Countries of the World
 World Fact Book 2004 - Labor force - Rank Order

Rank
Country
Labor force
Date of Information
1 China 753,600,000 2002 est.
2 India 406,000,000 1999
3 United States 141,800,000 2003
4 Indonesia 100,500,000 2002
5 Brazil 79,000,000 1999 est.
6 Russia 71,500,000 2003 est.
7 Japan 66,660,000 2003
8 Nigeria 66,000,000 1999 est.
9 Bangladesh 64,100,000 1998
10 Germany 41,900,000 2001
11 Mexico 41,500,000 2003
12 Pakistan 40,400,000 2000
13 Vietnam 38,200,000 1998 est.
14 Philippines 34,600,000 2003
15 Thailand 33,400,000 2001 est.
16 United Kingdom 29,700,000 2001
17 France 27,100,000 2003 est.
18 Turkey 23,800,000 2001 3rd quarter
19 Burma 23,700,000 1999 est.
20 Italy 23,600,000 2001 est.
21 Korea, South 23,000,000 2003
22 Ukraine 22,800,000 yearend 1997
23 Egypt 20,100,000 2003 est.
24 Iran 20,000,000 2002 est.
25 Colombia 18,300,000 1999 est.
26 Poland 17,600,000 2000 est.
27 Spain 17,100,000 2001
28 South Africa 17,000,000 1998 est.
29 Canada 16,400,000 2001 est.
30 Argentina 15,000,000 1999
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 14,510,000 1993 est.
