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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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The total labor force figure
Labor Statistics > Labor force (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
819,500,000
2010
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
478,300,000
2010
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
154,900,000
2010
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
116,500,000
2010
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
103,600,000
2010
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
75,550,000
2010
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
73,870,000
2010
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
65,700,000
2010
Japanese Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
55,770,000
2010
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
48,330,000
2010
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Mexico :
46,990,000
2010
Mexican Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
46,210,000
2010
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Germany :
43,350,000
2010
German Labor
# 14
Philippines :
38,900,000
2010
Philippine Labor
# 15
Thailand :
38,700,000
2010
Thai Labor
# 16
Ethiopia :
37,900,000
2007
Ethiopian Labor
# 17
Burma :
31,680,000
2010
Burmese Labor
# 18
United Kingdom :
31,450,000
2010
British Labor
# 19
France :
28,210,000
2010
French Labor
# 20
Egypt :
26,100,000
2010
Egyptian Labor
# 21
Iran :
25,700,000
2010
Iranian Labor
# 22
Italy :
25,050,000
2010
Italian Labor
# 23
Turkey :
24,730,000
2010
Turkish Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
24,620,000
2010
Korean Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
23,530,000
2007
Congolese Labor
# 26
Spain :
22,960,000
2010
Spanish Labor
# 27
Ukraine :
22,060,000
2010
Ukrainian Labor
# 28
Tanzania :
21,860,000
2010
Tanzanian Labor
# 29
Colombia :
21,270,000
2010
Colombian Labor
# 30
Canada :
18,590,000
2010
Canadian Labor
# 31
Nepal :
18,000,000
2009
Nepalese Labor
# 32
Kenya :
17,940,000
2010
Kenyan Labor
# 33
South Africa :
17,320,000
2010
South African Labor
# 34
Poland :
17,000,000
2010
Polish Labor
# 35
Argentina :
16,620,000
2010
Argentine Labor
# 36
Uzbekistan :
16,000,000
2010
Uzbekistani Labor
# 37
Uganda :
15,510,000
2010
Ugandan Labor
# 38
Afghanistan :
15,000,000
2004
Afghan Labor
# 39
Venezuela :
13,300,000
2010
Venezuelan Labor
# 40
Korea, North :
12,200,000
2009
Korean Labor
# 41
Sudan :
11,920,000
2007
Sudanese Labor
# 42
Morocco :
11,630,000
2010
Moroccan Labor
= 43
Malaysia :
11,620,000
2010
Malaysian Labor
= 43
Australia :
11,620,000
2010
Australian Labor
# 45
Taiwan :
11,070,000
2010
Taiwan Labor
# 46
Peru :
10,580,000
2010
Peruvian Labor
# 47
Ghana :
10,560,000
2010
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Algeria :
9,877,000
2010
Algerian Labor
# 49
Mozambique :
9,870,000
2010
Mozambican Labor
# 50
Madagascar :
9,504,000
2007
Malagasy Labor
# 51
Romania :
9,350,000
2010
Romanian Labor
# 52
Cambodia :
8,800,000
2010
Cambodian Labor
# 53
Kazakhstan :
8,718,000
2010
Kazakhstani Labor
