Photographs: Toru Hanai/Reuters
While some companies are earning millions of dollars in revenue employing just couple of thousand people, there are some that operate on a much bigger scale.
Let's take a look at 10 organisations, including government ones, that employ most workers in the world.
Source: BBC
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Jason Reed/Reuters
Department of Defense
Country: The United States
Number of Employees: 3.2 million
Global rank: 1
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters
People's Liberation Army
Country: China
Number of Employees: 2.3 million
Global rank: 2
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Jacob Slaton/Reuters
Walmart
Country: The United States
Number of Employees: 2.1 million
Global rank: 3
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
McDonald's
Country: The United States
Number of Employees: 1.9 million
Global rank: 4
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Neil Hall/Reuters
National Health Service
Country: The United Kingdom
Number of Employees: 1.7 million
Global rank: 5
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
National Petroleum Corporation
Country: China
Number of Employees: 1.6 million
Global rank: 6
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: China Daily/Reuters
State Grid Corporation
Country: China
Number of Employees: 1.5 million
Global rank: 7
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Vijay Mathur/Reuters
Indian Railways
Country: India
Number of Employees: 1.4 million
Global rank: 8
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: B Mathur/Reuters
Indian Armed Forces
Country: India
Number of Employees: 1.3 million
Global rank: 9
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10 biggest employers in the world
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Hon Hai Precision Industry ( Foxconn)
Country: Taiwan
Number of Employees: 1.2 million
Global rank: 10
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