Global Rankings: Labor Force (2024)

Rank	Country	Value
1	China	773.88 million
2	India	607.69 million
3	United States	174.17 million
4	Indonesia	143.14 million
5	Nigeria	113.35 million
6	Brazil	106.79 million
7	Pakistan	83.64 million
8	Bangladesh	77.36 million
9	Russian Federation	72.52 million
10	Japan	69.38 million
11	Mexico	60.96 million
12	Viet Nam	57.13 million
13	Ethiopia	54.47 million
14	Philippines	50.98 million
15	Germany	43.78 million
16	Thailand	40.62 million
17	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	38.55 million
18	Türkiye	36.08 million
19	United Kingdom	35.36 million
20	Egypt	33.75 million
21	Tanzania, United Republic of	32.98 million
22	France	31.74 million
23	Korea, Republic of	29.71 million
24	Iran, Islamic Republic of	28.57 million
25	South Africa	27.77 million
26	Colombia	26.82 million
27	Italy	25.81 million
28	Spain	24.41 million
29	Kenya	23.78 million
30	Canada	22.87 million
31	Uganda	22.83 million
32	Myanmar	22.74 million
33	Argentina	22.29 million
34	Peru	18.92 million
35	Malaysia	18.26 million
36	Poland	18.25 million
37	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	17.64 million
38	Saudi Arabia	17.17 million
39	Madagascar	16.52 million
40	Angola	15.96 million
41	Mozambique	15.17 million
42	Australia	14.91 million
43	Uzbekistan	13.97 million
44	Ghana	13.93 million
45	Algeria	13.29 million
46	Côte d'Ivoire	12.59 million
47	Morocco	12.48 million
48	Iraq	12.01 million
49	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	11.14 million
50	Cameroon	11.12 million
51	Niger	10.49 million
52	Netherlands	10.31 million
53	Kazakhstan	10.29 million
54	Chile	10.09 million
55	Cambodia	9.90 million
56	Afghanistan	9.13 million
57	Mali	9.13 million
58	Ecuador	8.82 million
59	Malawi	8.60 million
60	Sri Lanka	8.50 million
61	Nepal	8.44 million
62	Romania	8.26 million
63	Yemen	7.85 million
64	Guatemala	7.58 million
65	Zambia	7.41 million
66	United Arab Emirates	7.16 million
67	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	6.86 million
68	Syrian Arab Republic	6.62 million
69	Chad	6.60 million
70	Burkina Faso	6.46 million
71	Benin	6.40 million
72	Zimbabwe	6.39 million
73	Burundi	6.11 million
74	Senegal	5.76 million
75	Sweden	5.70 million
76	Rwanda	5.67 million
77	Czechia	5.55 million
78	Portugal	5.46 million
79	Dominican Republic	5.41 million
80	Belgium	5.41 million
81	Haiti	5.28 million
82	Switzerland	5.14 million
83	Azerbaijan	5.02 million
84	Hungary	4.95 million
85	Cuba	4.86 million
86	Belarus	4.82 million
87	Austria	4.77 million
88	Israel	4.71 million
89	Greece	4.66 million
90	Guinea	4.53 million
91	Honduras	4.30 million
92	Tunisia	4.25 million
93	Hong Kong	3.84 million
94	Singapore	3.72 million
95	Papua New Guinea	3.66 million
96	Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.58 million
97	Paraguay	3.50 million
98	Somalia	3.44 million
99	Togo	3.34 million
100	Serbia	3.23 million
101	Nicaragua	3.22 million
102	Denmark	3.21 million
103	Kyrgyzstan	3.20 million
104	Bulgaria	3.12 million
105	New Zealand	3.09 million
106	Jordan	3.08 million
107	Norway	3.04 million
108	Kuwait	2.96 million
109	El Salvador	2.89 million
110	Finland	2.89 million
111	Ireland	2.86 million
112	Sierra Leone	2.86 million
113	Tajikistan	2.78 million
114	Slovakia	2.78 million
115	Oman	2.70 million
116	Liberia	2.61 million
117	Libya	2.58 million
118	Congo	2.56 million
119	Turkmenistan	2.44 million
120	Costa Rica	2.36 million
121	Panama	2.21 million
122	Qatar	2.12 million
123	Central African Republic	2.00 million
124	Georgia	1.85 million
125	Uruguay	1.77 million
126	Croatia	1.73 million
127	Eritrea	1.71 million
128	Jamaica	1.57 million
129	Lithuania	1.55 million
130	Armenia	1.51 million
131	Mongolia	1.45 million
132	Moldova, Republic of	1.37 million
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.36 million
134	Mauritania	1.21 million
135	Albania	1.20 million
136	Botswana	1.17 million
137	Puerto Rico	1.15 million
138	Namibia	1.13 million
139	Slovenia	1.06 million
140	Latvia	956,772
141	Bahrain	913,340
142	Lesotho	884,160
143	Guinea-Bissau	845,297
144	Gabon	824,439
145	North Macedonia	793,203
146	Gambia	783,147
147	Cyprus	772,322
148	Estonia	756,363
149	Equatorial Guinea	714,966
150	Trinidad and Tobago	649,891
151	Timor-Leste	615,914
152	Mauritius	588,399
153	Solomon Islands	435,634
154	Bhutan	406,457
155	Eswatini	390,566
156	Fiji	387,815
157	Macao	382,104
158	Luxembourg	349,600
159	Malta	315,104
160	Guyana	292,190
161	Comoros	276,379
162	Maldives	270,346
163	Djibouti	265,171
164	Suriname	255,453
165	Montenegro	245,167
166	Iceland	237,328
167	Bahamas	237,110
168	Brunei Darussalam	233,520
169	Cabo Verde	224,498
170	Belize	189,961
171	Barbados	147,247
172	New Caledonia	130,763
173	French Polynesia	119,055
174	Vanuatu	118,094
175	Saint Lucia	102,438
176	Guam	77,700
177	Samoa	57,239
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52,149
179	Virgin Islands, U.S.	47,229
180	Tonga	34,784
181	Sao Tome and Principe	34,471

About This Indicator

Labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes people who are currently employed and people who are unemployed but seeking work as well as first-time job-seekers. Not everyone who works is included, however. Unpaid workers, family workers, and students are often omitted, and some countries do not count members of the armed forces. Labor force size tends to vary during the year as seasonal workers enter and leave.

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators