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{{see also|List of countries by sector composition of the labor force}}

This is a '''list of countries by size of the [[labour force]] ''' mostly based on [[The World Factbook]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/labor-force/country-comparison|title=The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency|website=www.cia.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-07-15}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#ececec"
! Rank !! Country/Region !! Labour force !! Date of <br/> information
|-
| — || {{noflag}}''World'' || 3,382,000,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 1 || {{flag|China}} || 791,483,000 || 2021 est.
|-
| 2 || {{flag|India}} || 476,670,100 || 2021 est.
|-
| 3 || {{flag|United States}} || 160,400,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 4 || {{flag|Indonesia}} || 125,000,000 || 2016 est.
|-
| 5 || {{flag|Brazil}} || 104,200,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 6 || {{flag|Russia}}|| 76,530,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 7 || {{flag|Bangladesh}}|| 66,640,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 8 || {{flag|Japan}} || 65,010,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 9 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || 63,890,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 10 || {{flag|Nigeria}} || 60,080,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 11 || {{flag|Vietnam}} || 54,800,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 12 || {{flag|Mexico}} || 54,510,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 13 || {{flag|Ethiopia}} || 52,820,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 14 || {{flag|Germany}} || 45,900,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 15 || {{flag|Philippines}} || 42,780,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 16 || {{flag|Thailand}} || 38,370,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 17 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 33,500,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 18 || {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}|| 31,360,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 19 || {{flag|Turkey}}|| 31,300,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 20 || {{flag|France}}|| 30,680,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 21 || {{flag|Iran}}|| 30,500,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 22 || {{flag|Egypt}}|| 29,950,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 23 || {{flag|South Korea}}|| 27,750,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 24 || {{flag|Italy}}|| 25,940,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 25 || {{flag|Colombia}}|| 25,760,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 26 || {{flag|Tanzania}}|| 24,890,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 27 || {{flag|Spain}}|| 22,750,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 28 || {{flag|Myanmar}}|| 22,300,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 29 || {{flag|South Africa}}|| 22,190,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 30 || {{flag|Kenya}} || 19,600,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 31 || {{flag|Canada}} || 19,520,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 32 || {{flag|Uzbekistan}}|| 18,120,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 33 || {{flag|Argentina}}|| 18,000,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 34 || {{flag|Ukraine}}|| 17,990,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 35 || {{flag|Poland}}|| 17,600,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 36 || {{flag|Uganda}}|| 17,400,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 37 || {{flag|Peru}} || 16,160,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 38 || {{flag|Nepal}} || 16,000,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 39 || {{flag|Venezuela}} || 14,010,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 40 || {{flag|Malaysia}} || 13,190,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 41 || {{flag|North Korea}} || 12,600,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 42 || {{flag|Australia}} || 12,440,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 43 || {{flag|Ghana}} || 12,070,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 44 || {{flag|Sudan}} || 11,920,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 45 || {{flag|Taiwan}} || 11,780,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 46 || {{flag|Morocco}} || 11,730,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 47 || {{flag|Algeria}} || 11,150,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 48 || {{flag|Mozambique}} || 10,550,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 49 || {{flag|Madagascar}} || 9,504,000 || 2007
|-
| 50 || {{flag|Romania}} || 9,451,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 51 || {{flag|Netherlands}} || 9,090,000 || 2018 est.
|-
| 52 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || 9,022,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 53 || {{flag|Angola}} || 9,018,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 54 || {{flag|Iraq}} || 8,900,000 || 2010 est.
|-
| 55 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 8,528,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 56 || {{flag|Cameroon}} || 8,426,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 57 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 8,412,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 58 || {{flag|Chile}} || 8,367,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 59 || {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} || 7,928,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 60 || {{flag|Cambodia}} || 7,900,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 61 || {{flag|Afghanistan}} || 7,512,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 62 || {{flag|Yemen}} || 7,100,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 63 || {{flag|Ecuador}} || 6,953,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 64 || {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 6,668,000 || 2007
|-
| 65 || {{flag|Zambia}} || 6,275,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 66 || {{flag|Senegal}} || 6,096,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 67 || {{flag|Malawi}} || 5,747,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 68 || {{flag|Guinea}} || 5,409,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 69 || {{flag|Portugal}} || 5,395,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 70 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 5,340,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 71 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 5,304,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 71 || {{flag|Cuba}} || 5,233,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 72 || {{flag|Belgium}} || 5,150,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 73 || {{flag|Sweden}} || 5,107,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 74 || {{flag|Syria}} || 5,014,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 75 || {{flag|Belarus}} || 5,000,000 || 2009
|-
| 76 || {{flag|Switzerland}} || 4,976,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 77 || {{flag|Bolivia}} || 4,992,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 78 || {{flag|Greece}} || 4,918,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 79 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 4,912,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 80 || {{flag|Haiti}} || 4,810,000 || 2010 est.
