Based on a comparison of 173 countries in 2021, China ranked the highest in Labour Force (Total) with 791 mil followed by India and USA. On the other end of the scale was Belize with 0.177 mil, Iceland with 0.200 mil and Brunei with 0.220 mil.
Total Labour Force (Total) reached 3,463 mil in 2021 in the World. This is 0.145 % less than in the previous year and 7.92 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total Labour Force (Total) reached an all time high of 3,468 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 2,322 mil in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 1.30 % since 1990.
The top ranked country, China, accounted for 22.9 % of Labour Force (Total) in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 41.4 % share while the ten largest countries some 58.4 % in 2021.
Data for more countries are available at Labour Force (Total) indicator page.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Bangladesh | mil | 67.7 | 69.2 | 70.4 | 72.8 | 74.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 105 | 106 | 100 | 104 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 777 | 776 | 764 | 781 | 770 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 48.4 | 49.0 | 49.1 | 50.0 | 51.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 43.6 | 44.0 | 43.4 | 43.3 | 44.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 524 | 531 | 533 | 550 | 569 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 135 | 137 | 137 | 136 | 140 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 68.2 | 68.8 | 68.7 | 68.7 | 68.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 55.1 | 56.6 | 53.0 | 56.9 | 58.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 94.0 | 96.7 | 99.7 | 103 | 105 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 71.4 | 73.7 | 75.4 | 78.8 | 80.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 44.0 | 45.3 | 42.5 | 44.7 | 49.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 74.9 | 74.0 | 73.4 | 73.8 | 73.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 167 | 169 | 167 | 167 | 169 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 56.2 | 56.2 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 56.5 |
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