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List of countries by labour force
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This is a **list of countries by size of the labour force ** mostly based on The World Factbook in 2024.
| Country/Region | Labour force |
|---|---|
| **World** | **3,684,278,700** |
| China | 773,880,000 |
| India | 607,691,000 |
| United States | 174,174,000 |
| Indonesia | 143,144,000 |
| Nigeria | 113,350,000 |
| Brazil | 106,790,000 |
| Pakistan | 83,644,000 |
| Bangladesh | 77,355,000 |
| Russia | 72,517,000 |
| Japan | 69,382,000 |
| Mexico | 60,959,000 |
| Vietnam | 57,133,000 |
| Ethiopia | 54,470,000 |
| Philippines | 50,979,000 |
| Germany | 43,772,000 |
| Thailand | 40,623,000 |
| DR Congo | 38,546,000 |
| Turkey | 36,081,000 |
| United Kingdom | 35,359,000 |
| Egypt | 33,749,000 |
| Tanzania | 32,983,000 |
| France | 31,725,000 |
| South Korea | 29,713,000 |
| Iran | 28,575,000 |
| South Africa | 27,766,000 |
| Colombia | 26,822,000 |
| Italy | 25,828,000 |
| Spain | 24,386,000 |
| Kenya | 23,781,000 |
| Canada | 22,868,000 |
| Uganda | 22,829,000 |
| Myanmar | 22,742,000 |
| Argentina | 22,286,000 |
| Peru | 18,918,000 |
| Malaysia | 18,264,000 |
| Poland | 18,245,000 |
| North Korea | 17,637,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 17,168,000 |
| Madagascar | 16,519,000 |
| Angola | 15,961,000 |
| Mozambique | 15,173,000 |
| Australia | 14,912,000 |
| Uzbekistan | 13,974,000 |
| Ghana | 13,928,000 |
| Algeria | 13,294,000 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 12,595,000 |
| Morocco | 12,475,000 |
| Iraq | 12,008,000 |
| Venezuela | 11,136,000 |
| Cameroon | 11,119,000 |
| Niger | 10,486,000 |
| Netherlands | 10,315,000 |
| Kazakhstan | 10,285,000 |
| Chile | 10,088,000 |
| Cambodia | 9,904,000 |
| Afghanistan | 9,133,000 |
| Mali | 9,126,000 |
| Ecuador | 8,821,000 |
| Malawi | 8,602,000 |
| Sri Lanka | 8,499,000 |
| Nepal | 8,435,000 |
| Romania | 8,263,000 |
| Yemen | 7,848,000 |
| Guatemala | 7,575,000 |
| Zambia | 7,407,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7,090,000 |
| Bolivia | 6,859,000 |
| Syria | 6,617,000 |
| Chad | 6,600,000 |
| Burkina Faso | 6,461,000 |
| Benin | 6,397,000 |
| Zimbabwe | 6,386,000 |
| Burundi | 6,107,000 |
| Senegal | 5,763,000 |
| Sweden | 5,699,000 |
| Rwanda | 5,671,000 |
| Czech Republic | 5,541,000 |
| Portugal | 5,464,000 |
| Belgium | 5,416,000 |
| Dominican Republic | 5,413,000 |
| Haiti | 5,281,000 |
| Switzerland | 5,153,000 |
| Azerbaijan | 5,020,000 |
| Hungary | 4,954,000 |
| Cuba | 4,859,000 |
| Belarus | 4,817,000 |
| Austria | 4,768,000 |
| Israel | 4,710,000 |
| Greece | 4,655,000 |
| Guinea | 4,534,000 |
| Honduras | 4,296,000 |
| Tunisia | 4,247,000 |
| Hong Kong | 3,836,000 |
| Singapore | 3,722,000 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3,660,000 |
| Laos | 3,585,000 |
| Paraguay | 3,502,000 |
| Somalia | 3,439,000 |
| Togo | 3,345,000 |
| Serbia | 3,230,000 |
| Nicaragua | 3,225,000 |
| Denmark | 3,210,000 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3,197,000 |
| Bulgaria | 3,124,000 |
| New Zealand | 3,124,000 |
| Jordan | 3,080,000 |
| Norway | 3,042,000 |
| Kuwait | 3,003,000 |
| Finland | 2,898,000 |
| El Salvador | 2,890,000 |
| Sierra Leone | 2,863,000 |
| Ireland | 2,857,000 |
| Tajikistan | 2,780,000 |
| Slovakia | 2,779,000 |
| Oman | 2,696,000 |
| Liberia | 2,607,000 |
| Libya | 2,585,000 |
| Congo | 2,563,000 |
| Turkmenistan | 2,445,000 |
| Costa Rica | 2,357,000 |
| Panama | 2,206,000 |
| Qatar | 2,123,000 |
| Central African Republic | 2,000,000 |
| Georgia | 1,833,000 |
| Uruguay | 1,768,000 |
| Croatia | 1,733,000 |
| Eritrea | 1,710,000 |
| Jamaica | 1,570,000 |
| Lithuania | 1,548,000 |
| Armenia | 1,510,000 |
| Mongolia | 1,449,000 |
| Albania | 1,370,000 |
| Moldova | 1,358,000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,356,000 |
| Mauritania | 1,210,000 |
| Botswana | 1,173,000 |
| Puerto Rico | 1,152,000 |
| Namibia | 1,131,000 |
| Slovenia | 1,058,000 |
| Latvia | 954,900 |
| Bahrain | 913,300 |
| Lesotho | 884,200 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 845,300 |
| Gabon | 824,400 |
| Gambia | 783,100 |
| North Macedonia | 779,200 |
| Cyprus | 772,300 |
| Estonia | 756,200 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 715,000 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 649,900 |
| Timor-Leste | 615,900 |
| Mauritius | 594,900 |
| Solomon Islands | 435,600 |
| Bhutan | 406,500 |
| Eswatini | 390,600 |
| Fiji | 387,800 |
| Macau | 382,100 |
| Luxembourg | 350,000 |
| Malta | 318,200 |
| Guyana | 292,200 |
| Comoros | 276,400 |
| Maldives | 270,300 |
| Djibouti | 265,200 |
| Suriname | 255,500 |
| Iceland | 248,400 |
| Montenegro | 245,300 |
| Bahamas | 237,100 |
| Brunei | 233,500 |
| Cape Verde | 224,500 |
| Belize | 190,000 |
| Barbados | 147,200 |
| New Caledonia | 130,800 |
| French Polynesia | 119,100 |
| Vanuatu | 118,100 |
| Saint Lucia | 102,400 |
| Guernsey | 82,400 |
| Jersey | 82,400 |
| Guam | 77,700 |
| Samoa | 57,200 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52,100 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 47,200 |
| Tonga | 34,800 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 34,500 |
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