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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.
Labor Statistics > force, total (1993) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
682,292,700
1993
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
350,659,900
1993
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
133,595,300
1993
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
80,296,370
1993
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Russia :
73,547,950
1993
Russian Labor
# 6
Brazil :
71,519,160
1993
Brazilian Labor
# 7
Japan :
66,209,350
1993
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
49,504,270
1993
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,828,660
1993
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
37,415,750
1993
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
35,392,190
1993
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
33,651,600
1993
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
33,028,210
1993
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
30,733,390
1993
Thai Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
28,947,240
1993
British Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
25,966,670
1993
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
Philippines :
25,494,880
1993
Philippine Labor
# 18
France :
25,067,780
1993
French Labor
# 19
Ethiopia :
23,609,880
1993
Ethiopian Labor
# 20
Italy :
23,249,150
1993
Italian Labor
# 21
Burma :
21,328,970
1993
Burmese Labor
# 22
Turkey :
20,844,430
1993
Turkish Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
20,217,640
1993
Korean Labor
# 24
Poland :
17,814,130
1993
Polish Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16,890,700
1993
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
16,688,380
1993
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Iran :
16,474,100
1993
Iranian Labor
# 28
Spain :
16,451,460
1993
Spanish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
15,714,350
1993
South African Labor
# 30
Colombia :
15,631,220
1993
Colombian Labor
# 31
Canada :
14,884,290
1993
Canadian Labor
# 32
Tanzania :
14,319,760
1993
Tanzanian Labor
# 33
Argentina :
13,838,080
1993
Argentine Labor
# 34
Romania :
11,517,830
1993
Romanian Labor
# 35
Kenya :
11,012,170
1993
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Korea, North :
9,916,485
1993
Korean Labor
# 37
Peru :
9,362,169
1993
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Australia :
8,572,353
1993
Australian Labor
# 39
Uganda :
8,531,443
1993
Ugandan Labor
# 40
Morocco :
8,339,843
1993
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Algeria :
8,231,637
1993
Algerian Labor
# 42
Uzbekistan :
8,150,620
1993
Uzbekistani Labor
# 43
Sudan :
8,105,464
1993
Sudanese Labor
# 44
Kazakhstan :
7,846,307
1993
Kazakhstani Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
7,775,538
1993
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Venezuela :
7,765,920
1993
Venezuelan Labor
# 47
Nepal :
7,613,377
1993
Nepalese Labor
# 48
Ghana :
7,283,610
1993
Ghanaian Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
7,180,698
1993
Dutch Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
7,154,542
1993
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Mozambique :
7,089,234
1993
Mozambican Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
5,919,818
1993
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Chile :
5,524,081
1993
Chilean Labor
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
5,521,193
1993
Saudi Labor
# 55
Iraq :
5,374,447
1993
Iraqi Labor
# 56
Belarus :
5,110,229
1993
Belarusian Labor
# 57
Czech Republic :
5,109,477
1993
Czech Labor
# 58
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,089,942
1993
Ivoirian Labor
# 59
Angola :
5,043,360
1993
Angolan Labor
# 60
Cameroon :
4,874,768
1993
Cameroonian Labor
# 61
Portugal :
4,826,386
1993
Portuguese Labor
# 62
Cuba :
4,819,499
1993
Cuban Labor
# 63
Malawi :
4,724,379
1993
Malawian Labor
# 64
Zimbabwe :
4,707,765
1993
Zimbabwean Labor
# 65
Cambodia :
4,697,135
1993
Cambodian Labor
# 66
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,592,776
1993
Serbian Labor
# 67
Sweden :
4,535,920
1993
Swedish Labor
# 68
Hungary :
4,408,567
1993
Hungarian Labor
# 69
Greece :
4,331,169
1993
Greek Labor
# 70
Syria :
4,280,905
1993
Syrian Labor
# 71
Ecuador :
4,217,864
1993
Ecuadorian Labor
# 72
Belgium :
4,099,595
1993
Belgian Labor
# 73
Burkina Faso :
4,098,063
1993
Burkinabe Labor
# 74
Mali :
4,055,903
1993
Malian Labor
# 75
Bulgaria :
4,046,053
1993
Bulgarian Labor
# 76
Niger :
3,954,870
1993
Nigerien Labor
# 77
Switzerland :
3,821,584
1993
Swiss Labor
# 78
Zambia :
3,776,441
1993
Zambian Labor
# 79
Austria :
3,733,208
1993
Austrian Labor
# 80
Yemen :
3,558,959
1993
Yemeni Labor
# 81
Senegal :
3,412,897
1993
Senegalese Labor
# 82
Guinea :
3,367,816
1993
Guinean Labor
# 83
Azerbaijan :
3,250,057
1993
Azerbaijani Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
3,037,375
1993
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Burundi :
2,924,524
1993
Burundian Labor
# 86
Hong Kong :
2,922,355
1993
Hong Kong Labor
# 87
Denmark :
2,896,578
1993
Danish Labor
# 88
Dominican Republic :
2,838,698
1993
Dominican Labor
# 89
Haiti :
2,759,460
1993
Haitian Labor
# 90
Georgia :
2,759,017
1993
Georgian Labor
# 91
Somalia :
2,744,254
1993
Somali Labor
# 92
Bolivia :
2,720,590
1993
Bolivian Labor
# 93
Tunisia :
2,685,723
1993
Tunisian Labor
# 94
Chad :
2,583,179
1993
Chadian Labor
