| Rank | Country | Labor force | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 795,500,000 |  |
| 2 | India | 487,600,000 | |
| 3 | United States | 153,600,000 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 117,400,000 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 104,700,000 | |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 75,420,000 | |
| 7 | Russia | 75,410,000 | |
| 8 | Japan | 65,930,000 | |
| 9 | Pakistan | 58,410,000 | |
| 10 | Nigeria | 52,160,000 | |
| 11 | Mexico | 49,170,000 | |
| 12 | Vietnam | 46,480,000 | |
| 13 | Germany | 43,620,000 | |
| 14 | Philippines | 40,000,000 | |
| 15 | Thailand | 39,620,000 | |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 37,900,000 | |
| 17 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 34,790,000 | |
| 18 | Burma | 32,530,000 | |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 31,730,000 | |
| 20 | France | 29,610,000 | |
| 21 | Egypt | 27,740,000 | |
| 22 | Turkey | 27,430,000 | |
| 23 | Iran | 26,370,000 | |
| 24 | Korea, South | 25,100,000 | |
| 25 | Italy | 25,080,000 | |
| 26 | Tanzania | 24,060,000 | |
| 27 | Spain | 23,100,000 | |
| 28 | Colombia | 22,450,000 | |
| 29 | Ukraine | 22,090,000 | |
| 30 | Canada | 18,670,000 | |
| 31 | Kenya | 18,390,000 | |
| 32 | Nepal | 18,000,000 | |
| 33 | Poland | 17,850,000 | |
| 34 | South Africa | 17,660,000 | |
| 35 | Argentina | 16,760,000 | |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 16,110,000 | |
| 37 | Uganda | 16,020,000 | |
| 38 | Peru | 15,900,000 | |
| 39 | Afghanistan | 15,000,000 | |
| 40 | Venezuela | 13,320,000 | |
| 41 | Korea, North | 12,200,000 | |
| 42 | Australia | 12,050,000 | |
| 43 | Sudan | 11,920,000 | |
| 44 | Malaysia | 11,910,000 | |
| 45 | Morocco | 11,540,000 | |
| 46 | Ghana | 11,440,000 | |
| 47 | Taiwan | 11,200,000 | |
| 48 | Algeria | 11,040,000 | |
| 49 | Mozambique | 9,973,000 | |
| 50 | Madagascar | 9,504,000 | |
| 51 | Romania | 9,252,000 | |
| 52 | Iraq | 8,900,000 | |
| 53 | Cambodia | 8,800,000 | |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 8,777,000 | |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,764,000 | |
| 56 | Sri Lanka | 8,307,000 | |
| 57 | Angola | 8,240,000 | |
| 58 | Chile | 8,099,000 | |
| 59 | Cameroon | 8,083,000 | |
| 60 | Netherlands | 7,809,000 | |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 7,630,000 | |
| 62 | Yemen | 7,030,000 | |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 6,668,000 |  |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 6,119,000 | |
| 65 | Malawi | 5,747,000 | |
| 66 | Senegal | 5,687,000 | |
| 67 | Syria | 5,642,000 | |
| 68 | Zambia | 5,576,000 | |
| 69 | Guatemala | 5,571,000 | |
| 70 | Portugal | 5,543,000 | |
| 71 | Czech Republic | 5,410,000 | |
| 72 | Belgium | 5,177,000 | |
| 73 | Cuba | 5,153,000 | |
| 74 | Sweden | 5,018,000 | |
| 75 | Belarus | 5,000,000 | |
| 76 | Greece | 4,959,000 | |
| 77 | Switzerland | 4,898,000 | |
| 78 | Haiti | 4,810,000 | |
| 79 | Dominican Republic | 4,732,000 | |
| 80 | Bolivia | 4,689,000 | |
| 81 | Niger | 4,688,000 | |
| 82 | Ecuador | 4,682,000 | |
| 83 | Guinea | 4,638,000 | |
| 84 | Rwanda | 4,446,000 | |
| 85 | Chad | 4,293,000 | |
| 86 | Hungary | 4,274,000 | |
| 87 | Burundi | 4,245,000 | |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 4,111,000 | |
| 89 | Tunisia | 3,904,000 | |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 3,896,000 | |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 3,856,000 | |
| 92 | Hong Kong | 3,703,000 | |
| 93 | Laos | 3,690,000 | |
| 94 | Austria | 3,668,000 | |
| 95 | Benin | 3,662,000 | |
| 96 | Honduras | 3,461,000 | |
| 97 | Somalia | 3,447,000 | |
| 98 | Mali | 3,241,000 | |
| 99 | Singapore | 3,237,000 | |
| 100 | Israel | 3,204,000 | |
| 101 | Paraguay | 3,085,000 | |
| 102 | Serbia | 2,920,000 | |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 2,885,000 | |
| 104 | Denmark | 2,853,000 | |
| 105 | Slovakia | 2,713,000 | |
| 106 | Finland | 2,682,000 | |
| 107 | Norway | 2,629,000 | |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,600,000 | |
| 109 | Togo | 2,595,000 | |
| 110 | El Salvador | 2,577,000 | |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 2,465,000 | |
| 112 | New Zealand | 2,364,000 | |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,344,000 | |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 2,300,000 | |
