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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 :
578,724,400
1985
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
307,027,800
1985
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
120,807,600
1985
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,214,700
1985
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
62,312,550
1985
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
59,613,520
1985
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
54,192,550
1985
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
41,851,840
1985
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
35,890,240
1985
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
31,723,230
1985
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
28,998,040
1985
Nigerian Labor
# 12
United Kingdom :
28,380,800
1985
British Labor
# 13
Vietnam :
27,414,040
1985
Vietnamese Labor
# 14
Thailand :
26,690,950
1985
Thai Labor
# 15
Ukraine :
26,448,000
1985
Ukrainian Labor
# 16
Mexico :
24,698,530
1985
Mexican Labor
# 17
France :
24,387,810
1985
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,664,400
1985
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
20,277,300
1985
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
19,272,500
1985
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
18,901,140
1985
Turkish Labor
# 22
Poland :
18,727,830
1985
Polish Labor
# 23
Burma :
17,909,540
1985
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
16,431,760
1985
Korean Labor
# 25
Spain :
14,682,640
1985
Spanish Labor
# 26
Egypt :
14,387,650
1985
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Iran :
13,454,540
1985
Iranian Labor
# 28
Canada :
13,291,930
1985
Canadian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,873,650
1985
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
12,524,390
1985
South African Labor
# 31
Argentina :
11,354,550
1985
Argentine Labor
# 32
Colombia :
11,279,220
1985
Colombian Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
10,894,690
1985
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
10,752,820
1985
Romanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
8,654,007
1985
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
8,214,759
1985
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Kazakhstan :
7,484,803
1985
Kazakhstani Labor
# 38
Sudan :
7,337,963
1985
Sudanese Labor
# 39
Australia :
7,284,139
1985
Australian Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
7,224,625
1985
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Peru :
6,992,101
1985
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Uganda :
6,560,662
1985
Ugandan Labor
# 43
Mozambique :
6,514,150
1985
Mozambican Labor
# 44
Nepal :
6,453,252
1985
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Netherlands :
6,396,648
1985
Dutch Labor
# 46
Morocco :
6,396,391
1985
Moroccan Labor
# 47
Sri Lanka :
6,250,048
1985
Sri Lankan Labor
# 48
Venezuela :
6,142,027
1985
Venezuelan Labor
# 49
Ghana :
5,846,159
1985
Ghanaian Labor
# 50
Algeria :
5,818,723
1985
Algerian Labor
# 51
Malaysia :
5,778,020
1985
Malaysian Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,387,411
1985
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,285,102
1985
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Afghanistan :
4,816,685
1985
Afghan Labor
# 55
Hungary :
4,792,350
1985
Hungarian Labor
# 56
Portugal :
4,662,602
1985
Portuguese Labor
# 57
Madagascar :
4,644,210
1985
Malagasy Labor
# 58
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,640,008
1985
Serbian Labor
# 59
Bulgaria :
4,632,068
1985
Bulgarian Labor
# 60
Sweden :
4,544,469
1985
Swedish Labor
# 61
Chile :
4,366,629
1985
Chilean Labor
# 62
Angola :
4,072,601
1985
Angolan Labor
# 63
Greece :
4,050,107
1985
Greek Labor
# 64
Iraq :
4,007,160
1985
Iraqi Labor
# 65
Belgium :
3,993,878
1985
Belgian Labor
# 66
Cuba :
3,925,954
1985
Cuban Labor
# 67
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,837,358
1985
Ivoirian Labor
# 68
Saudi Arabia :
3,836,981
1985
Saudi Labor
# 69
Cambodia :
3,734,657
1985
Cambodian Labor
# 70
Cameroon :
3,702,618
1985
Cameroonian Labor
# 71
Zimbabwe :
3,410,512
1985
Zimbabwean Labor
# 72
Austria :
3,358,407
1985
Austrian Labor
# 73
Mali :
3,352,934
1985
Malian Labor
# 74
Malawi :
3,350,688
1985
Malawian Labor
# 75
Switzerland :
3,347,420
1985
Swiss Labor
# 76
Burkina Faso :
3,300,600
1985
Burkinabe Labor
# 77
Azerbaijan :
3,110,714
1985
Azerbaijani Labor
# 78
Niger :
3,042,964
1985
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Ecuador :
3,019,539
1985
Ecuadorian Labor
# 80
Zambia :
2,928,719
1985
Zambian Labor
# 81
Syria :
2,857,715
1985
Syrian Labor
# 82
Denmark :
2,790,412
1985
Danish Labor
# 83
Georgia :
2,778,002
1985
Georgian Labor
# 84
Somalia :
2,732,594
1985
Somali Labor
# 85
Hong Kong :
2,723,991
1985
Hong Kong Labor
# 86
Senegal :
2,691,020
1985
Senegalese Labor
# 87
Rwanda :
2,640,611
1985
Rwandan Labor
# 88
Guinea :
2,616,678
1985
Guinean Labor
# 89
Slovakia :
2,592,509
1985
Slovak Labor
# 90
Guatemala :
2,546,638
1985
Guatemalan Labor
# 91
Finland :
2,544,135
1985
Finnish Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,474,932
1985
Haitian Labor
# 93
Yemen :
2,471,756
1985
Yemeni Labor
# 94
Burundi :
2,444,958
1985
Burundian Labor
# 95
Dominican Republic :
2,271,293
1985
Dominican Labor
# 96
Croatia :
2,204,739
1985
Croatian Labor
# 97
Bolivia :
2,180,155
1985
Bolivian Labor
# 98
Norway :
2,159,412
1985
Norwegian Labor
# 99
Moldova :
2,132,256
1985
Moldovan Labor
# 100
Tunisia :
2,124,922
1985
Tunisian Labor
