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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 :
593,688,100
1986
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
312,832,400
1986
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
122,727,000
1986
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,358,760
1986
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
68,171,060
1986
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
60,324,040
1986
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
55,618,590
1986
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
43,010,160
1986
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,299,140
1986
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
32,404,620
1986
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
29,667,890
1986
Nigerian Labor
# 12
United Kingdom :
28,559,900
1986
British Labor
# 13
Vietnam :
28,212,910
1986
Vietnamese Labor
# 14
Thailand :
27,477,580
1986
Thai Labor
# 15
Ukraine :
26,373,560
1986
Ukrainian Labor
# 16
Mexico :
25,651,210
1986
Mexican Labor
# 17
France :
24,546,880
1986
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
23,061,560
1986
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
21,135,080
1986
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
19,797,100
1986
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
19,238,810
1986
Turkish Labor
# 22
Poland :
18,721,560
1986
Polish Labor
# 23
Burma :
18,331,260
1986
Burmese Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
16,963,870
1986
Korean Labor
# 25
Egypt :
14,985,750
1986
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Spain :
14,812,010
1986
Spanish Labor
# 27
Iran :
13,932,290
1986
Iranian Labor
# 28
Canada :
13,558,000
1986
Canadian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
13,400,590
1986
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
12,928,490
1986
South African Labor
# 31
Colombia :
11,812,990
1986
Colombian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
11,647,370
1986
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
11,253,830
1986
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
10,768,470
1986
Romanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
8,875,415
1986
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
8,505,749
1986
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Australia :
7,552,641
1986
Australian Labor
# 38
Kazakhstan :
7,538,835
1986
Kazakhstani Labor
# 39
Sudan :
7,450,967
1986
Sudanese Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
7,409,881
1986
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Peru :
7,270,341
1986
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Uganda :
6,808,798
1986
Ugandan Labor
# 43
Morocco :
6,604,449
1986
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Nepal :
6,580,675
1986
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Mozambique :
6,503,548
1986
Mozambican Labor
# 46
Netherlands :
6,475,030
1986
Dutch Labor
# 47
Venezuela :
6,358,365
1986
Venezuelan Labor
# 48
Sri Lanka :
6,305,428
1986
Sri Lankan Labor
# 49
Algeria :
6,083,153
1986
Algerian Labor
# 50
Ghana :
6,011,991
1986
Ghanaian Labor
# 51
Malaysia :
6,005,768
1986
Malaysian Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,393,149
1986
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,308,407
1986
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Madagascar :
4,784,561
1986
Malagasy Labor
# 55
Afghanistan :
4,748,114
1986
Afghan Labor
# 56
Hungary :
4,734,045
1986
Hungarian Labor
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,689,727
1986
Serbian Labor
# 58
Bulgaria :
4,627,410
1986
Bulgarian Labor
# 59
Portugal :
4,613,098
1986
Portuguese Labor
# 60
Sweden :
4,554,901
1986
Swedish Labor
# 61
Chile :
4,431,995
1986
Chilean Labor
# 62
Angola :
4,177,901
1986
Angolan Labor
# 63
Iraq :
4,120,997
1986
Iraqi Labor
# 64
Saudi Arabia :
4,102,312
1986
Saudi Labor
# 65
Cuba :
4,050,694
1986
Cuban Labor
# 66
Greece :
4,049,555
1986
Greek Labor
# 67
Belgium :
3,996,259
1986
Belgian Labor
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,993,319
1986
Ivoirian Labor
# 69
Cambodia :
3,866,917
1986
Cambodian Labor
# 70
Cameroon :
3,796,955
1986
Cameroonian Labor
# 71
Zimbabwe :
3,564,586
1986
Zimbabwean Labor
# 72
Malawi :
3,548,958
1986
Malawian Labor
# 73
Mali :
3,418,465
1986
Malian Labor
# 74
Switzerland :
3,407,980
1986
Swiss Labor
# 75
Austria :
3,392,951
1986
Austrian Labor
# 76
Burkina Faso :
3,378,696
1986
Burkinabe Labor
# 77
Azerbaijan :
3,167,766
1986
Azerbaijani Labor
# 78
Ecuador :
3,140,226
1986
Ecuadorian Labor
# 79
Niger :
3,135,527
1986
Nigerien Labor
# 80
Zambia :
3,021,522
1986
Zambian Labor
# 81
Syria :
3,003,036
1986
Syrian Labor
# 82
Denmark :
2,837,368
1986
Danish Labor
# 83
Georgia :
2,817,429
1986
Georgian Labor
# 84
Hong Kong :
2,779,444
1986
Hong Kong Labor
# 85
Senegal :
2,766,711
1986
Senegalese Labor
# 86
Somalia :
2,748,964
1986
Somali Labor
# 87
Rwanda :
2,747,793
1986
Rwandan Labor
# 88
Guinea :
2,677,651
1986
Guinean Labor
# 89
Slovakia :
2,613,078
1986
Slovak Labor
# 90
Guatemala :
2,604,224
1986
Guatemalan Labor
# 91
Yemen :
2,561,773
1986
Yemeni Labor
# 92
Finland :
2,546,413
1986
Finnish Labor
# 93
Burundi :
2,528,168
1986
Burundian Labor
# 94
Haiti :
2,510,208
1986
Haitian Labor
# 95
Dominican Republic :
2,344,500
1986
Dominican Labor
# 96
Bolivia :
2,242,856
1986
Bolivian Labor
# 97
Norway :
2,217,042
1986
Norwegian Labor
# 98
Croatia :
2,208,077
1986
Croatian Labor
# 99
Tunisia :
2,201,708
1986
Tunisian Labor
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,179,044
