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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 :
672,372,000
1992
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
345,786,100
1992
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
132,182,400
1992
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
78,475,540
1992
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Russia :
74,442,410
1992
Russian Labor
# 6
Brazil :
70,144,430
1992
Brazilian Labor
# 7
Japan :
65,861,800
1992
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
48,746,650
1992
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,854,940
1992
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
36,652,210
1992
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
34,493,580
1992
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
32,895,370
1992
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
31,695,380
1992
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
30,725,130
1992
Thai Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
29,127,360
1992
British Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
26,100,000
1992
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,955,250
1992
French Labor
# 18
Philippines :
24,914,760
1992
Philippine Labor
# 19
Ethiopia :
24,471,440
1992
Ethiopian Labor
# 20
Italy :
23,973,100
1992
Italian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
21,694,040
1992
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
20,882,160
1992
Burmese Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
19,917,670
1992
Korean Labor
# 24
Poland :
17,806,460
1992
Polish Labor
# 25
Egypt :
16,287,270
1992
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Spain :
16,273,660
1992
Spanish Labor
# 27
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16,262,880
1992
Congolese Labor
# 28
Iran :
16,169,990
1992
Iranian Labor
# 29
South Africa :
15,279,840
1992
South African Labor
# 30
Colombia :
15,111,440
1992
Colombian Labor
# 31
Canada :
14,783,260
1992
Canadian Labor
# 32
Tanzania :
13,802,990
1992
Tanzanian Labor
# 33
Argentina :
13,563,270
1992
Argentine Labor
# 34
Romania :
11,256,280
1992
Romanian Labor
# 35
Kenya :
10,636,230
1992
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Korea, North :
9,857,898
1992
Korean Labor
# 37
Peru :
9,042,082
1992
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Australia :
8,563,055
1992
Australian Labor
# 39
Uganda :
8,303,327
1992
Ugandan Labor
# 40
Morocco :
8,062,786
1992
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Sudan :
8,013,594
1992
Sudanese Labor
# 42
Uzbekistan :
7,982,268
1992
Uzbekistani Labor
# 43
Algeria :
7,879,071
1992
Algerian Labor
# 44
Kazakhstan :
7,854,189
1992
Kazakhstani Labor
# 45
Venezuela :
7,674,846
1992
Venezuelan Labor
# 46
Malaysia :
7,563,771
1992
Malaysian Labor
# 47
Nepal :
7,435,588
1992
Nepalese Labor
# 48
Netherlands :
7,088,270
1992
Dutch Labor
# 49
Ghana :
7,087,786
1992
Ghanaian Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
7,059,545
1992
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
6,784,498
1992
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
5,744,634
1992
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
5,314,670
1992
Saudi Labor
# 54
Chile :
5,299,932
1992
Chilean Labor
# 55
Czech Republic :
5,246,353
1992
Czech Labor
# 56
Belarus :
5,170,751
1992
Belarusian Labor
# 57
Iraq :
5,141,641
1992
Iraqi Labor
# 58
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,931,028
1992
Ivoirian Labor
# 59
Portugal :
4,812,794
1992
Portuguese Labor
# 60
Angola :
4,781,264
1992
Angolan Labor
# 61
Cuba :
4,728,437
1992
Cuban Labor
# 62
Cameroon :
4,721,860
1992
Cameroonian Labor
# 63
Malawi :
4,682,055
1992
Malawian Labor
# 64
Sweden :
4,641,595
1992
Swedish Labor
# 65
Cambodia :
4,593,348
1992
Cambodian Labor
# 66
Hungary :
4,580,791
1992
Hungarian Labor
# 67
Zimbabwe :
4,573,749
1992
Zimbabwean Labor
# 68
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,568,576
1992
Serbian Labor
# 69
Greece :
4,256,268
1992
Greek Labor
# 70
Bulgaria :
4,161,538
1992
Bulgarian Labor
# 71
Belgium :
4,074,779
1992
Belgian Labor
# 72
Syria :
4,066,845
1992
Syrian Labor
# 73
Ecuador :
4,034,606
1992
Ecuadorian Labor
# 74
Burkina Faso :
3,999,506
1992
Burkinabe Labor
# 75
Mali :
3,940,139
1992
Malian Labor
# 76
Niger :
3,822,201
1992
Nigerien Labor
# 77
Switzerland :
3,777,812
1992
Swiss Labor
# 78
Zambia :
3,685,931
1992
Zambian Labor
# 79
Austria :
3,654,302
1992
Austrian Labor
# 80
Yemen :
3,346,334
1992
Yemeni Labor
# 81
Senegal :
3,304,000
1992
Senegalese Labor
# 82
Guinea :
3,235,277
1992
Guinean Labor
# 83
Azerbaijan :
3,207,613
1992
Azerbaijani Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
2,984,313
1992
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Denmark :
2,918,679
1992
Danish Labor
# 86
Hong Kong :
2,887,827
1992
Hong Kong Labor
# 87
Burundi :
2,882,522
1992
Burundian Labor
# 88
Georgia :
2,817,501
1992
Georgian Labor
# 89
Somalia :
2,782,686
1992
Somali Labor
# 90
Dominican Republic :
2,769,278
1992
Dominican Labor
# 91
Rwanda :
2,758,809
1992
Rwandan Labor
# 92
Haiti :
2,720,333
1992
Haitian Labor
# 93
Bolivia :
2,651,740
1992
Bolivian Labor
# 94
Tunisia :
2,599,377
1992
Tunisian Labor
# 95
Slovakia :
2,559,475
1992
Slovak Labor
# 96
Finland :
2,503,488
1992
Finnish Labor
# 97
Chad :
