TOP 100

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

Definition: This entry contains the total labor force figure.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

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