|-
| 81 || {{flag|Niger}} || 4,688,000 || 2007
|-
| 82 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 4,680,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 84 || {{flag|Guatemala}} || 4,465,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 85 || {{flag|Rwanda}} || 4,446,000 || 2007
|-
| 86 || {{flag|Chad}} || 4,293,000 || 2007
|-
| 87 || {{flag|Hungary}} || 4,263,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 88 || {{flag|Burundi}} || 4,245,000 || 2007
|-
| 89 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 4,077,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 90 || {{flag|Tunisia}} || 3,974,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 91 || {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 3,939,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 92 || {{flag|Hong Kong}} || 3,873,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 93 || {{flag|Austria}} || 3,737,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 94 || {{flag|Benin}} || 3,662,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 95 || {{flag|Honduras}} || 3,507,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 96 || {{flag|Israel}} || 3,493,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 97 || {{flag|Somalia}} || 3,447,000 || 2007
|-
| 98 || {{flag|Singapore}} || 3,444,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 99 || {{flag|Laos}} || 3,337,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 100 || {{flag|Mali}} || 3,241,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 101 || {{flag|Paraguay}} || 3,190,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 102 || {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 3,039,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 103 || {{flag|Eritrea}} || 2,955,000 || 2012 est.
|-
| 104 || {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || 2,890,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 105 || {{flag|Denmark}} || 2,795,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 106 || {{flag|El Salvador}} || 2,738,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 107 || {{flag|Slovakia}} || 2,727,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 108 || {{flag|Norway}} || 2,707,000 || 2014 est.
|-
| 109 || {{flag|Finland}} || 2,685,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 110 || {{flag|Togo}} || 2,595,000 || 2007
|-
| 111 || {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 2,551,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 112 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 2,413,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 113 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || 2,380,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 114 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || 2,344,000 || 2007
|-
| 115 || {{flag|Turkmenistan}} || 2,300,000 || 2008 est.
|-
| 116 || {{flag|Costa Rica}} || 2,222,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 117 || {{flag|Tajikistan}} || 2,209,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 118 || {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || 2,207,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 119 || {{flag|Ireland}} || 2,161,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 120 || {{flag|Central African Republic}} || 2,082,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 121 || {{flag|Georgia}} || 1,959,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 122 || {{flag|Jordan}} || 1,898,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 123 || {{flag|Croatia}} || 1,715,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 107 || {{flag|Serbia}} || 2,920,000 || 2017 est.
|-
| 125 || {{flag|Uruguay}} || 1,700,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 126 || {{flag|Libya}} || 1,644,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 127 || {{flag|Panama}} || 1,540,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 128 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || 1,481,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 129 || {{flag|Lithuania}} || 1,452,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 130 || {{flag|Qatar}} || 1,424,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 131 || {{flag|Armenia}} || 1,394,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 132 || {{flag|Liberia}} || 1,372,000 || 2007
|-
| 133 || {{flag|Mauritania}} || 1,318,000 || 2007
|-
| 134 || {{flag|Botswana}} || 1,308,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 135 || {{flag|Puerto Rico}} || 1,300,000 || 2012
|-
| 136 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || 1,261,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 137 || {{flag|Moldova}} || 1,327,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 138 || {{flag|Albania}} || 1,090,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 139 || {{flag|Mongolia}} || 1,068,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 140 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 1,026,337 || 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bhas.ba/saopstenja/2017/ARS_2017G12_001_01_bos.pdf |title=State Statistics Agency |access-date=2017-07-11 |archive-date=2017-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120021855/http://www.bhas.ba/saopstenja/2017/ARS_2017G12_001_01_bos.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| — || {{flag|West Bank}} || 1,025,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 141 || {{flag|Latvia}} || 1,022,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 142 || {{flag|Oman}} || 968,800 || 2007
|-
| 143 || {{flag|Macedonia}} || 960,700 || 2013 est.
|-
| 144 || {{flag|Slovenia}} || 913,400 || 2013 est.
|-
| 145 || {{flag|Namibia}} || 880,400 || 2013 est.
|-
| 146 || {{flag|Lesotho}} || 874,200 || 2013 est.
|-
| 147 || {{flag|Kosovo}} || 800,000 || 2011 est.
|-
| 148 || {{flag|Gambia}} || 777,100 || 2007
|-
| 149 || {{flag|Bahrain}} || 716,500 || 2013 est.
|-
| 150 || {{flag|Estonia}} || 692,900 || 2013 est.
|-
| 151 || {{flag|Mauritius}} || 637,600 || 2013 est.
|-
| 152 || {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 632,700 || 2007
|-
| 153 || {{flag|Gabon}} || 629,100 || 2013 est.
|-
| 154 || {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 621,000 || 2013 est.
|-
| 155 || {{flag|Cyprus}} || 443,500 || 2013 est.
|-
| 156 || {{flag|Swaziland}} || 424,100 || 2011 est.
|-
| 157 || {{flag|Timor-Leste}} || 418,200 || 2009
|-
| — || {{flag|Macau}} || 367,800 || 2013 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Gaza Strip}} || 348,200 || 2010 est.
|-
| 158 || {{flag|Bhutan}} || 336,400 || 2012
|-
| 159 || {{flag|Fiji}} || 335,000 || 2007 est.
|-
| 160 || {{flag|Guyana}} || 313,100 || 2009 est.