| 115 | Kuwait | 2,243,000 | |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 2,207,000 | |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 2,155,000 | |
| 118 | Ireland | 2,126,000 | |
| 119 | Tajikistan | 2,100,000 | |
| 120 | Georgia | 1,945,000 | |
| 121 | Eritrea | 1,935,000 | |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 1,926,000 | |
| 123 | Jordan | 1,771,000 | |
| 124 | Croatia | 1,717,000 | |
| 125 | Uruguay | 1,677,000 | |
| 126 | Lithuania | 1,624,000 | |
| 127 | Panama | 1,570,000 | |
| 128 | Congo, Republic of the | 1,514,000 | |
| 129 | Lebanon | 1,481,000 | |
| 130 | Liberia | 1,372,000 | |
| 131 | Jamaica | 1,324,000 | |
| 132 | Mauritania | 1,318,000 | |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 1,286,000 | |
| 134 | Moldova | 1,270,000 | |
| 135 | Botswana | 1,269,000 | |
| 136 | Qatar | 1,241,000 | |
| 137 | Armenia | 1,194,000 | |
| 138 | Latvia | 1,169,000 | |
| 139 | Libya | 1,160,000 | |
| 140 | Mongolia | 1,147,000 | |
| 141 | Albania | 1,053,000 | |
| 142 | Oman | 968,800 | |
| 143 | Macedonia | 942,400 | |
| 144 | Slovenia | 934,700 | |
| 145 | Lesotho | 854,600 | |
| 146 | Namibia | 803,700 | |
| 147 | Kosovo | 800,000 | |
| 148 | Gambia, The | 777,100 | |
| 149 | West Bank | 745,600 | |
| 150 | Gabon | 737,200 | |
| 151 | Estonia | 704,400 | |
| 152 | Bahrain | 666,000 | |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 636,800 | |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 632,700 | |
| 155 | Mauritius | 607,400 | |
| 156 | Swaziland | 457,900 | |
| 157 | East Timor | 418,200 | |
| 158 | Djibouti | 351,700 | |
| 159 | Gaza Strip | 348,200 | |
| 160 | Fiji | 335,000 | |
| 161 | Macau | 330,900 | |
| 162 | Guyana | 313,100 | |
| 163 | Bhutan | 299,900 | |
| 164 | Comoros | 268,500 | |
| 165 | Montenegro | 251,300 | |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 207,500 | |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 202,500 | |
| 168 | Brunei | 198,800 | |
| 169 | Cape Verde | 196,100 | |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 | |
| 171 | Bahamas, The | 184,000 | |
| 172 | Iceland | 175,700 | |
| 173 | Barbados | 175,000 | |
| 174 | Malta | 170,500 | |
| 175 | Suriname | 165,600 | |
| 176 | Western Sahara | 144,000 | |
| 177 | Belize | 120,500 | |
| 178 | French Polynesia | 116,000 | |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 115,900 | |
| 180 | Maldives | 110,000 | |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 102,600 | |
| 182 | Guam | 82,950 | |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 79,700 | |
| 184 | Samoa | 66,270 | |
| 185 | Curacao | 63,000 | |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 | |
| 187 | Jersey | 53,560 | |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 | |
| 189 | Virgin Islands | 49,820 | |
| 190 | Monaco | 49,300 | |
| 191 | Grenada | 47,580 | |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 41,790 | |
| 193 | Aruba | 41,500 | |
| 194 | Tonga | 39,960 | |
| 195 | Seychelles | 39,560 | |
| 196 | Cayman Islands | 39,000 | |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 38,450 | |
| 198 | Bermuda | 38,360 | |
| 199 | Andorra | 38,220 | |
| 200 | Faroe Islands | 34,710 | |
| 201 | Liechtenstein | 34,330 | |
| 202 | Greenland | 33,670 | |
| 203 | Guernsey | 31,470 | |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | |
| 205 | Dominica | 25,000 | |
| 206 | Sint Maarten | 23,200 | |
| 207 | San Marino | 22,050 | |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 | |
| 209 | American Samoa | 17,630 | |
| 210 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 16,360 | |
| 211 | Marshall Islands | 14,680 | |
| 212 | British Virgin Islands | 12,770 | |
| 213 | Gibraltar | 12,690 | |
| 214 | Palau | 9,777 | |
| 215 | Kiribati | 7,870 | |
| 216 | Cook Islands | 6,820 | |
| 217 | Anguilla | 6,049 | |
| 218 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5,246 | |
| 219 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 | |
| 220 | Montserrat | 4,521 | |
| 221 | Tuvalu | 3,615 | |
| 222 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,450 | |
| 223 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 | |
| 224 | Saint Helena | 2,486 | |
| 225 | Svalbard | 1,234 | |
| 226 | Norfolk Island | 978 | |
| 227 | Niue | 663 | |
| 228 | Tokelau | 440 | |
| 229 | Pitcairn Islands | 15 | |
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Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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