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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 :
661,834,800
1991
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
340,398,600
1991
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
130,116,200
1991
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
76,877,560
1991
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Russia :
76,094,800
1991
Russian Labor
# 6
Brazil :
66,124,140
1991
Brazilian Labor
# 7
Japan :
64,968,330
1991
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
47,932,220
1991
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,916,520
1991
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
35,938,830
1991
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
33,616,910
1991
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
32,112,790
1991
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Thailand :
30,599,740
1991
Thai Labor
# 14
Mexico :
30,487,690
1991
Mexican Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
29,342,000
1991
British Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
26,143,830
1991
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,779,740
1991
French Labor
# 18
Philippines :
24,085,820
1991
Philippine Labor
# 19
Italy :
23,891,750
1991
Italian Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
23,504,260
1991
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
21,468,110
1991
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
20,441,080
1991
Burmese Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
19,571,080
1991
Korean Labor
# 24
Poland :
18,175,890
1991
Polish Labor
# 25
Spain :
16,149,770
1991
Spanish Labor
# 26
Egypt :
16,101,870
1991
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Iran :
15,880,930
1991
Iranian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
15,609,070
1991
Congolese Labor
# 29
Canada :
14,798,560
1991
Canadian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
14,797,550
1991
South African Labor
# 31
Colombia :
14,674,130
1991
Colombian Labor
# 32
Argentina :
13,342,340
1991
Argentine Labor
# 33
Tanzania :
13,298,800
1991
Tanzanian Labor
# 34
Romania :
11,182,320
1991
Romanian Labor
# 35
Kenya :
10,205,200
1991
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Korea, North :
9,798,148
1991
Korean Labor
# 37
Peru :
8,698,791
1991
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Australia :
8,487,073
1991
Australian Labor
# 39
Uganda :
8,061,780
1991
Ugandan Labor
# 40
Sudan :
7,909,633
1991
Sudanese Labor
# 41
Uzbekistan :
7,870,371
1991
Uzbekistani Labor
# 42
Kazakhstan :
7,823,320
1991
Kazakhstani Labor
# 43
Morocco :
7,812,602
1991
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Venezuela :
7,571,090
1991
Venezuelan Labor
# 45
Algeria :
7,540,889
1991
Algerian Labor
# 46
Malaysia :
7,341,976
1991
Malaysian Labor
# 47
Nepal :
7,265,078
1991
Nepalese Labor
# 48
Sri Lanka :
7,191,594
1991
Sri Lankan Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
7,063,935
1991
Dutch Labor
# 50
Ghana :
6,888,924
1991
Ghanaian Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
6,490,107
1991
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
5,555,294
1991
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Czech Republic :
5,349,938
1991
Czech Labor
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
5,283,310
1991
Saudi Labor
# 55
Belarus :
5,227,698
1991
Belarusian Labor
# 56
Chile :
5,090,797
1991
Chilean Labor
# 57
Iraq :
4,921,713
1991
Iraqi Labor
# 58
Portugal :
4,916,154
1991
Portuguese Labor
# 59
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,769,449
1991
Ivoirian Labor
# 60
Sweden :
4,733,020
1991
Swedish Labor
# 61
Angola :
4,694,295
1991
Angolan Labor
# 62
Cuba :
4,646,392
1991
Cuban Labor
# 63
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,612,503
1991
Serbian Labor
# 64
Malawi :
4,570,242
1991
Malawian Labor
# 65
Cameroon :
4,559,419
1991
Cameroonian Labor
# 66
Hungary :
4,515,627
1991
Hungarian Labor
# 67
Cambodia :
4,491,224
1991
Cambodian Labor
# 68
Zimbabwe :
4,419,843
1991
Zimbabwean Labor
# 69
Bulgaria :
4,299,105
1991
Bulgarian Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,134,621
1991
Greek Labor
# 71
Belgium :
4,032,676
1991
Belgian Labor
# 72
Burkina Faso :
3,891,074
1991
Burkinabe Labor
# 73
Syria :
3,864,295
1991
Syrian Labor
# 74
Mali :
3,861,629
1991
Malian Labor
# 75
Ecuador :
3,854,756
1991
Ecuadorian Labor
# 76
Switzerland :
3,754,487
1991
Swiss Labor
# 77
Niger :
3,681,783
1991
Nigerien Labor
# 78
Austria :
3,612,657
1991
Austrian Labor
# 79
Zambia :
3,573,741
1991
Zambian Labor
# 80
Senegal :
3,212,265
1991
Senegalese Labor
# 81
Yemen :
3,155,856
1991
Yemeni Labor
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,152,077
1991
Azerbaijani Labor
# 83
Guinea :
3,108,449
1991
Guinean Labor
# 84
Rwanda :
2,963,625
1991
Rwandan Labor
# 85
Guatemala :
2,927,253
1991
Guatemalan Labor
# 86
Denmark :
2,914,284
1991
Danish Labor
# 87
Hong Kong :
2,897,103
1991
Hong Kong Labor
# 88
Georgia :
2,862,174
1991
Georgian Labor
# 89
Burundi :
2,842,555
1991
Burundian Labor
# 90
Somalia :
2,817,316
1991
Somali Labor
# 91
Dominican Republic :
2,700,983
1991
Dominican Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,690,688
1991
Haitian Labor
# 93
Slovakia :
2,590,576
1991
Slovak Labor
# 94
Bolivia :
2,579,946
1991
Bolivian Labor
# 95
Finland :
2,545,247
1991
Finnish Labor
