Global Rankings
Labor Force
million people
| Rank | Country | million people | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  China | 768.2M |
2 | 2 |  India | 608.5M |
3 | 3 |  United States | 174.2M |
4 | 4 |  Indonesia | 145.2M |
5 | 5 |  Nigeria | 113.3M |
6 | 6 |  Brazil | 107.9M |
7 | 7 |  Pakistan | 83.2M |
8 | 8 |  Bangladesh | 73.6M |
9 | 9 |  Russia | 73.4M |
10 | 10 |  Japan | 69.5M |
11 | 11 |  Mexico | 60.9M |
12 | 12 |  Vietnam | 56.7M |
13 | 13 |  Ethiopia | 55.1M |
14 | 14 |  Philippines | 51.3M |
15 | 15 |  Germany | 43.8M |
16 | 16 |  Thailand | 41.0M |
17 | 17 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.0M |
18 | 18 |  Turkey | 36.4M |
19 | 20 |  Egypt | 35.3M |
20 | 19 |  United Kingdom | 35.3M |
21 | 21 |  Tanzania | 33.0M |
22 | 22 |  France | 31.9M |
23 | 23 |  South Korea | 29.8M |
24 | 24 |  Iran | 29.3M |
25 | 25 |  Colombia | 26.8M |
26 | 27 |  South Africa | 26.4M |
27 | 26 |  Italy | 25.8M |
28 | 28 |  Spain | 24.6M |
29 | 29 |  Kenya | 24.0M |
30 | 30 |  Burma (Myanmar) | 22.7M |
31 | 31 |  Canada | 22.7M |
32 | 33 |  Uganda | 22.6M |
33 | 32 |  Argentina | 22.2M |
34 | 34 |  Ukraine | 20.5M |
35 | 35 |  Peru | 18.9M |
36 | 37 |  Malaysia | 18.4M |
37 | 36 |  Poland | 18.3M |
38 | 38 |  North Korea | 17.6M |
39 | 39 |  Saudi Arabia | 17.5M |
40 | 40 |  Madagascar | 16.6M |
41 | 41 |  Angola | 15.8M |
42 | 43 |  Mozambique | 15.1M |
43 | 42 |  Australia | 14.9M |
44 | 44 |  Uzbekistan | 14.5M |
45 | 45 |  Algeria | 13.4M |
46 | 46 |  Ghana | 13.0M |
47 | 48 |  Ivory Coast | 12.7M |
48 | 47 |  Morocco | 12.5M |
49 | 49 |  Iraq | 12.1M |
50 | 50 |  Niger | 11.5M |
51 | 52 |  Cameroon | 11.2M |
52 | 53 |  Venezuela | 11.0M |
53 | 51 |  Sudan | 10.9M |
54 | 54 |  Netherlands | 10.3M |
55 | 55 |  Kazakhstan | 10.3M |
56 | 57 |  Chile | 10.2M |
57 | 56 |  Cambodia | 10.2M |
58 | 58 |  Burkina Faso | 9.6M |
59 | 59 |  Afghanistan | 9.1M |
60 | 61 |  Mali | 8.9M |
61 | 60 |  Ecuador | 8.8M |
62 | 62 |  Nepal | 8.3M |
63 | 64 |  Sri Lanka | 8.3M |
64 | 63 |  Romania | 8.3M |
65 | 65 |  Malawi | 8.1M |
66 | 66 |  Yemen | 7.9M |
67 | 67 |  Zambia | 7.7M |
68 | 68 |  Guatemala | 7.5M |
69 | 69 |  United Arab Emirates | 7.2M |
70 | 70 |  Bolivia | 6.8M |
71 | 71 |  Zimbabwe | 6.7M |
72 | 73 |  Chad | 6.5M |
73 | 74 |  Syria | 6.5M |
74 | 72 |  Benin | 6.4M |
75 | 75 |  Burundi | 6.1M |
76 | 76 |  Senegal | 5.9M |
77 | 77 |  Sweden | 5.7M |
78 | 79 |  Rwanda | 5.7M |
79 | 78 |  Czech Republic | 5.6M |
80 | 80 |  Portugal | 5.5M |
81 | 81 |  Belgium | 5.4M |
82 | 82 |  Dominican Republic | 5.4M |
83 | 83 |  Haiti | 5.2M |
84 | 84 |  Switzerland | 5.1M |
85 | 85 |  Azerbaijan | 5.1M |
86 | 86 |  Hungary | 5.0M |
87 | 87 |  Cuba | 4.9M |
88 | 88 |  Belarus | 4.8M |
89 | 89 |  Austria | 4.8M |
90 | 91 |  Israel | 4.7M |
91 | 90 |  Greece | 4.7M |
92 | 92 |  Guinea | 4.6M |
93 | 94 |  Honduras | 4.3M |
94 | 93 |  Tunisia | 4.2M |