# 54
Iraq :
8,500,000
2009
Iraqi Labor
# 55
Sri Lanka :
8,100,000
2010
Sri Lankan Labor
# 56
Angola :
7,977,000
2010
Angolan Labor
# 57
Netherlands :
7,860,000
2010
Dutch Labor
# 58
Cameroon :
7,836,000
2010
Cameroonian Labor
# 59
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,617,000
2010
Ivoirian Labor
# 60
Chile :
7,580,000
2010
Chilean Labor
# 61
Saudi Arabia :
7,337,000
2010
Saudi Labor
# 62
Yemen :
6,832,000
2010
Yemeni Labor
# 63
Burkina Faso :
6,668,000
2007
Burkinabe Labor
# 64
Azerbaijan :
5,874,000
2010
Azerbaijani Labor
# 65
Malawi :
5,747,000
2007
Malawian Labor
# 66
Portugal :
5,570,000
2010
Portuguese Labor
# 67
Senegal :
5,530,000
2010
Senegalese Labor
# 68
Syria :
5,527,000
2010
Syrian Labor
# 69
Zambia :
5,524,000
2010
Zambian Labor
# 70
Mali :
5,400,000
2007
Malian Labor
# 71
Benin :
5,380,000
2007
Beninese Labor
# 72
Czech Republic :
5,370,000
2010
Czech Labor
# 73
Cuba :
5,164,000
2010
Cuban Labor
# 74
Greece :
5,050,000
2010
Greek Labor
# 75
Belgium :
5,020,000
2010
Belgian Labor
# 76
Belarus :
5,000,000
2009
Belarusian Labor
# 77
Sweden :
4,930,000
2010
Swedish Labor
# 78
Niger :
4,688,000
2007
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Switzerland :
4,620,000
2010
Swiss Labor
# 80
Bolivia :
4,614,000
2010
Bolivian Labor
# 81
Ecuador :
4,590,000
2010
Ecuadorian Labor
# 82
Dominican Republic :
4,498,000
2010
Dominican Labor
# 83
Rwanda :
4,446,000
2007
Rwandan Labor
# 84
Guinea :
4,392,000
2007
Guinean Labor
# 85
Hungary :
4,300,000
2010
Hungarian Labor
# 86
Chad :
4,293,000
2007
Chadian Labor
# 87
Guatemala :
4,260,000
2010
Guatemalan Labor
# 88
Burundi :
4,245,000
2007
Burundian Labor
# 89
United Arab Emirates :
3,908,000
2010
Emirati Labor
# 90
Zimbabwe :
3,848,000
2010
Zimbabwean Labor
# 91
Tunisia :
3,830,000
2010
Tunisian Labor
# 92
Papua New Guinea :
3,809,000
2010
Papua New Guinean Labor
= 93
Austria :
3,700,000
2010
Austrian Labor
= 93
Hong Kong :
3,700,000
2010
Hong Kong Labor
# 95
Laos :
3,690,000
2010
Lao Labor
# 96
Haiti :
3,643,000
2007
Haitian Labor
# 97
Somalia :
3,447,000
2007
Somali Labor
# 98
Bulgaria :
3,400,000
2009
Bulgarian Labor
# 99
Honduras :
3,394,000
2010
Honduran Labor
# 100
Israel :
3,080,000
2010
Israeli Labor
# 101
Singapore :
3,075,000
2010
Singapore Labor
# 102
Paraguay :
3,038,000
2010
Paraguayan Labor
# 103
Serbia and Montenegro :
2,950,000
2010
Serbian Labor
# 104
El Salvador :
2,940,000
2010
Salvadoran Labor
# 105
Denmark :
2,820,000
2010
Danish Labor
# 106
Finland :
2,680,000
2010
Finnish Labor
# 107
Slovakia :
2,673,000
2010
Slovak Labor
# 108
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,600,000
2010
Herzegovinian Labor
# 109
Togo :
2,595,000
2007
Togolese Labor
# 110
Norway :
2,590,000
2010
Norwegian Labor
# 111
Kyrgyzstan :
2,344,000
2007
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 112
Nicaragua :
2,343,000
2010
Nicaraguan Labor
# 113
New Zealand :
2,320,000
2010
New Zealand Labor
# 114
Turkmenistan :
2,300,000
2008
Turkmen Labor
# 115
Sierra Leone :
2,207,000
2007
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 116
Costa Rica :
2,170,000
2010
Costa Rican Labor
# 117
Kuwait :
