List of countries by labour force

Last updated October 22, 2024

This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook.^[1]

Rank	Country/Region	Labour force	Date of information
—	World	3,382,000,000	2017 est.
1	China	781,808,000	2022 est.
2	India	554,145,000	2022 est.
3	United States	161,884,115	2022 est.
4	Indonesia	138,099,000	2022 est.
5	Brazil	108,751,000	2022 est.
6	Pakistan	78,863,000	2022 est.
7	Bangladesh	73,862,000	2022 est.
8	Russia	73,799,000	2022 est.
9	Nigeria	73,389,000	2022 est.
10	Japan	69,114,000	2022 est.
11	Ethiopia	59,752,000	2022 est.
12	Mexico	58,718,000	2022 est.
13	Vietnam	55,689,000	2022 est.
14	Philippines	47,872,000	2022 est.
15	Germany	44,198,000	2022 est.
16	Thailand	38,370,000	2017 est.
17	United Kingdom	33,500,000	2017 est.
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31,360,000	2017 est.
19	Turkey	31,300,000	2017 est.
20	France	30,680,000	2017 est.
21	Iran	30,500,000	2017 est.
22	Egypt	29,950,000	2017 est.
23	South Korea	27,750,000	2017 est.
24	Italy	25,940,000	2017 est.
25	Colombia	25,760,000	2017 est.
26	Tanzania	24,890,000	2017 est.
27	Spain	22,750,000	2017 est.
28	Myanmar	22,300,000	2017 est.
29	South Africa	22,190,000	2017 est.
30	Kenya	19,600,000	2017 est.
31	Canada	19,520,000	2017 est.
32	Uzbekistan	18,120,000	2017 est.
33	Argentina	18,000,000	2017 est.
34	Ukraine	17,990,000	2017 est.
35	Poland	17,600,000	2017 est.
36	Uganda	17,400,000	2013 est.
37	Peru	16,160,000	2012 est.
38	Nepal	16,000,000	2011 est.
39	Venezuela	14,010,000	2013 est.
40	Malaysia	13,190,000	2013 est.
41	North Korea	12,600,000	2012 est.
42	Australia	12,440,000	2013 est.
43	Ghana	12,070,000	2013 est.
44	Sudan	11,920,000	2007 est.
45	Taiwan	11,780,000	2017 est.
46	Morocco	11,730,000	2013 est.
47	Algeria	11,150,000	2013 est.
48	Mozambique	10,550,000	2013 est.
49	Madagascar	9,504,000	2007
50	Romania	9,451,000	2013 est.
51	Netherlands	9,090,000	2018 est.
52	Kazakhstan	9,022,000	2013 est.
53	Angola	9,018,000	2013 est.
54	Iraq	8,900,000	2010 est.
55	Sri Lanka	8,528,000	2013 est.
56	Cameroon	8,426,000	2013 est.
57	Saudi Arabia	8,412,000	2013 est.
58	Chile	8,367,000	2013 est.
59	Côte d'Ivoire	7,928,000	2013 est.
60	Cambodia	7,900,000	2011 est.
61	Afghanistan	7,512,000	2012 est.
62	Yemen	7,100,000	2013 est.
63	Ecuador	6,953,000	2013 est.
64	Burkina Faso	6,668,000	2007
65	Zambia	6,275,000	2013 est.
66	Senegal	6,096,000	2013 est.
67	Malawi	5,747,000	2007 est.
68	Guinea	5,409,000	2013 est.
69	Portugal	5,395,000	2013 est.
70	United Arab Emirates	5,340,000	2017 est.
71	Czech Republic	5,304,000	2013 est.
71	Cuba	5,233,000	2013 est.
72	Belgium	5,150,000	2013 est.
73	Sweden	5,107,000	2013 est.
74	Syria	5,014,000	2013 est.
75	Belarus	5,000,000	2009
76	Switzerland	4,976,000	2013 est.
77	Bolivia	4,992,000	2012 est.
78	Greece	4,918,000	2013 est.
79	Dominican Republic	4,912,000	2013 est.
80	Haiti	4,810,000	2010 est.
81	Niger	4,688,000	2007
82	Azerbaijan	4,680,000	2012 est.
84	Guatemala	4,465,000	2013 est.
85	Rwanda	4,446,000	2007
86	Chad	4,293,000	2007
87	Hungary	4,263,000	2013 est.
88	Burundi	4,245,000	2007
89	Papua New Guinea	4,077,000	2013 est.
90	Tunisia	3,974,000	2013 est.
91	Zimbabwe	3,939,000	2013 est.
92	Hong Kong	3,873,000	2013 est.
93	Austria	4,707,000	2022^[2]
94	Benin	3,662,000	2007 est.
95	Honduras	3,507,000	2013 est.
96	Israel	3,493,000	2013 est.
97	Somalia	3,447,000	2007
98	Singapore	3,444,000	2013 est.
99	Laos	3,337,000	2013 est.
100	Mali	3,241,000	2007 est.
101	Paraguay	3,190,000	2013 est.
102	Nicaragua	3,039,000	2013 est.
103	Eritrea	2,955,000	2012 est.
104	Republic of the Congo	2,890,000	2011 est.
105	Denmark	2,795,000	2013 est.
106	El Salvador	2,738,000	2013 est.
107	Slovakia	2,727,000	2013 est.
108	Norway	2,707,000	2014 est.
109	Finland	2,685,000	2013 est.
110	Togo	2,595,000	2007
111	Bulgaria	2,551,000	2013 est.
112	New Zealand	2,413,000	2013 est.
113	Kuwait	2,380,000	2013 est.
114	Kyrgyzstan	2,344,000	2007
115	Turkmenistan	2,300,000	2008 est.
116	Costa Rica	2,222,000	2013 est.
117	Tajikistan	2,209,000	2013 est.
118	Sierra Leone	2,207,000	2007 est.
119	Ireland	2,161,000	2013 est.
