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DEFINITION
Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
503,128,400
1980
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
279,608,300
1980
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
112,384,000
1980
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
76,023,510
1980
Russian Labor
# 5
Japan :
56,421,940
1980
Japanese Labor
# 6
Indonesia :
56,092,740
1980
Indonesian Labor
# 7
Brazil :
46,383,630
1980
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
36,223,310
1980
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
35,296,040
1980
German Labor
# 10
United Kingdom :
27,493,420
1980
British Labor
# 11
Pakistan :
27,450,890
1980
Pakistani Labor
# 12
Ukraine :
26,430,630
1980
Ukrainian Labor
# 13
Nigeria :
24,861,530
1980
Nigerian Labor
# 14
Vietnam :
24,249,530
1980
Vietnamese Labor
# 15
France :
23,952,610
1980
French Labor
# 16
Thailand :
22,952,420
1980
Thai Labor
# 17
Italy :
22,019,780
1980
Italian Labor
# 18
Mexico :
20,560,570
1980
Mexican Labor
# 19
Poland :
18,513,680
1980
Polish Labor
# 20
Philippines :
17,861,440
1980
Philippine Labor
# 21
Turkey :
17,360,960
1980
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ethiopia :
16,624,420
1980
Ethiopian Labor
# 23
Burma :
15,935,550
1980
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
14,946,820
1980
Korean Labor
# 25
Spain :
14,164,810
1980
Spanish Labor
# 26
Canada :
12,122,550
1980
Canadian Labor
# 27
Egypt :
11,597,940
1980
Egyptian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
11,373,920
1980
Congolese Labor
# 29
Iran :
11,056,870
1980
Iranian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
10,764,310
1980
South African Labor
# 31
Romania :
10,646,720
1980
Romanian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
9,994,154
1980
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
9,180,508
1980
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Colombia :
8,827,572
1980
Colombian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
7,465,722
1980
Korean Labor
# 36
Kazakhstan :
7,030,211
1980
Kazakhstani Labor
# 37
Kenya :
6,773,961
1980
Kenyan Labor
# 38
Australia :
6,717,548
1980
Australian Labor
# 39
Sudan :
6,479,149
1980
Sudanese Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
6,050,075
1980
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Netherlands :
6,011,959
1980
Dutch Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
5,926,618
1980
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Nepal :
5,843,195
1980
Nepalese Labor
# 44
Sri Lanka :
5,781,747
1980
Sri Lankan Labor
# 45
Peru :
5,573,890
1980
Peruvian Labor
# 46
Morocco :
5,517,621
1980
Moroccan Labor
# 47
Uganda :
5,470,371
1980
Ugandan Labor
# 48
Czech Republic :
5,324,819
1980
Czech Labor
# 49
Afghanistan :
5,319,736
1980
Afghan Labor
# 50
Belarus :
5,094,209
1980
Belarusian Labor
# 51
Hungary :
5,057,502
1980
Hungarian Labor
# 52
Malaysia :
5,027,063
1980
Malaysian Labor
# 53
Venezuela :
4,995,011
1980
Venezuelan Labor
# 54
Ghana :
4,848,775
1980
Ghanaian Labor
# 55
Algeria :
4,798,847
1980
Algerian Labor
# 56
Bulgaria :
4,588,625
1980
Bulgarian Labor
# 57
Sweden :
4,530,222
1980
Swedish Labor
# 58
Portugal :
4,476,780
1980
Portuguese Labor
# 59
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,388,087
1980
Serbian Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
3,950,676
1980
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Belgium :
3,905,910
1980
Belgian Labor
# 62
Greece :
3,885,301
1980
Greek Labor
# 63
Chile :
3,764,594
1980
Chilean Labor
# 64
Angola :
3,475,325
1980
Angolan Labor
# 65
Cuba :
3,420,522
1980
Cuban Labor
# 66
Iraq :
3,384,573
1980
Iraqi Labor
# 67
Cameroon :
3,316,461
1980
Cameroonian Labor
# 68
Austria :
3,251,884
1980
Austrian Labor
# 69
Cambodia :
3,244,996
1980
Cambodian Labor
# 70
Switzerland :
3,037,996
1980
Swiss Labor
# 71
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,031,324
1980
Ivoirian Labor
# 72
Burkina Faso :
2,987,073
1980
Burkinabe Labor
# 73
Mali :
2,961,858
1980
Malian Labor
# 74
Malawi :
2,850,343
1980
Malawian Labor
# 75
Zimbabwe :
2,771,061
1980
Zimbabwean Labor
# 76
Azerbaijan :
2,716,257
1980
Azerbaijani Labor
# 77
Denmark :
2,712,699
1980
Danish Labor
# 78
Somalia :
2,711,728
1980
Somali Labor
# 79
Niger :
2,574,316
1980
Nigerien Labor
# 80
Georgia :
2,557,970
1980
Georgian Labor
# 81
Saudi Arabia :
2,518,466
1980
Saudi Labor
# 82
Ecuador :
2,481,790
1980
Ecuadorian Labor
# 83
Slovakia :
2,474,399
1980
Slovak Labor
# 84
Zambia :
2,453,187
1980
Zambian Labor
# 85
Finland :
2,445,568
1980
Finnish Labor
# 86
Hong Kong :
2,424,504
1980
Hong Kong Labor
# 87
Syria :
2,351,459
1980
Syrian Labor
# 88
Senegal :
2,346,653
1980
Senegalese Labor
# 89
Guinea :
2,322,575
1980
Guinean Labor
# 90
Guatemala :
2,293,042
1980
Guatemalan Labor
# 91
Haiti :
2,288,010
1980
Haitian Labor
# 92
Rwanda :
2,279,403
1980
Rwandan Labor
# 93
Croatia :
2,168,704
1980
Croatian Labor
# 94
Moldova :
2,086,090
1980
Moldovan Labor
# 95
Yemen :
2,060,019
1980
Yemeni Labor
# 96
Burundi :
2,056,532
1980
Burundian Labor
# 97
Norway :
2,009,181
1980
Norwegian Labor
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,918,644
1980
Herzegovinian Labor
# 99
Bolivia :
1,904,507
1980
Bolivian Labor
# 100
Dominican Republic :
