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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 :
547,961,200
1983
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
296,900,600
1983
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
117,013,300
1983
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
76,873,910
1983
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
59,926,760
1983
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
58,970,940
1983
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
51,476,520
1983
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
39,572,940
1983
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,158,710
1983
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
29,721,310
1983
Pakistani Labor
# 11
United Kingdom :
27,922,550
1983
British Labor
# 12
Nigeria :
27,771,940
1983
Nigerian Labor
# 13
Ukraine :
26,481,870
1983
Ukrainian Labor
# 14
Vietnam :
26,019,050
1983
Vietnamese Labor
# 15
Thailand :
25,323,030
1983
Thai Labor
# 16
France :
24,203,440
1983
French Labor
# 17
Mexico :
22,960,260
1983
Mexican Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,440,320
1983
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
19,402,690
1983
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
18,679,530
1983
Polish Labor
# 21
Turkey :
18,227,210
1983
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ethiopia :
18,035,380
1983
Ethiopian Labor
# 23
Burma :
17,051,210
1983
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
15,881,280
1983
Korean Labor
# 25
Spain :
14,564,130
1983
Spanish Labor
# 26
Egypt :
13,543,730
1983
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Canada :
12,816,590
1983
Canadian Labor
# 28
Iran :
12,409,530
1983
Iranian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,139,050
1983
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
11,786,390
1983
South African Labor
# 31
Argentina :
10,767,530
1983
Argentine Labor
# 32
Romania :
10,725,820
1983
Romanian Labor
# 33
Colombia :
10,227,200
1983
Colombian Labor
# 34
Tanzania :
10,164,690
1983
Tanzanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
8,169,272
1983
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
7,610,009
1983
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Kazakhstan :
7,313,832
1983
Kazakhstani Labor
# 38
Sudan :
7,063,999
1983
Sudanese Labor
# 39
Australia :
6,960,718
1983
Australian Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
6,762,131
1983
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Peru :
6,425,593
1983
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
6,388,756
1983
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Netherlands :
6,215,843
1983
Dutch Labor
# 44
Nepal :
6,208,371
1983
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Sri Lanka :
6,058,992
1983
Sri Lankan Labor
# 46
Morocco :
6,040,259
1983
Moroccan Labor
# 47
Uganda :
5,995,759
1983
Ugandan Labor
# 48
Venezuela :
5,681,498
1983
Venezuelan Labor
# 49
Ghana :
5,498,391
1983
Ghanaian Labor
# 50
Malaysia :
5,425,156
1983
Malaysian Labor
# 51
Algeria :
5,406,404
1983
Algerian Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,359,473
1983
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,226,928
1983
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Afghanistan :
5,029,306
1983
Afghan Labor
# 55
Hungary :
4,896,055
1983
Hungarian Labor
# 56
Portugal :
4,745,290
1983
Portuguese Labor
# 57
Bulgaria :
4,620,662
1983
Bulgarian Labor
# 58
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,526,024
1983
Serbian Labor
# 59
Sweden :
4,524,170
1983
Swedish Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
4,379,204
1983
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Chile :
4,016,733
1983
Chilean Labor
# 62
Greece :
4,003,358
1983
Greek Labor
# 63
Belgium :
3,973,998
1983
Belgian Labor
# 64
Angola :
3,835,248
1983
Angolan Labor
# 65
Iraq :
3,747,931
1983
Iraqi Labor
# 66
Cuba :
3,710,877
1983
Cuban Labor
# 67
Cameroon :
3,538,569
1983
Cameroonian Labor
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,509,379
1983
Ivoirian Labor
# 69
Cambodia :
3,471,339
1983
Cambodian Labor
# 70
Austria :
3,291,381
1983
Austrian Labor
# 71
Saudi Arabia :
3,279,860
1983
Saudi Labor
# 72
Switzerland :
3,228,400
1983
Swiss Labor
# 73
Mali :
3,176,623
1983
Malian Labor
# 74
Burkina Faso :
3,149,056
1983
Burkinabe Labor
# 75
Zimbabwe :
3,109,666
1983
Zimbabwean Labor
# 76
Malawi :
3,093,916
1983
Malawian Labor
# 77
Azerbaijan :
2,971,355
1983
Azerbaijani Labor
# 78
Niger :
2,836,883
1983
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Ecuador :
2,785,185
1983
Ecuadorian Labor
# 80
Somalia :
2,777,890
1983
Somali Labor
# 81
Denmark :
2,750,050
1983
Danish Labor
# 82
Zambia :
2,732,093
1983
Zambian Labor
# 83
Georgia :
2,693,723
1983
Georgian Labor
# 84
Hong Kong :
2,672,820
1983
Hong Kong Labor
# 85
Syria :
2,614,963
1983
Syrian Labor
# 86
Slovakia :
2,556,011
1983
Slovak Labor
# 87
Senegal :
2,530,334
1983
Senegalese Labor
# 88
Finland :
2,512,532
1983
Finnish Labor
# 89
Guinea :
2,493,956
1983
Guinean Labor
# 90
Rwanda :
2,466,204
1983
Rwandan Labor
# 91
Guatemala :
2,436,794
1983
Guatemalan Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,411,115
1983
Haitian Labor
# 93
Yemen :
2,301,368
1983
Yemeni Labor
# 94
Burundi :
2,289,142
1983
Burundian Labor
# 95
Croatia :
2,195,378
1983
Croatian Labor
# 96
Moldova :
2,122,681
1983
Moldovan Labor
# 97
Dominican Republic :
2,119,296
1983
Dominican Labor
# 98
Norway :
2,117,167
1983
Norwegian Labor
# 99
Bolivia :
2,064,386
1983