2,457,873
1992
Chadian Labor
# 98
Norway :
2,182,945
1992
Norwegian Labor
# 99
Benin :
2,162,818
1992
Beninese Labor
# 100
Moldova :
2,044,388
1992
Moldovan Labor
# 101
Croatia :
2,035,176
1992
Croatian Labor
# 102
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,990,562
1992
Herzegovinian Labor
# 103
El Salvador :
1,962,854
1992
Salvadoran Labor
# 104
Tajikistan :
1,904,577
1992
Tajikistani Labor
# 105
Lithuania :
1,875,713
1992
Lithuanian Labor
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
1,866,397
1992
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 107
Israel :
1,850,020
1992
Israeli Labor
# 108
Papua New Guinea :
1,828,675
1992
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 109
Paraguay :
1,768,860
1992
Paraguayan Labor
# 110
Armenia :
1,766,234
1992
Armenian Labor
# 111
Honduras :
1,746,679
1992
Honduran Labor
# 112
Sierra Leone :
1,731,155
1992
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 113
New Zealand :
1,709,510
1992
New Zealand Labor
# 114
Singapore :
1,677,435
1992
Singapore Labor
# 115
Laos :
1,632,229
1992
Lao Labor
# 116
Togo :
1,611,318
1992
Togolese Labor
# 117
Albania :
1,539,614
1992
Albanian Labor
# 118
Turkmenistan :
1,502,784
1992
Turkmen Labor
# 119
Uruguay :
1,445,232
1992
Uruguayan Labor
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,430,605
1992
Central African Labor
# 121
Ireland :
1,373,978
1992
Irish Labor
# 122
Latvia :
1,370,701
1992
Latvian Labor
# 123
Libya :
1,359,986
1992
Libyan Labor
# 124
Nicaragua :
1,348,060
1992
Nicaraguan Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,247,514
1992
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,207,311
1992
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Costa Rica :
1,199,445
1992
Costa Rican Labor
# 128
Jamaica :
1,150,898
1992
Jamaican Labor
# 129
Congo, Republic of the :
1,048,353
1992
Congolese Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
1,025,343
1992
Emirati Labor
# 131
Panama :
990,745.8
1992
Panamanian Labor
# 132
Lebanon :
988,591.3
1992
Lebanese Labor
# 133
Jordan :
980,819.1
1992
Jordanian Labor
# 134
Slovenia :
892,893.5
1992
Slovenian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
877,717.6
1992
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Macedonia, Republic of :
838,678.6
1992
Macedonian Labor
# 137
Mauritania :
837,320.7
1992
Mauritanian Labor
# 138
Estonia :
807,198.3
1992
Estonian Labor
# 139
Liberia :
763,997.3
1992
Liberian Labor
# 140
Oman :
649,743.6
1992
Omani Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
611,099.6
1992
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
545,509.4
1992
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Trinidad and Tobago :
485,671.7
1992
Tobagonian Labor
# 144
Namibia :
475,654.8
1992
Namibian Labor
# 145
Mauritius :
469,003
1992
Mauritian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
438,365
1992
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gambia, The :
426,824.3
1992
Gambian Labor
# 148
Gabon :
423,767.9
1992
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Fiji :
298,893.8
1992
Fijian Labor
# 150
East Timor :
287,231.6
1992
Timorese Labor
# 151
Cyprus :
281,765
1992
Cypriot Labor
# 152
Guyana :
274,115.9
1992
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Qatar :
270,220.3
1992
Qatari Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
243,367.6
1992
Swazi Labor
# 155
Bahrain :
235,660.8
1992
Bahraini Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
225,014.6
1992
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
205,744.7
1992
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
181,664.8
1992
Comoran Labor
# 159
Luxembourg :
171,773.6
1992
Luxembourg Labor
# 160
Macau :
169,472.8
1992
Chinese Labor
# 161
Iceland :
147,464.2
1992
Icelandic Labor
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
146,529.9
1992
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 163
Suriname :
135,963.5
1992
Surinamese Labor
# 164
Barbados :
132,156.2
1992
Barbadian Labor
# 165
Malta :
131,304.8
1992
Maltese Labor
# 166
Solomon Islands :
126,860
1992
Solomon Islander Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
125,206.5
1992
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Cape Verde :
118,881.9
1992
Cape Verdean Labor
# 169
Brunei :
117,989.7
1992
Bruneian Labor
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
88,484.41
1992
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 171
French Polynesia :
82,756.58
1992
French Polynesian Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
74,089.58
1992
- Labor
# 173
New Caledonia :
71,567.88
1992
New Caledonian Labor
# 174
Belize :
65,396.12
1992
Belizean Labor
# 175
Guam :
65,065.52
1992
Guamanian Labor
# 176
Maldives :
61,978.08
1992
Maldivian Labor
# 177
Samoa :
58,036.09
1992
Samoan Labor
# 178
Saint Lucia :
55,167.5
1992
Saint Lucian Labor
# 179
Virgin Islands :
50,330.37
1992
Virgin Islander Labor
# 180
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
43,263.62
1992
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
35,901.12
1992
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
33,911.47
1992
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,463,158,595.04
Weighted average:
13,533,838.4
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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