| Rank |
Country/Region |
Labour force |
Date of information
|
| — |
World |
3,382,000,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 1 |
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
781,808,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 2 |
File:Flag of India.svg India |
554,145,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 3 |
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States |
161,884,115 |
2022 est.
|
| 4 |
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia |
138,099,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 5 |
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil |
108,751,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 6 |
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan |
78,863,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 7 |
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
73,862,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 8 |
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
73,799,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 9 |
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria |
73,389,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 10 |
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
69,114,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 11 |
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia |
59,752,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 12 |
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico |
58,718,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 13 |
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam |
55,689,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 14 |
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines |
47,872,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 15 |
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany |
44,198,000 |
2022 est.
|
| 16 |
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand |
38,370,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 17 |
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
33,500,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 18 |
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo |
31,360,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 19 |
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey |
31,300,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 20 |
File:Flag of France.svg France |
30,680,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 21 |
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
30,500,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 22 |
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt |
29,950,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 23 |
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
27,750,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 24 |
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
25,940,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 25 |
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia |
25,760,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 26 |
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania |
24,890,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 27 |
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
22,750,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 28 |
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar |
22,300,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 29 |
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa |
22,190,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 30 |
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya |
19,600,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 31 |
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
19,520,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 32 |
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan |
18,120,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 33 |
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina |
18,000,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 34 |
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine |
17,990,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 35 |
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland |
17,600,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 36 |
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda |
17,400,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 37 |
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru |
16,160,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 38 |
File:Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal |
16,000,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 39 |
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela |
14,010,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 40 |
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia |
13,190,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 41 |
File:Flag of North Korea.svg North Korea |
12,600,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 42 |
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia |
12,440,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 43 |
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana |
12,070,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 44 |
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan |
11,920,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 45 |
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan |
11,780,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 46 |
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco |
11,730,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 47 |
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria |
11,150,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 48 |
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique |
10,550,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 49 |
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar |
9,504,000 |
2007
|
| 50 |
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania |
9,451,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 51 |
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands |
9,090,000 |
2018 est.
|
| 52 |
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan |
9,022,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 53 |
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola |
9,018,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 54 |
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq |
8,900,000 |
2010 est.
|
| 55 |
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka |
8,528,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 56 |
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon |
8,426,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 57 |
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia |
8,412,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 58 |
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile |
8,367,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 59 |
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire |
7,928,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 60 |
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia |
7,900,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 61 |
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan |
7,512,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 62 |
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen |
7,100,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 63 |
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador |
6,953,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 64 |
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso |
6,668,000 |
2007
|
| 65 |
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia |
6,275,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 66 |
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal |
6,096,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 67 |
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi |
5,747,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 68 |
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea |
5,409,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 69 |
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
5,395,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 70 |
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates |
5,340,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 71 |
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic |
5,304,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 71 |
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba |
5,233,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 72 |
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium |
5,150,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 73 |
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden |
5,107,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 74 |
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria |
5,014,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 75 |
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus |
5,000,000 |
2009
|
| 76 |
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland |
4,976,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 77 |
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia |
4,992,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 78 |
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece |
4,918,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 79 |
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic |
4,912,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 80 |
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti |
4,810,000 |
2010 est.
|
| 81 |
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger |
4,688,000 |
2007
|
| 82 |
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan |
4,680,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 84 |
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala |
4,465,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 85 |
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda |
4,446,000 |
2007
|
| 86 |
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad |
4,293,000 |
2007
|
| 87 |
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary |
4,263,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 88 |
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi |
4,245,000 |
2007
|
| 89 |
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea |
4,077,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 90 |
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia |
3,974,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 91 |
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe |
3,939,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 92 |
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong |
3,873,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 93 |
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria |
4,707,000 |
2022[2]
|
| 94 |
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin |
3,662,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 95 |
File:Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras |
3,507,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 96 |
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel |
3,493,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 97 |
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia |
3,447,000 |
2007
|
| 98 |
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore |
3,444,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 99 |
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos |
3,337,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 100 |
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali |
3,241,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 101 |
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay |
3,190,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 102 |
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua |
3,039,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 103 |
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea |
2,955,000 |
2012 est.
|
| 104 |
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo |
2,890,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 105 |
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark |
2,795,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 106 |
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador |
2,738,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 107 |
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia |
2,727,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 108 |
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway |
2,707,000 |
2014 est.
|
| 109 |
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland |
2,685,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 110 |
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo |
2,595,000 |
2007
|
| 111 |
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria |
2,551,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 112 |
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand |
2,413,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 113 |
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait |
2,380,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 114 |
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan |
2,344,000 |
2007
|
| 115 |
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan |
2,300,000 |
2008 est.
|
| 116 |
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica |
2,222,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 117 |
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan |
2,209,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 118 |
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone |
2,207,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 119 |
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland |
2,161,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 120 |
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic |
2,082,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 121 |
Template:Country data Georgia |
1,959,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 122 |
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan |
1,898,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 123 |
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia |
1,715,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 107 |
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia |
2,920,000 |
2017 est.