|-
| 161 || {{flag|Djibouti}} || 294,600 || 2012
|-
| 162 || {{flag|Montenegro}} || 251,300 || 2011 est.
|-
| 163 || {{flag|Comoros}} || 233,500 || 2011 est.
|-
| 164 || {{flag|Luxembourg}} || 208,800 || 2013 est.
|-
| 165 || {{flag|Brunei}} || 205,800 || 2011 est.
|-
| 166 || {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || 202,500 || 2007
|-
| 167 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || 196,900 || 2013 est.
|-
| 168 || {{flag|Cape Verde}} || 196,100 || 2007
|-
| 169 || {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || 195,200 || 2007
|-
| 170 || {{flag|Malta}} || 190,400 || 2013 est.
|-
| 171 || {{flag|Iceland}} || 181,100 || 2013 est.
|-
| 172 || {{flag|Suriname}} || 165,600 || 2007
|-
| 173 || {{flag|Maldives}} || 159,700 || 2012
|-
| — || {{flag|Western Sahara}} || 144,000 || 2010 est.
|-
| 174 || {{flag|Barbados}} || 141,800 || 2013 est.
|-
| 175 || {{flag|Belize}} || 120,500 || 2008 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|French Polynesia}} || 116,000 || 2007
|-
| 176 || {{flag|Vanuatu}} || 115,900 || 2007
|-
| — || {{flag|New Caledonia}} || 106,400 || 2010
|-
| 177 || {{flag|Saint Lucia}} || 79,700 || 2012
|-
| — || {{flag|Curaçao}} || 73,100 || 2013
|-
| 178 || {{flag|Guam}} || 69,390 || 2010 est.
|-
| 179 || {{flag|Grenada}} || 59,900 || 2013 est.
|-
| 180 || {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 57,520 || 2007 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Jersey}} || 53,380 || 2012
|-
| 181 || {{flag|Sao Tome and Principe}} || 52,490 || 2007
|-
| 182 || {{flag|Monaco}} || 52,490 || 2012 est.
|-
| 183 || {{flag|Aruba}} || 51,610 || 2007 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} || 49,820 || 2007 est.
|-
| 184 || {{flag|Samoa}} || 47,930 || 2011 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Isle of Man}} || 41,790 || 2006
|-
| 185 || {{flag|Tonga}} || 39,960 || 2007
|-
| 186 || {{flag|Seychelles}} || 39,560 || 2006
|-
| — || {{flag|Cayman Islands}} || 39,000 || 2007
|-
| — || {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || 38,450 || 2005 est.
|-
| 187 || {{flag|Bermuda}} || 37,400 || 2011
|-
| 188 || {{flag|Andorra}} || 36,060 || 2012
|-
| 189 || {{flag|Liechtenstein}} || 35,830 || 2012
|-
| — || {{flag|Faroe Islands}} || 34,710 || 2010
|-
| — || {{flag|Guernsey}} || 31,470 || 2006
|-
| 190 || {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 30,000 || 1991
|-
| 191 || {{flag|Greenland}} || 28,600 || 2011
|-
| 192 || {{flag|Dominica}} || 25,000 || 2000 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Sint Maarten}} || 23,200 || 2008 est.
|-
| 193 || {{flag|San Marino}} || 21,960 || 2013
|-
| 194 || {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 18,170 || 1995
|-
| — || {{flag|American Samoa}} || 17,630 || 2005
|-
| — || {{flag|Saint Martin}} || 17,300 || N/A
|-
| 195 || {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} || 15,920 || 2022
|-
| — || {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} || 12,770 || 2004
|-
| 196 || {{flag|Gibraltar}} || 12,690 || 2001
|-
| 197 || {{flag|Marshall Islands}} || 10,480 || 2011 est.
|-
| 198 || {{flag|Palau}} || 9,777 || 2005
|-
| 199 || {{flag|Kiribati}} || 7,870 || 2001
|-
| — || {{flag|Cook Islands}} || 6,820 || 2001
|-
| — || {{flag|Anguilla}} || 6,049 || 2001
|-
| — || {{flag|Falkland Islands}} || 5,246 || 2006
|-
| — || {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} || 4,848 || 1990 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Montserrat}} || 4,521 || 2012
|-
| 200 || {{flag|Tuvalu}} || 3,615 || 2004 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}} || 3,450 || 2006
|-
| — || {{flag|Wallis and Futuna}} || 3,104 || 2003
|-
| 201 || {{flag|Vatican City}} || 2,832 || 2011
|-
| — || {{flag|Saint Helena}} || 2,486 || 1998 est.
|-
| — || {{flag|Svalbard}} || 1,234 || 2003
|-
| — || {{flag|Norfolk Island}} || 978 || 2006
|-
| 202 || {{flag|Niue}} || 663 || 2001
|-
| — || {{flag|Tokelau}} || 440 || 2001
|-
| — || {{flag|Pitcairn Islands}} || 15 || 2004
|}

==Notes==
{{CIA World Factbook}}
{{reflist}}
{{Population country lists}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Labour force}}
[[Category:Lists of countries by economic indicator]]
[[Category:Demographic lists]]
[[Category:Workforce]]

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