List of countries by number of workers

The following list of countries according to the number of workers sorts countries and territories according to their total number of workers in the first part. In the second part, countries are sorted according to the distribution of their workforce, based on the three-sector hypothesis . The number of workers in a country is influenced by the number of inhabitants, the average age of a population, the labor market participation rate and the level of the unemployment rate .

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Countries by total number of working population. Source: CIA World Factbook .

rank	country	Number of workers	year
1	People's Republic of China	806,700,000	2017
2	India	521,900,000	2017
3	United States	160,400,000	2017
4th	Indonesia	125,000,000	2016
5	Brazil	104,200,000	2017
6th	Russia	76,530,000	2017
7th	Bangladesh	66,640,000	2017
8th	Japan	65,010,000	2017
9	Pakistan	63,890,000	2017
10	Nigeria	60,080,000	2017
11	Vietnam	54,800,000	2017
12	Mexico	54,510,000	2017
13	Ethiopia	52,820,000	2017
14th	Germany	45,900,000	2017
15th	Philippines	42,780,000	2017
16	Thailand	38,370,000	2017
17th	United Kingdom	33,500,000	2017
18th	Democratic Republic of Congo	31,360,000	2017
19th	Turkey	31,300,000	2017
20th	France	30,680,000	2017
21st	Iran	30,500,000	2017
22nd	Egypt	29,950,000	2017
23	South Korea	27,750,000	2017
24	Italy	25,940,000	2017
25th	Colombia	25,760,000	2017
26th	Tanzania	24,890,000	2017
27	Spain	22,750,000	2017
28	Myanmar	22,300,000	2017
29	South Africa	22,190,000	2017
30th	Kenya	19,600,000	2017
31	Canada	19,520,000	2017
32	Uzbekistan	18,120,000	2017
33	Argentina	18,000,000	2017
34	Ukraine	17,990,000	2017
35	Poland	17,600,000	2017
36	Peru	17,030,000	2017
37	Nepal	16,810,000	2017
38	Uganda	15,840,000	2015
39	Malaysia	14,940,000	2017
40	Venezuela	14,210,000	2017
41	North Korea	14,000,000	2014
42	Saudi Arabia	13,800,000	2017
43	Madagascar	13,400,000	2017
44	Mozambique	12,980,000	2017
45	Australia	12,910,000	2017
46	Angola	12,510,000	2017
47	Ghana	12,490,000	2017
48	Morocco	12,000,000	2017
49	Sudan	11,920,000	2007
50	Algeria	11,820,000	2017
51	Taiwan	11,780,000	2017
52	Cameroon	9,612,000	2016
53	Romania	9,133,000	2016
54	Sri Lanka	9,062,000	2016
55	Kazakhstan	9,059,000	2016
56	Netherlands	8,942,000	2016
57	Iraq	8,900,000	2016
58	Chile	8,777,000	2016
59	Ivory Coast	8,543,000	2016
60	Zimbabwe	8,098,000	2016
61	Afghanistan	7,983,000	2013
62	Burkina Faso	7,942,000	2014
63	Yemen	7,470,000	2016
64	Zambia	7,116,000	2016
65	Malawi	7,000,000	2016
66	Senegal	6,737,000	2016
67	Cambodia	6,643,000	2016
68	United Arab Emirates	6,543,000	2016
69	Niger	6,500,000	2016
70	Mali	6,283,000	2016
71	Rwanda	6,030,000	2016
72	Czech Republic	5,494,000	2016
73	Chad	5,457,000	2016
74	Guinea	5,392,000	2016
75	Belgium	5,272,000	2016
76	Burundi	5,255,000	2016
77	Portugal	5,167,000	2016
78	Cuba	5,117,000	2016
79	Dominican Republic	5,113,000	2016
80	Bolivia	4,993,000	2016
81	Azerbaijan	4,961,000	2016
82	Sweden	4,898,000	2016
83	Ecuador	4,848,000	2016
84	Greece	4,761,000	2016
85	Guatemala	4,623,000	2016
86	Haiti	4,594,000	2014
87	Hungary	4,564,000	2016
88	Belarus	4,546,000	2013
89	Papua New Guinea	4,365,000	2016
90	Tunisia	4,038,000	2016
91	Austria	3,944,000	2016
92	Israel	3,927,000	2016
93	Hong Kong	3,911,000	2016
94	Switzerland	3,843,000	2016
95	Benin	3,662,000	2016
96	Singapore	3,661,000	2016
97	Honduras	3,625,000	2016
98	Laos	3,500,000	2016
99	Syria	3,370,000	2016
100	Paraguay	3,291,000	2016
101	Serbia	3,141,000	2016
102	Somalia	3,109,000	2013
103	Bulgaria	3,017,000	2016
