,000
2006
Kuwaiti Labor
# 106
Latvia :
1,136,000
2006
Latvian Labor
# 107
Albania :
1,090,000
2006
Albanian Labor
# 108
Mongolia :
1,042,000
2006
Mongolian Labor
# 109
Slovenia :
911,000
2006
Slovenian Labor
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
880,000
2006
Macedonian Labor
# 111
Estonia :
687,000
2006
Estonian Labor
# 112
Namibia :
657,000
2006
Namibian Labor
# 113
Trinidad and Tobago :
625,000
2006
Tobagonian Labor
# 114
West Bank :
605,000
2006
Labor
# 115
Gabon :
574,000
2006
Gabonese Labor
# 116
Mauritius :
541,000
2006
Mauritian Labor
# 117
Qatar :
508,000
2006
Qatari Labor
# 118
Bahrain :
352,000
2006
Bahraini Labor
# 119
Swaziland :
300,000
2006
Swazi Labor
# 120
Macau :
275,000
2006
Chinese Labor
# 121
Gaza Strip :
267,000
2006
Labor
# 122
Bahamas, The :
181,900
2006
Bahamian Labor
# 123
Brunei :
180,400
2006
Bruneian Labor
# 124
Iceland :
175,000
2006
Icelandic Labor
# 125
Malta :
164,000
2006
Maltese Labor
# 126
Fiji :
117,500
2006
Fijian Labor
# 127
Belize :
113,000
2006
Belizean Labor
# 128
Jersey :
53,560
2006
Channel Islander Labor
# 129
Seychelles :
39,560
2006
Seychellois Labor
# 130
Guernsey :
31,470
2006
Channel Islander Labor
# 131
Norfolk Island :
1,345
2006
Norfolk Islander Labor
Total :
2,920,642,735
Weighted average:
22,126,081.3
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 (2006) 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=2006
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