Rio 2016 announced that 242,757 people applied for 70,000 positions.
45,000 people are supposed to work on the Olympics and 25,000 people are on Paralympics.
According to a site, Rio 2016 expected 300,000 applicants and that's why it has expanded the deadline. The site also says that there is few custom of volunteer in Brazil where the gap between rich and poor is wide.