104	Nicaragua	3,013,000	2016
105	Denmark	2,939,000	2016
106	Norway	2,794,000	2016
107	El Salvador	2,788,000	2016
108	Kyrgyzstan	2,778,000	2016
109	Slovakia	2,724,000	2016
110	Sierra Leone	2,678,000	2016
111	Finland	2,675,000	2016
112	Eritrea	2,620,000	2016
113	Togo	2,595,000	2007
114	New Zealand	2,562,000	2016
115	Kuwait	2,546,000	2016
116	Central African Republic	2,421,000	2016
117	Turkmenistan	2,305,000	2016
118	Costa Rica	2,295,000	2016
118	Tajikistan	2,295,000	2016
120	Jordan	2,205,000	2016
121	Ireland	2,181,000	2016
122	Georgia	2,022,000	2015
123	Palestine	1,985,000	2016
124	Republic of the Congo	1,807,000	2013
125	Uruguay	1,736,000	2016
126	Qatar	1,691,000	2016
127	Liberia	1,654,000	2016
128	Lebanon	1,628,000	2013
129	Panama	1,611,000	2016
130	Croatia	1,610,000	2016
131	Armenia	1,559,000	2016
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,480,000	2016
133	Lithuania	1,459,000	2016
134	Mauritania	1,356,000	2016
135	Jamaica	1,312,000	2016
136	Moldova	1,220,000	2016
137	Namibia	1,210,000	2016
138	Albania	1,179,000	2016
139	Botswana	1,177,000	2016
140	Mongolia	1,164,000	2016
141	Libya	1,153,000	2016
142	Puerto Rico	1,139,000	2014
143	Oman	968,800	2007
144	Latvia	957.100	2016
145	North Macedonia	950,300	2016
146	Slovenia	926,600	2016
147	Lesotho	919,900	2016
148	Bahrain	809,700	2016
149	Gambia	777.100	2007
150	Guinea-Bissau	731,300	2013
151	Gabon	674,700	2016
152	Estonia	651.200	2016
153	Mauritius	624,700	2016
154	Trinidad and Tobago	615,000	2016
155	Kosovo	483.200	2013
156	Swaziland	446.100	2013
157	Cyprus	415.100	2016
158	Macau	400,000	2016
159	Bhutan	353,000	2015
160	Guyana	313,800	2013
161	Djibouti	294,600	2012
162	Luxembourg	272,000	2016
163	Montenegro	263.200	2014
164	East Timor	259,800	2013
165	Comoros	245.200	2013
166	Fiji	235,000	2015
167	Brunei	203,600	2014
168	Solomon Islands	202,500	2007
169	Bahamas	196,900	2013
170	Cape Verde	196.100	2007
171	Equatorial Guinea	195,200	2007
172	Maldives	195,100	2014
173	Iceland	195,000	2016
174	Malta	192,800	2016
175	Suriname	144,000	2014
176	Western Sahara	144,000	2010
177	Barbados	142,500	2016
178	French Polynesia	126,300	2016
179	Belize	120,500	2008
180	New Caledonia	119,500	2016
181	Vanuatu	115,900	2007
182	St. Lucia	79,700	2012
183	Curacao	73.010	2013
184	Sao Tome and Principe	70,620	2016
185	Guam	70,490	2013
186	Grenada	59,900	2013
187	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57,520	2007
188	jersey	53,380	2012
189	Monaco	52,000	2014
190	Aruba	51,610	2007
191	American Virgin Islands	50,580	2012
192	Samoa	49,180	2013
193	Isle of Man	41,790	2006
194	Andorra	39,750	2016
195	Seychelles	39,560	2006
196	Cayman Islands	39,000	2007
197	Kiribati	39,000	2010
198	| Liechtenstein	38,520	2015
199	Micronesia	37,920	2010
200	Tonga	33,800	2011
201	Bermuda	33,490	2014
201	Antigua and Barbuda	32,500	2014
202	guernsey	31,470	2006
203	Faroe Islands	28,900	2015
204	Northern Mariana Islands	27,970	2010
205	| Greenland	26,840	2015
206	Dominica	25,000	2000
207	Gibraltar	24,420	2014
208	Sint Maarten	23,200	2008
209	San Marino	21,960	2013
210	St. Kitts and Nevis	18,170	1995
211	American Samoa	16,090	2013
212	British Virgin Islands	12,770	2004
213	Marshall Islands	10,670	2013
214	Palau	10,470	2014
215	Cook Islands	6,820	2001
216	Anguilla	6,049	2001
217	Vatican city	4,820	2016
218	Montserrat	4,520	2012
219	Tuvalu	3,620	2004
220	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	3,190	2006
221	Wallis and Futuna	3,104	2003
222	St. Helena	2,490	1998
223	Falkland Islands	1,940	2012
224	Norfolk Island	980	2006
225	Niue	660	2001
rank	country	Number of workers	year

