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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 :
531,307,000
1982
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
291,957,000
1982
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
115,728,200
1982
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
76,671,700
1982
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
58,769,690
1982
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
57,899,750
1982
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
49,692,770
1982
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
38,405,040
1982
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,090,030
1982
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
29,040,000
1982
Pakistani Labor
# 11
United Kingdom :
27,641,640
1982
British Labor
# 12
Nigeria :
26,867,240
1982
Nigerian Labor
# 13
Ukraine :
26,499,490
1982
Ukrainian Labor
# 14
Vietnam :
25,430,690
1982
Vietnamese Labor
# 15
Thailand :
24,670,140
1982
Thai Labor
# 16
France :
24,202,050
1982
French Labor
# 17
Italy :
22,287,940
1982
Italian Labor
# 18
Mexico :
22,129,020
1982
Mexican Labor
# 19
Philippines :
18,875,310
1982
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
18,631,040
1982
Polish Labor
# 21
Turkey :
17,919,480
1982
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ethiopia :
17,587,200
1982
Ethiopian Labor
# 23
Burma :
16,681,180
1982
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
15,730,840
1982
Korean Labor
# 25
Spain :
14,381,580
1982
Spanish Labor
# 26
Egypt :
12,853,750
1982
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Canada :
12,586,850
1982
Canadian Labor
# 28
Iran :
11,931,120
1982
Iranian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
11,835,030
1982
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
11,356,170
1982
South African Labor
# 31
Romania :
10,714,780
1982
Romanian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
10,497,020
1982
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
9,822,059
1982
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Colombia :
9,733,263
1982
Colombian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
7,937,428
1982
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
7,309,816
1982
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Kazakhstan :
7,225,810
1982
Kazakhstani Labor
# 38
Australia :
6,880,319
1982
Australian Labor
# 39
Sudan :
6,840,350
1982
Sudanese Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
6,519,121
1982
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Mozambique :
6,215,501
1982
Mozambican Labor
# 42
Netherlands :
6,157,256
1982
Dutch Labor
# 43
Peru :
6,117,711
1982
Peruvian Labor
# 44
Nepal :
6,090,284
1982
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Sri Lanka :
5,963,784
1982
Sri Lankan Labor
# 46
Morocco :
5,903,940
1982
Moroccan Labor
# 47
Uganda :
5,820,670
1982
Ugandan Labor
# 48
Venezuela :
5,449,423
1982
Venezuelan Labor
# 49
Czech Republic :
5,344,631
1982
Czech Labor
# 50
Malaysia :
5,298,248
1982
Malaysian Labor
# 51
Ghana :
5,266,300
1982
Ghanaian Labor
# 52
Algeria :
5,196,416
1982
Algerian Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,186,991
1982
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Afghanistan :
5,152,934
1982
Afghan Labor
# 55
Hungary :
4,950,438
1982
Hungarian Labor
# 56
Bulgaria :
4,614,408
1982
Bulgarian Labor
# 57
Portugal :
4,531,807
1982
Portuguese Labor
# 58
Sweden :
4,521,308
1982
Swedish Labor
# 59
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,470,198
1982
Serbian Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
4,249,611
1982
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Greece :
3,964,615
1982
Greek Labor
# 62
Belgium :
3,954,900
1982
Belgian Labor
# 63
Chile :
3,897,739
1982
Chilean Labor
# 64
Angola :
3,710,858
1982
Angolan Labor
# 65
Iraq :
3,606,181
1982
Iraqi Labor
# 66
Cuba :
3,604,964
1982
Cuban Labor
# 67
Cameroon :
3,466,472
1982
Cameroonian Labor
# 68
Cambodia :
3,367,267
1982
Cambodian Labor
# 69
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,340,545
1982
Ivoirian Labor
# 70
Austria :
3,301,921
1982
Austrian Labor
# 71
Switzerland :
3,164,922
1982
Swiss Labor
# 72
Mali :
3,117,961
1982
Malian Labor
# 73
Burkina Faso :
3,085,369
1982
Burkinabe Labor
# 74
Malawi :
3,016,035
1982
Malawian Labor
# 75
Saudi Arabia :
2,999,373
1982
Saudi Labor
# 76
Zimbabwe :
2,966,751
1982
Zimbabwean Labor
# 77
Azerbaijan :
2,889,396
1982
Azerbaijani Labor
# 78
Somalia :
2,805,134
1982
Somali Labor
# 79
Niger :
2,738,293
1982
Nigerien Labor
# 80
Denmark :
2,726,703
1982
Danish Labor
# 81
Ecuador :
2,676,947
1982
Ecuadorian Labor
# 82
Georgia :
2,650,094
1982
Georgian Labor
# 83
Zambia :
2,633,223
1982
Zambian Labor
# 84
Hong Kong :
2,607,424
1982
Hong Kong Labor
# 85
Slovakia :
2,532,315
1982
Slovak Labor
# 86
Syria :
2,525,174
1982
Syrian Labor
# 87
Finland :
2,503,393
1982
Finnish Labor
# 88
Senegal :
2,456,971
1982
Senegalese Labor
# 89
Guinea :
2,434,944
1982
Guinean Labor
# 90
Rwanda :
2,407,769
1982
Rwandan Labor
# 91
Guatemala :
2,388,476
1982
Guatemalan Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,365,974
1982
Haitian Labor
# 93
Yemen :
2,222,519
1982
Yemeni Labor
# 94
Burundi :
2,203,903
1982
Burundian Labor
# 95
Croatia :
2,187,743
1982
Croatian Labor
# 96
Moldova :
2,110,710
1982
Moldovan Labor
# 97
Norway :
2,053,670
1982
Norwegian Labor
# 98
Dominican Republic :
2,045,239
1982
Dominican Labor
# 99
Bolivia :
