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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.
Labor Statistics > force, total (1984) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
563,577,700
1984
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
302,229,400
1984
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
118,728,700
1984
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,074,340
1984
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
61,009,360
1984
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
59,325,500
1984
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
52,868,840
1984
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
40,723,490
1984
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
35,762,700
1984
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
30,507,000
1984
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
28,340,260
1984
Nigerian Labor
# 12
United Kingdom :
28,172,730
1984
British Labor
# 13
Vietnam :
26,669,860
1984
Vietnamese Labor
# 14
Ukraine :
26,466,670
1984
Ukrainian Labor
# 15
Thailand :
25,974,070
1984
Thai Labor
# 16
France :
24,230,070
1984
French Labor
# 17
Mexico :
23,830,130
1984
Mexican Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,563,180
1984
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
19,850,110
1984
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
18,736,510
1984
Polish Labor
# 21
Ethiopia :
18,586,860
1984
Ethiopian Labor
# 22
Turkey :
18,577,530
1984
Turkish Labor
# 23
Burma :
17,452,980
1984
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
15,852,230
1984
Korean Labor
# 25
Spain :
14,657,280
1984
Spanish Labor
# 26
Egypt :
13,759,310
1984
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Canada :
13,036,680
1984
Canadian Labor
# 28
Iran :
12,916,290
1984
Iranian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,471,570
1984
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
12,075,950
1984
South African Labor
# 31
Argentina :
11,047,130
1984
Argentine Labor
# 32
Colombia :
10,749,850
1984
Colombian Labor
# 33
Romania :
10,715,440
1984
Romanian Labor
# 34
Tanzania :
10,530,380
1984
Tanzanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
8,413,931
1984
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
7,915,057
1984
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Kazakhstan :
7,399,247
1984
Kazakhstani Labor
# 38
Sudan :
7,208,157
1984
Sudanese Labor
# 39
Australia :
7,105,206
1984
Australian Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
7,004,404
1984
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Peru :
6,698,901
1984
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
6,484,459
1984
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Nepal :
6,329,222
1984
Nepalese Labor
# 44
Netherlands :
6,317,830
1984
Dutch Labor
# 45
Uganda :
6,315,838
1984
Ugandan Labor
# 46
Morocco :
6,205,129
1984
Moroccan Labor
# 47
Sri Lanka :
6,142,715
1984
Sri Lankan Labor
# 48
Venezuela :
5,922,829
1984
Venezuelan Labor
# 49
Ghana :
5,662,399
1984
Ghanaian Labor
# 50
Algeria :
5,609,890
1984
Algerian Labor
# 51
Malaysia :
5,570,329
1984
Malaysian Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,377,911
1984
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,256,537
1984
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Afghanistan :
4,910,263
1984
Afghan Labor
# 55
Hungary :
4,848,833
1984
Hungarian Labor
# 56
Portugal :
4,672,181
1984
Portuguese Labor
# 57
Bulgaria :
4,627,252
1984
Bulgarian Labor
# 58
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,582,320
1984
Serbian Labor
# 59
Sweden :
4,515,622
1984
Swedish Labor
# 60
Madagascar :
4,507,238
1984
Malagasy Labor
# 61
Chile :
4,152,975
1984
Chilean Labor
# 62
Greece :
4,024,610
1984
Greek Labor
# 63
Belgium :
3,982,630
1984
Belgian Labor
# 64
Angola :
3,955,894
1984
Angolan Labor
# 65
Iraq :
3,882,184
1984
Iraqi Labor
# 66
Cuba :
3,817,831
1984
Cuban Labor
# 67
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,691,929
1984
Ivoirian Labor
# 68
Cameroon :
3,625,673
1984
Cameroonian Labor
# 69
Cambodia :
3,598,358
1984
Cambodian Labor
# 70
Saudi Arabia :
3,556,943
1984
Saudi Labor
# 71
Austria :
3,362,006
1984
Austrian Labor
# 72
Switzerland :
3,287,692
1984
Swiss Labor
# 73
Zimbabwe :
3,270,447
1984
Zimbabwean Labor
# 74
Mali :
3,246,535
1984
Malian Labor
# 75
Burkina Faso :
3,228,025
1984
Burkinabe Labor
# 76
Malawi :
3,202,710
1984
Malawian Labor
# 77
Azerbaijan :
3,047,950
1984
Azerbaijani Labor
# 78
Niger :
2,957,541
1984
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Ecuador :
2,897,593
1984
Ecuadorian Labor
# 80
Zambia :
2,832,097
1984
Zambian Labor
# 81
Somalia :
2,744,700
1984
Somali Labor
# 82
Hong Kong :
2,744,448
1984
Hong Kong Labor
# 83
Denmark :
2,740,776
1984
Danish Labor
# 84
Georgia :
2,734,652
1984
Georgian Labor
# 85
Syria :
2,719,970
1984
Syrian Labor
# 86
Senegal :
2,614,502
1984
Senegalese Labor
# 87
Slovakia :
2,577,054
1984
Slovak Labor
# 88
Guinea :
2,555,068
1984
Guinean Labor
# 89
Rwanda :
2,555,027
1984
Rwandan Labor
# 90
Finland :
2,526,605
1984
Finnish Labor
# 91
Guatemala :
2,490,876
1984
Guatemalan Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,443,107
1984
Haitian Labor
# 93
Yemen :
2,385,992
1984
Yemeni Labor
# 94
Burundi :
2,374,938
1984
Burundian Labor
# 95
Croatia :
2,201,727
1984
Croatian Labor
# 96
Dominican Republic :
2,196,121
1984
Dominican Labor
# 97
Norway :
2,135,638
1984
Norwegian Labor
# 98
Moldova :
2,129,804
1984
Moldovan Labor
