List of countries by labour force

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This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook [1].

Rank	Country/Region	Labor force	Date of Information
-	World	3,001,000,000	2007 est.
1	China	803,300,000	2007 est.
2	India	516,400,000	2007 est.
-	European Union	222,400,000	2006 est.
3	United States	153,100,000	2007 est.
4	Indonesia	108,000,000	2007 est.
5	Brazil	99,470,000	2007 est.
6	Russia	75,100,000	November 2007 est.
7	Bangladesh	69,400,000	2007 est.
8	Japan	66,070,000	2007 est.
9	Nigeria	50,130,000	2007 est.
10	Pakistan	49,180,000	2007 est.
11	Vietnam	45,730,000	2007 est.
12	Mexico	45,380,000	2007 est.
13	Germany	43,630,000	2007 est.
14	Thailand	37,120,000	2007 est.
15	Philippines	36,220,000	2007 est.
16	United Kingdom	30,710,000	2007 est.
17	Burma	29,260,000	2007 est.
18	Iran	28,700,000	2006 est.
19	France	27,760,000	2007 est.
20	Ethiopia	27,270,000	1999
21	Turkey	25,270,000	2007 est.
22	Italy	24,860,000	2007 est.
23	Korea, South	23,990,000	2007 est.
24	Egypt	22,490,000	2007 est.
25	Spain	22,010,000	2007 est.
26	Ukraine	21,630,000	2007 est.
27	Colombia	20,650,000	2007 est.
28	South Africa	20,490,000	2007 est.
29	Korea, North	20,000,000	2004 est.
30	Tanzania	19,690,000	2007 est.
31	Canada	17,900,000	2007 est.
32	Poland	17,010,000	2007 est.
33	Argentina	16,100,000	2007 est.
34	Afghanistan	15,000,000	2004 est.
35	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	15,000,000	2006 est.
36	Uzbekistan	14,600,000	2007 est.
37	Uganda	14,050,000	2007 est.
38	Venezuela	12,500,000	2007 est.
39	Kenya	11,850,000	2005 est.
40	Morocco	11,350,000	2007 est.
41	Ghana	11,290,000	2007 est.
42	Nepal	11,110,000	2006 est.
43	Malaysia	10,910,000	2007 est.
44	Australia	10,900,000	2007 est.
45	Taiwan	10,780,000	2007 est.
46	Mozambique	9,600,000	2007 est.
47	Peru	9,419,000	2007 est.
48	Algeria	9,380,000	2007 est.
49	Romania	9,350,000	2007 est.
50	Kazakhstan	8,156,000	2007 est.
51	Sri Lanka	7,670,000	2007 est.
52	Netherlands	7,500,000	2007 est.
53	Sudan	7,415,000	1996 est.
54	Iraq	7,400,000	2004 est.
55	Madagascar	7,300,000	2000
56	Cambodia	7,000,000	2003 est.
57	Chile	6,970,000	2007 est.
58	Cote d'Ivoire	6,907,000	2007 est.
59	Cameroon	6,680,000	2007 est.
60	Angola	6,573,000	2007 est.
61	Saudi Arabia	6,488,000	2007 est.
62	Yemen	6,316,000	2007 est.
63	Portugal	5,500,000	2007 est.
64	Syria	5,457,000	2007 est.
65	Mali	5,400,000	2007 est.
66	Benin	5,380,000	2007 est.
67	Czech Republic	5,350,000	2007 est.
68	Azerbaijan	5,243,000	2007 est.
69	Belgium	5,030,000	2007 est.
70	Burkina Faso	5,000,000	2003
71	Zambia	4,989,000	2007 est.
72	Greece	4,940,000	2007 est.
73	Cuba	4,853,000	2007 est.
74	Senegal	4,850,000	2007 est.
75	Bolivia	4,793,000	2006 est.
76	Sweden	4,660,000	2007 est.
77	Rwanda	4,600,000	2000
78	Ecuador	4,550,000	2007 est.
79	Malawi	4,500,000	2001 est.
80	Belarus	4,300,000	31 December 2005
81	Hungary	4,190,000	2007 est.
82	Zimbabwe	3,998,000	2007 est.
83	Dominican Republic	3,986,000	2007 est.
84	Guatemala	3,958,000	2007 est.
85	Switzerland	3,850,000	2007 est.
86	Chad	3,747,000	2006
87	Guinea	3,700,000	2006 est.
88	Somalia	3,700,000	1975
89	Hong Kong	3,640,000	2007 est.
90	Haiti	3,600,000	1995
91	Tunisia	3,591,000	2007 est.
92	Austria	3,560,000	2007 est.
93	Papua New Guinea	3,557,000	2007 est.
94	Bulgaria	3,440,000	2007 est.
95	United Arab Emirates	3,119,000	2007 est.
96	Burundi	2,990,000	2002
97	Serbia	2,961,000	2002 est.
98	Denmark	2,900,000	2007 est.
99	Israel	2,880,000	2007 est.
100	El Salvador	2,870,000	2007 est.
101	Honduras	2,812,000	2007 est.
102	Paraguay	2,735,000	2007
103	Kyrgyzstan	2,700,000	2000
104	Finland	2,680,000	2007 est.
105	Singapore	2,670,000	2007 est.
106	Slovakia	2,661,000	2007 est.
107	Norway	2,500,000	2007 est.
