Labor force
See how world countries compare to each other in terms of Labor force. Follow the color coded map to visually see how Labor force is distributed between world countries. The darker the color, the higher the value. You can filter which regions to display in the table. When filters are used the two ranks are displayed: the one within the current filter set and the global rank.
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| # | Country | Value | Last update | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 / 1 |  |
China | 797,600,000 | 2013 est. |
| 2 / 2 | |
India | 487,300,000 | 2013 est. |
| 3 / 3 | |
United States | 155,400,000 | 2013 est. |
| 4 / 4 | |
Indonesia | 120,000,000 | 2013 est. |
| 5 / 5 | |
Brazil | 107,300,000 | 2013 est. |
| 6 / 6 | |
Bangladesh | 78,620,000 | 2013 est. |
| 7 / 7 | |
Russia | 75,290,000 | 2013 est. |
| 8 / 8 | |
Japan | 65,620,000 | 2013 est. |
| 9 / 9 | |
Pakistan | 59,210,000 | 2012 est. |
| 10 / 10 | |
Vietnam | 52,930,000 | 2013 est. |
| 11 / 11 | |
Nigeria | 51,530,000 | 2011 est. |
| 12 / 12 | |
Mexico | 51,480,000 | 2013 est. |
| 13 / 13 | |
Ethiopia | 45,650,000 | 2013 est. |
| 14 / 14 | |
Germany | 44,200,000 | 2013 est. |
| 15 / 15 | |
Philippines | 41,330,000 | 2013 est. |
| 16 / 16 | |
Thailand | 39,380,000 | 2013 est. |
| 17 / 17 | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 35,180,000 | 2013 est. |
| 18 / 18 | |
Burma | 34,310,000 | 2013 est. |
| 19 / 19 | |
United Kingdom | 30,150,000 | 2013 est. |
| 20 / 20 | |
France | 29,940,000 | 2013 est. |
| 21 / 21 | |
Turkey | 27,910,000 | 2013 est. |
| 22 / 22 | |
Iran | 27,720,000 | 2013 est. |
| 23 / 23 | |
Egypt | 27,690,000 | 2013 est. |
| 24 / 24 | |
Korea, South | 25,860,000 | 2013 est. |
| 25 / 25 | |
Italy | 25,740,000 | 2013 est. |
| 26 / 26 | |
Tanzania | 25,590,000 | 2013 est. |
| 27 / 27 | |
Colombia | 23,750,000 | 2013 est. |
| 28 / 28 | |
Spain | 23,200,000 | 2013 est. |
| 29 / 29 | |
Ukraine | 22,170,000 | 2013 est. |
| 30 / 30 | |
Kenya | 19,670,000 | 2013 est. |
| 31 / 31 | |
Canada | 19,080,000 | 2013 est. |
| 32 / 32 | |
South Africa | 18,540,000 | 2013 est. |
| 33 / 33 | |
Poland | 18,220,000 | 2013 est. |
| 34 / 34 | |
Uganda | 17,400,000 | 2013 est. |
| 35 / 35 | |
Argentina | 17,320,000 | 2013 est. |
| 36 / 36 | |
Uzbekistan | 16,990,000 | 2013 est. |
| 37 / 37 | |
Peru | 16,160,000 | 2012 est. |
| 38 / 38 | |
Nepal | 16,000,000 | 2011 est. |
| 39 / 39 | |
Venezuela | 14,010,000 | 2013 est. |
| 40 / 40 | |
Malaysia | 13,190,000 | 2013 est. |
| 41 / 41 | |
Korea, North | 12,600,000 | 2012 est. |
| 42 / 42 | |
Australia | 12,440,000 | 2013 est. |
| 43 / 43 | |
Ghana | 12,070,000 | 2013 est. |
| 44 / 44 | |
Sudan | 11,920,000 | 2007 est. |
| 45 / 45 | |
Morocco | 11,730,000 | 2013 est. |
| 46 / 46 | |
Taiwan | 11,550,000 | 2013 est. |
| 47 / 47 | |
Algeria | 11,150,000 | 2013 est. |
| 48 / 48 | |
Mozambique | 10,550,000 | 2013 est. |
| 49 / 49 | |
Madagascar | 9,504,000 | 2007 |
| 50 / 50 | |
Romania | 9,451,000 | 2013 est. |
| 51 / 51 | |
Kazakhstan | 9,022,000 | 2013 est. |
| 52 / 52 | |