95 | 95 |  Hong Kong | 3.8M |
96 | 96 |  Singapore | 3.7M |
97 | 97 |  Papua New Guinea | 3.7M |
98 | 98 |  Laos | 3.6M |
99 | 99 |  Paraguay | 3.5M |
100 | 100 |  Somalia | 3.4M |
101 | 101 |  Serbia | 3.3M |
102 | 102 |  Togo | 3.3M |
103 | 103 |  Denmark | 3.3M |
104 | 104 |  Nicaragua | 3.3M |
105 | 105 |  Jordan | 3.2M |
106 | 106 |  Bulgaria | 3.1M |
107 | 107 |  Norway | 3.1M |
108 | 108 |  New Zealand | 3.1M |
109 | 110 |  El Salvador | 3.0M |
110 | 109 |  Kuwait | 2.9M |
111 | 111 |  Finland | 2.9M |
112 | 114 |  Sierra Leone | 2.9M |
113 | 112 |  Ireland | 2.9M |
114 | 115 |  Kyrgyzstan | 2.8M |
115 | 113 |  Slovakia | 2.8M |
116 | 116 |  Oman | 2.7M |
117 | 118 |  Liberia | 2.6M |
118 | 119 |  Tajikistan | 2.6M |
119 | 117 |  Libya | 2.6M |
120 | 120 |  Republic of the Congo | 2.6M |
121 | 121 |  Panama | 2.2M |
122 | 122 |  Turkmenistan | 2.2M |
123 | 123 |  Qatar | 2.1M |
124 | 124 |  Central African Republic | 2.0M |
125 | 125 |  Georgia | 1.9M |
126 | 126 |  Lebanon | 1.8M |
127 | 127 |  Uruguay | 1.8M |
128 | 128 |  Croatia | 1.7M |
129 | 129 |  Eritrea | 1.7M |
130 | 130 |  Jamaica | 1.6M |
131 | 131 |  Lithuania | 1.6M |
132 | 132 |  Armenia | 1.5M |
133 | 133 |  Mongolia | 1.4M |
134 | 134 |  Moldova | 1.4M |
135 | 135 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.4M |
136 | 136 |  Albania | 1.3M |
137 | 138 |  Mauritania | 1.2M |
138 | 137 |  Puerto Rico | 1.2M |
139 | 139 |  Botswana | 1.2M |
140 | 140 |  Namibia | 1.1M |
141 | 141 |  Slovenia | 1.1M |
142 | 142 |  Latvia | 960.3K |
143 | 143 |  Bahrain | 911.3K |
144 | 144 |  Lesotho | 878.9K |
145 | 145 |  Guinea-Bissau | 872.5K |
146 | 146 |  Gabon | 827.5K |
147 | 147 |  Macedonia | 792.1K |
148 | 149 |  Gambia | 783.5K |
149 | 148 |  Cyprus | 765.9K |
150 | 150 |  Estonia | 757.7K |
151 | 151 |  Equatorial Guinea | 722.9K |
152 | 152 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 654.4K |
153 | 153 |  Mauritius | 622.6K |
154 | 154 |  Solomon Islands | 435.1K |
155 | 155 |  Swaziland | 424.1K |
156 | 156 |  Bhutan | 406.3K |
157 | 157 |  Macao | 403.8K |
158 | 158 |  Fiji | 387.5K |
159 | 159 |  Luxembourg | 352.2K |
160 | 160 |  Guyana | 324.6K |
161 | 161 |  Malta | 317.4K |
162 | 163 |  Comoros | 301.8K |
163 | 162 |  Montenegro | 297.3K |
164 | 164 |  Maldives | 268.2K |
165 | 165 |  Djibouti | 263.0K |
166 | 166 |  Suriname | 254.0K |
167 | 167 |  Bahamas | 243.8K |
168 | 168 |  Iceland | 238.9K |
169 | 169 |  Brunei | 236.3K |
170 | 170 |  Cape Verde | 222.9K |
171 | 171 |  Belize | 174.1K |
172 | 172 |  Barbados | 151.9K |
173 | 173 |  New Caledonia | 131.0K |
174 | 174 |  Vanuatu | 118.0K |
175 | 175 |  Saint Lucia | 101.1K |
176 | 176 |  Samoa | 57.8K |
177 | 177 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.9K |
178 | 179 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 34.3K |
179 | 178 |  Tonga | 33.8K |
180 | 180 |  Costa Rica | 2.42 |