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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 :
636,737,500
1989
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
329,631,100
1989
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
128,345,600
1989
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,296,060
1989
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
73,635,610
1989
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
62,616,650
1989
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
60,883,280
1989
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
45,935,300
1989
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
37,247,860
1989
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
34,552,900
1989
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
32,012,470
1989
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
30,608,880
1989
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Thailand :
29,971,750
1989
Thai Labor
# 14
United Kingdom :
29,354,200
1989
British Labor
# 15
Mexico :
28,606,210
1989
Mexican Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
26,326,960
1989
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,830,510
1989
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
23,818,220
1989
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
22,788,120
1989
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
21,806,280
1989
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
20,742,380
1989
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
19,576,140
1989
Burmese Labor
# 23
Poland :
18,615,500
1989
Polish Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
18,583,240
1989
Korean Labor
# 25
Egypt :
16,883,120
1989
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Spain :
15,767,760
1989
Spanish Labor
# 27
Iran :
15,257,010
1989
Iranian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
14,553,600
1989
Congolese Labor
# 29
Canada :
14,491,440
1989
Canadian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
13,968,830
1989
South African Labor
# 31
Colombia :
13,507,480
1989
Colombian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
12,630,330
1989
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
12,404,690
1989
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
10,924,490
1989
Romanian Labor
# 35
Korea, North :
9,535,244
1989
Korean Labor
# 36
Kenya :
9,477,393
1989
Kenyan Labor
# 37
Australia :
8,238,484
1989
Australian Labor
# 38
Peru :
8,168,852
1989
Peruvian Labor
# 39
Uzbekistan :
7,987,346
1989
Uzbekistani Labor
# 40
Sudan :
7,723,260
1989
Sudanese Labor
# 41
Kazakhstan :
7,694,944
1989
Kazakhstani Labor
# 42
Uganda :
7,566,938
1989
Ugandan Labor
# 43
Morocco :
7,284,990
1989
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Sri Lanka :
7,031,408
1989
Sri Lankan Labor
# 45
Venezuela :
7,022,694
1989
Venezuelan Labor
# 46
Nepal :
6,977,225
1989
Nepalese Labor
# 47
Algeria :
6,921,945
1989
Algerian Labor
# 48
Malaysia :
6,796,352
1989
Malaysian Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
6,778,170
1989
Dutch Labor
# 50
Ghana :
6,519,711
1989
Ghanaian Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
6,244,810
1989
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,431,985
1989
Czech Labor
# 53
Belarus :
5,330,429
1989
Belarusian Labor
# 54
Madagascar :
5,193,688
1989
Malagasy Labor
# 55
Chile :
4,911,865
1989
Chilean Labor
# 56
Saudi Arabia :
4,889,269
1989
Saudi Labor
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,841,340
1989
Serbian Labor
# 58
Afghanistan :
4,815,286
1989
Afghan Labor
# 59
Portugal :
4,755,091
1989
Portuguese Labor
# 60
Sweden :
4,708,910
1989
Swedish Labor
# 61
Hungary :
4,567,302
1989
Hungarian Labor
# 62
Bulgaria :
4,533,055
1989
Bulgarian Labor
# 63
Iraq :
4,530,460
1989
Iraqi Labor
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,440,509
1989
Ivoirian Labor
# 65
Angola :
4,437,188
1989
Angolan Labor
# 66
Cuba :
4,423,290
1989
Cuban Labor
# 67
Malawi :
4,266,181
1989
Malawian Labor
# 68
Cambodia :
4,263,519
1989
Cambodian Labor
# 69
Cameroon :
4,247,930
1989
Cameroonian Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,163,871
1989
Greek Labor
# 71
Zimbabwe :
4,094,137
1989
Zimbabwean Labor
# 72
Belgium :
3,942,451
1989
Belgian Labor
# 73
Burkina Faso :
3,683,071
1989
Burkinabe Labor
# 74
Mali :
3,675,126
1989
Malian Labor
# 75
Switzerland :
3,608,535
1989
Swiss Labor
# 76
Ecuador :
3,537,573
1989
Ecuadorian Labor
# 77
Syria :
3,490,374
1989
Syrian Labor
# 78
Austria :
3,475,869
1989
Austrian Labor
# 79
Niger :
3,450,176
1989
Nigerien Labor
# 80
Zambia :
3,360,602
1989
Zambian Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
3,282,747
1989
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Rwanda :
3,074,308
1989
Rwandan Labor
# 83
Senegal :
3,027,664
1989
Senegalese Labor
# 84
Georgia :
2,898,228
1989
Georgian Labor
# 85
Guinea :
2,895,655
1989
Guinean Labor
# 86
Denmark :
2,882,378
1989
Danish Labor
# 87
Hong Kong :
2,845,906
1989
Hong Kong Labor
# 88
Yemen :
2,842,500
1989
Yemeni Labor
# 89
Somalia :
2,836,875
1989
Somali Labor
# 90
Guatemala :
2,806,697
1989
Guatemalan Labor
# 91
Burundi :
2,743,550
1989
Burundian Labor
# 92
Slovakia :
2,641,635
1989
Slovak Labor
# 93
Haiti :
2,609,841
1989
Haitian Labor
# 94
Finland :
2,566,055
1989
Finnish Labor
# 95
Dominican Republic :
2,559,293
1989