Angola | 9,018,000 | 2013 est. |
| 53 / 53 | |
Iraq | 8,900,000 | 2010 est. |
| 54 / 54 | |
Sri Lanka | 8,528,000 | 2013 est. |
| 55 / 55 | |
Cameroon | 8,426,000 | 2013 est. |
| 56 / 56 | |
Saudi Arabia | 8,412,000 | 2013 est. |
| 57 / 57 | |
Chile | 8,367,000 | 2013 est. |
| 58 / 58 | |
Netherlands | 7,939,000 | 2013 est. |
| 59 / 59 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 7,928,000 | 2013 est. |
| 60 / 60 | |
Cambodia | 7,900,000 | 2011 est. |
| 61 / 61 | |
Afghanistan | 7,512,000 | 2012 est. |
| 62 / 62 | |
Yemen | 7,100,000 | 2013 est. |
| 63 / 63 | |
Ecuador | 6,953,000 | 2013 est. |
| 64 / 64 | |
Burkina Faso | 6,668,000 | 2007 |
| 65 / 65 | |
Zambia | 6,275,000 | 2013 est. |
| 66 / 66 | |
Senegal | 6,096,000 | 2013 est. |
| 67 / 67 | |
Malawi | 5,747,000 | 2007 est. |
| 68 / 68 | |
Guinea | 5,409,000 | 2013 est. |
| 69 / 69 | |
Portugal | 5,395,000 | 2013 est. |
| 70 / 70 | |
Czech Republic | 5,304,000 | 2013 est. |
| 71 / 71 | |
Cuba | 5,233,000 | 2013 est. |
| 72 / 72 | |
Belgium | 5,150,000 | 2013 est. |
| 73 / 73 | |
Sweden | 5,107,000 | 2013 est. |
| 74 / 74 | |
Syria | 5,014,000 | 2013 est. |
| 75 / 75 | |
Belarus | 5,000,000 | 2009 |
| 76 / 76 | |
Switzerland | 4,976,000 | 2013 est. |
| 77 / 77 | |
Bolivia | 4,922,000 | 2012 est. |
| 78 / 78 | |
Greece | 4,918,000 | 2013 est. |
| 79 / 79 | |
Dominican Republic | 4,912,000 | 2013 est. |
| 80 / 80 | |
Haiti | 4,810,000 | 2010 est. |
| 81 / 81 | |
Niger | 4,688,000 | 2007 |
| 82 / 82 | |
Azerbaijan | 4,680,000 | 2012 est. |
| 83 / 83 | |
United Arab Emirates | 4,588,000 | 2013 est. |
| 84 / 84 | |
Guatemala | 4,465,000 | 2013 est. |
| 85 / 85 | |
Rwanda | 4,446,000 | 2007 |
| 86 / 86 | |
Chad | 4,293,000 | 2007 |
| 87 / 87 | |
Hungary | 4,263,000 | 2013 est. |
| 88 / 88 | |
Burundi | 4,245,000 | 2007 |
| 89 / 89 | |
Papua New Guinea | 4,077,000 | 2013 est. |
| 90 / 90 | |
Tunisia | 3,974,000 | 2013 est. |
| 91 / 91 | |
Zimbabwe | 3,939,000 | 2013 est. |
| 92 / 92 | |
Hong Kong | 3,873,000 | 2013 est. |
| 93 / 93 | |
Austria | 3,737,000 | 2013 est. |
| 94 / 94 | |
Benin | 3,662,000 | 2007 est. |
| 95 / 95 | |
Honduras | 3,507,000 | 2013 est. |
| 96 / 96 | |
Israel | 3,493,000 | 2013 est. |
| 97 / 97 | |
Somalia | 3,447,000 | 2007 |
| 98 / 98 | |
Singapore | 3,444,000 | 2013 est. |
| 99 / 99 | |
Laos | 3,373,000 | 2013 est. |
| 100 / 100 | |
Mali | 3,241,000 | 2007 est. |
| 101 / 101 | |
Paraguay | 3,190,000 | 2013 est. |
| 102 / 102 | |
Nicaragua | 3,039,000 | 2013 est. |
| 103 / 103 | |
Eritrea | 2,955,000 | 2012 est. |
| 104 / 104 | |
Congo, Republic of the | 2,890,000 | 2011 est. |
| 105 / 105 | |
Denmark | 2,795,000 | 2013 est. |
| 106 / 106 | |
El Salvador | 2,738,000 | 2013 est. |
| 107 / 107 | |
Slovakia | 2,727,000 | 2013 est. |
| 108 / 108 | |
Norway | 2,707,000 | 2014 est. |
| 109 / 109 | |
Finland | 2,685,000 | 2013 est. |
| 110 / 110 | |
Togo | 2,595,000 | 2007 |
| 111 / 111 | |
Bulgaria | 2,551,000 | 2013 est. |
| 112 / 112 | |
New Zealand | 2,413,000 | 2013 est. |
| 113 / 113 | |
Kuwait | 2,380,000 | 2013 est. |
| 114 / 114 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 2,344,000 | 2007 |