# 96
Tunisia :
2,515,524
1991
Tunisian Labor
# 97
Chad :
2,404,517
1991
Chadian Labor
# 98
Norway :
2,182,990
1991
Norwegian Labor
# 99
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,094,832
1991
Herzegovinian Labor
# 100
Benin :
2,082,543
1991
Beninese Labor
# 101
Croatia :
2,065,666
1991
Croatian Labor
# 102
Moldova :
2,056,283
1991
Moldovan Labor
# 103
El Salvador :
1,965,537
1991
Salvadoran Labor
# 104
Tajikistan :
1,900,511
1991
Tajikistani Labor
# 105
Lithuania :
1,891,134
1991
Lithuanian Labor
# 106
Armenia :
1,864,401
1991
Armenian Labor
# 107
Kyrgyzstan :
1,851,435
1991
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 108
Papua New Guinea :
1,809,490
1991
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 109
Israel :
1,765,234
1991
Israeli Labor
# 110
Sierra Leone :
1,711,225
1991
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 111
New Zealand :
1,700,306
1991
New Zealand Labor
# 112
Paraguay :
1,670,056
1991
Paraguayan Labor
# 113
Honduras :
1,669,345
1991
Honduran Labor
# 114
Singapore :
1,616,239
1991
Singapore Labor
# 115
Laos :
1,589,029
1991
Lao Labor
# 116
Togo :
1,563,659
1991
Togolese Labor
# 117
Albania :
1,560,585
1991
Albanian Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,468,437
1991
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Latvia :
1,418,331
1991
Latvian Labor
# 120
Uruguay :
1,407,662
1991
Uruguayan Labor
# 121
Central African Republic :
1,384,727
1991
Central African Labor
# 122
Ireland :
1,350,943
1991
Irish Labor
# 123
Nicaragua :
1,308,279
1991
Nicaraguan Labor
# 124
Libya :
1,306,576
1991
Libyan Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,241,911
1991
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,196,277
1991
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Costa Rica :
1,178,846
1991
Costa Rican Labor
# 128
Jamaica :
1,136,853
1991
Jamaican Labor
# 129
Congo, Republic of the :
999,677.9
1991
Congolese Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
962,283.2
1991
Emirati Labor
# 131
Panama :
948,757.8
1991
Panamanian Labor
# 132
Lebanon :
943,311.9
1991
Lebanese Labor
# 133
Slovenia :
936,836.3
1991
Slovenian Labor
# 134
Jordan :
874,557.4
1991
Jordanian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
857,668.9
1991
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
844,960.6
1991
Macedonian Labor
# 137
Estonia :
837,195.1
1991
Estonian Labor
# 138
Mauritania :
817,353.6
1991
Mauritanian Labor
# 139
Liberia :
775,946.9
1991
Liberian Labor
# 140
Lesotho :
607,158.9
1991
Basotho Labor
# 141
Oman :
605,871.9
1991
Omani Labor
# 142
Kuwait :
569,685.1
1991
Kuwaiti Labor
# 143
Botswana :
529,164.9
1991
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
481,892.8
1991
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Namibia :
464,433
1991
Namibian Labor
# 146
Mauritius :
463,508.7
1991
Mauritian Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
423,822.4
1991
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gambia, The :
410,379
1991
Gambian Labor
# 149
Gabon :
409,866
1991
Gabonese Labor
# 150
Fiji :
293,626.2
1991
Fijian Labor
# 151
East Timor :
286,512.1
1991
Timorese Labor
# 152
Cyprus :
284,312.7
1991
Cypriot Labor
# 153
Guyana :
270,579.6
1991
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Qatar :
263,577.9
1991
Qatari Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
233,311.6
1991
Swazi Labor
# 156
Bahrain :
228,495.5
1991
Bahraini Labor
# 157
Djibouti :
222,613.3
1991
Djiboutian Labor
# 158
Bhutan :
208,779.6
1991
Bhutanese Labor
# 159
Comoros :
177,968.7
1991
Comoran Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
168,382.4
1991
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Macau :
165,011.5
1991
Chinese Labor
# 162
Iceland :
144,167.3
1991
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Equatorial Guinea :
143,193
1991
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 164
Suriname :
135,005.4
1991
Surinamese Labor
# 165
Malta :
129,099.4
1991
Maltese Labor
# 166
Barbados :
128,934.3
1991
Barbadian Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
122,359.5
1991
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
122,331.1
1991
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Cape Verde :
115,784
1991
Cape Verdean Labor
# 170
Brunei :
114,339.2
1991
Bruneian Labor
# 171
Netherlands Antilles :
88,196.23
1991
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 172
French Polynesia :
80,384.11
1991
French Polynesian Labor
# 173
Vanuatu :
71,999.98
1991
- Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
69,515.48
1991
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Guam :
64,155.14
1991
Guamanian Labor
# 176
Belize :
62,988.11
1991
Belizean Labor
# 177
Maldives :
59,702.99
1991
Maldivian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
57,110.27
1991
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Lucia :
54,301.94
1991
Saint Lucian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
49,677.52
1991
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
42,734.77
1991
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 182
São Tomé and Príncipe :
35,035.33
1991
Sao Tomean Labor
# 183
Tonga :
33,349.98
1991
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,424,577,931.45
Weighted average:
13,249,059.7
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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