Dominican Labor
# 96
Bolivia :
2,442,642
1989
Bolivian Labor
# 97
Tunisia :
2,360,061
1989
Tunisian Labor
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,290,692
1989
Herzegovinian Labor
# 99
Chad :
2,265,884
1989
Chadian Labor
# 100
Norway :
2,218,375
1989
Norwegian Labor
# 101
Croatia :
2,207,019
1989
Croatian Labor
# 102
Moldova :
2,122,265
1989
Moldovan Labor
# 103
Benin :
1,935,999
1989
Beninese Labor
# 104
Armenia :
1,924,066
1989
Armenian Labor
# 105
Lithuania :
1,909,456
1989
Lithuanian Labor
# 106
El Salvador :
1,896,864
1989
Salvadoran Labor
# 107
Tajikistan :
1,865,766
1989
Tajikistani Labor
# 108
Kyrgyzstan :
1,802,490
1989
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 109
Papua New Guinea :
1,711,315
1989
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 110
Paraguay :
1,680,783
1989
Paraguayan Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,674,316
1989
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
New Zealand :
1,642,695
1989
New Zealand Labor
# 113
Israel :
1,608,906
1989
Israeli Labor
# 114
Honduras :
1,557,351
1989
Honduran Labor
# 115
Albania :
1,540,994
1989
Albanian Labor
# 116
Laos :
1,508,549
1989
Lao Labor
# 117
Turkmenistan :
1,491,109
1989
Turkmen Labor
# 118
Singapore :
1,479,448
1989
Singapore Labor
# 119
Togo :
1,470,734
1989
Togolese Labor
# 120
Latvia :
1,464,937
1989
Latvian Labor
# 121
Uruguay :
1,353,918
1989
Uruguayan Labor
# 122
Ireland :
1,315,835
1989
Irish Labor
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,315,072
1989
Central African Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,240,669
1989
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Libya :
1,212,858
1989
Libyan Labor
# 126
Eritrea :
1,206,563
1989
Eritrean Labor
# 127
Puerto Rico :
1,136,001
1989
Puerto Rican Labor
# 128
Costa Rica :
1,125,411
1989
Costa Rican Labor
# 129
Jamaica :
1,115,391
1989
Jamaican Labor
# 130
Slovenia :
978,644.8
1989
Slovenian Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
942,241.3
1989
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Congo, Republic of the :
922,331.9
1989
Congolese Labor
# 133
Panama :
901,721.3
1989
Panamanian Labor
# 134
Estonia :
856,503.2
1989
Estonian Labor
# 135
United Arab Emirates :
851,812.7
1989
Emirati Labor
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
843,277.2
1989
Macedonian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
816,949.9
1989
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Kuwait :
803,539.9
1989
Kuwaiti Labor
# 139
Liberia :
796,062.9
1989
Liberian Labor
# 140
Mauritania :
783,270.7
1989
Mauritanian Labor
# 141
Jordan :
712,167.9
1989
Jordanian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
599,035.6
1989
Basotho Labor
# 143
Oman :
535,508
1989
Omani Labor
# 144
Botswana :
499,013
1989
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 145
Trinidad and Tobago :
463,407.7
1989
Tobagonian Labor
# 146
Mauritius :
457,010.3
1989
Mauritian Labor
# 147
Namibia :
418,563.1
1989
Namibian Labor
# 148
Guinea-Bissau :
401,280.1
1989
Guinean Labor
# 149
Gabon :
388,546.8
1989
Gabonese Labor
# 150
Gambia, The :
379,044
1989
Gambian Labor
# 151
Fiji :
289,587.5
1989
Fijian Labor
# 152
East Timor :
281,545.2
1989
Timorese Labor
# 153
Cyprus :
269,652.1
1989
Cypriot Labor
# 154
Guyana :
265,765.5
1989
Guyanese Labor
# 155
Qatar :
247,077.2
1989
Qatari Labor
# 156
Swaziland :
218,708.4
1989
Swazi Labor
# 157
Bahrain :
211,228.3
1989
Bahraini Labor
# 158
Djibouti :
208,832.9
1989
Djiboutian Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
207,254.5
1989
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Comoros :
167,189.2
1989
Comoran Labor
# 161
Luxembourg :
161,629.3
1989
Luxembourg Labor
# 162
Macau :
154,538.1
1989
Chinese Labor
# 163
Iceland :
139,898.8
1989
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Equatorial Guinea :
137,525.8
1989
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 165
Suriname :
135,677.4
1989
Surinamese Labor
# 166
Barbados :
131,793.1
1989
Barbadian Labor
# 167
Malta :
126,403.9
1989
Maltese Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
116,403.6
1989
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Solomon Islands :
113,404.1
1989
Solomon Islander Labor
# 170
Cape Verde :
110,170.6
1989
Cape Verdean Labor
# 171
Brunei :
104,509.3
1989
Bruneian Labor
# 172
Netherlands Antilles :
86,232.74
1989
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 173
French Polynesia :
76,130.26
1989
French Polynesian Labor
# 174
Vanuatu :
68,456.57
1989
- Labor
# 175
New Caledonia :
65,941.26
1989
New Caledonian Labor
# 176
Guam :
61,360.03
1989
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Belize :
58,300.6
1989
Belizean Labor
# 178
Maldives :
56,373.29
1989
Maldivian Labor
# 179
Samoa :
56,372.1
1989
Samoan Labor
# 180
Saint Lucia :
51,438.11
1989
Saint Lucian Labor
# 181
Virgin Islands :
47,437.2
1989
Virgin Islander Labor
# 182
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
41,446.2
1989
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
33,888.13
1989
Sao Tomean Labor
# 184
Tonga :
32,164.73
1989
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,346,442,352.32
Weighted average:
12,752,404.1
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 (1989) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1989
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