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Labour force, total: ranking of countries

187 countries ranked by their latest value (2021–2025). China is highest at 768m; Tonga is lowest at 33,628.

World 3.7bn (2025)Median country 4.3m187 countries
Labour force: world and regions, 1994–2025
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
01.0bn2.0bn3.0bn4.0bn1994199920042009201420192024WorldWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
Highest ten
China768mIndia618mUnited States175mIndonesia147mNigeria117mBrazil108mPakistan85.2mBangladesh74.7mRussia72.8mJapan69.5m
Lowest tenof 187
Vanuatu120,833French Polynesia120,628Saint Lucia101,771Channel Islands81,617Guam78,007Samoa57,776Saint Vincent and the Grenadines53,688US Virgin Islands47,132São Tomé and Príncipe35,075Tonga33,628
full ranking

All 187 countries

Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.

187 shown
#CountryRegionLabour forceYearRelative
1ChinaEast Asia & Pacific768m2025
2IndiaSouth Asia618m2025
3United StatesNorth America175m2025
4IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific147m2025
5NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa117m2025
6BrazilLatin America & Caribbean108m2025
7PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan85.2m2025
8BangladeshSouth Asia74.7m2025
9RussiaEurope & Central Asia72.8m2025
10JapanEast Asia & Pacific69.5m2025
11MexicoLatin America & Caribbean61.7m2025
12VietnamEast Asia & Pacific57.0m2025
13EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa56.8m2025
14PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific52.2m2025
15GermanyEurope & Central Asia43.5m2025
16ThailandEast Asia & Pacific40.9m2025
17Democratic Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa39.2m2025
18TürkiyeEurope & Central Asia36.9m2025
19EgyptMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan36.1m2025
20United KingdomEurope & Central Asia35.4m2025
21TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa34.1m2025
22FranceEurope & Central Asia31.9m2025
23South KoreaEast Asia & Pacific29.9m2025
24IranMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan29.5m2025
25ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean27.1m2025
26South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa26.7m2025
27ItalyEurope & Central Asia25.7m2025
28SpainEurope & Central Asia24.8m2025
29KenyaSub-Saharan Africa24.7m2025
30UgandaSub-Saharan Africa23.4m2025
31MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific22.9m2025
32CanadaNorth America22.8m2025
33ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean22.4m2025
34UkraineEurope & Central Asia20.5m2021
35PeruLatin America & Caribbean19.2m2025
36MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific18.7m2025
37Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan18.4m2025
38PolandEurope & Central Asia18.2m2025
39North KoreaEast Asia & Pacific17.7m2025
40MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa17.1m2025
41AngolaSub-Saharan Africa16.3m2025
42MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa15.7m2025
43AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific15.1m2025
44UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia14.6m2025
45AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan13.6m2025
46GhanaSub-Saharan Africa13.3m2025
47Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa13.1m2025
48MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan12.6m2025
49IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan12.5m2025
50NigerSub-Saharan Africa12.0m2025
51CameroonSub-Saharan Africa11.5m2025
52VenezuelaLatin America & Caribbean11.1m2025
53SudanSub-Saharan Africa10.9m2022
54CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific10.4m2025
55NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia10.3m2025
56ChileLatin America & Caribbean10.3m2025
57KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia10.0m2025
58Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa9.9m2025
59AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan9.4m2025
60MaliSub-Saharan Africa9.2m2025
61EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean9.0m2025
62NepalSouth Asia8.4m2025
63MalawiSub-Saharan Africa8.3m2025
64Sri LankaSouth Asia8.3m2025
65RomaniaEurope & Central Asia8.2m2025
66YemenMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan8.2m2025
67ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa8.0m2025
68GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean7.7m2025
69United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan7.6m2025
70BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean7.0m2025
71ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa6.9m2025
72SyriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan6.8m2025
73ChadSub-Saharan Africa6.7m2025
74BeninSub-Saharan Africa6.6m2025
75BurundiSub-Saharan Africa6.3m2025
76SenegalSub-Saharan Africa6.1m2025
77RwandaSub-Saharan Africa5.8m2025
78SwedenEurope & Central Asia5.7m2025
79CzechiaEurope & Central Asia5.6m2025
80Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean5.5m2025
81PortugalEurope & Central Asia5.5m2025
82BelgiumEurope & Central Asia5.5m2025
83HaitiLatin America & Caribbean5.3m2025
84SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia5.2m2025
85AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia5.1m2025
86South SudanSub-Saharan Africa5.1m2023
87HungaryEurope & Central Asia4.9m2025
88CubaLatin America & Caribbean4.9m2025
89IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.8m2025
