Labor force, total - Labor force structure - Labor & Social Protection - World Development Indicators (2008) |
Rank | Country | Value |
1 | Low & middle income | 2,601,257,394 |
2 | Middle income | 2,159,835,193 |
3 | Lower middle income | 1,727,850,694 |
4 | East Asia & Pacific | 1,079,769,825 |
5 | China | 776,880,993 |
6 | South Asia | 618,626,606 |
7 | High income | 501,517,351 |
8 | High income: OECD | 469,352,517 |
9 | India | 449,888,194 |
10 | Low income | 441,422,200 |
11 | Upper middle income | 431,984,499 |
12 | Least developed countries: UN classification | 357,120,405 |
13 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 327,236,656 |
14 | Latin America & Caribbean | 264,507,634 |
15 | Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | 251,700,704 |
16 | Europe & Central Asia | 199,971,579 |
17 | United States | 158,210,689 |
18 | Euro area | 147,606,725 |
19 | Indonesia | 112,803,754 |
20 | Middle East & North Africa | 111,145,094 |
21 | Brazil | 99,945,051 |
22 | Bangladesh | 76,765,040 |
23 | Russia | 76,025,809 |
24 | Japan | 66,876,995 |
25 | Pakistan | 55,836,769 |
26 | Nigeria | 48,620,126 |
27 | Mexico | 46,706,073 |
28 | Vietnam | 45,606,689 |
29 | Germany | 42,375,118 |
30 | Thailand | 38,494,892 |
31 | Ethiopia | 38,152,270 |
32 | Philippines | 37,880,025 |
33 | High income: nonOECD | 32,164,834 |
34 | United Kingdom | 31,498,598 |
35 | France | 28,611,254 |
36 | Iran | 27,783,265 |
37 | Burma | 26,817,004 |
38 | Egypt | 26,315,732 |
39 | Turkey | 25,762,639 |
40 | Italy | 25,211,836 |
41 | South Korea | 24,418,073 |
42 | North Korea | 24,418,073 |
43 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 24,030,006 |
44 | Ukraine | 23,089,261 |
45 | Spain | 22,765,847 |
46 | Tanzania | 20,782,369 |
47 | Argentina | 19,073,526 |
48 | Canada | 18,660,182 |
49 | South Africa | 18,641,834 |
50 | Colombia | 18,550,107 |
51 | Kenya | 18,173,412 |
52 | Poland | 17,650,257 |
53 | Algeria | 14,478,825 |
54 | Uganda | 13,642,260 |
55 | Peru | 13,304,233 |
56 | Sudan | 13,099,550 |
57 | Nepal | 12,935,305 |
58 | Venezuela | 12,720,894 |
59 | Uzbekistan | 12,259,918 |
60 | Morocco | 11,793,738 |
61 | Malaysia | 11,732,499 |
62 | Australia | 11,310,360 |
63 | Mozambique | 10,755,926 |
64 | Ghana | 10,647,454 |
65 | Romania | 9,955,970 |
66 | Madagascar | 9,354,356 |
67 | Afghanistan | 9,303,903 |
68 | Saudi Arabia | 9,030,770 |
69 | Netherlands | 8,933,218 |
70 | Kazakhstan | 8,470,865 |
71 | Sri Lanka | 8,289,089 |
72 | Ivory Coast | 8,122,616 |
73 | Angola | 8,006,411 |
74 | Chile | 7,680,180 |
75 | Cambodia | 7,530,222 |
76 | Cameroon | 7,522,289 |
77 | Iraq | 7,456,792 |
78 | Burkina Faso | 6,905,902 |
79 | Syria | 6,732,879 |
80 | Malawi | 6,108,603 |
81 | Yemen | 5,957,945 |
82 | Ecuador | 5,737,041 |
83 | Portugal | 5,628,102 |
84 | Guatemala | 5,296,301 |
85 | Senegal | 5,244,833 |
86 | Czech Republic | 5,235,543 |
87 | Greece | 5,204,881 |
88 | Cuba | 5,082,309 |
89 | Sweden | 4,998,697 |
90 | Zimbabwe | 4,938,102 |
91 | Belarus | 4,930,050 |
92 | Rwanda | 4,815,263 |
93 | Belgium | 4,781,476 |
94 | Guinea | 4,718,158 |
95 | Zambia | 4,687,475 |
96 | Niger | 4,593,125 |
97 | Dominican Republic | 4,423,667 |
98 | Bolivia | 4,409,739 |
