SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The total labor force figure
Labor Statistics > Labor force (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
China: |
798,000,000
|
|
| #2 |
India: |
509,300,000
|
|
| #3 |
United States: |
151,400,000
|
|
| #4 |
Indonesia: |
108,200,000
|
|
| #5 |
Brazil: |
96,340,000
|
|
| #6 |
Russia: |
73,880,000
|
|
| #7 |
Bangladesh: |
68,000,000
|
|
| #8 |
Japan: |
66,440,000
|
|
| #9 |
Nigeria: |
48,990,000
|
|
| #10 |
Pakistan: |
48,290,000
|
|
| #11 |
Vietnam: |
44,580,000
|
|
| #12 |
Germany: |
43,660,000
|
|
| #13 |
Mexico: |
38,090,000
|
|
| #14 |
Thailand: |
36,410,000
|
|
| #15 |
Philippines: |
35,790,000
|
|
| #16 |
United Kingdom: |
31,100,000
|
|
| #17 |
Burma: |
28,490,000
|
|
| #18 |
France: |
27,880,000
|
|
| #19 |
Ethiopia: |
27,270,000
|
|
| #20 |
Turkey: |
24,800,000
|
|
| #21 |
Italy: |
24,630,000
|
|
| #22 |
Iran: |
24,360,000
|
|
| #23 |
Korea, South: |
23,770,000
|
|
| #24 |
Ukraine: |
22,300,000
|
|
| #25 |
Egypt: |
21,800,000
|
|
| #26 |
Spain: |
21,770,000
|
|
| #27 |
Colombia: |
20,810,000
|
|
| #28 |
Tanzania: |
19,350,000
|
|
| #29 |
Canada: |
17,590,000
|
|
| #30 |
Poland: |
17,260,000
|
|
| #31 |
South Africa: |
16,090,000
|
|
| #32 |
Argentina: |
15,350,000
|
|
| #33 |
Afghanistan: |
15,000,000
|
|
| #34 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
15,000,000
|
|
| #35 |
Uzbekistan: |
14,440,000
|
|
| #36 |
Uganda: |
13,760,000
|
|
| #37 |
Venezuela: |
12,500,000
|
|
| #38 |
Morocco: |
11,250,000
|
|
| #39 |
Nepal: |
11,110,000
|
|
| #40 |
Ghana: |
10,870,000
|
|
| #41 |
Malaysia: |
10,730,000
|
|
| #42 |
Australia: |
10,660,000
|
|
| #43 |
Taiwan: |
10,460,000
|
|
| #44 |
Korea, North: |
9,600,000
|
|
| #45 |
Mozambique: |
9,400,000
|
|
| #46 |
Romania: |
9,330,000
|
|
| #47 |
Algeria: |
9,310,000
|
|
| #48 |
Peru: |
9,210,000
|
|
| #49 |
Kazakhstan: |
7,834,000
|
|
| #50 |
Netherlands: |
7,600,000
|
|
| #51 |
Sri Lanka: |
7,500,000
|
|
| #52 |
Sudan: |
7,415,000
|
|
| #53 |
Iraq: |
7,400,000
|
|
| #54 |
Madagascar: |
7,300,000
|
|
| #55 |
Saudi Arabia: |
7,125,000
|
|
| #56 |
Cambodia: |
7,000,000
|
|
| #57 |
Chile: |
6,940,000
|
|
| #58 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
6,738,000
|
|
| #59 |
Cameroon: |
6,394,000
|
|
| #60 |
Angola: |
6,393,000
|
|
| #61 |
Yemen: |
5,759,000
|
|
| #62 |
Portugal: |
5,580,000
|
|
| #63 |
Syria: |
5,505,000
|
|
| #64 |
Czech Republic: |
5,310,000
|
|
| #65 |
Azerbaijan: |
5,191,000
|
|
| #66 |
Guatemala: |
5,020,000
|
|
| #67 |
Burkina Faso: |
5,000,000
|
|
| #68 |
Zambia: |
4,903,000
|
|
| #69 |
Belgium: |
4,890,000
|
|
| #70 |
Greece: |
4,880,000
|
|
| #71 |
Cuba: |
4,820,000
|
|
| #72 |
Senegal: |
4,749,000
|
|
| #73 |
Rwanda: |
4,600,000
|
|
| #74 |
Sweden: |
4,590,000
|
|
| #75 |
Ecuador: |
4,570,000
|
|
| #76 |
Malawi: |
4,500,000
|
|
| #77 |
Bolivia: |
4,300,000
|
|
| #78 |
Belarus: |
4,300,000
|
|
| #79 |
Hungary: |
4,200,000
|
|
| #80 |
Zimbabwe: |
3,958,000
|
|
| #81 |
Mali: |
3,930,000
|
|
| #82 |
