The number of people employed or actively looking for work — the economically active population.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2021 to 2025.
Top-20 · people
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
China
|
768M | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
India
|
618M | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United States
|
175M | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Indonesia
|
147M | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Nigeria
|
117M | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Brazil
|
108M | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Pakistan
|
85.16M | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Bangladesh
|
74.74M | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Russia
|
72.77M | 2025 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Japan
|
69.48M | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Mexico
|
61.71M | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Vietnam
|
57.04M | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Ethiopia
|
56.78M | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Philippines
|
52.2M | 2025 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Germany
|
43.55M | 2025 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Thailand
|
40.87M | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
39.22M | 2025 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Türkiye
|
36.88M | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Egypt
|
36.11M | 2025 | 19 | |
| 20 |
United Kingdom
|
35.41M | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Tanzania
|
34.05M | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
France
|
31.86M | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
South Korea
|
29.87M | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Iran
|
29.52M | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Colombia
|
27.1M | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
South Africa
|
26.73M | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Italy
|
25.66M | 2025 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Spain
|
24.76M | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Kenya
|
24.71M | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Uganda
|
23.39M | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Myanmar
|
22.94M | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Canada
|
22.85M | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Argentina
|
22.42M | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Ukraine
|
20.54M | 2021 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Peru
|
19.24M | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Malaysia
|
18.72M | 2025 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Saudi Arabia
|
18.38M | 2025 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Poland
|
18.17M | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
North Korea
|
17.7M | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Madagascar
|
17.09M | 2025 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Angola
|
16.32M | 2025 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Mozambique
|
15.66M | 2025 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Australia
|
15.13M | 2025 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Uzbekistan
|
14.64M | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Algeria
|
13.56M | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Ghana
|
13.25M | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
13.07M | 2025 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Morocco
|
12.63M | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Iraq
|
12.49M | 2025 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Niger
|
11.97M | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Cameroon
|
11.47M | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Venezuela
|
11.12M | 2025 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Sudan
|
10.95M | 2022 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Cambodia
|
10.37M | 2025 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Netherlands
|
10.35M | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Chile
|
10.33M | 2025 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Kazakhstan
|
10.01M | 2025 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Burkina Faso
|
9.91M | 2025 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Afghanistan
|
9.43M | 2025 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Mali
|
9.16M | 2025 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Ecuador
|
8.98M | 2025 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Nepal
|
8.36M | 2025 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Malawi
|
8.32M | 2025 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Sri Lanka
|
8.26M | 2025 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Romania
|
8.24M | 2025 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Yemen
|
8.16M | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Zambia
|
8.01M | 2025 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Guatemala
|
7.68M | 2025 | 68 | |
| 69 |
United Arab Emirates
|
7.6M | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Bolivia
|
6.98M | 2025 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Zimbabwe
|
6.85M | 2025 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Syria
|
6.76M | 2025 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Chad
|
6.75M | 2025 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Benin
|
6.64M | 2025 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Burundi
|
6.31M | 2025 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Senegal
|
6.13M | 2025 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Rwanda
|
5.84M | 2025 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Sweden
|
5.7M | 2025 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Czechia
|
5.58M | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Dominican Republic
|
5.51M | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Portugal
|
5.49M | 2025 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Belgium
|
5.46M | 2025 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Haiti
|
5.27M | 2025 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Switzerland
|
5.17M | 2025 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Azerbaijan
|
5.11M | 2025 | 85 | |
| 86 |
South Sudan
|
5.07M | 2023 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Hungary
|
4.94M | 2025 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Cuba
|
4.86M | 2025 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Israel
|
4.83M | 2025 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Belarus
|
4.8M | 2025 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Austria
|
4.75M | 2025 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Guinea
|
4.72M | 2025 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Greece
|
4.72M | 2025 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Honduras
|
4.34M | 2025 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Tunisia
|
4.27M | 2025 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Hong Kong
|
3.79M | 2025 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Singapore
|
3.76M | 2025 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Papua New Guinea
|
3.75M | 2025 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Laos
