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Labor Force Strength by Country (2023)



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Ranking the total available labor force available to any one country, from largest to smallest.



Global Firepower tracks the power of a nation's labor force as it can directly effect wartime output concerning military industry - bullets, bombs, uniforms, spares, specialized field equipment, medicine, etc... Traditionally, and expectedly so, larger overall populations field larger labor forces (China, India, and the United States). This listing does not take into account local industry quality.

Data presented on this list is through 2023.
Photograph of a factory worker making steel goods.


Labor Force (TOP 5)
1
China
CHN
774,710,000
2
India
IND
523,000,000
3
United States
USA
147,000,000
4
Indonesia
INO
130,000,000
5
Brazil
BRA
86,621,000
6
Russia
RUS
70,000,000
7
Bangladesh
BNG
66,640,000
8
Japan
JPN
66,540,000
9
Pakistan
PAK
61,710,000
10
Nigeria
NGA
60,100,000
11
Vietnam
VET
55,000,000
12
Ethiopia
ETH
53,000,000
13
Mexico
MEX
51,000,000
14
Germany
GER
44,585,000
15
Philippines
PHL
41,533,000
16
Thailand
THL
40,000,000
17
United Kingdom
UKD
35,412,000
18
Iran
IRN
30,500,000
19
France
FRA
27,742,000
20
South Korea
SKO
27,000,000


21
Turkiye
TKY
25,677,000
22
Tanzania
TNZ
25,000,000
23
Egypt
EGY
24,113,000
24
Italy
ITA
23,000,000
25
Myanmar
MYA
22,300,000
26
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
20,692,000
27
Colombia
COL
20,000,000
28
Kenya
KEN
19,600,000
29
Spain
SPN
19,060,000
30
Canada
CAN
18,136,000
31
Argentina
ARG
18,000,000
32
Ukraine
UKR
18,000,000
33
Nepal
NEP
17,000,000
34
Uganda
UGA
16,000,000
35
Malaysia
MLY
15,139,000
36
South Africa
SAF
14,687,000
37
Venezuela
VEN
14,210,000
38
North Korea
NKO
14,000,000
39
Saudi Arabia
SAR
14,000,000
40
Madagascar
MAD
13,400,000


41
Uzbekistan
UZB
13,273,000
42
Mozambique
MOZ
13,000,000
43
Australia
AUS
12,568,000
44
Angola
ANG
12,510,000
45
Ghana
GHA
12,490,000
46
Sudan
SDN
11,920,000
47
Taiwan
TWN
11,500,000
48
Algeria
ALG
11,000,000
49
Morocco
MOR
10,400,000
50
Cameroon
CAM
10,000,000
51
Poland
POL
9,561,000
52
Netherlands
NTH
9,000,000
53
Iraq
IRQ
9,000,000
54
Cambodia
CMB
9,000,000
55
Ivory Coast
IVC
8,747,000
56
Kazakhstan
KAZ
8,685,000
57
Burkina Faso
BKF
8,501,000
58
Ecuador
ECU
8,086,000
59
Sri Lanka
SRL
8,000,000
60
Zimbabwe
ZIM
8,000,000


61
Yemen
YEM
7,500,000
62
Chile
CHI
7,249,000
63
Zambia
ZAM
7,000,000
64
Senegal
SEN
7,000,000
65
Guatemala
GUA
6,664,000
66
Niger
NGR
6,500,000
67
Mali
MAL
6,447,000
68
Bolivia
BOL
6,000,000
69
Chad
CHD
5,654,000
70
United Arab Emirates
UAE
5,344,000
71
Czechia
CZC
5,222,000
72
Switzerland
SWZ
5,067,000
73
Sweden
SWE
5,030,000
74
Cuba
CUB
5,000,000
75
Azerbaijan
AZR
5,000,000
76
Romania
ROM
4,900,000
77
Portugal
POR
4,900,000
78
Dominican Republic
DOM
4,732,000
79
Hungary
HUN
4,414,000
80
Belarus
BLR
4,381,000


81
Afghanistan
AFG
4,240,000
82
Somalia
SOM
4,154,000
83
Belgium
BEL
4,122,000
84
Tunisia
TUN
4,054,000
85
Israel
ISR
4,000,000
86
Greece
GRE
4,000,000
87
Austria
AST
4,000,000
88
Singapore
SNG
3,778,000
89
Syria
SYR
3,767,000
90
Honduras
HON
3,735,000
91
Laos
LAO
3,582,000
92
Benin
BEN
3,500,000
93
Paraguay
PAR
3,428,000
94
Peru
PER
3,421,000
95
Bulgaria
BUL
3,113,000
96
Nicaragua
NIC
3,046,000
97
Serbia
SRB
3,000,000
98
El Salvador
ESL
3,000,000
99
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
2,841,000
100
Denmark
DEN
2,736,000


101
Eritrea
ERI
2,710,000
102
New Zealand
NWZ
2,709,000
103
Kuwait
KUW
2,700,000
104
Norway
NOR
2,699,000
105
Finland
FIN
2,520,000
106
Slovakia
SLK
2,511,000
107
Turkmenistan
TKM
2,305,000
108
Ireland
IRE
2,300,000
109
Tajikistan
TJK
2,300,000
110
Oman
OMA
2,255,000
111
Central African Republic
CAR
2,242,000
112
Lebanon
LEB
2,166,000
113
Republic of the Congo
ROC
2,055,000
114
Uruguay
URU
2,000,000
115
Qatar
QTR
1,953,000
116
Liberia
LIB
1,677,000
117
Croatia
CRO
1,656,000
118
Panama
PAN
1,633,000
119
Armenia
ARM
1,507,000
120
Mauritania
MAU
1,437,000


121
Lithuania
LIT
1,333,000
122
Moldova
MOL
1,300,000
123
Mongolia
MGL
1,241,000
124
Botswana
BOT
1,177,000
125
Libya
LBY
1,114,000
126
Albania
ALB
1,104,000
127
Namibia
NAM
960,000
128
Slovenia
SLV
885,000
129
Latvia
LAT
885,000
130
Bahrain
BAH
831,600
131
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
806,000
132
North Macedonia
MAC
795,000
133
South Sudan
SSD
750,000
134
Jordan
JOR
731,000
135
Georgia
GEO
700,000
136
Estonia
EST
648,000
137
Gabon
GAB
560,000
138
Kosovo
KOS
500,000
139
Luxembourg
LUX
476,000
140
Bhutan
BUT
400,000


141
Iceland
ICE
200,000
142
Montenegro
MTN
167,000
143
Suriname
SRN
144,000
144
Sierra Leone
SLE
132,000
145
Beliz
BLZ
130,500
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