2,010,203
1982
Bolivian Labor
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,999,560
1982
Herzegovinian Labor
# 101
Chad :
1,953,053
1982
Chadian Labor
# 102
Tunisia :
1,951,137
1982
Tunisian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,822,888
1982
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
El Salvador :
1,628,207
1982
Salvadoran Labor
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
1,617,689
1982
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 106
Tajikistan :
1,612,584
1982
Tajikistani Labor
# 107
Armenia :
1,562,440
1982
Armenian Labor
# 108
New Zealand :
1,562,129
1982
New Zealand Labor
# 109
Benin :
1,536,458
1982
Beninese Labor
# 110
Latvia :
1,440,217
1982
Latvian Labor
# 111
Papua New Guinea :
1,396,705
1982
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 112
Sierra Leone :
1,394,310
1982
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,362,809
1982
Israeli Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,287,261
1982
Lao Labor
# 115
Ireland :
1,282,681
1982
Irish Labor
# 116
Albania :
1,259,302
1982
Albanian Labor
# 117
Singapore :
1,253,842
1982
Singapore Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,222,231
1982
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Honduras :
1,214,254
1982
Honduran Labor
# 120
Uruguay :
1,191,293
1982
Uruguayan Labor
# 121
Paraguay :
1,188,765
1982
Paraguayan Labor
# 122
Togo :
1,136,544
1982
Togolese Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,111,574
1982
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,044,658
1982
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Puerto Rico :
1,024,592
1982
Puerto Rican Labor
# 126
Jamaica :
1,020,216
1982
Jamaican Labor
# 127
Eritrea :
1,014,490
1982
Eritrean Labor
# 128
Slovenia :
956,525.6
1982
Slovenian Labor
# 129
Libya :
929,942.4
1982
Libyan Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
899,440.9
1982
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Costa Rica :
873,011.8
1982
Costa Rican Labor
# 132
Estonia :
828,119.4
1982
Estonian Labor
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
783,721.3
1982
Macedonian Labor
# 134
Liberia :
742,482.8
1982
Liberian Labor
# 135
Congo, Republic of the :
738,475.9
1982
Congolese Labor
# 136
Panama :
697,561.8
1982
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
676,236.1
1982
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
665,976.4
1982
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
597,767.9
1982
Emirati Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
556,138.7
1982
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
534,164.8
1982
Basotho Labor
# 142
Jordan :
529,617.5
1982
Jordanian Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
449,409.9
1982
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Mauritius :
432,601.8
1982
Mauritian Labor
# 145
Botswana :
422,466.7
1982
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 146
Oman :
370,422.6
1982
Omani Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
343,079.5
1982
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
312,534.5
1982
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Namibia :
300,340.2
1982
Namibian Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
294,911
1982
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
276,094.9
1982
Fijian Labor
# 152
Guyana :
261,252.3
1982
Guyanese Labor
# 153
East Timor :
248,943.4
1982
Timorese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
246,860
1982
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
181,531.4
1982
Swazi Labor
# 156
Bhutan :
180,783.3
1982
Bhutanese Labor
# 157
Bahrain :
155,916.4
1982
Bahraini Labor
# 158
Luxembourg :
152,866.5
1982
Luxembourg Labor
# 159
Djibouti :
140,056.7
1982
Djiboutian Labor
# 160
Qatar :
138,856.9
1982
Qatari Labor
# 161
Comoros :
137,807.5
1982
Comoran Labor
# 162
Malta :
130,488.2
1982
Maltese Labor
# 163
Iceland :
126,227.8
1982
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Barbados :
114,602.8
1982
Barbadian Labor
# 165
Macau :
113,300
1982
Chinese Labor
# 166
Suriname :
107,477.5
1982
Surinamese Labor
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
100,712.1
1982
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
93,881.09
1982
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
93,166.95
1982
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
86,019.35
1982
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
75,933.55
1982
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
73,222.94
1982
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
60,468.23
1982
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Samoa :
56,277.1
1982
Samoan Labor
# 175
Vanuatu :
55,894.17
1982
- Labor
# 176
New Caledonia :
51,696.25
1982
New Caledonian Labor
# 177
Maldives :
48,625.01
1982
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Belize :
46,285.6
1982
Belizean Labor
# 179
Guam :
44,411.66
1982
Guamanian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
41,848.98
1982
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Lucia :
41,109.82
1982
Saint Lucian Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
34,680.08
1982
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
Tonga :
30,893.96
1982
Tongan Labor
# 184
São Tomé and Príncipe :
30,653.58
1982
Sao Tomean Labor
Total :
2,023,188,539.52
Weighted average:
10,995,589.9
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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