World Factbook
Labor force
Labor force compares the total labor force figure.
| Rank | Country | Labor force | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 806,700,000 | 2017 est. |
| 2 | India | 521,900,000 | 2017 est. |
| 3 | United States | 160,400,000 | 2017 est. |
| 4 | Indonesia | 125,000,000 | 2016 est. |
| 5 | Brazil | 104,200,000 | 2017 |
| 6 | Russia | 76,530,000 | 2017 est. |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 66,640,000 | 2017 est. |
| 8 | Japan | 65,010,000 | 2017 est. |
| 9 | Pakistan | 63,890,000 | 2017 est. |
| 10 | Nigeria | 60,080,000 | 2017 est. |
| 11 | Vietnam | 54,800,000 | 2017 est. |
| 12 | Mexico | 54,510,000 | 2017 est. |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 52,820,000 | 2017 est. |
| 14 | Germany | 45,900,000 | 2017 est. |
| 15 | Philippines | 42,780,000 | 2017 est. |
| 16 | Thailand | 38,370,000 | 2017 est. |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 33,500,000 | 2017 est. |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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 | Korea, South | 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 | Burma | 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 | Peru | 17,030,000 | 2017 est. |
| 37 | Nepal | 16,810,000 | 2017 est. |
| 38 | Uganda | 15,840,000 | 2015 est. |
| 39 | Malaysia | 14,940,000 | 2017 est. |
| 40 | Venezuela | 14,210,000 | 2017 est. |
| 41 | Korea, North | 14,000,000 | 2014 est. |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 13,800,000 | 2017 est. |
| 43 | Madagascar | 13,400,000 | 2017 est. |
| 44 | Australia | 12,910,000 | 2017 est. |
| 45 | Mozambique | 12,900,000 | 2017 est. |
| 46 | Angola | 12,510,000 | 2017 est. |
| 47 | Ghana | 12,490,000 | 2017 est. |
| 48 | Morocco | 12,000,000 | 2017 est. |
| 49 | Sudan | 11,920,000 | 2007 est. |
| 50 | Algeria | 11,820,000 | 2017 est. |
| 51 | Taiwan | 11,780,000 | 2017 est. |
| 52 | Cameroon | 9,912,000 | 2017 est. |
| 53 | Kazakhstan | 8,970,000 | 2017 est. |
| 54 | Romania | 8,951,000 | 2017 est. |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 8,937,000 | 2017 est. |
| 56 | Cambodia | 8,913,000 | 2017 est. |
| 57 | Iraq | 8,900,000 | 2010 est. |
| 58 | Chile | 8,881,000 | 2017 est. |
| 59 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,747,000 | 2017 est. |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 8,501,000 | 2016 est. |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 8,478,000 | 2017 est. |
| 62 | Ecuador | 8,086,000 | 2017 est. |
| 63 | Netherlands | 7,969,000 | 2017 est. |
| 64 | Zimbabwe | 7,907,000 | 2017 est. |
| 65 | Yemen | 7,425,000 | 2017 est. |
| 66 | Malawi | 7,000,000 | 2013 est. |
| 67 | Senegal | 6,966,000 | 2017 est. |
| 68 | Zambia | 6,898,000 | 2017 est. |
| 69 | Guatemala | 6,664,000 | 2017 est. |
| 70 | Niger | 6,500,000 | 2017 est. |
| 71 | Mali | 6,447,000 | 2017 est. |
| 72 | Rwanda | 6,227,000 | 2017 est. |
| 73 | Bolivia | 5,719,000 | 2016 est. |
| 74 | Chad | 5,654,000 | 2017 est. |
| 75 | Guinea | 5,558,000 | 2017 est. |
| 76 | Czechia | 5,427,000 | 2017 est. |
| 77 | Sweden | 5,361,000 | 2017 est. |
| 78 | United Arab Emirates | 5,344,000 | 2017 est. |
| 79 | Belgium | 5,324,000 | 2017 est. |
| 80 | Portugal | 5,233,000 | 2017 est. |
| 81 | Switzerland | 5,159,000 | 2017 est. |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 5,118,000 | 2017 est. |
| 83 | Burundi | 5,012,000 | 2017 est. |
| 84 | Greece | 4,769,000 | 2017 est. |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 4,732,000 | 2017 est. |
