Total labor force in the sample, aged 15-64, male by country

Countries reporting

106

Highest

407.14 million

China

Lowest

Ukraine

Median

2.41 million

Years covered

1970–2021

Data points

1,548

What the numbers show

Total labor force in the sample, aged 15-64, male is currently reported for 106 countries. The highest value is 407.14 million in China; the lowest is 0 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.41 million, and the mean is 14.48 million.

Over the past decade 74 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Bulgaria (up 103,996.0%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 100.0%).

Total labor force in the sample, aged 15-64, male: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	China	407.14 million	2013	up 2.4%	falling
2	India	301.01 million	2019	up 9.0%	rising
3	United States	78.72 million	2018	up 0.6%	volatile
4	Indonesia	78.35 million	2019	up 21.4%	rising
5	Brazil	57.08 million	2021	up 4.3%	rising
6	Pakistan	48.98 million	2020	up 22.2%	rising
7	Nigeria	42.40 million	2018	up 82.3%	rising
8	Bangladesh	40.62 million	2016	up 13.8%	rising
9	Mexico	32.41 million	2020	up 13.4%	rising
10	Philippines	26.31 million	2019	up 17.9%	rising
11	Egypt	22.90 million	2019	up 20.2%	rising
12	Kazakhstan	21.24 million	2018	up 448.8%	volatile
13	Turkey	21.21 million	2019	up 21.4%	rising
14	Ethiopia	20.72 million	2021	up 32.7%	rising
15	Germany	20.43 million	2011	up 91,071.0%	volatile
16	Thailand	19.29 million	2021	down 5.1%	rising
17	United Kingdom	16.49 million	2016	up 22.9%	volatile
18	Italy	15.43 million	2016	up 5.5%	volatile
19	France	14.94 million	2016	up 6.7%	rising
20	South Korea	14.75 million	2017	up 13.2%	rising
21	Colombia	13.43 million	2021	up 11.3%	rising
22	Spain	12.23 million	2016	up 3.5%	volatile
23	South Africa	11.74 million	2020	up 15.3%	rising
24	Tanzania	11.21 million	2020	up 59.8%	rising
25	Kenya	9.72 million	2019	up 44.8%	rising
26	Poland	8.92 million	2019	down 9.4%	rising
27	Peru	8.73 million	2021	up 6.2%	rising
28	Morocco	8.59 million	2013	up 18.4%	rising
29	Uganda	7.45 million	2016	up 41.4%	rising
30	Argentina	7.30 million	2021	up 10.9%	rising
31	Venezuela	7.23 million	2006	up 30.8%	rising
32	Nepal	5.95 million	2014	up 14.2%	rising
33	Ghana	5.74 million	2016	up 31.5%	volatile
34	Romania	5.14 million	2018	down 4.0%	falling
35	Sri Lanka	5.13 million	2019	down 1.1%	rising
36	Ecuador	4.55 million	2021	up 25.8%	rising
37	Madagascar	4.53 million	2012	up 36.1%	rising
38	Mozambique	4.52 million	2014	up 30.3%	rising
39	Guatemala	4.49 million	2019	up 49.3%	rising
40	Chile	4.45 million	2017	up 8.2%	rising
41	Netherlands	4.25 million	2016	down 0.2%	volatile
42	Cambodia	3.72 million	2012	up 65.0%	rising
43	Malawi	3.54 million	2019	up 42.4%	rising
44	Bolivia	3.05 million	2021	up 14.1%	rising
45	Zambia	2.96 million	2015	up 80.5%	rising
46	Czechia	2.75 million	2016	down 2.8%	volatile
47	Tunisia	2.72 million	2015	up 20.6%	rising
48	Mali	2.69 million	2018	—	volatile
49	Greece	2.60 million	2016	down 5.9%	rising
50	Portugal	2.51 million	2016	down 8.8%	rising
51	Hungary	2.51 million	2016	up 8.6%	rising
52	Sweden	2.51 million	2016	up 10.9%	rising
53	Dominican Republic	2.50 million	2013	up 23.6%	rising
54	Honduras	2.32 million	2019	up 27.0%	rising
55	Rwanda	2.22 million	2021	up 3.8%	rising
56	Paraguay	2.02 million	2021	up 15.9%	rising
57	Senegal	1.89 million	2018	down 9.3%	volatile
58	Bulgaria	1.87 million	2016	up 103,996.0%	volatile
59	Togo	1.74 million	2018	up 51.7%	volatile
60	Serbia	1.70 million	2018	down 12.8%	falling
61	El Salvador	1.67 million	2019	up 22.3%	rising
62	Nicaragua	1.65 million	2014	up 27.6%	rising
63	Jordan	1.49 million	2016	up 34.7%	volatile
64	Slovakia	1.49 million	2016	up 7.6%	volatile
65	Laos	1.42 million	2018	down 2.7%	rising
66	Kyrgyzstan	1.38 million	2020	up 16.1%	volatile
67	Denmark	1.34 million	2016	down 0.5%	rising
68	Costa Rica	1.33 million	2021	up 6.3%	rising
69	Norway	1.27 million	2016	up 9.5%	rising
70	Finland	1.26 million	2016	down 1.6%	volatile
71	Guinea	1.25 million	2018	down 21.7%	rising
72	Tajikistan	1.18 million	2013	down 2.2%	volatile
73	Ireland	1.11 million	2016	up 2.9%	volatile
74	Panama	1.07 million	2021	up 13.9%	rising
75	Niger	1.05 million	2018	down 57.4%	rising
76	Georgia	1.05 million	2020	up 20.8%	volatile
77	Croatia	1.02 million	2016	up 5.3%	rising
78	Uruguay	909,540	2021	up 0.4%	rising
79	Albania	797,795	2019	up 7.8%	rising
80	Lithuania	723,662	2016	down 12.0%	falling
81	Armenia	667,868	2020	down 13.6%	falling
82	Puerto Rico	656,033	2005	down 48.0%	rising
83	Mongolia	618,897	2021	up 8.5%	rising
84	North Macedonia	558,874	2020	down 1.7%	rising
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	546,008	2019	down 20.9%	falling
86	Slovenia	518,143	2016	down 1.8%	volatile
87	Latvia	495,503	2016	down 12.3%	volatile
88	Moldova	493,202	2021	down 41.2%	volatile
89	Mauritius	361,886	2017	up 3,004.7%	volatile
90	Namibia	360,090	2015	down 1.8%	rising
91	Trinidad and Tobago	345,420	2011	up 18.1%	rising
92	Estonia	329,972	2016	up 1.3%	rising
93	Gambia	313,600	2020	up 4,379.8%	volatile
94	Cyprus	220,236	2016	up 10.2%	rising
95	Luxembourg	146,360	2016	up 21.6%	volatile
96	Malta	115,368	2016	up 3.0%	flat
97	Iceland	78,825	2015	up 0.8%	flat
98	Belize	54,268	1999	up 25.3%	rising
99	Jamaica	4,984	2002	down 99.8%	volatile
100	Palestine	4,382	2017	down 99.4%	volatile
101	Belgium	2,481	2003	up 2.8%	flat
102	Austria	2,181	2003	up 0.7%	flat
103	Belarus	0	2020	down 100.0%	volatile
103	Montenegro	0	2013	down 100.0%	volatile
103	Russia	0	2019	down 100.0%	volatile
103	Ukraine	0	2020	down 100.0%	volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 407,169

About this data

Indicator: Total labor force in the sample, aged 15-64, male
Source: World Bank
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 108 places, 1,548 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026