Population by labor force status bars by country
Countries reporting
186
Highest
354.19 million
India
Lowest
13,851
United States Virgin Islands
Median
2.34 million
Years covered
35
1991β2025
Data points
6,496
What the numbers show
Population by labor force status bars is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 354.19 million in India; the lowest is 13,851 in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.34 million, and the mean is 10.78 million.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,571.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 43.5%), and the largest decrease in Puerto Rico (down 37.2%).
Population by labor force status bars: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 354.19 million | 2025 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 2 | China | 218.18 million | 2025 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 96.25 million | 2025 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 4 | Pakistan | 92.50 million | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 69.28 million | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 6 | United States | 59.38 million | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 52.54 million | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 51.85 million | 2025 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 48.57 million | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 10 | Brazil | 41.26 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 11 | Egypt | 37.35 million | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 31.79 million | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 13 | Philippines | 31.69 million | 2025 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 29.87 million | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 15 | Russia | 24.52 million | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 16 | Vietnam | 23.22 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 17 | Uganda | 22.15 million | 2025 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 18 | Kenya | 20.86 million | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 19 | Iran | 20.35 million | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan | 20.20 million | 2022 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 18.66 million | 2025 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 22 | Turkey | 18.43 million | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 17.22 million | 2025 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 24 | Yemen | 17.14 million | 2025 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 25 | Iraq | 16.94 million | 2025 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 26 | South Africa | 16.66 million | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 27 | Mozambique | 15.74 million | 2025 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 14.20 million | 2025 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 13.83 million | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.23 million | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 13.21 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 32 | Niger | 12.91 million | 2025 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 33 | Madagascar | 12.75 million | 2025 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 12.42 million | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 35 | Cameroon | 12.29 million | 2025 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom | 11.80 million | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | Germany | 11.67 million | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 11.59 million | 2025 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 39 | Mali | 11.54 million | 2025 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 40 | France | 10.81 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 41 | Colombia | 10.68 million | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 42 | Thailand | 10.32 million | 2025 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 9.91 million | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 9.68 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 45 | Chad | 9.65 million | 2025 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 46 | Argentina | 9.64 million | 2025 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 47 | Somalia | 9.15 million | 2025 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 48 | Zambia | 8.98 million | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 49 | Malawi | 8.91 million | 2025 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 50 | Nepal | 8.31 million | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 51 | Peru | 8.16 million | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 8.16 million | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 53 | Malaysia | 7.67 million | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 7.29 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 55 | Senegal | 7.15 million | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 56 | Venezuela | 7.11 million | 2025 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 57 | Italy | 6.89 million | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 58 | Zimbabwe | 6.83 million | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 59 | Ukraine | 6.71 million | 2021 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 60 | Burundi | 6.33 million | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 61 | Guinea | 6.12 million | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 62 | Benin | 6.11 million | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 6.07 million | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 64 | Spain | 6.04 million | 2025 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 65 | Canada | 6.01 million | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 66 | Guatemala | 5.80 million | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 67 | Poland | 5.52 million | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 68 | Rwanda | 5.39 million | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 69 | South Korea | 5.27 million | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 70 | Cambodia | 5.26 million | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 5.04 million | 2025 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 72 | North Korea | 5.03 million | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 73 | Australia | 4.77 million | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | South Sudan | 4.58 million | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 75 | Ecuador | 4.37 million | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 3.87 million | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 77 | Bolivia | 3.70 million | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 3.67 million | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 3.57 million | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 80 | Jordan | 3.48 million | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Togo | 3.47 million | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 82 | Honduras | 3.33 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 83 | Sierra Leone | 3.32 million | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 84 | Chile | 3.29 million | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 3.02 million | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 86 | Romania | 2.94 million | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 87 | Tunisia | 2.91 million | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 88 | Netherlands | 2.74 million | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 89 | Central African Republic | 2.68 million | 2025 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 2.59 million | 2025 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 91 | Israel | 2.59 million | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 2.38 million | 2025 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 93 | Laos | 2.35 million | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.33 million | 2025 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 2.25 million | 2025 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 96 | Liberia | 2.24 million | 2025 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 2.20 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 98 | Palestine | 2.05 million | 2022 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 99 | Libya | 2.00 million | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 100 | Paraguay | 1.99 million | 2025 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 1.98 million | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 102 | Belgium | 1.85 million | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 103 | United Arab Emirates | 1.81 million | 2025 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 104 | Sweden | 1.78 million | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 1.64 million | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 106 | Czechia | 1.60 million | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 1.55 million | 2025 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 108 | Lebanon | 1.54 million | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 109 | Belarus | 1.43 million | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 110 | Hungary | 1.38 million | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 111 | Eritrea | 1.36 million | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 112 | Oman | 1.34 million | 2025 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 113 | Switzerland | 1.33 million | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 114 | Portugal | 1.32 million | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 115 | Austria | 1.29 million | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 1.28 million | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 117 | Namibia | 1.13 million | 2025 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 118 | Panama | 1.12 million | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 119 | Gambia | 1.12 million | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 1.11 million | 2025 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 966,876 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 960,537 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 123 | Serbia | 953,717 | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 124 | Costa Rica | 943,431 | 2025 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 125 | Gabon | 939,825 | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 126 | New Zealand | 938,910 | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 127 | Denmark | 934,109 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 128 | Kuwait | 903,340 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 129 | Norway | 895,413 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 862,131 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 131 | Slovakia | 852,442 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 132 | Botswana | 818,769 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 133 | Lesotho | 805,944 | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 134 | Finland | 805,830 | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 135 | Georgia | 779,914 | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 136 | Hong Kong | 762,634 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 137 | Equatorial Guinea | 718,895 | 2025 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 138 | Singapore | 686,240 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 139 | Uruguay | 605,761 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 140 | Moldova | 585,267 | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 141 | Armenia | 560,582 | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 142 | Croatia | 527,292 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 143 | Jamaica | 518,758 | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 144 | East Timor | 469,743 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 145 | Qatar | 467,391 | 2025 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 146 | Albania | 460,242 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 147 | Eswatini | 414,486 | 2025 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 148 | Lithuania | 410,519 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 403,457 | 2025 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 363,635 | 2025 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 151 | Djibouti | 341,051 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 152 | Comoros | 325,503 | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 153 | Slovenia | 306,599 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 154 | Solomon Islands | 306,590 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 155 | Bahrain | 302,710 | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 299,815 | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 157 | Latvia | 281,505 | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 158 | Trinidad and Tobago | 264,337 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 159 | Fiji | 250,349 | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 160 | Guyana | 241,876 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 161 | Cyprus | 220,429 | 2025 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 162 | Estonia | 205,049 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 184,371 | 2025 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 164 | Bhutan | 162,213 | 2025 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 165 | Suriname | 162,122 | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 130,224 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 127,236 | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 168 | Montenegro | 113,134 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 169 | Belize | 111,102 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 170 | Luxembourg | 107,142 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 171 | Maldives | 100,831 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 172 | Macao | 98,981 | 2025 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 173 | Brunei | 96,185 | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 174 | Sao Tome and Principe | 89,987 | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 175 | Samoa | 83,471 | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 176 | Bahamas | 70,726 | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 177 | Malta | 70,354 | 2025 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 178 | Iceland | 69,768 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 179 | New Caledonia | 62,283 | 2025 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 180 | French Polynesia | 52,123 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 181 | Barbados | 48,227 | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 182 | Guam | 43,718 | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 183 | Tonga | 36,227 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 31,066 | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20,856 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 186 | United States Virgin Islands | 13,851 | 2025 | down 29.3% | falling |