DEFINITION
Economically active
population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the
labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of
labour for the production of economic goods
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
China: |
90.81 |
|
|
# 2
|
Cambodia: |
87.47 |
|
|
# 3
|
Burundi: |
87.15 |
|
|
# 4
|
Vietnam: |
87.14 |
|
|
# 5
|
Rwanda: |
86.88 |
|
|
# 6
|
Czech Republic: |
85.94 |
|
|
# 7
|
Mozambique: |
85.73 |
|
|
# 8
|
Slovakia: |
85.22 |
|
|
# 9
|
Solomon Islands: |
85.21 |
|
|
# 10
|
Barbados: |
84.88 |
|
|
# 11
|
Laos: |
82.44 |
|
|
# 12
|
Ghana: |
81.8 |
|
|
# 13
|
Bulgaria: |
80.98 |
|
|
# 14
|
Belarus: |
80.88 |
|
|
# 15
|
Latvia: |
80.4 |
|
|
# 16
|
Mongolia: |
80.28 |
|
|
= 17
|
Switzerland: |
80.1 |
|
|
= 17
|
Singapore: |
80.1 |
|
|
# 19
|
Tanzania: |
79.98 |
|
|
# 20
|
Australia: |
79.83 |
|
|
# 21
|
Thailand: |
79.52 |
|
|
# 22
|
Sweden: |
79.51 |
|
|
# 23
|
Jamaica: |
79.18 |
|
|
# 24
|
Denmark: |
78.98 |
|
|
# 25
|
Moldova: |
78.46 |
|
|
# 26
|
Malawi: |
78.31 |
|
|
# 27
|
Russia: |
77.21 |
|
|
# 28
|
Canada: |
77.19 |
|
|
# 29
|
Burkina Faso: |
77.08 |
|
|
# 30
|
East Timor: |
76.93 |
|
|
# 31
|
Uganda: |
76.9 |
|
|
# 32
|
Ukraine: |
76.64 |
|
|
# 33
|
Turkmenistan: |
76.6 |
|
|
# 34
|
Uzbekistan: |
76.55 |
|
|
# 35
|
Bahamas, The: |
76.4 |
|
|
# 36
|
Korea, North: |
76.31 |
|
|
# 37
|
Botswana: |
75.4 |
|
|
# 38
|
Germany: |
75.37 |
|
|
# 39
|
Eritrea: |
74.87 |
|
|
# 40
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
74.71 |
|
|
# 41
|
Kazakhstan: |
74.1 |
|
|
# 42
|
Angola: |
74.08 |
|
|
# 43
|
Ireland: |
73.85 |
|
|
# 44
|
Albania: |
73.09 |
|
|
# 45
|
Estonia: |
73.06 |
|
|
# 46
|
Slovenia: |
72.89 |
|
|
# 47
|
Kenya: |
72.85 |
|
|
# 48
|
Mali: |
72.81 |
|
|
# 49
|
Netherlands: |
72.8 |
|
|
# 50
|
New Zealand: |
72.78 |
|
|
# 51
|
Zambia: |
72.75 |
|
|
# 52
|
United States: |
72.42 |
|
|
# 53
|
Romania: |
72.16 |
|
|
# 54
|
Japan: |
71.9 |
|
|
# 55
|
Austria: |
71.49 |
|
|
# 56
|
Chad: |
71.45 |
|
|
# 57
|
Armenia: |
71.07 |
|
|
# 58
|
Lithuania: |
70.8 |
|
|
# 59
|
Malta: |
70.76 |
|
|
# 60
|
Gambia, The: |
69.66 |
|
|
# 61
|
Korea, South: |
69.54 |
|
|
# 62
|
Luxembourg: |
69.35 |
|
|
# 63
|
Tajikistan: |
69.27 |
|
|
# 64
|
Norway: |
68.95 |
|
|
# 65
|
Iceland: |
68.54 |
|
|
# 66
|
Maldives: |
68.05 |
|
|
# 67
|
Portugal: |
68.02 |
|
|
# 68
|
Madagascar: |
67.98 |
|
|
# 69
|
Burma: |
67.81 |
|
|
# 70
|
Finland: |
67.75 |
|
|
# 71
|
Uruguay: |
67.56 |
|
|
# 72
|
Cyprus: |
67.12 |
|
|
# 73
|
Spain: |
66.8 |
|
|
# 74
|
Sri Lanka: |
66.35 |
|
|
# 75
|
Mauritania: |
66.12 |
|
|
= 76
|
Guinea: |
65.89 |
|
|
= 76
|
Papua New Guinea: |
65.89 |
|
|
# 78
|
Bangladesh: |
65.71 |
|
|
# 79
|
Malaysia: |
65.61 |
|
|
# 80
|
Italy: |
65.45 |
|
|
# 81
|
Croatia: |
65.17 |
|
|
# 82
|
Zimbabwe: |
64.4 |
|
|
# 83
|
Gabon: |
64.35 |
|
|
# 84
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
63.11 |
|
|
# 85
|
Israel: |
63.03 |
|
|
# 86
|
Hungary: |
62.88 |
|
|
# 87
|
Bhutan: |
62.59 |
|
|
# 88
|
Poland: |
62.47 |
|
|