| 86 | Cuba | 4,691,000 | 2017 est. |
| 87 | Hungary | 4,599,000 | 2017 est. |
| 88 | Haiti | 4,594,000 | 2014 est. |
| 89 | Belarus | 4,381,000 | 2016 est. |
| 90 | Austria | 4,260,000 | 2017 est. |
| 91 | Somalia | 4,154,000 | 2016 est. |
| 92 | Tunisia | 4,054,000 | 2017 est. |
| 93 | Israel | 4,021,000 | 2017 est. |
| 94 | Hong Kong | 3,965,000 | 2017 est. |
| 95 | Syria | 3,767,000 | 2017 est. |
| 96 | Honduras | 3,735,000 | 2017 est. |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 3,681,000 | 2017 est. |
| 98 | Benin | 3,662,000 | 2007 est. |
| 99 | Singapore | 3,657,000 | 2017 est. |
| 100 | Laos | 3,582,000 | 2017 est. |
| 101 | Paraguay | 3,428,000 | 2017 est. |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 3,357,000 | 2017 est. |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 3,046,000 | 2017 est. |
| 104 | Denmark | 2,998,000 | 2017 est. |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 2,972,000 | 2017 est. |
| 106 | Serbia | 2,920,000 | 2017 est. |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,841,000 | 2017 est. |
| 108 | Norway | 2,797,000 | 2017 est. |
| 109 | El Salvador | 2,774,000 | 2017 est. |
| 110 | Slovakia | 2,758,000 | 2017 est. |
| 111 | Eritrea | 2,710,000 | 2017 est. |
| 112 | Kuwait | 2,695,000 | 2017 est. |
| 113 | New Zealand | 2,655,000 | 2017 est. |
| 114 | Togo | 2,595,000 | 2007 est. |
| 115 | Finland | 2,473,000 | 2017 est. |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 2,305,000 | 2013 est. |
| 117 | Jordan | 2,295,000 | 2017 est. |
| 118 | Tajikistan | 2,295,000 | 2016 est. |
| 119 | Oman | 2,255,000 | 2016 est. |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 2,242,000 | 2017 est. |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 2,229,000 | 2017 est. |
| 122 | Ireland | 2,226,000 | 2017 est. |
| 123 | Lebanon | 2,166,000 | 2016 est. |
| 124 | Congo, Republic of the | 2,055,000 | 2016 est. |
| 125 | Georgia | 1,998,000 | 2016 est. |
| 126 | Qatar | 1,953,000 | 2017 est. |
| 127 | Uruguay | 1,748,000 | 2017 est. |
| 128 | Liberia | 1,677,000 | 2017 est. |
| 129 | Panama | 1,633,000 | 2017 est. |
| 130 | Croatia | 1,559,000 | 2017 est. |
| 131 | Armenia | 1,507,000 | 2017 est. |
| 132 | Lithuania | 1,467,000 | 2017 est. |
| 133 | Mauritania | 1,437,000 | 2017 est. |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,380,000 | 2017 est. |
| 135 | Jamaica | 1,348,000 | 2017 est. |
| 136 | Moldova | 1,295,000 | 2017 est. |
| 137 | Mongolia | 1,241,000 | 2017 est. |
| 138 | Gaza Strip | 1,240,000 | 2017 est. |
| 139 | West Bank | 1,240,000 | 2017 est. |
| 140 | Albania | 1,198,000 | 2017 est. |
| 141 | Botswana | 1,177,000 | 2017 est. |
| 142 | Puerto Rico | 1,139,000 | December 2014 est. |
| 143 | Libya | 1,114,000 | 2017 est. |
| 144 | Latvia | 990,000 | 2017 est. |
| 145 | Slovenia | 959,000 | 2017 est. |
| 146 | Namibia | 956,800 | 2017 est. |
| 147 | Macedonia | 950,800 | 2017 est. |
| 148 | Lesotho | 930,800 | 2017 est. |
| 149 | Bahrain | 831,600 | 2017 est. |
| 150 | Gambia, The | 777,100 | 2007 est. |
| 151 | Guinea-Bissau | 731,300 | 2013 est. |
| 152 | Estonia | 670,200 | 2017 est. |
| 153 | Mauritius | 633,900 | 2017 est. |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 629,400 | 2017 est. |
| 155 | Gabon | 557,800 | 2017 est. |
| 156 | Kosovo | 500,300 | 2017 est. |
| 157 | Eswatini | 427,900 | 2016 est. |
| 158 | Cyprus | 426,600 | 2017 est. |