32 Tanzania 13,495,000 NA
33 Kenya 12,950,000 2001 est.
34 Uganda 12,000,000 2001 est.
35 Uzbekistan 11,900,000 1998 est.
36 Afghanistan 11,800,000 2001 est.
37 Morocco 11,000,000 1999
38 Sudan 11,000,000 1996 est.
39 Malaysia 10,400,000 2003 est.
40 Nepal 10,000,000 1996 est.
41 Taiwan 10,000,000 2003
42 Romania 9,900,000 1999 est.
43 Venezuela 9,900,000 1999
44 Korea, North 9,600,000 NA
45 Algeria 9,500,000 2003
46 Australia 9,200,000 37256
47 Mozambique 9,200,000 2000 est.
48 Ghana 9,000,000 2000 est.
49 Kazakhstan 8,400,000 1999
50 Iraq 7,800,000 2004 est.
51 Peru 7,500,000 2000 est.
52 Madagascar 7,300,000 2000
53 Netherlands 7,200,000 2000
54 Cambodia 7,000,000 2003 est.
55 Saudi Arabia 7,000,000 1999
56 Sri Lanka 6,600,000 1998
57 Angola 6,230,000 2001 est.
58 Zimbabwe 5,800,000 2000 est.
59 Chile 5,680,000 2000 est.
60 Czech Republic 5,203,000 1999 est.
61 Syria 5,200,000 2000 est.
62 Portugal 5,100,000 2000
63 Burkina Faso 5,000,000 2003
64 Belarus 4,800,000 2000 est.
65 Rwanda 4,600,000 2000
66 Malawi 4,500,000 2001 est.
67 Belgium 4,440,000 2001
68 Greece 4,406,700 2nd quarter 2003 est.
69 Sweden 4,400,000 2000 est.
70 Austria 4,300,000 2001
71 Cuba 4,300,000 2000 est.
72 Zambia 4,290,000 2000
73 Guatemala 4,200,000 1999 est.
74 Hungary 4,200,000 1997
75 Switzerland 4,000,000 2001
76 Mali 3,930,000 2001 est.
77 Bulgaria 3,830,000 2000 est.
78 Ecuador 3,800,000 2002
79 Azerbaijan 3,700,000 2001
80 Somalia 3,700,000 NA
81 Yemen 3,700,000 2003 est.
82 Haiti 3,600,000 2003
83 Tunisia 3,500,000 2001 est.
84 Hong Kong 3,480,000 2002 est.
85 Tajikistan 3,187,000 2000
86 Guinea 3,000,000 1999
87 Serbia and Montenegro 3,000,000 2001 est.
88 Slovakia 3,000,000 1999
89 Burundi 2,990,000 2002
90 Denmark 2,856,000 2000 est.
91 Kyrgyzstan 2,700,000 2000
92 Finland 2,600,000 2000 est.
93 Israel 2,600,000 2003 est.
94 Laos 2,600,000 2001 est.
95 Bolivia 2,500,000 2001
96 Paraguay 2,500,000 2002 est.
97 Norway 2,400,000 2000 est.
98 El Salvador 2,350,000 1999
99 Turkmenistan 2,340,000 1996
100 Honduras 2,300,000 1997 est.
101 Papua New Guinea 2,300,000 1999
102 United Arab Emirates 2,100,000 2001
103 Georgia 2,100,000 2001 est.
104 Singapore 2,000,000 June 2003
105 New Zealand 1,920,000 2001 est.
106 Costa Rica 1,800,000 July 2003
107 Ireland 1,800,000 2001
108 Croatia 1,790,000 2003
109 Togo 1,740,000 1996
110 Moldova 1,700,000 1998
111 Nicaragua 1,700,000 1999
112 Libya 1,600,000 2001 est.
113 Lebanon 1,500,000 2001 est.
114 Lithuania 1,500,000 2001 est.
115 Armenia 1,400,000 2001
116 Mongolia 1,400,000 2001
117 Sierra Leone 1,369,000 1981 est.
118 Jordan 1,360,000 2002
119 Albania 1,350,000 2003 est.
120 Kuwait 1,300,000 1998 est.
121 Puerto Rico 1,300,000 2002
122 Uruguay 1,300,000 2002
123 Jamaica 1,120,000 1998
124 Latvia 1,100,000 2001 est.
125 Panama 1,100,000 2000 est.
126 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,026,000 2001
127 Oman 920,000 2002 est.
128 Slovenia 876,100 2003
129 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 860,000 2003 est.
130 Lesotho 838,000 2000
131 Mauritania 786,000 2001
132 Namibia 725,000 2000
133 Estonia 608,600 2001 est.
134 Gabon 600,000 1999 est.
135 Trinidad and Tobago 564,000 2000
136 Mauritius 514,000 1995
137 Guinea-Bissau 480,000 1999
138 Guyana 418,000 2001 est.
139 Gambia, The 400,000 1996
140 Swaziland 383,200 2000
141 Reunion 309,900 2000
142 Bahrain 295,000 1998 est.
143 Djibouti 282,000 2000
144 Qatar 280,122 1997 est.
145 Botswana 264,000 2000
146 Luxembourg 262,300 2000
147 Macau 214,000 2002
148 Martinique 165,900 1998
149 Malta 160,000 2002 est.
150 Iceland 159,000 2000
151 Bahamas, The 156,000 1999
152 Comoros 144,500 1996 est.
153 Brunei 143,400 1999 est.
154 Fiji 137,000 1999
155 Barbados 128,500 2001 est.
156 Guadeloupe 125,900 1997
157 Suriname 100,000 NA
158 Belize 90,000 2001 est.
159 Samoa 90,000 2000 est.
160 Netherlands Antilles 89,000 2000
161 Maldives 88,000 2000
162 New Caledonia 79,395 NA
163 French Polynesia 70,000 1996
164 Niger 70,000 2002 est.
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 67,000 1984 est.
166 Guam 60,000 2000 est.
167 French Guiana 58,800 1997
168 Jersey 57,050 1996
169 Virgin Islands 49,000 2002 est.
170 Mayotte 48,800 2000
171 Saint Lucia 43,800 2001 est.
172 Grenada 42,300 1996
173 Aruba 41,501 1997 est.
174 Bermuda 37,472 2000
175 Man, Isle of 36,610 1998
176 Tonga 33,908 1996
177 Andorra 33,000 2001 est.
178 Guernsey 31,322 2000
179 Seychelles 30,900 1996
180 Monaco 30,540 January 1994
181 Antigua and Barbuda 30,000 NA
182 Liechtenstein 29,000 31 December 2001
183 Marshall Islands 28,698 1996 est.
184 Solomon Islands 26,842 1999
185 Dominica 25,000 1999 est.
186 Greenland 24,500 1999 est.
187 Faroe Islands 24,250 October 2000
188 Cayman Islands 19,820 1995
189 San Marino 18,500 1999
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18,172 June 1995
191 Gibraltar 14,800 1999
192 American Samoa 14,000 1996
193 Western Sahara 12,000 NA
194 Palau 9,845 2000
195 Cook Islands 8,000 1996
196 Kiribati 7,870 2001 est.
197 Tuvalu 7,000 2001 est.
198 Anguilla 6,049 2001
199 Northern Mariana Islands 6,006 June 1995
200 British Virgin Islands 4,911 1980
201 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,848 1990 est.
202 Montserrat 4,521 2000 est.
203 Saint Helena 3,500 1998 est.
204 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3,261 1999
205 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,100 NA
206 Pitcairn Islands 12 1997



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Source : CIA's World Fact Book 2004.