Country ranking for field: labor force 2001
This entry contains the total labor force figure.
| | World | NA | | | |
1 | | China | 700,000,000 | | | |
2 | | United States | 140,900,000 | | | |
3 | | Indonesia | 99,000,000 | | | |
4 | | Brazil | 79,000,000 | | | |
5 | | Japan | 67,700,000 | | | |
6 | | Russia | 66,000,000 | | | |
7 | | Nigeria | 66,000,000 | | | |
8 | | Philippines | 48,100,000 | | | |
9 | | Germany | 40,500,000 | | | |
10 | | Mexico | 39,800,000 | | | |
11 | | Vietnam | 38,200,000 | | | |
12 | | Thailand | 32,600,000 | | | |
13 | | United Kingdom | 29,200,000 | | | |
14 | | France | 25,000,000 | | | |
15 | | Italy | 23,400,000 | | | |
16 | | Ukraine | 22,800,000 | | | |
17 | | South Korea | 22,000,000 | | | |
18 | | Egypt | 19,900,000 | | | |
19 | | Myanmar | 19,700,000 | | | |
20 | | Colombia | 18,300,000 | | | |
21 | | Poland | 17,200,000 | | | |
22 | | South Africa | 17,000,000 | | | |
23 | | Spain | 17,000,000 | | | |
24 | | Canada | 16,100,000 | | | |
25 | | Argentina | 15,000,000 | | | |
26 | | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 14,510,000 | | | |
27 | | Tanzania | 13,495,000 | | | |
28 | | Uzbekistan | 11,900,000 | | | |
29 | | Morocco | 11,000,000 | | | |
30 | | Sudan | 11,000,000 | | | |
31 | | Afghanistan | 10,000,000 | | | |
32 | | Romania | 9,900,000 | | | |
33 | | Venezuela | 9,900,000 | | | |
34 | | Taiwan | 9,800,000 | | | |
35 | | Malaysia | 9,600,000 | | | |
36 | | North Korea | 9,600,000 | | | |
37 | | Australia | 9,500,000 | | | |
38 | | Kenya | 9,200,000 | | | |
39 | | Algeria | 9,100,000 | | | |
40 | | Ghana | 9,000,000 | | | |
41 | | Kazakhstan | 8,800,000 | | | |
42 | | Uganda | 8,361,000 | | | |
43 | | Peru | 7,600,000 | | | |
44 | | Mozambique | 7,400,000 | | | |
45 | | The Netherlands | 7,200,000 | | | |
46 | | Madagascar | 7,000,000 | | | |
47 | | Sri Lanka | 6,600,000 | | | |
48 | | Cambodia | 6,000,000 | | | |
49 | | Chile | 5,800,000 | | | |
50 | | Zimbabwe | 5,500,000 | | | |
51 | | Czech Republic | 5,203,000 | | | |
52 | | Angola | 5,000,000 | | | |
53 | | Portugal | 5,000,000 | | | |
54 | | Belarus | 4,800,000 | | | |
55 | | Syria | 4,700,000 | | | |
56 | | Iraq | 4,400,000 | | | |
57 | | Sweden | 4,400,000 | | | |
58 | | Belgium | 4,340,000 | | | |
59 | | Greece | 4,320,000 | | | |
60 | | Hungary | 4,200,000 | | | |
61 | | Ecuador | 4,200,000 | | | |
62 | | Guatemala | 4,200,000 | | | |
63 | | Switzerland | 3,900,000 | | | |
64 | | Bulgaria | 3,830,000 | | | |
65 | | Somalia | 3,700,000 | | | |
66 | | Austria | 3,700,000 | | | |
67 | | Rwanda | 3,600,000 | | | |
68 | | Malawi | 3,500,000 | | | |
69 | | Zambia | 3,400,000 | | | |
70 | | Hong Kong | 3,390,000 | | | |
71 | | Georgia | 3,080,000 | | | |
72 | | Slovakia | 3,000,000 | | | |
73 | | Guinea | 3,000,000 | | | |
74 | | Azerbaijan | 2,900,000 | | | |
75 | | Denmark | 2,856,000 | | | |
76 | | Finland | 2,600,000 | | | |
77 | | Bolivia | 2,500,000 | | | |
78 | | Israel | 2,400,000 | | | |
79 | | Norway | 2,400,000 | | | |
80 | | El Salvador | 2,350,000 | | | |
81 | | Turkmenistan | 2,340,000 | | | |
82 | | Honduras | 2,300,000 | | | |
83 | | Dominican Republic | 2,300,000 | | | |
84 | | Singapore | 2,100,000 | | | |
85 | | Lithuania | 2,000,000 | | | |
86 | | Paraguay | 2,000,000 | | | |
87 | | Papua New Guinea | 1,941,000 | | | |
88 | | Costa Rica | 1,900,000 | | | |
89 | | Burundi | 1,900,000 | | | |
90 | | Tajikistan | 1,900,000 | | | |
91 | | New Zealand | 1,880,000 | | | |
92 | | Ireland | 1,820,000 | | | |
93 | | Togo | 1,740,000 | | | |
94 | | Kyrgyzstan | 1,700,000 | | | |
95 | | Moldova | 1,700,000 | | | |
96 | | Nicaragua | 1,700,000 | | | |
97 | | Albania | 1,692,000 | | | |
98 | | Croatia | 1,680,000 | | | |
99 | | Armenia | 1,500,000 | | | |
100 | | Libya | 1,500,000 | | | |
101 | | Uruguay | 1,500,000 | | | |
102 | | Latvia | 1,400,000 | | | |
103 | | Puerto Rico | 1,300,000 | | | |
104 | | Mongolia | 1,300,000 | | | |
105 | | Jamaica | 1,130,000 | | | |
106 | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,026,000 | | | |
107 | | Macedonia | 1,000,000 | | | |
108 | | Laos | 1,000,000 | | | |
109 | | Slovenia | 857,400 | | | |
110 | | Oman | 850,000 | | | |
