| Rank | Country | Labor force | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 774,710,016 |  |
| 2 | India | 521,900,000 | |
| 3 | Indonesia | 129,366,000 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 86,621,000 | |
| 5 | Russia | 69,923,000 |  |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 66,640,000 | |
| 7 | Japan | 66,540,000 | |
| 8 | Pakistan | 61,710,000 | |
| 9 | Nigeria | 60,080,000 | |
| 10 | Vietnam | 54,659,000 | |
| 11 | Ethiopia | 52,820,000 | |
| 12 | Mexico | 50,914,000 | |
| 13 | Germany | 44,585,000 | |
| 14 | Philippines | 41,533,000 | |
| 15 | Thailand | 37,546,000 | |
| 16 | United States | 35,412,000 | |
| 17 | Iran | 30,500,000 | |
| 18 | France | 27,742,000 | |
| 19 | Korea, South | 26,839,000 | |
| 20 | Turkey | 25,677,000 | |
| 21 | Tanzania | 24,890,000 | |
| 22 | Egypt | 24,113,000 | |
| 23 | Italy | 22,920,000 | |
| 24 | Burma | 22,300,000 | |
| 25 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20,692,000 | |
| 26 | Kenya | 19,600,000 | |
| 27 | Colombia | 19,309,000 | |
| 28 | Spain | 19,057,000 | |
| 29 | Canada | 18,136,000 | |
| 30 | Argentina | 18,000,000 | |
| 31 | Ukraine | 17,990,000 | |
| 32 | Nepal | 16,810,000 | |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 16,033,000 | |
| 34 | Uganda | 15,840,000 | |
| 35 | Malaysia | 15,139,000 | |
| 36 | South Africa | 14,687,000 | |
| 37 | Venezuela | 14,210,000 | |
| 38 | Korea, North | 14,000,000 | |
| 39 | Saudi Arabia | 13,800,000 | |
| 40 | Madagascar | 13,400,000 | |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 13,273,000 | |
| 42 | Mozambique | 12,900,000 | |
| 43 | Australia | 12,568,000 | |
| 44 | Angola | 12,510,000 | |
| 45 | Ghana | 12,490,000 | |
| 46 | Sudan | 11,920,000 | |
| 47 | Taiwan | 11,498,000 | |
| 48 | Algeria | 10,859,000 | |
| 49 | Morocco | 10,399,000 | |
| 50 | Cameroon | 9,912,000 | |
| 51 | Poland | 9,561,000 | |
| 52 | Cambodia | 8,913,000 | |
| 53 | Netherlands | 8,907,000 | |
| 54 | Iraq | 8,900,000 | |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 8,685,000 | |
| 56 | Burkina Faso | 8,501,000 | |
| 57 | Afghanistan | 8,478,000 | |
| 58 | Ecuador | 8,086,000 | |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 8,000,000 | |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 7,907,000 | |
| 61 | Yemen | 7,425,000 | |
| 62 | Chile | 7,249,000 | |
| 63 | Malawi | 7,000,000 | |
| 64 | Senegal | 6,966,000 | |
| 65 | Zambia | 6,898,000 | |
| 66 | Guatemala | 6,664,000 | |
| 67 | Niger | 6,500,000 | |
| 68 | Mali | 6,447,000 | |
| 69 | Rwanda | 6,227,000 | |
| 70 | Bolivia | 5,719,000 | |
| 71 | Chad | 5,654,000 | |
| 72 | Guinea | 5,558,000 | |
| 73 | United Arab Emirates | 5,344,000 | |
| 74 | Czech Republic | 5,222,000 | |
| 75 | Switzerland | 5,067,000 | |
| 76 | Sweden | 5,029,000 | |
| 77 | Burundi | 5,012,000 | |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 4,939,000 | |
| 79 | Romania | 4,889,000 | |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 4,732,000 | |
| 81 | Portugal | 4,717,000 | |
| 82 | Cuba | 4,691,000 | |
| 83 | Haiti | 4,594,000 | |
| 84 | Hungary | 4,414,000 | |
| 85 | Belarus | 4,381,000 | |
| 86 | Somalia | 4,154,000 | |
| 87 | Belgium | 4,122,000 | |
| 88 | Tunisia | 4,054,000 | |
| 89 | Greece | 4,000,000 | |
| 90 | Israel | 3,893,000 | |
| 91 | Singapore | 3,778,000 | |
| 92 | Syria | 3,767,000 | |
| 93 | Austria | 3,739,000 | |
| 94 | Honduras | 3,735,000 | |
| 95 | Papua New Guinea | 3,681,000 | |
| 96 | Benin | 3,662,000 | |
| 97 | Hong Kong | 3,627,000 | |
| 98 | Laos | 3,582,000 | |
| 99 | Paraguay | 3,428,000 | |
| 100 | Peru | 3,421,000 | |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 3,113,000 | |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 3,046,000 | |
| 103 | Serbia | 3,000,000 | |
| 104 | El Salvador | 2,908,000 | |
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,841,000 | |
| 106 | Denmark | 2,736,000 | |
| 107 | Eritrea | 2,710,000 | |
| 108 | New Zealand | 2,709,000 | |
| 109 | Norway | 2,699,000 | |
| 110 | Kuwait | 2,695,000 | |
| 111 | Togo | 2,595,000 | |
| 112 | Finland | 2,520,000 | |
| 113 | Slovakia | 2,511,000 | |
| 114 | Turkmenistan | 2,305,000 | |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 2,295,000 | |
| 116 | Ireland | 2,289,000 | |
| 117 | Oman | 2,255,000 | |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 2,242,000 | |