99 | Burundi | 4,405,097 |
100 | Switzerland | 4,387,471 |
101 | Haiti | 4,379,669 |
102 | Austria | 4,291,426 |
103 | Hungary | 4,268,267 |
104 | Chad | 4,187,543 |
105 | Azerbaijan | 4,148,231 |
106 | Tunisia | 3,789,601 |
107 | Hong Kong | 3,721,406 |
108 | Bulgaria | 3,670,375 |
109 | Mali | 3,669,974 |
110 | Benin | 3,581,043 |
111 | Somalia | 3,460,450 |
112 | Israel | 3,149,932 |
113 | Laos | 2,998,901 |
114 | Denmark | 2,963,335 |
115 | Paraguay | 2,936,573 |
116 | Togo | 2,867,388 |
117 | Papua New Guinea | 2,854,027 |
118 | United Arab Emirates | 2,813,830 |
119 | Honduras | 2,813,639 |
120 | Tajikistan | 2,810,506 |
121 | Finland | 2,717,817 |
122 | Slovakia | 2,704,517 |
123 | Norway | 2,636,955 |
124 | Singapore | 2,611,441 |
125 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,506,661 |
126 | El Salvador | 2,497,814 |
127 | Turkmenistan | 2,361,991 |
128 | New Zealand | 2,312,688 |
129 | Libya | 2,294,912 |
130 | Nicaragua | 2,278,806 |
131 | Georgia | 2,274,709 |
132 | Ireland | 2,222,102 |
133 | Costa Rica | 2,111,247 |
134 | Sierra Leone | 2,101,048 |
135 | Eritrea | 2,057,000 |
136 | Central African Republic | 2,018,046 |
137 | Croatia | 1,994,056 |
138 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,944,487 |
139 | Jordan | 1,908,660 |
140 | Uruguay | 1,639,924 |
141 | Lithuania | 1,613,087 |
142 | Armenia | 1,604,009 |
143 | Panama | 1,599,552 |
144 | Republic of the Congo | 1,555,021 |
145 | Liberia | 1,539,019 |
146 | Moldova | 1,477,361 |
147 | Puerto Rico | 1,458,544 |
148 | Kuwait | 1,428,972 |
149 | Albania | 1,414,998 |
150 | Lebanon | 1,405,706 |
151 | Mongolia | 1,402,793 |
152 | Mauritania | 1,353,737 |
153 | Jamaica | 1,230,822 |
154 | Latvia | 1,215,406 |
155 | Oman | 1,052,396 |
156 | Slovenia | 1,034,232 |
157 | Botswana | 971,809 |
158 | West Bank and Gaza | 943,383 |
159 | Lesotho | 918,896 |
160 | Macedonia | 904,130 |
161 | Qatar | 899,391 |
162 | Namibia | 760,297 |
163 | Gambia | 742,995 |
164 | Estonia | 701,102 |
165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 688,273 |
166 | Gabon | 687,011 |
167 | Guinea-Bissau | 645,086 |
168 | Mauritius | 572,174 |
169 | Swaziland | 444,596 |
170 | Cyprus | 437,897 |
171 | Timor-Leste | 426,828 |
172 | Djibouti | 376,643 |
173 | Bahrain | 363,209 |
174 | Guyana | 341,816 |
175 | Fiji | 339,770 |
176 | Macau | 325,960 |
177 | Comoros | 315,470 |
178 | Bhutan | 287,385 |
179 | Equatorial Guinea | 251,475 |
180 | Luxembourg | 220,418 |
181 | Cape Verde | 206,900 |
182 | Iceland | 196,790 |
183 | Brunei Darussalam | 192,144 |
184 | Suriname | 188,961 |
185 | Bahamas | 183,390 |
186 | Malta | 174,776 |
187 | Barbados | 150,612 |
188 | Maldives | 141,619 |
189 | Belize | 131,864 |
190 | Vanuatu | 119,216 |
191 | Solomon Islands | 112,549 |
192 | French Polynesia | 112,170 |
193 | New Caledonia | 104,472 |
194 | Netherlands Antilles | 94,756 |
195 | Guam | 81,017 |
196 | St. Lucia | 78,038 |
197 | Samoa | 62,116 |
198 | Sao Tome and Principe | 56,468 |
199 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 53,412 |
200 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 51,858 |
201 | Tonga | 41,582 |
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