120	Central African Republic	2,082,000	2011 est.
121	Georgia	1,959,000	2011 est.
122	Jordan	1,898,000	2013 est.
123	Croatia	1,715,000	2013 est.
107	Serbia	2,920,000	2017 est.
125	Uruguay	1,700,000	2013 est.
126	Libya	1,644,000	2013 est.
127	Panama	1,540,000	2013 est.
128	Lebanon	1,481,000	2007 est.
129	Lithuania	1,452,000	2013 est.
130	Qatar	1,424,000	2013 est.
131	Armenia	1,394,000	2013 est.
132	Liberia	1,372,000	2007
133	Mauritania	1,318,000	2007
134	Botswana	1,308,000	2013 est.
135	Puerto Rico	1,300,000	2012
136	Jamaica	1,261,000	2013 est.
137	Moldova	1,327,000	2013 est.
138	Albania	1,090,000	2013 est.
139	Mongolia	1,068,000	2011 est.
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,026,337	2017^[3]
—	West Bank	1,025,000	2013 est.
141	Latvia	1,022,000	2013 est.
142	Oman	968,800	2007
143	North Macedonia	960,700	2013 est.
144	Slovenia	913,400	2013 est.
145	Namibia	880,400	2013 est.
146	Lesotho	874,200	2013 est.
147	Kosovo	800,000	2011 est.
148	Gambia	777,100	2007
149	Bahrain	716,500	2013 est.
150	Estonia	692,900	2013 est.
151	Mauritius	637,600	2013 est.
152	Guinea-Bissau	632,700	2007
153	Gabon	629,100	2013 est.
154	Trinidad and Tobago	621,000	2013 est.
155	Cyprus	443,500	2013 est.
156	Swaziland	424,100	2011 est.
157	Timor-Leste	418,200	2009
—	Macau	367,800	2013 est.
—	Gaza Strip	348,200	2010 est.
158	Bhutan	336,400	2012
159	Fiji	335,000	2007 est.
160	Guyana	313,100	2009 est.
161	Djibouti	294,600	2012
162	Montenegro	251,300	2011 est.
163	Comoros	233,500	2011 est.
164	Luxembourg	208,800	2013 est.
165	Brunei	205,800	2011 est.
166	Solomon Islands	202,500	2007
167	Bahamas	196,900	2013 est.
168	Cape Verde	196,100	2007
169	Equatorial Guinea	195,200	2007
170	Malta	190,400	2013 est.
171	Iceland	181,100	2013 est.
172	Suriname	165,600	2007
173	Maldives	159,700	2012
—	Western Sahara	144,000	2010 est.
174	Barbados	141,800	2013 est.
175	Belize	120,500	2008 est.
—	French Polynesia	116,000	2007
176	Vanuatu	115,900	2007
—	New Caledonia	106,400	2010
177	Saint Lucia	79,700	2012
—	Curaçao	73,100	2013
178	Guam	69,390	2010 est.
179	Grenada	59,900	2013 est.
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520	2007 est.
—	Jersey	53,380	2012
181	Sao Tome and Principe	52,490	2007
182	Monaco	52,490	2012 est.
183	Aruba	51,610	2007 est.
—	U.S. Virgin Islands	49,820	2007 est.
184	Samoa	47,930	2011 est.
—	Isle of Man	41,790	2006
185	Tonga	39,960	2007
186	Seychelles	39,560	2006
—	Cayman Islands	39,000	2007
—	Northern Mariana Islands	38,450	2005 est.
187	Bermuda	37,400	2011
188	Andorra	36,060	2012
189	Liechtenstein	35,830	2012
—	Faroe Islands	34,710	2010
—	Guernsey	31,470	2006
190	Antigua and Barbuda	30,000	1991
191	Greenland	28,600	2011
192	Dominica	25,000	2000 est.
—	Sint Maarten	23,200	2008 est.
193	San Marino	21,960	2013
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18,170	1995
—	American Samoa	17,630	2005
—	Saint Martin	17,300	N/A
195	Federated States of Micronesia	15,920	2022
—	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004
196	Gibraltar	12,690	2001
197	Marshall Islands	10,480	2011 est.
198	Palau	9,777	2005
199	Kiribati	7,870	2001
—	Cook Islands	6,820	2001
—	Anguilla	6,049	2001
—	Falkland Islands	5,246	2006
—	Turks and Caicos Islands	4,848	1990 est.
—	Montserrat	4,521	2012
200	Tuvalu	3,615	2004 est.
—	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3,450	2006
—	Wallis and Futuna	3,104	2003
201	Vatican City	2,832	2011
—	Saint Helena	2,486	1998 est.
—	Svalbard	1,234	2003
—	Norfolk Island	978	2006
202	Niue	663	2001
—	Tokelau	440	2001
—	Pitcairn Islands	15	2004

Notes

This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

↑ "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
↑ "Labour force projections".
↑ "State Statistics Agency" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

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[1] "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-15.

[2] "Labour force projections".

[3] "State Statistics Agency" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2017-07-11.

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