Dominican Republic: |
3,896,000
|
|
| #83 |
Austria: |
3,880,000
|
|
| #84 |
Switzerland: |
3,810,000
|
|
| #85 |
Somalia: |
3,700,000
|
|
| #86 |
Tajikistan: |
3,700,000
|
|
| #87 |
Guinea: |
3,700,000
|
|
| #88 |
Hong Kong: |
3,630,000
|
|
| #89 |
Haiti: |
3,600,000
|
|
| #90 |
Bulgaria: |
3,510,000
|
|
| #91 |
Tunisia: |
3,502,000
|
|
| #92 |
Papua New Guinea: |
3,477,000
|
|
| #93 |
Benin: |
3,211,000
|
|
| #94 |
Burundi: |
2,990,000
|
|
| #95 |
United Arab Emirates: |
2,968,000
|
|
| #96 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
2,961,000
|
|
| #97 |
Denmark: |
2,910,000
|
|
| #98 |
El Salvador: |
2,856,000
|
|
| #99 |
Paraguay: |
2,742,000
|
|
| #100 |
Chad: |
2,719,000
|
|
| #101 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
2,700,000
|
|
| #102 |
Slovakia: |
2,629,000
|
|
| #103 |
Finland: |
2,620,000
|
|
| #104 |
Israel: |
2,600,000
|
|
| #105 |
Honduras: |
2,589,000
|
|
| #106 |
Norway: |
2,420,000
|
|
| #107 |
Singapore: |
2,400,000
|
|
| #108 |
Turkmenistan: |
2,320,000
|
|
| #109 |
Nicaragua: |
2,261,000
|
|
| #110 |
New Zealand: |
2,180,000
|
|
| #111 |
Ireland: |
2,120,000
|
|
| #112 |
Laos: |
2,100,000
|
|
| #113 |
Georgia: |
2,040,000
|
|
| #114 |
Kenya: |
1,955,000
|
|
| #115 |
Costa Rica: |
1,866,000
|
|
| #116 |
Libya: |
1,787,000
|
|
| #117 |
Croatia: |
1,720,000
|
|
| #118 |
Lithuania: |
1,617,000
|
|
| #119 |
Mongolia: |
1,577,000
|
|
| #120 |
Jordan: |
1,512,000
|
|
| #121 |
Lebanon: |
1,500,000
|
|
| #122 |
Panama: |
1,441,000
|
|
| #123 |
Sierra Leone: |
1,369,000
|
|
| #124 |
Moldova: |
1,339,000
|
|
| #125 |
Togo: |
1,302,000
|
|
| #126 |
Puerto Rico: |
1,300,000
|
|
| #127 |
Uruguay: |
1,270,000
|
|
| #128 |
Armenia: |
1,200,000
|
|
| #129 |
Kuwait: |
1,136,000
|
|
| #130 |
Latvia: |
1,136,000
|
|
| #131 |
Jamaica: |
1,100,000
|
|
| #132 |
Albania: |
1,090,000
|
|
| #133 |
Slovenia: |
1,026,000
|
|
| #134 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
1,026,000
|
|
| #135 |
Oman: |
920,000
|
|
| #136 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
899,000
|
|
| #137 |
Lesotho: |
838,000
|
|
| #138 |
Mauritania: |
786,000
|
|
| #139 |
Estonia: |
673,000
|
|
| #140 |
Namibia: |
653,000
|
|
| #141 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
618,000
|
|
| #142 |
Gabon: |
581,000
|
|
| #143 |
West Bank: |
568,000
|
|
| #144 |
Mauritius: |
555,000
|
|
| #145 |
Qatar: |
508,000
|
|
| #146 |
Guinea-Bissau: |
480,000
|
|
| #147 |
Guyana: |
418,000
|
|
| #148 |
Gambia, The: |
400,000
|
|
| #149 |
Bahrain: |
352,000
|
|
| #150 |
Swaziland: |
300,000
|
|
| #151 |
Botswana: |
288,400
|
|
| #152 |
Djibouti: |
282,000
|
|
| #153 |
Gaza Strip: |
259,000
|
|
| #154 |
Solomon Islands: |
249,200
|
|
| #155 |
Macau: |
248,000
|
|
| #156 |
Brunei: |
180,400
|
|
| #157 |
Bahamas, The: |
176,300
|
|
| #158 |
Iceland: |
173,000
|
|
| #159 |
Malta: |
164,000
|
|
| #160 |
Suriname: |
156,700
|
|
| #161 |
Comoros: |
144,500
|
|
| #162 |
Fiji: |
137,000
|
|
| #163 |
Barbados: |
128,500
|
|
| #164 |
Cape Verde: |
120,600
|
| |