| 119 | Lebanon | 2,166,000 | |
| 120 | Congo, Republic of the | 2,055,000 | |
| 121 | Qatar | 1,953,000 | |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1,843,000 | |
| 123 | Uruguay | 1,748,000 | |
| 124 | Liberia | 1,677,000 | |
| 125 | Croatia | 1,656,000 | |
| 126 | Panama | 1,633,000 | |
| 127 | Armenia | 1,507,000 | |
| 128 | Mauritania | 1,437,000 | |
| 129 | Lithuania | 1,333,000 | |
| 130 | Moldova | 1,295,000 | |
| 131 | Mongolia | 1,241,000 | |
| 132 | Gaza Strip | 1,240,000 | |
| 133 | West Bank | 1,240,000 | |
| 134 | Botswana | 1,177,000 | |
| 135 | Puerto Rico | 1,139,000 | |
| 136 | Libya | 1,114,000 | |
| 137 | Jamaica | 1,113,000 | |
| 138 | Albania | 1,104,000 | |
| 139 | Namibia | 956,800 | |
| 140 | Lesotho | 930,800 | |
| 141 | Latvia | 885,000 | |
| 142 | Slovenia | 885,000 | |
| 143 | Bahrain | 831,600 | |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 806,000 | |
| 145 | Macedonia | 793,000 | |
| 146 | Gambia, The | 777,100 | |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 731,300 | |
| 148 | Jordan | 731,000 | |
| 149 | Georgia | 686,000 | |
| 150 | Estonia | 648,000 | |
| 151 | Trinidad and Tobago | 629,400 | |
| 152 | Gabon | 557,800 | |
| 153 | Mauritius | 554,000 | |
| 154 | Kosovo | 500,300 | |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 476,000 | |
| 156 | Swaziland | 427,900 | |
| 157 | Bhutan | 397,900 | |
| 158 | Macau | 392,000 | |
| 159 | Fiji | 353,100 | |
| 160 | Guyana | 313,800 | |
| 161 | Djibouti | 294,600 | |
| 162 | East Timor | 286,700 | |
| 163 | Comoros | 278,500 | |
| 164 | Malta | 223,000 | |
| 165 | Maldives | 222,200 | |
| 166 | Brunei | 203,600 | |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 202,500 | |
| 168 | Iceland | 200,000 | |
| 169 | Bahamas, The | 196,900 | |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 196,100 | |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 | |
| 172 | Montenegro | 167,000 | |
| 173 | Barbados | 144,000 | |
| 174 | Suriname | 144,000 | |
| 175 | Western Sahara | 144,000 | |
| 176 | Sierra Leone | 132,000 | |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 126,300 | |
| 178 | Belize | 120,500 | |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 119,500 | |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 115,900 | |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 79,700 | |
| 182 | Guam | 73,210 | |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72,600 | |
| 184 | Jersey | 59,950 | |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 | |
| 186 | Grenada | 55,270 | |
| 187 | Monaco | 52,000 | |
| 188 | Aruba | 51,610 | |
| 189 | Seychelles | 51,000 | |
| 190 | Samoa | 50,700 | |
| 191 | Virgin Islands | 48,550 | |
| 192 | Isle of Man | 41,790 | |
| 193 | Andorra | 39,750 | |
| 194 | Cayman Islands | 39,000 | |
| 195 | Kiribati | 39,000 | |
| 196 | Liechtenstein | 38,520 | |
| 197 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,920 | |
| 198 | Tonga | 33,800 | |
| 199 | Bermuda | 33,480 | |
| 200 | Guernsey | 31,470 | |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | |
| 202 | Northern Mariana Islands | 27,970 | |
| 203 | Faroe Islands | 27,540 | |
| 204 | Greenland | 26,840 | |
| 205 | Dominica | 25,000 | |
| 206 | Gibraltar | 24,420 | |
| 207 | San Marino | 21,960 | |
| 208 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 | |
| 209 | American Samoa | 17,850 | |
| 210 | Saint Martin | 17,300 | |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 12,770 | |
| 212 | Palau | 11,610 | |
| 213 | Marshall Islands | 10,670 | |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 6,820 | |
| 215 | Anguilla | 6,049 | |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 | |
| 217 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 4,822 | |
| 218 | Montserrat | 4,521 | |
| 219 | Wallis and Futuna | 4,482 | |
| 220 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,429 | |
| 221 | Tuvalu | 3,615 | |
| 222 | Saint Helena | 2,486 | |
| 223 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,850 | |
| 224 | Svalbard | 1,590 | |
| 225 | Norfolk Island | 978 | |
| 226 | Niue | 663 | |
| 227 | Tokelau | 440 | |
| 228 | Pitcairn Islands | 15 | |
Definition: This entry contains the total labor force figure.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
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