# List of countries by labour force

This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook.
| Rank | Country/Region | Labour force | Date of information |
| — | World | 3,382,000,000 | 2017 est. |
| 1 | China | 781,808,000 | 2022 est. |
| 2 | India | 554,145,000 | 2022 est. |
| 3 | United States | 161,884,115 | 2022 est. |
| 4 | Indonesia | 138,099,000 | 2022 est. |
| 5 | Brazil | 108,751,000 | 2022 est. |
| 6 | Pakistan | 78,863,000 | 2022 est. |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 73,862,000 | 2022 est. |
| 8 | Russia | 73,799,000 | 2022 est. |
| 9 | Nigeria | 73,389,000 | 2022 est. |
| 10 | Japan | 69,114,000 | 2022 est. |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 59,752,000 | 2022 est. |
| 12 | Mexico | 58,718,000 | 2022 est. |
| 13 | Vietnam | 55,689,000 | 2022 est. |
| 14 | Philippines | 47,872,000 | 2022 est. |
| 15 | Germany | 44,198,000 | 2022 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 | 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 | 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 | United Arab Emirates | 5,340,000 | 2017 est. |
| 71 | Czech Republic | 5,304,000 | 2013 est. |
| 71 | Cuba | 5,233,000 | 2013 est. |
| 72 | 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. |
| 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 | 4,707,000 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| — | West Bank | 1,025,000 | 2013 est. |
| 141 | Latvia | 1,022,000 | 2013 est. |
| 142 | Oman | 968,800 | 2007 |
| 143 | North 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 |