|
| 125 |
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay |
1,700,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 126 |
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya |
1,644,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 127 |
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama |
1,540,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 128 |
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon |
1,481,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 129 |
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania |
1,452,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 130 |
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar |
1,424,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 131 |
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia |
1,394,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 132 |
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia |
1,372,000 |
2007
|
| 133 |
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania |
1,318,000 |
2007
|
| 134 |
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana |
1,308,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 135 |
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
1,300,000 |
2012
|
| 136 |
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica |
1,261,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 137 |
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova |
1,327,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 138 |
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania |
1,090,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 139 |
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia |
1,068,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 140 |
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,026,337 |
2017[3]
|
| — |
File:Flag of Palestine.svg West Bank |
1,025,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 141 |
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia |
1,022,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 142 |
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman |
968,800 |
2007
|
| 143 |
Template:Country data North Macedonia |
960,700 |
2013 est.
|
| 144 |
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia |
913,400 |
2013 est.
|
| 145 |
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia |
880,400 |
2013 est.
|
| 146 |
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho |
874,200 |
2013 est.
|
| 147 |
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo |
800,000 |
2011 est.
|
| 148 |
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia |
777,100 |
2007
|
| 149 |
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain |
716,500 |
2013 est.
|
| 150 |
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia |
692,900 |
2013 est.
|
| 151 |
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius |
637,600 |
2013 est.
|
| 152 |
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau |
632,700 |
2007
|
| 153 |
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon |
629,100 |
2013 est.
|
| 154 |
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago |
621,000 |
2013 est.
|
| 155 |
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus |
443,500 |
2013 est.
|
| 156 |
Template:Country data Swaziland |
424,100 |
2011 est.
|
| 157 |
File:Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste |
418,200 |
2009
|
| — |
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau |
367,800 |
2013 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of Palestine.svg Gaza Strip |
348,200 |
2010 est.
|
| 158 |
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
336,400 |
2012
|
| 159 |
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji |
335,000 |
2007 est.
|
| 160 |
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana |
313,100 |
2009 est.
|
| 161 |
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti |
294,600 |
2012
|
| 162 |
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro |
251,300 |
2011 est.
|
| 163 |
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros |
233,500 |
2011 est.
|
| 164 |
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg |
208,800 |
2013 est.
|
| 165 |
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei |
205,800 |
2011 est.
|
| 166 |
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands |
202,500 |
2007
|
| 167 |
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas |
196,900 |
2013 est.
|
| 168 |
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde |
196,100 |
2007
|
| 169 |
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea |
195,200 |
2007
|
| 170 |
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta |
190,400 |
2013 est.
|
| 171 |
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland |
181,100 |
2013 est.
|
| 172 |
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname |
165,600 |
2007
|
| 173 |
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives |
159,700 |
2012
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara |
144,000 |
2010 est.
|
| 174 |
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados |
141,800 |
2013 est.
|
| 175 |
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize |
120,500 |
2008 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia |
116,000 |
2007
|
| 176 |
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu |
115,900 |
2007
|
| — |
File:Flags of New Caledonia.svg New Caledonia |
106,400 |
2010
|
| 177 |
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia |
79,700 |
2012
|
| — |
File:Flag of Curaçao.svg Curaçao |
73,100 |
2013
|
| 178 |
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam |
69,390 |
2010 est.
|
| 179 |
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada |
59,900 |
2013 est.
|
| 180 |
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
57,520 |
2007 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of Jersey.svg Jersey |
53,380 |
2012
|
| 181 |
File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg Sao Tome and Principe |
52,490 |
2007
|
| 182 |
File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco |
52,490 |
2012 est.
|
| 183 |
File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba |
51,610 |
2007 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands |
49,820 |
2007 est.
|
| 184 |
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa |
47,930 |
2011 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man |
41,790 |
2006
|
| 185 |
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga |
39,960 |
2007
|
| 186 |
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles |
39,560 |
2006
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands |
39,000 |
2007
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands |
38,450 |
2005 est.
|
| 187 |
File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda |
37,400 |
2011
|
| 188 |
File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra |
36,060 |
2012
|
| 189 |
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein |
35,830 |
2012
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands |
34,710 |
2010
|
| — |
File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Guernsey |
31,470 |
2006
|
| 190 |
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda |
30,000 |
1991
|
| 191 |
File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland |
28,600 |
2011
|
| 192 |
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica |
25,000 |
2000 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of Sint Maarten.svg Sint Maarten |
23,200 |
2008 est.
|
| 193 |
File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino |
21,960 |
2013
|
| 194 |
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis |
18,170 |
1995
|
| — |
File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa |
17,630 |
2005
|
| — |
File:Flag of France.svg Saint Martin |
17,300 |
N/A
|
| 195 |
File:Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia |
15,920 |
2022
|
| — |
File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands |
12,770 |
2004
|
| 196 |
File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar |
12,690 |
2001
|
| 197 |
File:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands |
10,480 |
2011 est.
|
| 198 |
File:Flag of Palau.svg Palau |
9,777 |
2005
|
| 199 |
File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati |
7,870 |
2001
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands |
6,820 |
2001
|
| — |
File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla |
6,049 |
2001
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands |
5,246 |
2006
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands |
4,848 |
1990 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat |
4,521 |
2012
|
| 200 |
File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu |
3,615 |
2004 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of France.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
3,450 |
2006
|
| — |
File:Flag of France.svg Wallis and Futuna |
3,104 |
2003
|
| 201 |
File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Vatican City |
2,832 |
2011
|
| — |
File:Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena |
2,486 |
1998 est.
|
| — |
File:Flag of Norway.svg Svalbard |
1,234 |
2003
|
| — |
File:Flag of Norfolk Island.svg Norfolk Island |
978 |
2006
|
| 202 |
File:Flag of Niue.svg Niue |
663 |
2001
|
| — |
File:Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau |
440 |
2001
|
| — |
File:Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands |
15 |
2004
|