List of largest employers - wikipedia List of largest employers The largest employers in the world include companies, militaries, and governments. Contents 1 Companies and militaries 2 Largest private and semiprivate employers 3 Notes 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Companies and militaries Non-corporate employers are included in this lists : Employees Employer 2015 Headquarters United States Department of Defense 3.2 million United States People 's Liberation Army 2.3 million China Walmart 2.1 million United States McDonald 's 1.9 million 1.7 million United States National Health Service 1.7 million 1.4 million United Kingdom China National Petroleum Corporation 1.6 million 1.7 million China State Grid Corporation of China 1.5 million 1.6 million China Indian Railways 1.4 million India Indian Armed Forces 1.3 million India Hon Hai Precision Industry ( Foxconn ) 1.3 million 0.8 million Taiwan Largest private and semiprivate employers The rankings below are the ten private - sector companies providing the most jobs worldwide, according to the 2017 list compiled by Fortune magazine. Public and semipublic companies with the most employees in the world Rank Employer Country Employees Walmart United States 2,300,000 5 China National Petroleum China 1,512,048 6 China Post Group China 941,211 6 State Grid China 926,067 5 Hon Hai Precision Industry Taiwan 726,772 6 Sinopec Group China 713,288 7 Volkswagen Germany 626,715 8 United States Postal Service United States 574,349 9 Compass Group United Kingdom 527,180 10 Agricultural Bank of China China 501,368 Notes Jump up ^ including franchise employees See also Fortune Global 500 Forbes Global 2000 List of multinational corporations List of largest European manufacturing companies by revenue List of largest financial services companies by revenue List of the largest software companies List of largest Internet companies List of the largest information technology companies List of private equity firms List of largest companies by revenue List of public corporations by market capitalization List of companies by profit and loss List of professions List of types of tradesman Lists of companies -- company - related list articles on Wikipedia List of largest employers in the United States List of wealthiest organizations References Jump up ^ `` The World 's Biggest Employers ''. Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015. Jump up ^ `` Employment : Defending jobs - The Economist ''. 2011 - 09 - 12. Retrieved 2011 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ IISS 2012, pp. 243 -- 248 Jump up ^ `` 9 Most Largest Companies -- by employee number ''. most09.com. March 5, 2016. Jump up ^ http://fortune.com/global500/list/filtered?sortBy=employees External links Fortune Global 500 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_largest_employers&oldid=801890816 '' Categories : Lists of companies Lists of superlatives Employers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español فارسی Bahasa Indonesia Slovenščina தமிழ் Edit links This page was last edited on 22 September 2017, at 15 : 38. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the largest company in the world in terms of number of employees
Answer: Walmart