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Labour force

people · no best or worst — smallest to largest

186 of 216 countries report a figure for labour force

World average: 20.2M

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RankCountryValueYear
#186Tonga33,6282025
#185São Tomé and Príncipe35,0752025
#184United States Virgin Islands47,1322025
#183Saint Vincent and the Grenadines53,6882025
#182Samoa57,7762025
#181Guam78,0072025
#180Saint Lucia101,7712025
#179French Polynesia120,6282025
#178Vanuatu120,8332025
#177New Caledonia131,4882025
#176Barbados151,6202025
#175Belize184,2862025
#174Cape Verde226,4482025
#173Brunei237,7632025
#172Iceland242,5072025
#171The Bahamas245,1592025
#170Suriname257,1282025
#169Djibouti267,6102025
#168Maldives272,3202025
#167Montenegro296,6182025
#166Comoros310,8412025
#165Malta323,0522025
#164Guyana326,6822025
#163Luxembourg355,9742025
#162Fiji390,2902025
#161Macau401,5722025
#160Bhutan411,2632025
#159Eswatini430,8692025
#158Solomon Islands448,5022025
#157Mauritius622,3282025
#156Timor-Leste635,4892025
#155Trinidad and Tobago651,7152025
#154Equatorial Guinea737,9772025
#153Estonia754,2062025
#152Cyprus770,2682025
#151North Macedonia789,3692025
#150The Gambia807,2752025
#149Gabon844,1452025
#148Lesotho889,5302025
#147Guinea-Bissau899,2202025
#146Bahrain919,5012025
#145Latvia948,4282025
#144Slovenia1.0M2025
#143Namibia1.2M2025
#142Botswana1.2M2025
#141Puerto Rico1.2M2025
#140Mauritania1.2M2025
#139Albania1.3M2025
#138Bosnia and Herzegovina1.3M2025
#137Moldova1.4M2025
#136Palestine1.4M2022
#135Mongolia1.5M2025
#134Armenia1.5M2025
#133Lithuania1.6M2025
#132Jamaica1.6M2025
#131Croatia1.7M2025
#130Eritrea1.8M2025
#129Uruguay1.8M2025
#128Lebanon1.8M2023
#127Georgia2.0M2025
#126Central African Republic2.1M2025
#125Qatar2.2M2025
#124Turkmenistan2.2M2025
#123Panama2.3M2025
#122Costa Rica2.4M2025
#121Libya2.6M2025
#120Republic of the Congo2.6M2025
#119Tajikistan2.6M2025
#118Liberia2.7M2025
#117Slovakia2.8M2025
#116Oman2.8M2025
#115Kyrgyzstan2.9M2025
#114Finland2.9M2025
#113Ireland2.9M2025
#112Kuwait2.9M2025
#111Sierra Leone2.9M2025
#110Togo3.0M2025
#109El Salvador3.0M2025
#108New Zealand3.1M2025
#107Bulgaria3.1M2025
#106Norway3.1M2025
#105Jordan3.2M2025
#104Denmark3.3M2025
#103Nicaragua3.3M2025
#102Serbia3.3M2025
#101Paraguay3.5M2025
#100Somalia3.6M2025
#99Laos3.7M2025
#98Papua New Guinea3.7M2025
#97Singapore3.8M2025
#96Hong Kong3.8M2025
#95Tunisia4.3M2025
#94Honduras4.3M2025
#93Greece4.7M2025
#92Guinea4.7M2025
#91Austria4.8M2025
#90Belarus4.8M2025
#89Israel4.8M2025
#88Cuba4.9M2025
#87Hungary4.9M2025
#86South Sudan5.1M2023
#85Azerbaijan5.1M2025
#84Switzerland5.2M2025
#83Haiti5.3M2025
#82Belgium5.5M2025
#81Portugal5.5M2025
#80Dominican Republic5.5M2025
#79Czech Republic5.6M2025
#78Sweden5.7M2025
#77Rwanda5.8M2025
#76Senegal6.1M2025
#75Burundi6.3M2025
#74Benin6.6M2025
#73Chad6.7M2025
#72Syria6.8M2025
#71Zimbabwe6.9M2025
#70Bolivia7.0M2025
#69United Arab Emirates7.6M2025
#68Guatemala7.7M2025
#67Zambia8.0M2025
#66Yemen8.2M2025
#65Romania8.2M2025
#64Sri Lanka8.3M2025
#63Malawi8.3M2025
#62Nepal8.4M2025
#61Ecuador9.0M2025
#60Mali9.2M2025
#59Afghanistan9.4M2025
#58Burkina Faso9.9M2025
#57Kazakhstan10.0M2025
#56Chile10.3M2025
#55Kingdom of the Netherlands10.3M2025
#54Cambodia10.4M2025
#53Sudan10.9M2022
#52Venezuela11.1M2025
#51Cameroon11.5M2025
#50Niger12.0M2025
#49Iraq12.5M2025
#48Morocco12.6M2025
#47Ivory Coast13.1M2025
#46Ghana13.3M2025
#45Algeria13.6M2025
#44Uzbekistan14.6M2025
#43Australia15.1M2025
#42Mozambique15.7M2025
#41Angola16.3M2025
#40Madagascar17.1M2025
#39North Korea17.7M2025
#38Poland18.2M2025
#37Saudi Arabia18.4M2025
#36Malaysia18.7M2025
#35Peru19.2M2025
#34Ukraine20.5M2021
#33Argentina22.4M2025
#32Canada22.8M2025
#31Myanmar22.9M2025
#30Uganda23.4M2025
#29Kenya24.7M2025
#28Spain24.8M2025
#27Italy25.7M2025
#26South Africa26.7M2025
#25Colombia27.1M2025
#24Iran29.5M2025
#23South Korea29.9M2025
#22France31.9M2025
#21Tanzania34.1M2025
#20United Kingdom35.4M2025
#19Egypt36.1M2025
#18Turkey36.9M2025
#17Democratic Republic of the Congo39.2M2025
#16Thailand40.9M2025
#15Germany43.5M2025
#14Philippines52.2M2025
#13Ethiopia56.8M2025
#12Vietnam57.0M2025
#11Mexico61.7M2025
#10Japan69.5M2025
#9Russia72.8M2025
#8Bangladesh74.7M2025
#7Pakistan85.2M2025
#6Brazil108.3M2025
#5Nigeria116.6M2025
#4Indonesia147.1M2025
#3United States174.8M2025
#2India617.6M2025
#1People's Republic of China768.1M2025
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)