| 115 / 115 | |
Turkmenistan | 2,300,000 | 2008 est. |
| 116 / 116 | |
Costa Rica | 2,222,000 | 2013 est. |
| 117 / 117 | |
Tajikistan | 2,209,000 | 2013 est. |
| 118 / 118 | |
Sierra Leone | 2,207,000 | 2007 est. |
| 119 / 119 | |
Ireland | 2,161,000 | 2013 est. |
| 120 / 120 | |
Central African Republic | 2,082,000 | 2011 est. |
| 121 / 121 | |
Georgia | 1,959,000 | 2011 est. |
| 122 / 122 | |
Jordan | 1,898,000 | 2013 est. |
| 123 / 123 | |
Croatia | 1,715,000 | 2013 est. |
| 124 / 124 | |
Serbia | 1,703,000 | 2013 est. |
| 125 / 125 | |
Uruguay | 1,700,000 | 2013 est. |
| 126 / 126 | |
Libya | 1,644,000 | 2013 est. |
| 127 / 127 | |
Panama | 1,540,000 | 2013 est. |
| 128 / 128 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,490,000 | 2012 est. |
| 129 / 129 | |
Lebanon | 1,481,000 | 2007 est. |
| 130 / 130 | |
Lithuania | 1,452,000 | 2013 est. |
| 131 / 131 | |
Qatar | 1,424,000 | 2013 est. |
| 132 / 132 | |
Armenia | 1,394,000 | 2013 est. |
| 133 / 133 | |
Liberia | 1,372,000 | 2007 |
| 134 / 134 | |
Mauritania | 1,318,000 | 2007 |
| 135 / 135 | |
Botswana | 1,308,000 | 2013 est. |
| 136 / 136 | |
Puerto Rico | 1,286,000 | March 2012 |
| 137 / 137 | |
Jamaica | 1,261,000 | 2013 est. |
| 138 / 138 | |
Moldova | 1,206,000 | 2013 est. |
| 139 / 139 | |
Albania | 1,098,000 | 2013 est. |
| 140 / 140 | |
Mongolia | 1,037,000 | 2011 est. |
| 141 / 141 | |
West Bank | 1,025,000 | 2013 est. |
| 142 / 142 | |
Latvia | 1,022,000 | 2013 est. |
| 143 / 143 | |
Oman | 968,800 | 2007 |
| 144 / 144 | |
Macedonia | 960,700 | 2013 est. |
| 145 / 145 | |
Slovenia | 913,400 | 2013 est. |
| 146 / 146 | |
Namibia | 880,400 | 2013 est. |
| 147 / 147 | |
Lesotho | 874,200 | 2013 est. |
| 148 / 148 | |
Kosovo | 800,000 | 2011 est. |
| 149 / 149 | |
Gambia, The | 777,100 | 2007 |
| 150 / 150 | |
Bahrain | 716,500 | 2013 est. |
| 151 / 151 | |
Estonia | 692,900 | 2013 est. |
| 152 / 152 | |
Mauritius | 637,600 | 2013 est. |
| 153 / 153 | |
Guinea-Bissau | 632,700 | 2007 |
| 154 / 154 | |
Gabon | 629,100 | 2013 est. |
| 155 / 155 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 621,000 | 2013 est. |
| 156 / 156 | |
Cyprus | 443,500 | 2013 est. |
| 157 / 157 | |
Swaziland | 424,100 | 2011 est. |
| 158 / 158 | |
Timor-Leste | 418,200 | 2009 |
| 159 / 159 | |
Macau | 367,800 | 2013 est. |
| 160 / 160 | |
Gaza Strip | 348,200 | 2010 est. |
| 161 / 161 | |
Bhutan | 336,400 | 2012 |
| 162 / 162 | |
Fiji | 335,000 | 2007 est. |
| 163 / 163 | |
Guyana | 313,100 | 2009 est. |
| 164 / 164 | |
Djibouti | 294,600 | 2012 |
| 165 / 165 | |
Montenegro | 251,300 | 2011 est. |
| 166 / 166 | |
Comoros | 233,500 | 2011 est. |
| 167 / 167 | |
Luxembourg | 208,800 | 2013 est. |
| 168 / 168 | |
Brunei | 205,800 | 2011 est. |
| 169 / 169 | |
Solomon Islands | 202,500 | 2007 |
| 170 / 170 | |
Bahamas, The | 196,900 | 2013 est. |
| 171 / 171 | |
Cape Verde | 196,100 | 2007 |
| 172 / 172 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 195,200 | 2007 |
| 173 / 173 | |
Malta | 190,400 | 2013 est. |
| 174 / 174 | |
Iceland | 181,100 | 2013 est. |
| 175 / 175 | |