2,154,000
2010
Kuwaiti Labor
# 118
Ireland :
2,150,000
2010
Irish Labor
# 119
Tajikistan :
2,100,000
2009
Tajikistani Labor
# 120
Georgia :
2,020,000
2007
Georgian Labor
# 121
Eritrea :
1,935,000
2007
Eritrean Labor
# 122
Central African Republic :
1,926,000
2007
Central African Labor
# 123
Croatia :
1,762,000
2010
Croatian Labor
# 124
Libya :
1,729,000
2010
Libyan Labor
# 125
Jordan :
1,719,000
2010
Jordanian Labor
# 126
Uruguay :
1,637,000
2010
Uruguayan Labor
# 127
Lithuania :
1,633,000
2010
Lithuanian Labor
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
1,514,000
2007
Congolese Labor
# 129
Panama :
1,490,000
2010
Panamanian Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
1,481,000
2007
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Puerto Rico :
1,479,000
2007
Puerto Rican Labor
# 132
Liberia :
1,372,000
2007
Liberian Labor
# 133
Mauritania :
1,318,000
2007
Mauritanian Labor
# 134
Jamaica :
1,317,000
2010
Jamaican Labor
# 135
Qatar :
1,254,000
2010
Qatari Labor
# 136
Moldova :
1,203,000
2010
Moldovan Labor
# 137
Armenia :
1,200,000
2007
Armenian Labor
# 138
Latvia :
1,178,000
2010
Latvian Labor
# 139
Mongolia :
1,068,000
2008
Mongolian Labor
# 140
Albania :
1,060,000
2010
Albanian Labor
# 141
Oman :
968,800
2007
Omani Labor
# 142
Macedonia, Republic of :
949,300
2010
Macedonian Labor
# 143
Slovenia :
930,000
2010
Slovenian Labor
# 144
Lesotho :
854,600
2007
Basotho Labor
# 145
Gambia, The :
777,100
2007
Gambian Labor
# 146
Namibia :
729,000
2010
Namibian Labor
# 147
Gabon :
712,000
2010
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Estonia :
688,000
2010
Estonian Labor
# 149
Botswana :
685,300
2007
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 150
Guinea-Bissau :
632,700
2007
Guinean Labor
# 151
Trinidad and Tobago :
631,000
2010
Tobagonian Labor
# 152
Bahrain :
611,000
2010
Bahraini Labor
# 153
West Bank :
605,000
2006
Labor
# 154
Mauritius :
597,000
2010
Mauritian Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
457,900
2007
Swazi Labor
# 156
East Timor :
414,200
2007
Timorese Labor
# 157
Cyprus :
400,000
2010
Cypriot Labor
# 158
Djibouti :
351,700
2007
Djiboutian Labor
# 159
Fiji :
335,000
2007
Fijian Labor
# 160
Guyana :
333,900
2007
Guyanese Labor
# 161
Macau :
322,000
2009
Chinese Labor
# 162
Bhutan :
299,900
2008
Bhutanese Labor
# 163
Réunion :
299,000
2002
Labor
# 164
Comoros :
268,500
2007
Comoran Labor
# 165
Gaza Strip :
267,000
2006
Labor
# 166
Luxembourg :
206,000
2010
Luxembourg Labor
# 167
Solomon Islands :
202,500
2007
Solomon Islander Labor
# 168
Cape Verde :
196,100
2007
Cape Verdean Labor
# 169
Equatorial Guinea :
195,200
2007
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 170
Guadeloupe :
191,400
1999
Labor
# 171
Brunei :
188,800
2008
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Bahamas, The :
184,000
2009
Bahamian Labor
# 173
Iceland :
178,800
2010
Icelandic Labor
# 174
Barbados :
175,000
2007
Barbadian Labor
# 175
Malta :
174,000
2009
Maltese Labor
# 176
Martinique :
165,900
1998
Labor
# 177
Suriname :
165,600
2007
Surinamese Labor
# 178
Belize :
120,500
2008
Belizean Labor
# 179
French Polynesia :
116,000