108	Nicaragua	2,262,000	2007 est.
109	New Zealand	2,230,000	2007 est.
110	Ireland	2,210,000	2007 est.
111	Laos	2,100,000	2006 est.
112	Tajikistan	2,100,000	2007 est.
113	Turkmenistan	2,089,000	2004 est.
114	Georgia	2,020,000	2007 est.
115	Costa Rica	1,946,000	2007 est.
116	Central African Republic	1,857,000	2006
117	Libya	1,820,000	2007 est.
118	Croatia	1,714,000	2007 est.
119	Lithuania	1,587,000	2007 est.
120	Jordan	1,563,000	2007 est.
121	Lebanon	1,500,000	2005 est.
122	Uruguay	1,500,000	2007 est.
123	Panama	1,471,000	2007 est.
124	Sierra Leone	1,369,000	1981 est.
125	Moldova	1,333,000	2007 est.
126	Togo	1,302,000	1998
127	Puerto Rico	1,300,000	2000
128	Jamaica	1,255,000	2007 est.
129	Armenia	1,200,000	2007 est.
130	Kuwait	1,167,000	2007 est.
131	Latvia	1,136,000	2006 est.
132	Albania	1,090,000	September 2006 est.
133	Mongolia	1,042,000	2006
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,026,000	2001
135	Oman	920,000	2002 est.
136	Slovenia	920,000	2007 est.
137	Macedonia	906,900	2007 est.
138	Lesotho	838,000	2000 est.
139	Kosovo	832,000	June 2007 est.
140	Mauritania	786,000	2001
141	Estonia	688,000	2007 est.
142	Namibia	660,000	2007 est.
143	Qatar	638,000	2007 est.
144	Trinidad and Tobago	615,400	2007 est.
145	West Bank	605,000	2006
146	Gabon	582,000	2007 est.
147	Mauritius	552,700	2007 est.
148	Guinea-Bissau	480,000	1999
149	Guyana	418,000	2001 est.
150	Gambia, The	400,000	1996
151	Cyprus	377,400	2007 est.
152	Bahrain	363,000	2007 est.
153	Swaziland	300,000	2006
154	Botswana	288,400	2004
155	Djibouti	282,000	2000
156	Macau	275,000	2006
157	Gaza Strip	267,000	2006
158	Montenegro	259,100	2004
159	Solomon Islands	249,200	1999
160	Luxembourg	205,000	2007 est.
161	Bahamas, The	181,900	2006
162	Brunei	180,400	2006 est.
163	Iceland	180,000	2007 est.
164	Malta	164,000	2006 est.
165	Suriname	156,700	2004
166	Comoros	144,500	1996 est.
167	Barbados	128,500	2001 est.
168	Cape Verde	120,600	1990
169	Fiji	117,500	2006 est.
170	Belize	113,000	2006 est.
171	Maldives	101,300	2004
172	Samoa	90,000	2000 est.
173	Netherlands Antilles	83,600	2005
174	New Caledonia	78,990	2004
175	Vanuatu	76,410	1999
176	Niger	70,000	1995
177	French Polynesia	65,930	December 2005
178	Guam	62,050	2002 est.
179	Jersey	53,560	June 2006
180	Mayotte	44,560	2002
181	Northern Mariana Islands	44,470	2000
182	Monaco	44,000	2005 est.
183	U.S. Virgin Islands	43,980	2004 est.
184	Saint Lucia	43,800	2001 est.
185	Andorra	42,420	2005
186	Grenada	42,300	1996
187	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	41,680	1991 est.
188	Aruba	41,500	2004 est.
189	Isle of Man	39,690	2001
190	Seychelles	39,560	2006
191	Bermuda	38,360	2004
192	Micronesia, Federated States of	37,410	2000
193	Sao Tome and Principe	35,050	1991
194	Tonga	33,910	2003
195	Greenland	32,120	2004
196	Guernsey	31,470	March 2006
197	Antigua and Barbuda	30,000	1991
198	Liechtenstein	29,500	31 December 2001
199	Dominica	25,000	2000 est.
200	Faroe Islands	24,250	October 2000
201	Cayman Islands	23,450	2004
202	San Marino	20,470	2004
203	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170	June 1995
204	American Samoa	17,630	2005
205	Marshall Islands	14,680	2000
206	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004
207	Gibraltar	12,690	2001
208	Western Sahara	12,000	2005 est.
209	Palau	9,777	2005
210	Kiribati	7,870	2001 est.
211	Cook Islands	6,820	2001
212	Anguilla	6,049	2001
213	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848	1990 est.
214	Montserrat	4,521	2000 est.
215	Tuvalu	3,615	2004 est.
216	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450	2005
217	Wallis and Futuna	3,104	2003
218	Saint Helena	2,486	1998 est.
219	Falkland Islands	1,724	1996
220	Niue	663	2001
221	Tokelau	440	2001
222	Pitcairn Islands	15	2004