1986
Herzegovinian Labor
# 101
Moldova :
2,133,397
1986
Moldovan Labor
# 102
Chad :
2,101,941
1986
Chadian Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,874,202
1986
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
Armenia :
1,777,523
1986
Armenian Labor
# 105
Tajikistan :
1,761,072
1986
Tajikistani Labor
# 106
El Salvador :
1,748,420
1986
Salvadoran Labor
# 107
Benin :
1,746,046
1986
Beninese Labor
# 108
Kyrgyzstan :
1,730,065
1986
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 109
New Zealand :
1,639,728
1986
New Zealand Labor
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
1,558,946
1986
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,532,950
1986
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Israel :
1,474,034
1986
Israeli Labor
# 113
Latvia :
1,460,438
1986
Latvian Labor
# 114
Paraguay :
1,445,823
1986
Paraguayan Labor
# 115
Albania :
1,405,758
1986
Albanian Labor
# 116
Laos :
1,402,768
1986
Lao Labor
# 117
Honduras :
1,396,611
1986
Honduran Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,374,722
1986
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Togo :
1,329,259
1986
Togolese Labor
# 120
Singapore :
1,320,801
1986
Singapore Labor
# 121
Ireland :
1,316,358
1986
Irish Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,282,042
1986
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,234,928
1986
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,157,373
1986
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,110,753
1986
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Jamaica :
1,096,518
1986
Jamaican Labor
# 127
Libya :
1,090,881
1986
Libyan Labor
# 128
Puerto Rico :
1,057,893
1986
Puerto Rican Labor
# 129
Costa Rica :
1,006,200
1986
Costa Rican Labor
# 130
Slovenia :
977,099.3
1986
Slovenian Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
941,192.7
1986
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Estonia :
843,627.9
1986
Estonian Labor
# 133
Congo, Republic of the :
833,130.1
1986
Congolese Labor
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
810,966.8
1986
Macedonian Labor
# 135
Liberia :
809,564.4
1986
Liberian Labor
# 136
Panama :
801,976.2
1986
Panamanian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
760,431.2
1986
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
735,670.8
1986
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
United Arab Emirates :
719,157.2
1986
Emirati Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
695,940.2
1986
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Jordan :
641,950.8
1986
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
584,023.6
1986
Basotho Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
473,534.4
1986
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Botswana :
465,056.1
1986
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 145
Oman :
461,542.7
1986
Omani Labor
# 146
Mauritius :
446,889.1
1986
Mauritian Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
373,811.5
1986
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
351,835.3
1986
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Namibia :
341,440.3
1986
Namibian Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
333,175
1986
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
292,487.3
1986
Fijian Labor
# 152
East Timor :
269,715.6
1986
Timorese Labor
# 153
Guyana :
263,186.9
1986
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
258,551.5
1986
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Qatar :
212,793.3
1986
Qatari Labor
# 156
Swaziland :
204,215.7
1986
Swazi Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
194,945.5
1986
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Bahrain :
188,104.1
1986
Bahraini Labor
# 159
Djibouti :
167,596.6
1986
Djiboutian Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
158,442.4
1986
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Comoros :
152,098.8
1986
Comoran Labor
# 162
Macau :
134,747.7
1986
Chinese Labor
# 163
Iceland :
132,575.2
1986
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Equatorial Guinea :
129,977.4
1986
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 165
Suriname :
124,507.7
1986
Surinamese Labor
# 166
Malta :
123,600.6
1986
Maltese Labor
# 167
Barbados :
120,612.6
1986
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
107,145.7
1986
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
103,589.7
1986
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
100,531.8
1986
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
89,577.5
1986
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
80,213.59
1986
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
69,293.23
1986
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
63,158.57
1986
- Labor
# 175
New Caledonia :
60,263.06
1986
New Caledonian Labor
# 176
Samoa :
57,788.27
1986
Samoan Labor
# 177
Guam :
55,655.38
1986
Guamanian Labor
# 178
Maldives :
53,250.84
1986
Maldivian Labor
# 179
Belize :
52,790.56
1986
Belizean Labor
# 180
Saint Lucia :
47,016.16
1986
Saint Lucian Labor
# 181
Virgin Islands :
46,233.28
1986
Virgin Islander Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
38,854.41
1986
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
32,335.72
1986
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
30,369.88
1986
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,206,152,036.15
Weighted average:
11,989,956.7
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 (1986) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1986
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