2007
French Polynesian Labor
# 180
Vanuatu :
115,900
2007
- Labor
# 181
Maldives :
110,000
2010
Maldivian Labor
# 182
New Caledonia :
102,600
2007
New Caledonian Labor
# 183
Netherlands Antilles :
83,600
2005
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 184
Guam :
82,950
2007
Guamanian Labor
# 185
Saint Lucia :
79,700
2007
Saint Lucian Labor
# 186
Samoa :
66,270
2007
Samoan Labor
# 187
French Guiana :
62,630
1999
Labor
# 188
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
57,520
2007
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 189
Jersey :
53,560
2006
Channel Islander Labor
# 190
São Tomé and Príncipe :
52,490
2007
Sao Tomean Labor
# 191
Virgin Islands :
49,820
2007
Virgin Islander Labor
# 192
Mayotte :
44,560
2002
Mahoran Labor
# 193
Monaco :
44,000
2005
Monegasque Labor
# 194
Grenada :
42,300
1996
Grenadian Labor
# 195
Andorra :
42,220
2008
Andorran Labor
# 196
Aruba :
41,500
2004
Aruban Labor
# 197
Tonga :
39,960
2007
Tongan Labor
# 198
Man, Isle of :
39,690
2001
Manx Labor
# 199
Seychelles :
39,560
2006
Seychellois Labor
# 200
Cayman Islands :
39,000
2007
Caymanian Labor
# 201
Northern Mariana Islands :
38,450
2005
NA Labor
# 202
Bermuda :
38,360
2004
Bermudian Labor
# 203
Faroe Islands :
34,680
2008
Faroese Labor
# 204
Liechtenstein :
32,880
2009
Liechtenstein Labor
# 205
Guernsey :
31,470
2006
Channel Islander Labor
# 206
Antigua and Barbuda :
30,000
1991
Barbudan Labor
# 207
Greenland :
28,240
2007
Greenlandic Labor
# 208
Dominica :
25,000
2000
Dominican Labor
# 209
San Marino :
22,950
2009
Sammarinese Labor
# 210
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
18,170
1997
Nevisian Labor
# 211
American Samoa :
17,630
2005
American Samoan Labor
# 212
Micronesia, Federated States of :
16,360
2008
Micronesian Labor
# 213
Marshall Islands :
14,680
2000
Marshallese Labor
# 214
British Virgin Islands :
12,770
2004
British Virgin Islander Labor
# 215
Gibraltar :
12,690
2001
Gibraltar Labor
# 216
Western Sahara :
12,000
2005
Sahrawi-Sahrawian-Sahraouian Labor
# 217
Palau :
9,777
2005
Palauan Labor
# 218
Kiribati :
7,870
2001
- Labor
# 219
Cook Islands :
6,820
2001
Cook Islander Labor
# 220
Anguilla :
6,049
2001
Anguillan Labor
# 221
Turks and Caicos Islands :
4,848
1990
Turks and Caicos Islands Labor
# 222
Montserrat :
4,521
2000
Montserratian Labor
# 223
Tuvalu :
3,615
2004
Tuvaluan Labor
# 224
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
3,450
2005
French Labor
# 225
Wallis and Futuna :
3,104
2003
Futunan, Labor
# 226
Saint Helena :
2,486
1998
Saint Helenian Labor
# 227
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) :
1,724
1996
Falkland Island Labor
# 228
Norfolk Island :
1,345
2006
Norfolk Islander Labor
# 229
Svalbard :
1,234
2003
Labor
# 230
Niue :
663
2001
Niuean Labor
# 231
Tokelau :
440
2001
Tokelauan Labor
# 232
Pitcairn Islands :
15
2004
Pitcairn Islander Labor
Total :
3,227,334,821
Weighted average:
13,851,222.4
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
225,400,000
DEFINITION: The total labor force figure
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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