This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook in 2024. [1]
| Country/Region | Labour force |
|---|---|
| World | 3,684,278,700 |
 China | 773,880,000 |
 India | 607,691,000 |
 United States | 174,174,000 |
 Indonesia | 143,144,000 |
 Nigeria | 113,350,000 |
 Brazil | 106,790,000 |
 Pakistan | 83,644,000 |
 Bangladesh | 77,355,000 |
 Russia | 72,517,000 |
 Japan | 69,382,000 |
 Mexico | 60,959,000 |
 Vietnam | 57,133,000 |
 Ethiopia | 54,470,000 |
 Philippines | 50,979,000 |
 Germany | 43,772,000 |
 Thailand | 40,623,000 |
 DR Congo | 38,546,000 |
 Turkey | 36,081,000 |
 United Kingdom | 35,359,000 |
 Egypt | 33,749,000 |
 Tanzania | 32,983,000 |
 France | 31,725,000 |
 South Korea | 29,713,000 |
 Iran | 28,575,000 |
 South Africa | 27,766,000 |
 Colombia | 26,822,000 |
 Italy | 25,828,000 |
 Spain | 24,386,000 |
 Kenya | 23,781,000 |
 Canada | 22,868,000 |
 Uganda | 22,829,000 |
 Myanmar | 22,742,000 |
 Argentina | 22,286,000 |
 Peru | 18,918,000 |
 Malaysia | 18,264,000 |
 Poland | 18,245,000 |
 North Korea | 17,637,000 |
 Saudi Arabia | 17,168,000 |
 Madagascar | 16,519,000 |
 Angola | 15,961,000 |
 Mozambique | 15,173,000 |
 Australia | 14,912,000 |
 Uzbekistan | 13,974,000 |
 Ghana | 13,928,000 |
 Algeria | 13,294,000 |
 Cote d'Ivoire | 12,595,000 |
 Morocco | 12,475,000 |
 Iraq | 12,008,000 |
 Venezuela | 11,136,000 |
 Cameroon | 11,119,000 |
 Niger | 10,486,000 |
 Netherlands | 10,315,000 |
 Kazakhstan | 10,285,000 |
 Chile | 10,088,000 |
 Cambodia | 9,904,000 |
 Afghanistan | 9,133,000 |
 Mali | 9,126,000 |
 Ecuador | 8,821,000 |
 Malawi | 8,602,000 |
 Sri Lanka | 8,499,000 |
 Nepal | 8,435,000 |
 Romania | 8,263,000 |
 Yemen | 7,848,000 |
 Guatemala | 7,575,000 |
 Zambia | 7,407,000 |
 United Arab Emirates | 7,090,000 |
 Bolivia | 6,859,000 |
 Syria | 6,617,000 |
 Chad | 6,600,000 |
 Burkina Faso | 6,461,000 |
 Benin | 6,397,000 |
 Zimbabwe | 6,386,000 |
 Burundi | 6,107,000 |
 Senegal | 5,763,000 |
 Sweden | 5,699,000 |
 Rwanda | 5,671,000 |
 Czech Republic | 5,541,000 |
 Portugal | 5,464,000 |
 Belgium | 5,416,000 |
 Dominican Republic | 5,413,000 |
 Haiti | 5,281,000 |
 Switzerland | 5,153,000 |
 Azerbaijan | 5,020,000 |
 Hungary | 4,954,000 |
 Cuba | 4,859,000 |
 Belarus | 4,817,000 |
 Austria | 4,768,000 |
 Israel | 4,710,000 |
 Greece | 4,655,000 |
 Guinea | 4,534,000 |
 Honduras | 4,296,000 |
 Tunisia | 4,247,000 |
 Hong Kong | 3,836,000 |
 Singapore | 3,722,000 |
 Papua New Guinea | 3,660,000 |
 Laos | 3,585,000 |
 Paraguay | 3,502,000 |
 Somalia | 3,439,000 |
 Togo | 3,345,000 |
 Serbia | 3,230,000 |
 Nicaragua | 3,225,000 |
 Denmark | 3,210,000 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 3,197,000 |
 Bulgaria | 3,124,000 |
 New Zealand | 3,124,000 |
 Jordan | 3,080,000 |
 Norway | 3,042,000 |
 Kuwait | 3,003,000 |
 Finland | 2,898,000 |
 El Salvador | 2,890,000 |
 Sierra Leone | 2,863,000 |
 Ireland | 2,857,000 |
 Tajikistan | 2,780,000 |
 Slovakia | 2,779,000 |
 Oman | 2,696,000 |
 Liberia | 2,607,000 |
 Libya | 2,585,000 |
 Congo | 2,563,000 |
 Turkmenistan | 2,445,000 |
 Costa Rica | 2,357,000 |
 Panama | 2,206,000 |
 Qatar | 2,123,000 |
 Central African Republic | 2,000,000 |
 Georgia | 1,833,000 |
 Uruguay | 1,768,000 |
 Croatia | 1,733,000 |
 Eritrea | 1,710,000 |
 Jamaica | 1,570,000 |
 Lithuania | 1,548,000 |
 Armenia | 1,510,000 |
 Mongolia | 1,449,000 |
 Albania | 1,370,000 |
 Moldova | 1,358,000 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,356,000 |
 Mauritania | 1,210,000 |
 Botswana | 1,173,000 |
 Puerto Rico | 1,152,000 |
 Namibia | 1,131,000 |
 Slovenia | 1,058,000 |
 Latvia | 954,900 |
 Bahrain | 913,300 |
 Lesotho | 884,200 |
 Guinea-Bissau | 845,300 |
 Gabon | 824,400 |
 Gambia | 783,100 |
 North Macedonia | 779,200 |
 Cyprus | 772,300 |
 Estonia | 756,200 |
 Equatorial Guinea | 715,000 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 649,900 |
 Timor-Leste | 615,900 |
 Mauritius | 594,900 |
 Solomon Islands | 435,600 |
 Bhutan | 406,500 |
 Eswatini | 390,600 |
 Fiji | 387,800 |
 Macau | 382,100 |
 Luxembourg | 350,000 |
 Malta | 318,200 |
 Guyana | 292,200 |
 Comoros | 276,400 |
 Maldives | 270,300 |
 Djibouti | 265,200 |
 Suriname | 255,500 |
 Iceland | 248,400 |
 Montenegro | 245,300 |
 Bahamas | 237,100 |
 Brunei | 233,500 |
 Cape Verde | 224,500 |
 Belize | 190,000 |
 Barbados | 147,200 |
 New Caledonia | 130,800 |
 French Polynesia | 119,100 |
 Vanuatu | 118,100 |
 Saint Lucia | 102,400 |
 Guernsey | 82,400 |
 Jersey | 82,400 |
 Guam | 77,700 |
 Samoa | 57,200 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52,100 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands | 47,200 |
 Tonga | 34,800 |
 Sao Tome and Principe | 34,500 |
