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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 :
650,137,400
1990
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
335,119,300
1990
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
129,304,300
1990
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,228,620
1990
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
75,261,460
1990
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
63,911,430
1990
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
62,444,810
1990
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
46,931,230
1990
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
38,328,360
1990
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
35,237,940
1990
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
32,710,470
1990
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
31,297,330
1990
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Thailand :
30,444,310
1990
Thai Labor
# 14
Mexico :
29,547,670
1990
Mexican Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
29,448,950
1990
British Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
26,256,290
1990
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,795,770
1990
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
23,907,420
1990
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
23,427,900
1990
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
22,601,110
1990
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
20,974,910
1990
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
20,005,550
1990
Burmese Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
19,138,680
1990
Korean Labor
# 24
Poland :
18,581,800
1990
Polish Labor
# 25
Egypt :
16,573,170
1990
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Spain :
15,999,590
1990
Spanish Labor
# 27
Iran :
15,616,960
1990
Iranian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
15,044,580
1990
Congolese Labor
# 29
Canada :
14,722,540
1990
Canadian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
14,366,870
1990
South African Labor
# 31
Colombia :
14,091,570
1990
Colombian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
12,998,710
1990
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
12,821,760
1990
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
10,962,240
1990
Romanian Labor
# 35
Kenya :
9,830,753
1990
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Korea, North :
9,714,985
1990
Korean Labor
# 37
Peru :
8,507,717
1990
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Australia :
8,449,924
1990
Australian Labor
# 39
Uzbekistan :
8,156,802
1990
Uzbekistani Labor
# 40
Uganda :
7,814,180
1990
Ugandan Labor
# 41
Sudan :
7,811,927
1990
Sudanese Labor
# 42
Kazakhstan :
7,740,044
1990
Kazakhstani Labor
# 43
Morocco :
7,529,135
1990
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Sri Lanka :
7,267,093
1990
Sri Lankan Labor
# 45
Venezuela :
7,255,067
1990
Venezuelan Labor
# 46
Algeria :
7,231,552
1990
Algerian Labor
# 47
Malaysia :
7,127,577
1990
Malaysian Labor
# 48
Nepal :
7,123,636
1990
Nepalese Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
6,931,753
1990
Dutch Labor
# 50
Ghana :
6,705,008
1990
Ghanaian Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
6,332,111
1990
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Czech Republic :
5,453,584
1990
Czech Labor
# 53
Madagascar :
5,367,153
1990
Malagasy Labor
# 54
Belarus :
5,296,767
1990
Belarusian Labor
# 55
Saudi Arabia :
5,095,204
1990
Saudi Labor
# 56
Chile :
5,006,113
1990
Chilean Labor
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,895,543
1990
Serbian Labor
# 58
Portugal :
4,796,813
1990
Portuguese Labor
# 59
Sweden :
4,748,188
1990
Swedish Labor
# 60
Iraq :
4,727,920
1990
Iraqi Labor
# 61
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,603,456
1990
Ivoirian Labor
# 62
Angola :
4,546,072
1990
Angolan Labor
# 63
Cuba :
4,544,963
1990
Cuban Labor
# 64
Hungary :
4,534,711
1990
Hungarian Labor
# 65
Malawi :
4,454,849
1990
Malawian Labor
# 66
Bulgaria :
4,439,366
1990
Bulgarian Labor
# 67
Cameroon :
4,407,905
1990
Cameroonian Labor
# 68
Cambodia :
4,380,802
1990
Cambodian Labor
# 69
Zimbabwe :
4,262,139
1990
Zimbabwean Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,184,638
1990
Greek Labor
# 71
Belgium :
3,941,850
1990
Belgian Labor
# 72
Burkina Faso :
3,799,708
1990
Burkinabe Labor
# 73
Mali :
3,762,255
1990
Malian Labor
# 74
Ecuador :
3,680,772
1990
Ecuadorian Labor
# 75
Switzerland :
3,676,359
1990
Swiss Labor
# 76
Syria :
3,672,222
1990
Syrian Labor
# 77
Niger :
3,565,329
1990
Nigerien Labor
# 78
Austria :
3,546,443
1990
Austrian Labor
# 79
Zambia :
3,474,789
1990
Zambian Labor
# 80
Azerbaijan :
3,308,409
1990
Azerbaijani Labor
# 81
Senegal :
3,118,749
1990
Senegalese Labor
# 82
Rwanda :
3,069,869
1990
Rwandan Labor
# 83
Guinea :
2,994,479
1990
Guinean Labor
# 84
Yemen :
2,961,312
1990
Yemeni Labor
# 85
Denmark :
2,912,629
1990
Danish Labor
# 86
Georgia :
2,894,209
1990
Georgian Labor
# 87
Guatemala :
2,871,239
1990
Guatemalan Labor
# 88
Hong Kong :
2,852,613
1990
Hong Kong Labor
# 89
Somalia :
2,838,845
1990
Somali Labor
# 90
Burundi :
2,797,633
1990
Burundian Labor
# 91
Haiti :
2,642,361
1990
Haitian Labor
# 92
Slovakia :
2,637,736
1990
Slovak Labor
# 93
Dominican Republic :
2,632,478
1990
Dominican Labor
# 94
Finland :
2,574,679
1990
Finnish Labor
# 95
Bolivia :
2,509,067
1990
Bolivian Labor
# 96
Tunisia :
2,443,083
1990
