List of countries by labour force
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 | 783,000,000 | 2019 est. |
| 2 |  India | 521,900,000 | 2017 est. |
| — |  European Union | 238,900,000 | 2016 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 |  Bangladesh | 66,640,000 | 2017 est. |
| 8 |  Japan | 65,010,000 | 2017 est. |
| 9 |  Pakistan | 63,890,000 | 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |  Czech Republic | 5,304,000 | 2013 est. |
| 71 |  Cuba | 5,233,000 | 2013 est. |
| 72 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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. |
| 83 |  United Arab Emirates | 4,588,000 | 2013 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 | 3,737,000 | 2013 est. |
| 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[2] |
| — |  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 |
Notes
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook website https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/.
- "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- State Statistics Agency
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