Bolivian Labor
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,042,222
1983
Herzegovinian Labor
# 101
Tunisia :
2,011,499
1983
Tunisian Labor
# 102
Chad :
1,975,035
1983
Chadian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,836,519
1983
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
El Salvador :
1,650,893
1983
Salvadoran Labor
# 105
Tajikistan :
1,648,267
1983
Tajikistani Labor
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
1,647,993
1983
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 107
Armenia :
1,616,663
1983
Armenian Labor
# 108
Benin :
1,597,347
1983
Beninese Labor
# 109
New Zealand :
1,592,199
1983
New Zealand Labor
# 110
Latvia :
1,447,825
1983
Latvian Labor
# 111
Papua New Guinea :
1,430,367
1983
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 112
Sierra Leone :
1,423,859
1983
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,393,547
1983
Israeli Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,312,259
1983
Lao Labor
# 115
Ireland :
1,294,544
1983
Irish Labor
# 116
Albania :
1,289,370
1983
Albanian Labor
# 117
Singapore :
1,281,785
1983
Singapore Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,260,724
1983
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Honduras :
1,255,953
1983
Honduran Labor
# 120
Paraguay :
1,246,511
1983
Paraguayan Labor
# 121
Uruguay :
1,213,973
1983
Uruguayan Labor
# 122
Togo :
1,189,414
1983
Togolese Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,153,398
1983
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,075,166
1983
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Jamaica :
1,044,330
1983
Jamaican Labor
# 126
Eritrea :
1,032,381
1983
Eritrean Labor
# 127
Puerto Rico :
1,015,456
1983
Puerto Rican Labor
# 128
Libya :
971,631.6
1983
Libyan Labor
# 129
Slovenia :
958,092.6
1983
Slovenian Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
912,625.5
1983
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Costa Rica :
909,720.9
1983
Costa Rican Labor
# 132
Estonia :
832,213.6
1983
Estonian Labor
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
789,386.3
1983
Macedonian Labor
# 134
Liberia :
769,184.3
1983
Liberian Labor
# 135
Congo, Republic of the :
763,096.6
1983
Congolese Labor
# 136
Panama :
719,850.1
1983
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
698,718.9
1983
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
681,361.4
1983
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
623,679.8
1983
Emirati Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
588,669.1
1983
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Jordan :
560,942.3
1983
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
552,315.8
1983
Basotho Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
458,432.4
1983
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Mauritius :
437,732.1
1983
Mauritian Labor
# 145
Botswana :
429,539.4
1983
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 146
Oman :
393,351.3
1983
Omani Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
351,303.6
1983
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
320,370.6
1983
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Namibia :
310,793.3
1983
Namibian Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
301,412.4
1983
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
282,251.2
1983
Fijian Labor
# 152
Guyana :
262,240
1983
Guyanese Labor
# 153
East Timor :
254,922.6
1983
Timorese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
249,003.3
1983
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
187,936.3
1983
Swazi Labor
# 156
Bhutan :
184,421.1
1983
Bhutanese Labor
# 157
Bahrain :
164,201.5
1983
Bahraini Labor
# 158
Qatar :
158,710.8
1983
Qatari Labor
# 159
Luxembourg :
153,562.3
1983
Luxembourg Labor
# 160
Djibouti :
143,244
1983
Djiboutian Labor
# 161
Comoros :
140,723.1
1983
Comoran Labor
# 162
Iceland :
128,469.9
1983
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Malta :
128,261.1
1983
Maltese Labor
# 164
Macau :
118,054.6
1983
Chinese Labor
# 165
Barbados :
116,199.5
1983
Barbadian Labor
# 166
Suriname :
111,829.1
1983
Surinamese Labor
# 167
Equatorial Guinea :
109,627.9
1983
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
97,198.16
1983
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
96,113.95
1983
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
89,475.21
1983
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
78,636.16
1983
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
74,750.05
1983
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
62,524.61
1983
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
57,764.09
1983
- Labor
# 175
Samoa :
57,065.51
1983
Samoan Labor
# 176
New Caledonia :
52,485.89
1983
New Caledonian Labor
# 177
Maldives :
49,845.97
1983
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Belize :
47,564.18
1983
Belizean Labor
# 179
Guam :
45,830.64
1983
Guamanian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
43,106.24
1983
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Lucia :
42,409.14
1983
Saint Lucian Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
35,716.85
1983
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31,033.03
1983
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
30,464.53
1983
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,068,439,930.41
Weighted average:
11,241,521.4
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 (1983) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1983
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