Suriname | 165,600 | 2007 |
| 176 / 176 | |
Maldives | 159,700 | 2012 |
| 177 / 177 | |
Western Sahara | 144,000 | 2010 est. |
| 178 / 178 | |
Barbados | 141,800 | 2013 est. |
| 179 / 179 | |
Belize | 120,500 | 2008 est. |
| 180 / 180 | |
French Polynesia | 116,000 | 2007 |
| 181 / 181 | |
Vanuatu | 115,900 | 2007 |
| 182 / 182 | |
New Caledonia | 106,400 | 2010 |
| 183 / 183 | |
Saint Lucia | 79,700 | 2012 |
| 184 / 184 | |
Curacao | 73,010 | 2013 |
| 185 / 185 | |
Guam | 69,390 | 2010 est. |
| 186 / 186 | |
Grenada | 59,900 | 2013 est. |
| 187 / 187 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57,520 | 2007 est. |
| 188 / 188 | |
Jersey | 53,380 | June 2012 |
| 189 / 189 | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 52,490 | 2007 |
| 190 / 190 | |
Monaco | 52,490 | 2012 est. |
| 191 / 191 | |
Aruba | 51,610 | 2007 est. |
| 192 / 192 | |
Virgin Islands | 49,820 | 2007 est. |
| 193 / 193 | |
Samoa | 47,930 | 2011 est. |
| 194 / 194 | |
Isle of Man | 41,790 | 2006 |
| 195 / 195 | |
Tonga | 39,960 | 2007 |
| 196 / 196 | |
Seychelles | 39,560 | 2006 |
| 197 / 197 | |
Cayman Islands | 39,000 | 2007 |
| 198 / 198 | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 38,450 | 2005 est. |
| 199 / 199 | |
Bermuda | 37,400 | 2011 |
| 200 / 200 | |
Andorra | 36,060 | 2012 |
| 201 / 201 | |
Liechtenstein | 35,830 | 2012 |
| 202 / 202 | |
Faroe Islands | 34,710 | November 2010 |
| 203 / 203 | |
Guernsey | 31,470 | March 2006 |
| 204 / 204 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 30,000 | 1991 |
| 205 / 205 | |
Greenland | 28,600 | 2011 |
| 206 / 206 | |
Dominica | 25,000 | 2000 est. |
| 207 / 207 | |
Sint Maarten | 23,200 | 2008 est. |
| 208 / 208 | |
San Marino | 21,960 | September 2013 |
| 209 / 209 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 18,170 | June 1995 |
| 210 / 210 | |
American Samoa | 17,630 | 2005 |
| 211 / 211 | |
Saint Martin | 17,300 | |
| 212 / 212 | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 15,920 | 2011 |
| 213 / 213 | |
British Virgin Islands | 12,770 | 2004 |
| 214 / 214 | |
Gibraltar | 12,690 | 2001 |
| 215 / 215 | |
Marshall Islands | 10,480 | 2011 est. |
| 216 / 216 | |
Palau | 9,777 | 2005 |
| 217 / 217 | |
Kiribati | 7,870 | 2001 |
| 218 / 218 | |
Cook Islands | 6,820 | 2001 |
| 219 / 219 | |
Anguilla | 6,049 | 2001 |
| 220 / 220 | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 5,246 | 2006 |
| 221 / 221 | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,848 | 1990 est. |
| 222 / 222 | |
Montserrat | 4,521 | 2012 |
| 223 / 223 | |
Tuvalu | 3,615 | 2004 est. |
| 224 / 224 | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3,194 | 2006 |
| 225 / 225 | |
Wallis and Futuna | 3,104 | 2003 |
| 226 / 226 | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | 2,832 | December 2011 |
| 227 / 227 | |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 2,486 | 1998 est. |
| 228 / 228 | |
Svalbard | 1,234 | 2003 |
| 229 / 229 | |
Norfolk Island | 978 | 2006 |
| 230 / 230 | |
Niue | 663 | 2001 |
| 231 / 231 | |
Tokelau | 440 | 2001 |
| 232 / 232 | |
Pitcairn Islands | 15 | 2004 |