# 95
Rwanda :
2,558,688
1993
Rwandan Labor
# 96
Slovakia :
2,525,802
1993
Slovak Labor
# 97
Finland :
2,488,351
1993
Finnish Labor
# 98
Benin :
2,250,621
1993
Beninese Labor
# 99
Norway :
2,181,845
1993
Norwegian Labor
# 100
Croatia :
2,104,411
1993
Croatian Labor
# 101
El Salvador :
2,059,055
1993
Salvadoran Labor
# 102
Moldova :
2,044,880
1993
Moldovan Labor
# 103
Israel :
1,941,643
1993
Israeli Labor
# 104
Tajikistan :
1,904,710
1993
Tajikistani Labor
# 105
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,878,369
1993
Herzegovinian Labor
# 106
Kyrgyzstan :
1,863,630
1993
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 107
Paraguay :
1,858,532
1993
Paraguayan Labor
# 108
Lithuania :
1,851,393
1993
Lithuanian Labor
# 109
Papua New Guinea :
1,848,479
1993
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 110
Honduras :
1,812,634
1993
Honduran Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,733,310
1993
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
New Zealand :
1,730,976
1993
New Zealand Labor
# 113
Singapore :
1,701,742
1993
Singapore Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,676,821
1993
Lao Labor
# 115
Togo :
1,672,110
1993
Togolese Labor
# 116
Armenia :
1,658,718
1993
Armenian Labor
# 117
Turkmenistan :
1,576,589
1993
Turkmen Labor
# 118
Albania :
1,510,131
1993
Albanian Labor
# 119
Central African Republic :
1,472,189
1993
Central African Labor
# 120
Uruguay :
1,462,241
1993
Uruguayan Labor
# 121
Libya :
1,418,832
1993
Libyan Labor
# 122
Ireland :
1,399,119
1993
Irish Labor
# 123
Nicaragua :
1,390,193
1993
Nicaraguan Labor
# 124
Latvia :
1,316,527
1993
Latvian Labor
# 125
Puerto Rico :
1,265,845
1993
Puerto Rican Labor
# 126
Costa Rica :
1,249,250
1993
Costa Rican Labor
# 127
Eritrea :
1,246,918
1993
Eritrean Labor
# 128
Jamaica :
1,165,464
1993
Jamaican Labor
# 129
United Arab Emirates :
1,095,244
1993
Emirati Labor
# 130
Jordan :
1,089,416
1993
Jordanian Labor
# 131
Congo, Republic of the :
1,088,732
1993
Congolese Labor
# 132
Lebanon :
1,038,655
1993
Lebanese Labor
# 133
Panama :
1,033,899
1993
Panamanian Labor
# 134
Mongolia :
900,119.4
1993
Mongolian Labor
# 135
Mauritania :
852,312.4
1993
Mauritanian Labor
# 136
Slovenia :
836,767.8
1993
Slovenian Labor
# 137
Macedonia, Republic of :
830,420.6
1993
Macedonian Labor
# 138
Estonia :
771,643.6
1993
Estonian Labor
# 139
Liberia :
757,720.3
1993
Liberian Labor
# 140
Oman :
694,183.8
1993
Omani Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
615,600.9
1993
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
561,829.1
1993
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Namibia :
497,372.2
1993
Namibian Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
489,701.3
1993
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Mauritius :
474,424.4
1993
Mauritian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
452,856.3
1993
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gambia, The :
442,535.9
1993
Gambian Labor
# 148
Gabon :
438,817.3
1993
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Fiji :
305,025.8
1993
Fijian Labor
# 150
Cyprus :
291,901.5
1993
Cypriot Labor
# 151
East Timor :
288,394.3
1993
Timorese Labor
# 152
Guyana :
278,225.9
1993
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Qatar :
275,477.9
1993
Qatari Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
250,671.3
1993
Swazi Labor
# 155
Bahrain :
242,369.2
1993
Bahraini Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
225,907.4
1993
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
202,463.7
1993
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
185,998.7
1993
Comoran Labor
# 159
Macau :
172,121.5
1993
Chinese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
170,375.2
1993
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
150,794.9
1993
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Iceland :
147,529.7
1993
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Barbados :
135,171.4
1993
Barbadian Labor
# 164
Suriname :
133,613.7
1993
Surinamese Labor
# 165
Malta :
133,070.5
1993
Maltese Labor
# 166
Solomon Islands :
131,504.6
1993
Solomon Islander Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
128,021.8
1993
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Cape Verde :
121,631.1
1993
Cape Verdean Labor
# 169
Brunei :
121,415.7
1993
Bruneian Labor
# 170
Netherlands Antilles :
88,021.41
1993
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 171
French Polynesia :
84,996.41
1993
French Polynesian Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
76,523.73
1993
- Labor
# 173
New Caledonia :
73,871.37
1993
New Caledonian Labor
# 174
Belize :
68,115.17
1993
Belizean Labor
# 175
Guam :
65,921.37
1993
Guamanian Labor
# 176
Maldives :
64,513.98
1993
Maldivian Labor
# 177
Samoa :
59,459.42
1993
Samoan Labor
# 178
Saint Lucia :
56,542.39
1993
Saint Lucian Labor
# 179
Virgin Islands :
50,849.69
1993
Virgin Islander Labor
# 180
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
43,724.94
1993
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
36,984.88
1993
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
34,506.98
1993
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,495,992,015.84
Weighted average:
13,714,241.8
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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"force, total (1993) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1993
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