Different countries according to sectoral labor market structure

Countries sorted by labor market structure. Source: CIA World Factbook.

country	Proportion of the population employed			year
	in the agricultural sector	in the industrial sector	in the service sector
Egypt	29.2%	23.5%	47.3%	2013
Afghanistan	78.6%	05.7%	15.7%	2009
Algeria	20.9%	30.7%	48.4%	2011
Argentina	07.3%	20.7%	72.0%	2014
Ethiopia	72.7%	07.4%	19.9%	2013
Australia	03.6%	21.1%	75.3%	2009
Bangladesh	47.0%	13.0%	40.0%	2010
Belgium	01.3%	18.6%	80.1%	2013
Brazil	10.0%	39.8%	50.2%	2016
Chile	09.2%	23.7%	67.1%	2013
People's Republic of China	28.3%	29.3%	42.4%	2015
Denmark	02.4%	18.3%	79.3%	2016
Germany	01.4%	24.2%	74.3%	2016
Ecuador	27.8%	17.8%	54.4%	2012
Finland	04.5%	24.0%	71.5%	2014
France	02.4%	18.3%	79.3%	2015
Ghana	44.7%	14.4%	40.9%	2013
Greece	12.8%	15.0%	72.4%	2015
India	47.0%	22.0%	31.0%	2014
Indonesia	32.0%	21.0%	47.0%	2016
Iran	16.3%	35.1%	48.6%	2013
Iraq	21.6%	18.7%	59.8%	2008
Ireland	05.0%	11.0%	84.0%	2015
Israel	01.1%	17.3%	81.6%	2015
Italy	03.9%	28.3%	67.8%	2011
Japan	02.9%	26.2%	70.9%	2015
Canada	02.0%	20.5%	77.5%	2006
Kazakhstan	18.1%	20.4%	61.6%	2016
Kenya	61.1%	06.7%	32.2%	2005
Colombia	17.0%	21.0%	62.0%	2011
South Korea	04.9%	24.1%	71.0%	2016
Malaysia	11.0%	36.0%	53.0%	2012
Morocco	39.1%	20.3%	40.5%	2014
Mexico	13.4%	24.1%	61.9%	2011
Nepal	69.0%	12.0%	19.0%	2014
New Zealand	07.0%	19.0%	74.0%	2006
Netherlands	01.2%	17.2%	81.6%	2014
Nigeria	30.5%	11.3%	58.2%	2010
Niger	87.0%	04.0%	09.0%	2016
Norway	02.1%	19.3%	78.6%	2016
Austria	00.7%	25.3%	74.0%	2015
Pakistan	42.3%	22.6%	35.1%	2015
Peru	25.8%	17.4%	56.8%	2011
Philippines	26.9%	17.5%	55.6%	2016
Poland	11.5%	30.4%	57.6%	2015
Romania	28.3%	28.9%	42.8%	2014
Russia	09.4%	27.6%	63.0%	2016
Saudi Arabia	06.7%	21.4%	71.9%	2005
Sweden	02.0%	12.0%	86.0%	2014
Switzerland	03.3%	19.8%	76.9%	2015
Singapore	01.0%	15.5%	83.5%	2016
Slovakia	3.9%	22.7%	73.4%	2016
Spain	04.2%	24.0%	71.7%	2009
South Africa	04.6%	23.5%	71.9%	2014
Taiwan	04.9%	35.9%	59.2%	2016
Tanzania	66.9%	06.4%	26.6%	2014
Thailand	31.8%	16.7%	51.5%	2015
Czech Republic	02.8%	38.0%	59.2%	2015
Turkey	18.4%	26.6%	54.9%	2016
Uganda	71.9%	04.4%	23.7%	2013
Ukraine	05.8%	26.5%	67.8%	2014
Hungary	04.9%	30.3%	64.8%	2015
United States	00.7%	20.2%	79.1%	2009
Uzbekistan	25.9%	13.2%	60.9%	2012
Venezuela	07.3%	21.8%	70.9%	2011
United Arab Emirates	07.0%	15.0%	78.0%	2000
United Kingdom	01.3%	15.2%	83.5%	2014
Vietnam	48.0%	21.0%	31.0%	2012
World average	31.7%	23.6%	44.7%	2013
country	Proportion of the population employed
	in the agricultural sector	in the industrial sector	in the service sector	year

See also

• unemployment
• List of the largest employers
• List of countries by unemployment rate
• List of countries by employment rate
• List of countries by average wage

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 30, 2016 ; accessed on September 13, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved September 12, 2017 (English).