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v • d • e Lists of countries with rankings

Geography	Area • Coastline • Coast/area ratio • Exclusive Economic Zone • Number of neighbouring countries • Highest point • Lowest point • Northernmost point • Southernmost point

Demographics	Population (graphical • by density) • Population growth • Human Development Index • Life expectancy • Infant mortality • Fertility • Birth rate • Death rate • Sex ratio • Homicides • Income equality • Literacy • National IQ • HIV/AIDS • Unemployment • Employment • Labour force • Poverty • Immigrant population • Suicides (OECD) • Undernourishment • Firearm-related deaths • Gun ownership

GDP	Nominal (per capita) • PPP (per capita • per hour) • Past (nominal • PPP) • Future (nominal • PPP • PPP per capita) • GNI per capita • Growth (real • real per capita) • Sector composition • Demographics comparison

Finances	Current account balance • Foreign exchange reserves • Foreign Direct Investment • Debt (External, Public) • Imports • Exports (per capita)

Energy Industry	Energy ( consumption • production • intensity) • Natural gas ( consumption • production • reserves • imports • exports) • Oil ( consumption • production • reserves • imports • exports) • Coal ( production • reserves) • Nuclear power • Uranium reserves • Renewable energy ( Hydropower) • Iron production • Steel production • Aluminium production • Zinc production • Automobile production • Industrial growth

Agriculture	Fishing • Milk production • Crops production ( Fruits • Sugar cane • Maize • Wheat • Rice • Potatoes • Sugar beet • Soybean • Barley )

Politics Society	Freedom • Press freedom • Privacy • Perception of corruption • Bribe paying • Property rights • Economic freedom • Democracy • Globalization • Ease of doing business • Economic competitiveness • Date of formation • Legal drinking age • School leaving age • Abortion law • Homosexuality laws • Death penalty • Quality-of-life • Failed States • Student performance

Sports	Olympics ( medals • hosts) • FIFA World Cup ( winners • hosts) • FIFA World Rankings • Ice Hockey World Championship

Military	Size of armed forces • Number of active troops • Military expenditures • Possession of nuclear weapons • Exports of arms • UN peacekeepers currently deployed • Global Peace Index

Communication	Telephone lines • Television sets • Mobile phones • Internet users ( Broadband) • E-readiness

Transport	Waterways • Merchant marine • Railways • Rail usage • Rapid transit systems • Roadways ( OECD) • Vehicles • Road fatalities • Airports

Tourism	Tourist visits • World Heritage Sites

Environment	Carbon dioxide emissions (per capita) • Greenhouse gas emissions per capita • GDP per emissions • Sustainability • Environmental Performance • Happy Planet Index

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