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 | 791,483,000 | 2021 est. |
2 | India | 476,670,100 | 2021 est. |
3 | United States | 160,400,000 | 2017 est. |
4 | Indonesia | 125,000,000 | 2016 est. |
5 | Brazil | 104,200,000 | 2017 est. |
6 | Russia | 76,530,000 | 2017 est. |
7 | Pakistan | 71,760,000 | 2021 est. [2] |
8 | Bangladesh | 66,640,000 | 2017 est. |
9 | Japan | 65,010,000 | 2017 est. |
10 | Nigeria | 60,080,000 | 2017 est. |
11 | Vietnam | 54,800,000 | 2017 est. |
12 | Mexico | 54,510,000 | 2017 est. |
13 | Ethiopia | 52,820,000 | 2017 est. |
14 | Germany | 45,900,000 | 2017 est. |
15 | Philippines | 42,780,000 | 2017 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 [3] |
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 [4] |
— | West Bank | 1,025,000 | 2013 est. |
141 | Latvia | 1,022,000 | 2013 est. |
142 | Oman | 968,800 | 2007 |
143 | 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 |
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