# 101
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,124,817
1985
Herzegovinian Labor
# 102
Chad :
2,032,861
1985
Chadian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,859,922
1985
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
Tajikistan :
1,721,759
1985
Tajikistani Labor
# 105
Armenia :
1,721,302
1985
Armenian Labor
# 106
El Salvador :
1,709,123
1985
Salvadoran Labor
# 107
Kyrgyzstan :
1,703,881
1985
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 108
Benin :
1,691,390
1985
Beninese Labor
# 109
New Zealand :
1,638,125
1985
New Zealand Labor
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
1,516,985
1985
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,494,304
1985
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Latvia :
1,458,587
1985
Latvian Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,453,081
1985
Israeli Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,374,394
1985
Lao Labor
# 115
Paraguay :
1,373,930
1985
Paraguayan Labor
# 116
Albania :
1,361,644
1985
Albanian Labor
# 117
Honduras :
1,349,186
1985
Honduran Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,338,854
1985
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Ireland :
1,316,953
1985
Irish Labor
# 120
Singapore :
1,304,881
1985
Singapore Labor
# 121
Togo :
1,280,627
1985
Togolese Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,259,086
1985
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,209,827
1985
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,129,884
1985
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Jamaica :
1,083,629
1985
Jamaican Labor
# 126
Eritrea :
1,082,887
1985
Eritrean Labor
# 127
Puerto Rico :
1,059,903
1985
Puerto Rican Labor
# 128
Libya :
1,048,735
1985
Libyan Labor
# 129
Costa Rica :
976,712.1
1985
Costa Rican Labor
# 130
Slovenia :
975,174
1985
Slovenian Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
933,335.5
1985
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Estonia :
840,002.1
1985
Estonian Labor
# 133
Congo, Republic of the :
808,275.6
1985
Congolese Labor
# 134
Liberia :
805,325
1985
Liberian Labor
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
802,838
1985
Macedonian Labor
# 136
Panama :
784,126.9
1985
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
738,968.6
1985
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
714,175.5
1985
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
702,744.3
1985
Emirati Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
657,712.5
1985
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Jordan :
620,305.6
1985
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
573,398.6
1985
Basotho Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
473,927.2
1985
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Botswana :
452,557
1985
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 145
Mauritius :
443,203.1
1985
Mauritian Labor
# 146
Oman :
437,923.1
1985
Omani Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
367,077.5
1985
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
340,832.4
1985
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Gambia, The :
325,313.6
1985
Gambian Labor
# 150
Namibia :
322,013.3
1985
Namibian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
291,529.4
1985
Fijian Labor
# 152
East Timor :
265,869.7
1985
Timorese Labor
# 153
Guyana :
263,103.8
1985
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
255,038.3
1985
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
200,328.6
1985
Swazi Labor
# 156
Qatar :
197,280.8
1985
Qatari Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
191,257.5
1985
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Bahrain :
180,229
1985
Bahraini Labor
# 159
Djibouti :
155,815.2
1985
Djiboutian Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
155,122.8
1985
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Comoros :
148,005.1
1985
Comoran Labor
# 162
Iceland :
131,331.4
1985
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Macau :
129,294.6
1985
Chinese Labor
# 164
Equatorial Guinea :
124,679.4
1985
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 165
Malta :
122,662
1985
Maltese Labor
# 166
Suriname :
120,427.8
1985
Surinamese Labor
# 167
Barbados :
119,321
1985
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
103,844.3
1985
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
101,182.8
1985
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
96,644.34
1985
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
85,347.23
1985
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
78,207.04
1985
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
67,159.3
1985
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
60,879.94
1985
- Labor
# 175
New Caledonia :
58,282.19
1985
New Caledonian Labor
# 176
Samoa :
57,914.7
1985
Samoan Labor
# 177
Maldives :
52,429.34
1985
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Guam :
52,286.47
1985
Guamanian Labor
# 179
Belize :
51,053.8
1985
Belizean Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
45,660.77
1985
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Lucia :
45,361.55
1985
Saint Lucian Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
37,805.69
1985
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31,911.35
1985
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
30,103.66
1985
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,155,443,569.37
Weighted average:
11,714,367.2
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 (1985) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1985
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