# 99
Bolivia :
2,120,783
1984
Bolivian Labor
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,084,688
1984
Herzegovinian Labor
# 101
Tunisia :
2,056,594
1984
Tunisian Labor
# 102
Chad :
2,019,994
1984
Chadian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,847,586
1984
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
Tajikistan :
1,684,380
1984
Tajikistani Labor
# 105
El Salvador :
1,678,633
1984
Salvadoran Labor
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
1,678,103
1984
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 107
Armenia :
1,669,069
1984
Armenian Labor
# 108
Benin :
1,642,562
1984
Beninese Labor
# 109
New Zealand :
1,613,865
1984
New Zealand Labor
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
1,476,852
1984
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 111
Latvia :
1,452,694
1984
Latvian Labor
# 112
Sierra Leone :
1,452,060
1984
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,426,614
1984
Israeli Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,341,458
1984
Lao Labor
# 115
Albania :
1,324,016
1984
Albanian Labor
# 116
Singapore :
1,312,222
1984
Singapore Labor
# 117
Paraguay :
1,309,103
1984
Paraguayan Labor
# 118
Honduras :
1,302,999
1984
Honduran Labor
# 119
Ireland :
1,302,759
1984
Irish Labor
# 120
Turkmenistan :
1,299,487
1984
Turkmen Labor
# 121
Uruguay :
1,234,958
1984
Uruguayan Labor
# 122
Togo :
1,234,647
1984
Togolese Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,180,869
1984
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,101,831
1984
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Jamaica :
1,065,955
1984
Jamaican Labor
# 126
Eritrea :
1,056,293
1984
Eritrean Labor
# 127
Puerto Rico :
1,043,196
1984
Puerto Rican Labor
# 128
Libya :
1,011,610
1984
Libyan Labor
# 129
Slovenia :
962,132
1984
Slovenian Labor
# 130
Costa Rica :
932,699.5
1984
Costa Rican Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
925,083.5
1984
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Estonia :
835,578
1984
Estonian Labor
# 133
Macedonia, Republic of :
795,347
1984
Macedonian Labor
# 134
Liberia :
791,361.1
1984
Liberian Labor
# 135
Congo, Republic of the :
784,227.1
1984
Congolese Labor
# 136
Panama :
751,613.8
1984
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
720,488.1
1984
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
699,775.3
1984
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
651,281.2
1984
Emirati Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
625,453.4
1984
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Jordan :
592,720.4
1984
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
563,584.3
1984
Basotho Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
466,965.1
1984
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Mauritius :
441,573.3
1984
Mauritian Labor
# 145
Botswana :
440,493.1
1984
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 146
Oman :
415,690.9
1984
Omani Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
356,844.3
1984
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
329,272.5
1984
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Namibia :
319,092.5
1984
Namibian Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
313,641.8
1984
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
287,875.4
1984
Fijian Labor
# 152
Guyana :
262,790.3
1984
Guyanese Labor
# 153
East Timor :
260,263.3
1984
Timorese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
251,885.5
1984
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
193,536.4
1984
Swazi Labor
# 156
Bhutan :
187,607.9
1984
Bhutanese Labor
# 157
Qatar :
178,720.4
1984
Qatari Labor
# 158
Bahrain :
172,142.7
1984
Bahraini Labor
# 159
Luxembourg :
154,030.2
1984
Luxembourg Labor
# 160
Djibouti :
147,799.1
1984
Djiboutian Labor
# 161
Comoros :
144,029.7
1984
Comoran Labor
# 162
Iceland :
128,801.7
1984
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Malta :
125,311.3
1984
Maltese Labor
# 164
Macau :
123,283.9
1984
Chinese Labor
# 165
Equatorial Guinea :
117,941.4
1984
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 166
Barbados :
117,850.2
1984
Barbadian Labor
# 167
Suriname :
116,188
1984
Surinamese Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
100,575.9
1984
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
99,011.55
1984
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
92,963.12
1984
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
81,682.78
1984
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
76,355.81
1984
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
64,900.24
1984
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
58,546.38
1984
- Labor
# 175
Samoa :
57,667.79
1984
Samoan Labor
# 176
New Caledonia :
56,045.71
1984
New Caledonian Labor
# 177
Maldives :
51,063.1
1984
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Belize :
49,419.38
1984
Belizean Labor
# 179
Guam :
49,044.15
1984
Guamanian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
45,415.9
1984
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Lucia :
44,036.36
1984
Saint Lucian Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
36,802.11
1984
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31,442.16
1984
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
30,215.35
1984
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,110,902,471.39
Weighted average:
11,472,296.0
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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