List of largest employers

Largest public and private employers in the world

The BBC includes non-corporate employers in its list:

World's largest public and private employers, 2012^[1]
Employer	Employees	Headquarters
United States Department of Defense	3.2 million	United States
People's Liberation Army	2.3 million	China
Walmart	2.2 million	United States
National Health Service	1.7 million	United Kingdom
China National Petroleum Corporation	1.6 million	China
State Grid Corporation of China	1.5 million	China
Indian Railways	1.4 million	India
Indian Armed Forces	1.3 million	India
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn)	1.2 million	Taiwan

The Economist includes non-corporate employers in its list:

World's largest public and private employers, 2010^[2]
Employer	Employees	Country
United States Department of Defense	3.2 million	United States
People's Liberation Army	2.3 million (2008 data)	China
Walmart	2.2 million	United States
China National Petroleum Corporation	1.7 million	China
State Grid Corporation of China	1.65 million	China
National Health Service (England)	1.5 million	United Kingdom
Indian Railways	1.4 million	India
China Post	0.9 million	China
Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn)	0.8 million	Taiwan

The rankings below are the six private-sector companies providing the most jobs worldwide, which do not include government-owned corporations.

The six companies with the most employees in the world, 2013
Rank	Employer	Country	Employees
1	Walmart	United States	2,200,000
2	Sinopec	China	1,021,979
3	Hon Hai Precision Industry	Taiwan	961,000
4	G4S	United Kingdom	620,000
5	United States Postal Service	United States	601,601
6	Tesco	United Kingdom	597,784