This is a list of countries by size of the labour force mostly based on The World Factbook.
| Rank | Country | Labour force (Latest Available) |
| 1 | China | 78,00,00,000 |
| 2 | India | 47,83,00,000 |
| 3 | United States | 15,49,00,000 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 11,65,00,000 |
| 5 | Brazil | 9,52,10,000 |
| 6 | Russia | 7,58,10,000 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 7,25,00,000 |
| 8 | Japan | 6,59,30,000 |
| 9 | Pakistan | 7,58,80,000 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 4,73,30,000 |
| 11 | Mexico | 4,61,00,000 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 4,38,70,000 |
| 13 | Germany | 4,35,10,000 |
| 14 | Thailand | 3,82,40,000 |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 3,79,00,000 |
| 16 | Philippines | 3,78,90,000 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 3,12,50,000 |
| 18 | Burma | 3,08,50,000 |
| 19 | France | 2,79,90,000 |
| 20 | Egypt | 2,58,00,000 |