1,895,685
1980
Dominican Labor
# 101
Chad :
1,880,219
1980
Chadian Labor
# 102
Tunisia :
1,841,789
1980
Tunisian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,797,589
1980
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
El Salvador :
1,573,128
1980
Salvadoran Labor
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
1,550,661
1980
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 106
Tajikistan :
1,541,612
1980
Tajikistani Labor
# 107
New Zealand :
1,498,733
1980
New Zealand Labor
# 108
Benin :
1,448,394
1980
Beninese Labor
# 109
Armenia :
1,448,036
1980
Armenian Labor
# 110
Latvia :
1,424,996
1980
Latvian Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,345,762
1980
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Papua New Guinea :
1,325,957
1980
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,308,272
1980
Israeli Labor
# 114
Ireland :
1,253,257
1980
Irish Labor
# 115
Laos :
1,239,283
1980
Lao Labor
# 116
Albania :
1,194,317
1980
Albanian Labor
# 117
Uruguay :
1,145,161
1980
Uruguayan Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,144,839
1980
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Honduras :
1,131,738
1980
Honduran Labor
# 120
Singapore :
1,118,156
1980
Singapore Labor
# 121
Paraguay :
1,116,676
1980
Paraguayan Labor
# 122
Central African Republic :
1,051,800
1980
Central African Labor
# 123
Togo :
1,050,501
1980
Togolese Labor
# 124
Puerto Rico :
995,954.7
1980
Puerto Rican Labor
# 125
Nicaragua :
982,062.1
1980
Nicaraguan Labor
# 126
Eritrea :
977,775
1980
Eritrean Labor
# 127
Jamaica :
959,833.8
1980
Jamaican Labor
# 128
Slovenia :
948,824.3
1980
Slovenian Labor
# 129
Lebanon :
869,553.7
1980
Lebanese Labor
# 130
Libya :
855,374.3
1980
Libyan Labor
# 131
Estonia :
817,590.4
1980
Estonian Labor
# 132
Costa Rica :
803,515.4
1980
Costa Rican Labor
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
766,974.6
1980
Macedonian Labor
# 134
Congo, Republic of the :
693,361.1
1980
Congolese Labor
# 135
Liberia :
690,219.3
1980
Liberian Labor
# 136
Panama :
650,672.5
1980
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mauritania :
634,392.8
1980
Mauritanian Labor
# 138
Mongolia :
632,304.6
1980
Mongolian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
563,031.4
1980
Emirati Labor
# 140
Lesotho :
500,283.7
1980
Basotho Labor
# 141
Jordan :
478,880
1980
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Kuwait :
464,253
1980
Kuwaiti Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
425,404
1980
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Mauritius :
422,264.8
1980
Mauritian Labor
# 145
Botswana :
396,022.4
1980
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
328,980.3
1980
Guinean Labor
# 147
Oman :
324,720.7
1980
Omani Labor
# 148
Gabon :
293,753.8
1980
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Namibia :
285,375.1
1980
Namibian Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
277,162.2
1980
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
263,543.1
1980
Fijian Labor
# 152
Guyana :
257,589.4
1980
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Cyprus :
240,330.8
1980
Cypriot Labor
# 154
East Timor :
236,181.1
1980
Timorese Labor
# 155
Bhutan :
174,227.4
1980
Bhutanese Labor
# 156
Swaziland :
169,900.7
1980
Swazi Labor
# 157
Luxembourg :
153,042.8
1980
Luxembourg Labor
# 158
Bahrain :
136,048.2
1980
Bahraini Labor
# 159
Malta :
132,209.5
1980
Maltese Labor
# 160
Comoros :
132,053
1980
Comoran Labor
# 161
Djibouti :
129,345.1
1980
Djiboutian Labor
# 162
Iceland :
122,637.8
1980
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Barbados :
111,973.3
1980
Barbadian Labor
# 164
Macau :
106,382.3
1980
Chinese Labor
# 165
Qatar :
106,245.5
1980
Qatari Labor
# 166
Suriname :
100,404.6
1980
Surinamese Labor
# 167
Cape Verde :
88,445.99
1980
Cape Verdean Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
87,761
1980
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Equatorial Guinea :
87,535.75
1980
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
79,553.84
1980
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
71,253.96
1980
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
70,404.66
1980
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
56,872.04
1980
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Samoa :
54,631.5
1980
Samoan Labor
# 175
Vanuatu :
53,356.85
1980
- Labor
# 176
New Caledonia :
50,125.78
1980
New Caledonian Labor
# 177
Maldives :
46,098.9
1980
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Belize :
43,304.07
1980
Belizean Labor
# 179
Guam :
41,843.38
1980
Guamanian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
38,961.04
1980
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Lucia :
38,730.63
1980
Saint Lucian Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
32,545.15
1980
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
Tonga :
31,288.07
1980
Tongan Labor
# 184
São Tomé and Príncipe :
29,429.41
1980
Sao Tomean Labor
Total :
1,934,932,174.62
Weighted average:
10,515,935.7
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector.
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"force, total (1980) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1980
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