|
3.65M | 2025 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Somalia
|
3.56M | 2025 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Paraguay
|
3.53M | 2025 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Serbia
|
3.32M | 2025 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Nicaragua
|
3.32M | 2025 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Denmark
|
3.29M | 2025 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Jordan
|
3.22M | 2025 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Norway
|
3.09M | 2025 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Bulgaria
|
3.09M | 2025 | 107 | |
| 108 |
New Zealand
|
3.08M | 2025 | 108 | |
| 109 |
El Salvador
|
2.99M | 2025 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Togo
|
2.96M | 2025 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Sierra Leone
|
2.93M | 2025 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Kuwait
|
2.93M | 2025 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Ireland
|
2.91M | 2025 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Finland
|
2.89M | 2025 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.87M | 2025 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Oman
|
2.84M | 2025 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Slovakia
|
2.76M | 2025 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Liberia
|
2.67M | 2025 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Tajikistan
|
2.65M | 2025 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Republic of the Congo
|
2.64M | 2025 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Libya
|
2.62M | 2025 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Costa Rica
|
2.43M | 2025 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Panama
|
2.29M | 2025 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Turkmenistan
|
2.2M | 2025 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Qatar
|
2.2M | 2025 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Central African Republic
|
2.08M | 2025 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Georgia
|
2.01M | 2025 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Lebanon
|
1.84M | 2023 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Uruguay
|
1.81M | 2025 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Eritrea
|
1.76M | 2025 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Croatia
|
1.74M | 2025 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Jamaica
|
1.61M | 2025 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Lithuania
|
1.55M | 2025 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Armenia
|
1.49M | 2025 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Mongolia
|
1.46M | 2025 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Palestine
|
1.39M | 2022 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Moldova
|
1.37M | 2025 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
1.34M | 2025 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Albania
|
1.26M | 2025 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Mauritania
|
1.25M | 2025 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Puerto Rico
|
1.21M | 2025 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Botswana
|
1.2M | 2025 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Namibia
|
1.15M | 2025 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Slovenia
|
1.05M | 2025 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Latvia
|
948,428 | 2025 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Bahrain
|
919,501 | 2025 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
899,220 | 2025 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Lesotho
|
889,530 | 2025 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Gabon
|
844,145 | 2025 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Gambia
|
807,275 | 2025 | 150 | |
| 151 |
North Macedonia
|
789,369 | 2025 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Cyprus
|
770,268 | 2025 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Estonia
|
754,206 | 2025 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
737,977 | 2025 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
651,715 | 2025 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Timor-Leste
|
635,489 | 2025 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Mauritius
|
622,328 | 2025 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Solomon Islands
|
448,502 | 2025 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Eswatini
|
430,869 | 2025 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Bhutan
|
411,263 | 2025 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Macao
|
401,572 | 2025 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Fiji
|
390,290 | 2025 | 162 | |
| 163 |
Luxembourg
|
355,974 | 2025 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Guyana
|
326,682 | 2025 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Malta
|
323,052 | 2025 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Comoros
|
310,841 | 2025 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Montenegro
|
296,618 | 2025 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Maldives
|
272,320 | 2025 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Djibouti
|
267,610 | 2025 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Suriname
|
257,128 | 2025 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Bahamas
|
245,159 | 2025 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Iceland
|
242,507 | 2025 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
237,763 | 2025 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Cabo Verde
|
226,448 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Belize
|
184,286 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Barbados
|
151,620 | 2025 | 176 | |
| 177 |
New Caledonia
|
131,488 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Vanuatu
|
120,833 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
French Polynesia
|
120,628 | 2025 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Saint Lucia
|
101,771 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Channel Islands
|
81,617 | 2025 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Guam
|
78,007 | 2025 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Samoa
|
57,776 | 2025 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
53,688 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
47,132 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
35,075 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Tonga
|
33,628 | 2025 | 187 |
The economically active population — everyone aged 15 and over who either works or actively looks for work. It covers the employed, the unemployed and first-time job seekers; it leaves out students, homemakers and other people who do not offer their labor on the market. The size of the labor force is the basic constraint on the growth potential of an economy.
How much output one employed person creates in a year — in constant PPP dollars.
Labor 1990–2025 Female share of the labor forceWhat part of the labor force of a country is made up of women.
Labor 1990–2025 Labor force participation rateWhat share of the population aged 15 and over works or looks for work.
Labor 1991–2025 Employment-to-population ratioThe share of the population aged 15 and over that actually works.