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Countries by Labor force, total (2025)

Labor force, total in 2025: highest in China (768.1 million persons), lowest in Tonga (33,628 persons), median 4.305 million persons across the 182 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Labor force, total (measured in persons) across 231 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: persons231 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1990–2025

Highest Labor force, total, 2025

  1. 1.China768.1 million persons
  2. 2.India617.6 million persons
  3. 3.United States174.8 million persons
  4. 4.Indonesia147.1 million persons
  5. 5.Nigeria116.6 million persons
  6. 6.Brazil108.3 million persons
  7. 7.Pakistan85.16 million persons
  8. 8.Bangladesh74.74 million persons
  9. 9.Russia72.77 million persons
  10. 10.Japan69.48 million persons

Lowest Labor force, total, 2025

  1. 173.Vanuatu120,833 persons
  2. 174.French Polynesia120,628 persons
  3. 175.St. Lucia101,771 persons
  4. 176.Channel Islands81,617 persons
  5. 177.Guam78,007 persons
  6. 178.Samoa57,776 persons
  7. 179.St. Vincent and the Grenadines53,688 persons
  8. 180.US Virgin Islands47,132 persons
  9. 181.Sao Tome and Principe35,075 persons
  10. 182.Tonga33,628 persons

All 182 ranked countries, 2025— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Labor force, total trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChinaRank 1 of 182IndiaRank 2 of 182United StatesRank 3 of 182IndonesiaRank 4 of 182NigeriaRank 5 of 182BrazilRank 6 of 182PakistanRank 7 of 182BangladeshRank 8 of 182RussiaRank 9 of 182JapanRank 10 of 182MexicoRank 11 of 182VietnamRank 12 of 182EthiopiaRank 13 of 182PhilippinesRank 14 of 182GermanyRank 15 of 182ThailandRank 16 of 182DR CongoRank 17 of 182TurkeyRank 18 of 182EgyptRank 19 of 182United KingdomRank 20 of 182TanzaniaRank 21 of 182FranceRank 22 of 182South KoreaRank 23 of 182IranRank 24 of 182ColombiaRank 25 of 182South AfricaRank 26 of 182ItalyRank 27 of 182SpainRank 28 of 182KenyaRank 29 of 182UgandaRank 30 of 182MyanmarRank 31 of 182CanadaRank 32 of 182ArgentinaRank 33 of 182PeruRank 34 of 182MalaysiaRank 35 of 182Saudi ArabiaRank 36 of 182PolandRank 37 of 182North KoreaRank 38 of 182MadagascarRank 39 of 182AngolaRank 40 of 182MozambiqueRank 41 of 182AustraliaRank 42 of 182UzbekistanRank 43 of 182AlgeriaRank 44 of 182GhanaRank 45 of 182Cote d'IvoireRank 46 of 182MoroccoRank 47 of 182IraqRank 48 of 182NigerRank 49 of 182CameroonRank 50 of 182VenezuelaRank 51 of 182CambodiaRank 52 of 182NetherlandsRank 53 of 182ChileRank 54 of 182KazakhstanRank 55 of 182Burkina FasoRank 56 of 182AfghanistanRank 57 of 182MaliRank 58 of 182EcuadorRank 59 of 182NepalRank 60 of 182MalawiRank 61 of 182Sri LankaRank 62 of 182RomaniaRank 63 of 182YemenRank 64 of 182ZambiaRank 65 of 182GuatemalaRank 66 of 182United Arab EmiratesRank 67 of 182BoliviaRank 68 of 182ZimbabweRank 69 of 182Syrian Arab RepublicRank 70 of 182ChadRank 71 of 182BeninRank 72 of 182BurundiRank 73 of 182SenegalRank 74 of 182RwandaRank 75 of 182SwedenRank 76 of 182Czech RepublicRank 77 of 182Dominican RepublicRank 78 of 182PortugalRank 79 of 182BelgiumRank 80 of 182HaitiRank 81 of 182SwitzerlandRank 82 of 182AzerbaijanRank 83 of 182HungaryRank 84 of 182CubaRank 85 of 182IsraelRank 86 of 182BelarusRank 87 of 182AustriaRank 88 of 182GuineaRank 89 of 182GreeceRank 90 of 182HondurasRank 91 of 182TunisiaRank 92 of 182Hong KongRank 93 of 182SingaporeRank 94 of 182Papua New GuineaRank 95 of 182Lao PDRRank 96 of 182SomaliaRank 97 of 182ParaguayRank 98 of 182SerbiaRank 99 of 182NicaraguaRank 100 of 182DenmarkRank 101 of 182JordanRank 102 of 182NorwayRank 103 of 182BulgariaRank 104 of 182New ZealandRank 105 of 182El SalvadorRank 106 of 182TogoRank 107 of 182Sierra LeoneRank 108 of 182KuwaitRank 109 of 182IrelandRank 110 of 182FinlandRank 111 of 182Kyrgyz RepublicRank 112 of 182OmanRank 113 of 182SlovakiaRank 114 of 182LiberiaRank 115 of 182TajikistanRank 116 of 182Republic of the CongoRank 117 of 182LibyaRank 118 of 182Costa RicaRank 119 of 182PanamaRank 120 of 182TurkmenistanRank 121 of 182QatarRank 122 of 182Central African RepublicRank 123 of 182GeorgiaRank 124 of 182UruguayRank 125 of 182EritreaRank 126 of 182CroatiaRank 127 of 182JamaicaRank 128 of 182LithuaniaRank 129 of 182ArmeniaRank 130 of 182MongoliaRank 131 of 182MoldovaRank 132 of 182Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 133 of 182AlbaniaRank 134 of 182MauritaniaRank 135 of 182Puerto RicoRank 136 of 182BotswanaRank 137 of 182NamibiaRank 138 of 182SloveniaRank 139 of 182LatviaRank 140 of 182BahrainRank 141 of 182Guinea-BissauRank 142 of 182LesothoRank 143 of 182GabonRank 144 of 182The GambiaRank 145 of 182North MacedoniaRank 146 of 182CyprusRank 147 of 182EstoniaRank 148 of 182Equatorial GuineaRank 149 of 182Trinidad and TobagoRank 150 of 182Timor-LesteRank 151 of 182MauritiusRank 152 of 182Solomon IslandsRank 153 of 182EswatiniRank 154 of 182BhutanRank 155 of 182MacaoRank 156 of 182FijiRank 157 of 182LuxembourgRank 158 of 182GuyanaRank 159 of 182MaltaRank 160 of 182ComorosRank 161 of 182MontenegroRank 162 of 182MaldivesRank 163 of 182DjiboutiRank 164 of 182SurinameRank 165 of 182The BahamasRank 166 of 182IcelandRank 167 of 182Brunei DarussalamRank 168 of 182Cabo VerdeRank 169 of 182BelizeRank 170 of 182BarbadosRank 171 of 182New CaledoniaRank 172 of 182VanuatuRank 173 of 182French PolynesiaRank 174 of 182St. LuciaRank 175 of 182Channel IslandsRank 176 of 182GuamRank 177 of 182SamoaRank 178 of 182St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 179 of 182US Virgin IslandsRank 180 of 182Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 181 of 182TongaRank 182 of 182

Other countries and regions

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Labor force, total Data Coverage

This page lists 231 countries with available Labor force, total data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.