Country Comparison > Labor force

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

See also: Labor force map