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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 :
608,514,300
1987
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
318,658,100
1987
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
124,588,200
1987
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,312,450
1987
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
70,361,660
1987
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
61,004,840
1987
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
58,052,740
1987
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
44,028,430
1987
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,625,770
1987
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
33,138,000
1987
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
30,519,360
1987
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
29,029,170
1987
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
United Kingdom :
28,710,670
1987
British Labor
# 14
Thailand :
28,199,220
1987
Thai Labor
# 15
Mexico :
26,643,380
1987
Mexican Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
26,360,320
1987
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,578,950
1987
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
23,390,900
1987
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
21,992,800
1987
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
20,295,280
1987
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
19,536,780
1987
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
18,762,320
1987
Burmese Labor
# 23
Poland :
18,685,570
1987
Polish Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
17,636,520
1987
Korean Labor
# 25
Egypt :
15,642,100
1987
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Spain :
15,354,210
1987
Spanish Labor
# 27
Iran :
14,431,360
1987
Iranian Labor
# 28
Canada :
13,846,200
1987
Canadian Labor
# 29
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
13,824,400
1987
Congolese Labor
# 30
South Africa :
13,279,530
1987
South African Labor
# 31
Colombia :
12,372,970
1987
Colombian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
11,947,860
1987
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
11,620,540
1987
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
10,812,640
1987
Romanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
9,103,677
1987
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
8,817,683
1987
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Australia :
7,734,157
1987
Australian Labor
# 38
Kazakhstan :
7,592,974
1987
Kazakhstani Labor
# 39
Uzbekistan :
7,592,650
1987
Uzbekistani Labor
# 40
Sudan :
7,550,259
1987
Sudanese Labor
# 41
Peru :
7,543,515
1987
Peruvian Labor
# 42
Uganda :
7,064,668
1987
Ugandan Labor
# 43
Morocco :
6,800,819
1987
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Nepal :
6,711,795
1987
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Venezuela :
6,572,792
1987
Venezuelan Labor
# 46
Netherlands :
6,553,577
1987
Dutch Labor
# 47
Sri Lanka :
6,552,089
1987
Sri Lankan Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
6,376,741
1987
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Algeria :
6,343,306
1987
Algerian Labor
# 50
Malaysia :
6,241,552
1987
Malaysian Labor
# 51
Ghana :
6,184,325
1987
Ghanaian Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,398,465
1987
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,324,747
1987
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Madagascar :
4,922,677
1987
Malagasy Labor
# 55
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,741,444
1987
Serbian Labor
# 56
Afghanistan :
4,713,743
1987
Afghan Labor
# 57
Portugal :
4,681,266
1987
Portuguese Labor
# 58
Hungary :
4,675,344
1987
Hungarian Labor
# 59
Bulgaria :
4,620,152
1987
Bulgarian Labor
# 60
Chile :
4,600,944
1987
Chilean Labor
# 61
Sweden :
4,590,528
1987
Swedish Labor
# 62
Saudi Arabia :
4,382,087
1987
Saudi Labor
# 63
Angola :
4,269,091
1987
Angolan Labor
# 64
Iraq :
4,252,128
1987
Iraqi Labor
# 65
Cuba :
4,176,349
1987
Cuban Labor
# 66
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,155,574
1987
Ivoirian Labor
# 67
Greece :
4,036,455
1987
Greek Labor
# 68
Cambodia :
4,005,486
1987
Cambodian Labor
# 69
Belgium :
3,943,205
1987
Belgian Labor
# 70
Cameroon :
3,932,381
1987
Cameroonian Labor
# 71
Malawi :
3,785,734
1987
Malawian Labor
# 72
Zimbabwe :
3,733,044
1987
Zimbabwean Labor
# 73
Mali :
3,504,760
1987
Malian Labor
# 74
Burkina Faso :
3,481,667
1987
Burkinabe Labor
# 75
Switzerland :
3,475,415
1987
Swiss Labor
# 76
Austria :
3,437,131
1987
Austrian Labor
# 77
Ecuador :
3,270,358
1987
Ecuadorian Labor
# 78
Niger :
3,235,769
1987
Nigerien Labor
# 79
Azerbaijan :
3,215,396
1987
Azerbaijani Labor
# 80
Syria :
3,156,488
1987
Syrian Labor
# 81
Zambia :
3,137,314
1987
Zambian Labor
# 82
Rwanda :
2,887,102
1987
Rwandan Labor
# 83
Georgia :
2,855,057
1987
Georgian Labor
# 84
Senegal :
2,849,392
1987
Senegalese Labor
# 85
Denmark :
2,835,974
1987
Danish Labor
# 86
Hong Kong :
2,817,338
1987
Hong Kong Labor
# 87
Somalia :
2,775,597
1987
Somali Labor
# 88
Guinea :
2,747,400
1987
Guinean Labor
# 89
Guatemala :
2,668,248
1987
Guatemalan Labor
# 90
Yemen :
2,642,440
1987
Yemeni Labor
# 91
Slovakia :
2,617,966
1987
Slovak Labor
# 92
Burundi :
2,605,308
1987
Burundian Labor
# 93
Haiti :
2,542,046
1987
Haitian Labor
# 94
Finland :
2,531,099
1987
Finnish Labor
# 95
Dominican Republic :
2,419,998
1987
Dominican Labor
# 96
Bolivia :
2,308,621
1987
Bolivian Labor
# 97
Tunisia :