# 89
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
62.43 |
|
|
# 90
|
Senegal: |
61.94 |
|
|
# 91
|
Comoros: |
61.89 |
|
|
# 92
|
Somalia: |
61.61 |
|
|
# 93
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
61.54 |
|
|
# 94
|
Central African Republic: |
61.3 |
|
|
# 95
|
Azerbaijan: |
61.28 |
|
|
# 96
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
60.8 |
|
|
# 97
|
Georgia: |
60.73 |
|
|
# 98
|
Belgium: |
60.64 |
|
|
# 99
|
Turkey: |
60.06 |
|
|
# 100
|
Argentina: |
60.05 |
|
|
# 101
|
Liberia: |
59.97 |
|
|
# 102
|
Nepal: |
59.71 |
|
|
# 103
|
Cuba: |
59.63 |
|
|
# 104
|
Greece: |
59.44 |
|
|
# 105
|
Colombia: |
59.39 |
|
|
# 106
|
Ethiopia: |
59.35 |
|
|
# 107
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
59.1 |
|
|
# 108
|
Namibia: |
58.82 |
|
|
# 109
|
Haiti: |
58.67 |
|
|
# 110
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
58.63 |
|
|
# 111
|
El Salvador: |
58.19 |
|
|
# 112
|
Kuwait: |
57.6 |
|
|
# 113
|
Indonesia: |
55.66 |
|
|
# 114
|
Tunisia: |
55.5 |
|
|
# 115
|
France: |
55.36 |
|
|
# 116
|
Lesotho: |
55.32 |
|
|
# 117
|
Cape Verde: |
54.24 |
|
|
# 118
|
Togo: |
53.47 |
|
|
# 119
|
Swaziland: |
52.75 |
|
|
# 120
|
South Africa: |
51.94 |
|
|
# 121
|
Philippines: |
51.9 |
|
|
# 122
|
Nicaragua: |
51.84 |
|
|
# 123
|
Brazil: |
51.64 |
|
|
# 124
|
Morocco: |
50.64 |
|
|
# 125
|
Lebanon: |
50.3 |
|
|
# 126
|
Afghanistan: |
50.03 |
|
|
# 127
|
Guyana: |
49.56 |
|
|
# 128
|
Sierra Leone: |
49.29 |
|
|
# 129
|
Mauritius: |
49.19 |
|
|
# 130
|
Egypt: |
48.85 |
|
|
= 131
|
Dominica: |
48.82 |
|
|
= 131
|
Dominican Republic: |
48.82 |
|
|
# 133
|
Cameroon: |
48.44 |
|
|
# 134
|
Costa Rica: |
47.52 |
|
|
# 135
|
Panama: |
47.2 |
|
|
# 136
|
Mexico: |
47.18 |
|
|
# 137
|
Honduras: |
46.89 |
|
|
# 138
|
Chile: |
46.57 |
|
|
# 139
|
Bolivia: |
46.15 |
|
|
# 140
|
Fiji: |
45.85 |
|
|
# 141
|
Venezuela: |
45.74 |
|
|
= 142
|
Niger: |
45.33 |
|
|
= 142
|
Nigeria: |
45.33 |
|
|
# 144
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
45.02 |
|
|
# 145
|
Peru: |
44.73 |
|
|
# 146
|
Bahrain: |
44.69 |
|
|
# 147
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
44.46 |
|
|
# 148
|
India: |
43.96 |
|
|
# 149
|
Paraguay: |
43.29 |
|
|
# 150
|
Libya: |
42.49 |
|
|
# 151
|
Qatar: |
42.04 |
|
|
# 152
|
Jordan: |
41.81 |
|
|
# 153
|
Guatemala: |
41.66 |
|
|
# 154
|
United Arab Emirates: |
41.37 |
|
|
# 155
|
Suriname: |
41.06 |
|
|
# 156
|
Algeria: |
39.71 |
|
|
# 157
|
Belize: |
38.57 |
|
|
# 158
|
Iran: |
37.37 |
|
|
# 159
|
Ecuador: |
36.94 |
|
|
# 160
|
Pakistan: |
36.76 |
|
|
# 161
|
Syria: |
35.09 |
|
|
# 162
|
Sudan: |
35.01 |
|
|
# 163
|
Yemen: |
30.27 |
|
|
# 164
|
Saudi Arabia: |
29.56 |
|
|
# 165
|
Iraq: |
22.62 |
|
|
# 166
|
Oman: |
22.15 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
62.6 |
|
DEFINITION: Economically active
population ("usually active" or "currently active" (currently active is also known as "the
labour force")) comprises all persons of either sex above a specified age who furnish the supply of
labour for the production of economic goods