111 | | Estonia | 785,500 | | | |
112 | | Mauritania | 750,000 | | | |
113 | | Lesotho | 700,000 economically active | | | |
114 | | Gabon | 600,000 | | | |
115 | | Trinidad and Tobago | 558,700 | | | |
116 | | Mauritius | 514,000 | | | |
117 | | Namibia | 500,000 | | | |
118 | | Guinea-Bissau | 480,000 | | | |
119 | | The Gambia | 400,000 | | | |
120 | | Macau | 283,450 | | | |
121 | | Djibouti | 282,000 | | | |
122 | | Réunion | 261,000 | | | |
123 | | Luxembourg | 248,000 | | | |
124 | | Guyana | 245,492 | | | |
125 | | Fiji | 235,000 | | | |
126 | | Botswana | 235,000 formal sector employees | | | |
127 | | Qatar | 233,000 | | | |
128 | | Martinique | 170,000 | | | |
129 | | Iceland | 159,000 | | | |
130 | | The Bahamas | 156,000 | | | |
131 | | Malta | 145,901 | | | |
132 | | Comoros | 144,500 | | | |
133 | | Barbados | 136,000 | | | |
134 | | Guadeloupe | 125,900 | | | |
135 | | Suriname | 100,000 | | | |
136 | | Samoa | 90,000 | | | |
137 | | Netherlands Antilles | 89,000 | | | |
138 | | New Caledonia | 79,395 | | | |
139 | | French Polynesia | 70,000 | | | |
140 | | Niger | 70,000 receive regular wages or salaries | | | |
141 | | Maldives | 67,000 | | | |
142 | | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67,000 | | | |
143 | | Guam | 60,000 | | | |
144 | | French Guiana | 58,800 | | | |
145 | | Jersey | 57,050 | | | |
146 | | U.S. Virgin Islands | 47,443 | | | |
147 | | Saint Lucia | 43,800 | | | |
148 | | Grenada | 42,300 | | | |
149 | | Aruba | 41,501 | | | |
150 | | Isle of Man | 36,610 | | | |
151 | | Bermuda | 35,296 | | | |
152 | | Tonga | 34,000 | | | |
153 | | Guernsey | 31,322 | | | |
154 | | Seychelles | 30,900 | | | |
155 | | Andorra | 30,787 salaried employees | | | |
156 | | Monaco | 30,540 | | | |
157 | | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | | | |
158 | | Solomon Islands | 26,842 | | | |
159 | | Dominica | 25,000 | | | |
160 | | Greenland | 24,500 | | | |
161 | | Faroe Islands | 24,250 | | | |
162 | | Liechtenstein | 22,891 of which 13,847 are foreigners; 8,231 commute from Austria and Switzerland to work each day | | | |
163 | | Cayman Islands | 19,820 | | | |
164 | | San Marino | 18,500 | | | |
165 | | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,172 | | | |
166 | | Gibraltar | 14,800 | | | |
167 | | American Samoa | 14,000 | | | |
168 | | Western Sahara | 12,000 | | | |
169 | | Palau | 8,300 | | | |
170 | | Kiribati | 7,870 economically active not including subsistence farmers | | | |
171 | | Cook Islands | 6,601 | | | |
172 | | Northern Mariana Islands | 6,006 total indigenous labor force; 2,699 unemployed; 28,717 foreign workers | | | |
173 | | British Virgin Islands | 4,911 | | | |
174 | | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 | | | |
175 | | Anguilla | 4,400 | | | |
176 | | Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | 3,000 | | | |
177 | | Norfolk Island | 1,395 | | | |
178 | | Falkland Islands | 1,100 | | | |
179 | | Niue | 450 | | | |
180 | | Côte d'Ivoire | 68% agricultural | | | |
181 | | Pitcairn Islands | 12 able-bodied men | | | |
182 | | Wallis and Futuna | NA | | | |
183 | | Cabo Verde | NA | | | |
184 | | Vanuatu | NA | | | |
185 | | West Bank | NA | | | |
186 | | Equatorial Guinea | NA | | | |
187 | | Eritrea | NA | | | |
188 | | Central African Republic | NA | | | |
189 | | Ethiopia | NA | | | |
190 | | Chad | NA | | | |
191 | | Yemen | NA | | | |
192 | | Christmas Island | NA | | | |
193 | | Benin | NA | | | |
194 | | Tuvalu | NA | | | |
195 | | Senegal | NA | | | |
196 | | Cameroon | NA | | | |
197 | | Swaziland | NA | | | |
198 | | Holy See | NA | | | |
199 | | Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 291,000; Turkish Cypriot area: 86,300 | | | |
200 | | Congo | NA | | | |
201 | | São Tomé and Príncipe | NA | | | |
202 | | Mali | NA | | | |
203 | | India | NA | | | |
204 | | Gaza Strip | NA | | | |
205 | | Marshall Islands | NA | | | |
206 | | Mayotte | NA | | | |
207 | | Federated States of Micronesia | NA | | | |
208 | | Tokelau | NA | | | |
209 | | Cocos Islands | NA | | | |
210 | | Svalbard | NA | | | |
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