Tunisian Labor
# 97
Chad :
2,348,037
1990
Chadian Labor
# 98
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,266,202
1990
Herzegovinian Labor
# 99
Norway :
2,217,627
1990
Norwegian Labor
# 100
Croatia :
2,207,751
1990
Croatian Labor
# 101
Moldova :
2,126,500
1990
Moldovan Labor
# 102
Benin :
2,009,318
1990
Beninese Labor
# 103
El Salvador :
1,960,625
1990
Salvadoran Labor
# 104
Armenia :
1,944,897
1990
Armenian Labor
# 105
Lithuania :
1,901,846
1990
Lithuanian Labor
# 106
Tajikistan :
1,896,046
1990
Tajikistani Labor
# 107
Kyrgyzstan :
1,825,271
1990
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 108
Papua New Guinea :
1,770,142
1990
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 109
Sierra Leone :
1,693,113
1990
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 110
New Zealand :
1,674,918
1990
New Zealand Labor
# 111
Paraguay :
1,649,474
1990
Paraguayan Labor
# 112
Israel :
1,648,880
1990
Israeli Labor
# 113
Honduras :
1,611,097
1990
Honduran Labor
# 114
Albania :
1,563,399
1990
Albanian Labor
# 115
Singapore :
1,555,483
1990
Singapore Labor
# 116
Laos :
1,544,755
1990
Lao Labor
# 117
Turkmenistan :
1,537,207
1990
Turkmen Labor
# 118
Togo :
1,519,182
1990
Togolese Labor
# 119
Latvia :
1,451,533
1990
Latvian Labor
# 120
Uruguay :
1,378,042
1990
Uruguayan Labor
# 121
Central African Republic :
1,350,457
1990
Central African Labor
# 122
Ireland :
1,332,415
1990
Irish Labor
# 123
Nicaragua :
1,271,690
1990
Nicaraguan Labor
# 124
Libya :
1,257,584
1990
Libyan Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,229,008
1990
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,156,045
1990
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Costa Rica :
1,155,320
1990
Costa Rican Labor
# 128
Jamaica :
1,123,474
1990
Jamaican Labor
# 129
Slovenia :
976,839.9
1990
Slovenian Labor
# 130
Congo, Republic of the :
959,222.4
1990
Congolese Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
941,693.2
1990
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Panama :
925,119
1990
Panamanian Labor
# 133
United Arab Emirates :
904,469.2
1990
Emirati Labor
# 134
Estonia :
855,379.3
1990
Estonian Labor
# 135
Kuwait :
852,515.2
1990
Kuwaiti Labor
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
851,730
1990
Macedonian Labor
# 137
Mongolia :
840,193.3
1990
Mongolian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
805,421.5
1990
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
Liberia :
787,722.4
1990
Liberian Labor
# 140
Jordan :
753,539.9
1990
Jordanian Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
605,140.9
1990
Basotho Labor
# 142
Oman :
567,369.7
1990
Omani Labor
# 143
Botswana :
514,648.7
1990
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
469,759.4
1990
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Mauritius :
460,166.9
1990
Mauritian Labor
# 146
Namibia :
446,659.9
1990
Namibian Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
412,419
1990
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
398,168.4
1990
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Gambia, The :
393,767.3
1990
Gambian Labor
# 150
Fiji :
289,549.5
1990
Fijian Labor
# 151
East Timor :
286,354.3
1990
Timorese Labor
# 152
Cyprus :
276,169.4
1990
Cypriot Labor
# 153
Guyana :
267,777.9
1990
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Qatar :
255,806.2
1990
Qatari Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
226,283.7
1990
Swazi Labor
# 156
Bahrain :
219,602.5
1990
Bahraini Labor
# 157
Djibouti :
217,362.9
1990
Djiboutian Labor
# 158
Bhutan :
210,231.3
1990
Bhutanese Labor
# 159
Comoros :
171,895.8
1990
Comoran Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
165,010.1
1990
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Macau :
160,166.5
1990
Chinese Labor
# 162
Iceland :
141,700.1
1990
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Equatorial Guinea :
140,188.5
1990
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 164
Suriname :
133,805.5
1990
Surinamese Labor
# 165
Barbados :
130,138.8
1990
Barbadian Labor
# 166
Malta :
127,294.7
1990
Maltese Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
119,257.7
1990
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
118,075.3
1990
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
112,982.7
1990
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Brunei :
109,606.9
1990
Bruneian Labor
# 171
Netherlands Antilles :
87,510.42
1990
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 172
French Polynesia :
78,354.36
1990
French Polynesian Labor
# 173
Vanuatu :
70,622.33
1990
- Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
67,684.6
1990
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Guam :
63,026.41
1990
Guamanian Labor
# 176
Belize :
60,672.46
1990
Belizean Labor
# 177
Maldives :
57,541.69
1990
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
56,482.13
1990
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Lucia :
53,082.57
1990
Saint Lucian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
48,693.88
1990
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
42,154.32
1990
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 182
São Tomé and Príncipe :
34,508.19
1990
Sao Tomean Labor
# 183
Tonga :
32,642.19
1990
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,385,227,086.35
Weighted average:
13,034,027.8
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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