2,262,406
1987
Tunisian Labor
# 98
Norway :
2,261,526
1987
Norwegian Labor
# 99
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,232,445
1987
Herzegovinian Labor
# 100
Croatia :
2,210,462
1987
Croatian Labor
# 101
Chad :
2,170,911
1987
Chadian Labor
# 102
Moldova :
2,133,324
1987
Moldovan Labor
# 103
Lithuania :
1,884,746
1987
Lithuanian Labor
# 104
Armenia :
1,833,968
1987
Armenian Labor
# 105
Benin :
1,807,442
1987
Beninese Labor
# 106
Tajikistan :
1,798,638
1987
Tajikistani Labor
# 107
El Salvador :
1,790,787
1987
Salvadoran Labor
# 108
Kyrgyzstan :
1,752,676
1987
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 109
New Zealand :
1,656,250
1987
New Zealand Labor
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
1,604,192
1987
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,577,419
1987
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Paraguay :
1,522,434
1987
Paraguayan Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,499,506
1987
Israeli Labor
# 114
Latvia :
1,461,371
1987
Latvian Labor
# 115
Albania :
1,454,479
1987
Albanian Labor
# 116
Honduras :
1,450,113
1987
Honduran Labor
# 117
Laos :
1,435,054
1987
Lao Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,413,010
1987
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Togo :
1,379,065
1987
Togolese Labor
# 120
Singapore :
1,355,710
1987
Singapore Labor
# 121
Ireland :
1,316,293
1987
Irish Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,303,631
1987
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,264,956
1987
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,182,653
1987
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,142,707
1987
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Libya :
1,130,414
1987
Libyan Labor
# 127
Jamaica :
1,104,569
1987
Jamaican Labor
# 128
Puerto Rico :
1,080,289
1987
Puerto Rican Labor
# 129
Costa Rica :
1,058,584
1987
Costa Rican Labor
# 130
Slovenia :
978,374.3
1987
Slovenian Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
936,195.4
1987
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Congo, Republic of the :
860,015.1
1987
Congolese Labor
# 133
Estonia :
848,947.9
1987
Estonian Labor
# 134
Panama :
832,577.8
1987
Panamanian Labor
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
822,018.2
1987
Macedonian Labor
# 136
Liberia :
811,223.3
1987
Liberian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
779,386.4
1987
Mongolian Labor
# 138
United Arab Emirates :
760,150.7
1987
Emirati Labor
# 139
Mauritania :
751,063.3
1987
Mauritanian Labor
# 140
Kuwait :
734,214.3
1987
Kuwaiti Labor
# 141
Jordan :
662,887
1987
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
593,337.1
1987
Basotho Labor
# 143
Oman :
486,005.3
1987
Omani Labor
# 144
Botswana :
475,834.2
1987
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 145
Trinidad and Tobago :
460,422.9
1987
Tobagonian Labor
# 146
Mauritius :
450,317.9
1987
Mauritian Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
382,230.9
1987
Guinean Labor
# 148
Namibia :
370,157.8
1987
Namibian Labor
# 149
Gabon :
369,169.8
1987
Gabonese Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
353,595.2
1987
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
291,978
1987
Fijian Labor
# 152
East Timor :
273,708.6
1987
Timorese Labor
# 153
Guyana :
263,997.2
1987
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Cyprus :
261,661.6
1987
Cypriot Labor
# 155
Qatar :
225,900
1987
Qatari Labor
# 156
Swaziland :
211,297.2
1987
Swazi Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
199,443
1987
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Bahrain :
195,462.4
1987
Bahraini Labor
# 159
Djibouti :
180,830.1
1987
Djiboutian Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
161,898.3
1987
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Comoros :
156,698.5
1987
Comoran Labor
# 162
Macau :
141,737.7
1987
Chinese Labor
# 163
Iceland :
135,001.3
1987
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Equatorial Guinea :
133,795.3
1987
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 165
Suriname :
128,423.5
1987
Surinamese Labor
# 166
Malta :
124,451.5
1987
Maltese Labor
# 167
Barbados :
123,996.1
1987
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
110,312.6
1987
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
106,163.5
1987
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Solomon Islands :
104,609.1
1987
Solomon Islander Labor
# 171
Brunei :
94,201.04
1987
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
82,466.86
1987
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
71,525.95
1987
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
64,215.22
1987
- Labor
# 175
New Caledonia :
62,586.08
1987
New Caledonian Labor
# 176
Guam :
57,659.68
1987
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Samoa :
57,303.58
1987
Samoan Labor
# 178
Belize :
54,740.95
1987
Belizean Labor
# 179
Maldives :
54,198.65
1987
Maldivian Labor
# 180
Saint Lucia :
48,419.23
1987
Saint Lucian Labor
# 181
Virgin Islands :
46,945.75
1987
Virgin Islander Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
39,688.46
1987
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
32,826.68
1987
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
30,770.25
1987
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,254,631,915.68
Weighted average:
12,253,434.3
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 (1987) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1987
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