| 159 | Macau | 400,000 | 2017 est. |
| 160 | Bhutan | 397,900 | 2017 est. |
| 161 | Fiji | 353,100 | 2017 est. |
| 162 | Guyana | 313,800 | 2013 est. |
| 163 | Djibouti | 294,600 | 2012 |
| 164 | Timor-Leste | 286,700 | 2016 est. |
| 165 | Luxembourg | 282,800 | 2017 est. |
| 166 | Comoros | 278,500 | 2016 est. |
| 167 | Montenegro | 273,200 | 2017 est. |
| 168 | Maldives | 222,200 | 2017 est. |
| 169 | Malta | 206,300 | 2017 est. |
| 170 | Brunei | 203,600 | 2014 est. |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 202,500 | 2007 est. |
| 172 | Iceland | 198,700 | 2017 est. |
| 173 | Bahamas, The | 196,900 | 2013 est. |
| 174 | Cabo Verde | 196,100 | 2007 est. |
| 175 | Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 | 2007 est. |
| 176 | Barbados | 144,000 | 2017 est. |
| 177 | Suriname | 144,000 | 2014 est. |
| 178 | Western Sahara | 144,000 | 2010 est. |
| 179 | French Polynesia | 126,300 | 2016 est. |
| 180 | Belize | 120,500 | 2008 est. |
| 181 | New Caledonia | 119,500 | 2016 est. |
| 182 | Vanuatu | 115,900 | 2007 est. |
| 183 | Saint Lucia | 79,700 | 2012 est. |
| 184 | Guam | 73,210 | 2016 est. |
| 185 | Curacao | 73,010 | 2013 |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72,600 | 2017 est. |
| 187 | Jersey | 59,950 | 2017 est. |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 | 2007 est. |
| 189 | Grenada | 55,270 | 2017 est. |
| 190 | Monaco | 52,000 | 2014 est. |
| 191 | Aruba | 51,610 | 2007 est. |
| 192 | Samoa | 50,700 | 2016 est. |
| 193 | Virgin Islands | 48,550 | 2016 est. |
| 194 | Seychelles | 47,210 | 2017 est. |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 41,790 | 2006 |
| 196 | Andorra | 39,750 | 2016 |
| 197 | Cayman Islands | 39,000 | 2007 est. |
| 198 | Kiribati | 39,000 | 2010 est. |
| 199 | Liechtenstein | 38,520 | 2015 est. |
| 200 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 37,920 | 2010 est. |
| 201 | Tonga | 33,800 | 2011 est. |
| 202 | Bermuda | 33,480 | 2016 est. |
| 203 | Guernsey | 31,470 | March 2006 |
| 204 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | 1991 |
| 205 | Northern Mariana Islands | 27,970 | 2010 est. |
| 206 | Faroe Islands | 27,540 | 2017 est. |
| 207 | Greenland | 26,840 | 2015 est. |
| 208 | Dominica | 25,000 | 2000 est. |
| 209 | Gibraltar | 24,420 | 2014 est. |
| 210 | Sint Maarten | 23,200 | 2008 est. |
| 211 | San Marino | 21,960 | September 2013 est. |
| 212 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 | June 1995 est. |
| 213 | American Samoa | 17,850 | 2015 est. |
| 214 | Saint Martin | 17,300 | |
| 215 | British Virgin Islands | 12,770 | 2004 |
| 216 | Palau | 11,610 | 2016 |
| 217 | Marshall Islands | 10,670 | 2013 est. |
| 218 | Cook Islands | 6,820 | 2001 |
| 219 | Anguilla | 6,049 | 2001 |
| 220 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 | 1990 est. |
| 221 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 4,822 | 2016 |
| 222 | Montserrat | 4,521 | 2012 |
| 223 | Wallis and Futuna | 4,482 | 2013 |
| 224 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,429 | 2015 |
| 225 | Tuvalu | 3,615 | 2004 est. |
| 226 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 2,486 | 1998 est. |
| 227 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,850 | 2016 est. |
| 228 | Svalbard | 1,590 | 2013 |
| 229 | Norfolk Island | 978 | 2006 |
| 230 | Niue | 663 | 2001 |
| 231 | Tokelau | 440 | 2001 |
| 232 | Pitcairn Islands | 15 | 2004 |
Citation
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