90BelarusEurope & Central Asia4.8m2025
91AustriaEurope & Central Asia4.8m2025
92GuineaSub-Saharan Africa4.7m2025
93GreeceEurope & Central Asia4.7m2025
94HondurasLatin America & Caribbean4.3m2025
95TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan4.3m2025
96Hong KongEast Asia & Pacific3.8m2025
97SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific3.8m2025
98Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific3.7m2025
99LaosEast Asia & Pacific3.7m2025
100SomaliaSub-Saharan Africa3.6m2025
101ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean3.5m2025
102SerbiaEurope & Central Asia3.3m2025
103NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean3.3m2025
104DenmarkEurope & Central Asia3.3m2025
105JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan3.2m2025
106NorwayEurope & Central Asia3.1m2025
107BulgariaEurope & Central Asia3.1m2025
108New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific3.1m2025
109El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean3.0m2025
110TogoSub-Saharan Africa3.0m2025
111Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa2.9m2025
112KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.9m2025
113IrelandEurope & Central Asia2.9m2025
114FinlandEurope & Central Asia2.9m2025
115KyrgyzstanEurope & Central Asia2.9m2025
116OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.8m2025
117SlovakiaEurope & Central Asia2.8m2025
118LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa2.7m2025
119TajikistanEurope & Central Asia2.6m2025
120Republic of the CongoSub-Saharan Africa2.6m2025
121LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.6m2025
122Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean2.4m2025
123PanamaLatin America & Caribbean2.3m2025
124TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia2.2m2025
125QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan2.2m2025
126Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa2.1m2025
127GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia2.0m2025
128LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.8m2023
129UruguayLatin America & Caribbean1.8m2025
130EritreaSub-Saharan Africa1.8m2025
131CroatiaEurope & Central Asia1.7m2025
132JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean1.6m2025
133LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia1.6m2025
134ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia1.5m2025
135MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific1.5m2025
136West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan1.4m2022
137MoldovaEurope & Central Asia1.4m2025
138Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia1.3m2025
139AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia1.3m2025
140MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa1.2m2025
141Puerto RicoLatin America & Caribbean1.2m2025
142BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa1.2m2025
143NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa1.2m2025
144SloveniaEurope & Central Asia1.0m2025
145LatviaEurope & Central Asia948,4282025
146BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan919,5012025
147Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa899,2202025
148LesothoSub-Saharan Africa889,5302025
149GabonSub-Saharan Africa844,1452025
150The GambiaSub-Saharan Africa807,2752025
151North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia789,3692025
152CyprusEurope & Central Asia770,2682025
153EstoniaEurope & Central Asia754,2062025
154Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa737,9772025
155Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean651,7152025
156Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific635,4892025
157MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa622,3282025
158Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific448,5022025
159EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa430,8692025
160BhutanSouth Asia411,2632025
161MacaoEast Asia & Pacific401,5722025
162FijiEast Asia & Pacific390,2902025
163LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia355,9742025
164GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean326,6822025
165MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan323,0522025
166ComorosSub-Saharan Africa310,8412025
167MontenegroEurope & Central Asia296,6182025
168MaldivesSouth Asia272,3202025
169DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan267,6102025
170SurinameLatin America & Caribbean257,1282025
171BahamasLatin America & Caribbean245,1592025
172IcelandEurope & Central Asia242,5072025
173BruneiEast Asia & Pacific237,7632025
174Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa226,4482025
175BelizeLatin America & Caribbean184,2862025
176BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean151,6202025
177New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific131,4882025
178VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific120,8332025
179French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific120,6282025
180Saint LuciaLatin America & Caribbean101,7712025
181Channel IslandsEurope & Central Asia81,6172025
182GuamEast Asia & Pacific78,0072025
183SamoaEast Asia & Pacific57,7762025
184Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean53,6882025
185US Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean47,1322025
186São Tomé and PríncipeSub-Saharan Africa35,0752025
187TongaEast Asia & Pacific33,6282025
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Labor force, total
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