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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 :
692,149,400
1994
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
355,592,300
1994
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
135,768,600
1994
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
82,099,060
1994
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
73,352,060
1994
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
72,584,900
1994
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
66,582,060
1994
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
50,351,970
1994
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,795,720
1994
German Labor
# 10
Pakistan :
38,266,070
1994
Pakistani Labor
# 11
Nigeria :
36,535,600
1994
Nigerian Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
34,480,060
1994
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
33,930,980
1994
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
30,692,440
1994
Thai Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
28,944,530
1994
British Labor
# 16
Philippines :
26,164,610
1994
Philippine Labor
# 17
Ukraine :
25,709,840
1994
Ukrainian Labor
# 18
France :
25,162,060
1994
French Labor
# 19
Ethiopia :
24,302,090
1994
Ethiopian Labor
# 20
Italy :
23,034,150
1994
Italian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
22,379,650
1994
Turkish Labor
# 22
Burma :
21,781,910
1994
Burmese Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
20,789,240
1994
Korean Labor
# 24
Poland :
17,625,100
1994
Polish Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
17,584,090
1994
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
17,471,730
1994
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Iran :
16,851,460
1994
Iranian Labor
# 28
Spain :
16,711,200
1994
Spanish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
16,110,290
1994
South African Labor
# 30
Colombia :
16,088,630
1994
Colombian Labor
# 31
Canada :
14,995,440
1994
Canadian Labor
# 32
Tanzania :
14,829,100
1994
Tanzanian Labor
# 33
Argentina :
14,112,030
1994
Argentine Labor
# 34
Romania :
11,821,220
1994
Romanian Labor
# 35
Kenya :
11,440,710
1994
Kenyan Labor
# 36
Korea, North :
9,954,297
1994
Korean Labor
# 37
Peru :
9,659,133
1994
Peruvian Labor
# 38
Uganda :
8,749,495
1994
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Australia :
8,714,090
1994
Australian Labor
# 40
Morocco :
8,662,973
1994
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Algeria :
8,598,214
1994
Algerian Labor
# 42
Sudan :
8,345,996
1994
Sudanese Labor
# 43
Uzbekistan :
8,297,975
1994
Uzbekistani Labor
# 44
Venezuela :
8,183,404
1994
Venezuelan Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
7,998,067
1994
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Nepal :
7,798,932
1994
Nepalese Labor
# 47
Kazakhstan :
7,777,304
1994
Kazakhstani Labor
# 48
Ghana :
7,494,767
1994
Ghanaian Labor
# 49
Mozambique :
7,396,381
1994
Mozambican Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
7,350,321
1994
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Netherlands :
7,273,041
1994
Dutch Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
6,115,713
1994
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
5,704,235
1994
Saudi Labor
# 54
Chile :
5,625,829
1994
Chilean Labor
# 55
Iraq :
5,591,734
1994
Iraqi Labor
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,264,179
1994
Ivoirian Labor
# 57
Czech Republic :
5,156,868
1994
Czech Labor
# 58
Angola :
5,112,273
1994
Angolan Labor
# 59
Belarus :
5,044,758
1994
Belarusian Labor
# 60
Cameroon :
5,031,359
1994
Cameroonian Labor
# 61
Cuba :
4,900,243
1994
Cuban Labor
# 62
Portugal :
4,868,063
1994
Portuguese Labor
# 63
Zimbabwe :
4,830,957
1994
Zimbabwean Labor
# 64
Cambodia :
4,812,404
1994
Cambodian Labor
# 65
Malawi :
4,808,936
1994
Malawian Labor
# 66
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,626,342
1994
Serbian Labor
# 67
Sweden :
4,508,909
1994
Swedish Labor
# 68
Syria :
4,507,764
1994
Syrian Labor
# 69
Greece :
4,427,844
1994
Greek Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
4,408,165
1994
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Hungary :
4,282,713
1994
Hungarian Labor
# 72
Burkina Faso :
4,207,541
1994
Burkinabe Labor
# 73
Mali :
4,165,373
1994
Malian Labor
# 74
Belgium :
4,154,735
1994
Belgian Labor
# 75
Niger :
4,087,905
1994
Nigerien Labor
# 76
Bulgaria :
3,938,912
1994
Bulgarian Labor
# 77
Zambia :
3,902,176
1994
Zambian Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
3,856,242
1994
Swiss Labor
# 79
Austria :
3,823,252
1994
Austrian Labor
# 80
Yemen :
3,773,502
1994
Yemeni Labor
# 81
Senegal :
3,498,451
1994
Senegalese Labor
# 82
Guinea :
3,483,841
1994
Guinean Labor
# 83
Azerbaijan :
3,277,856
1994
Azerbaijani Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
3,091,663
1994
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Hong Kong :
2,987,736
1994
Hong Kong Labor
# 86
Burundi :
2,956,643
1994
Burundian Labor
# 87
Dominican Republic :
2,901,589
1994
Dominican Labor
# 88
Haiti :
2,797,485
1994
Haitian Labor
# 89
Bolivia :
2,795,448
1994
Bolivian Labor
# 90
Denmark :
2,780,261
1994
Danish Labor
# 91
Tunisia :
2,766,729
1994
Tunisian Labor
# 92
Somalia :
2,718,409
1994
Somali Labor
# 93
Georgia :
2,696,687
1994
Georgian Labor
# 94
Chad :
2,662,422
1994
Chadian Labor
# 95
Finland :
2,473,217
1994
Finnish Labor
# 96
Slovakia :
2,461,086
1994
Slovak Labor
# 97
Rwanda :
2,453,237
1994
Rwandan Labor
# 98
Benin :
2,336,276
1994
Beninese Labor
# 99
Norway :
2,200,525
1994
Norwegian Labor
# 100
El Salvador :
2,150,943
1994
Salvadoran Labor
# 101
Croatia :
2,096,805
1994
Croatian Labor
# 102
Israel :
2,030,727
1994
Israeli Labor
# 103
Moldova :
2,014,931
1994
Moldovan Labor
# 104
Paraguay :
1,909,665
1994
Paraguayan Labor
# 105
Tajikistan :
1,904,293
1994
Tajikistani Labor
# 106
Papua New Guinea :
1,894,858
1994
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 107
Honduras :
1,881,313
1994
Honduran Labor
# 108
Kyrgyzstan :
1,861,383
1994
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 109
Lithuania :
1,823,759
1994
Lithuanian Labor
# 110
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,790,561
1994
Herzegovinian Labor
# 111
New Zealand :
1,777,769
1994
New Zealand Labor
# 112
Singapore :
1,755,812
1994
Singapore Labor
# 113
Sierra Leone :
1,736,340
1994
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 114
Laos :
1,723,024
1994
Lao Labor
# 115
Togo :
1,703,253
1994
Togolese Labor
# 116
Turkmenistan :
1,627,210
1994
Turkmen Labor
# 117
Armenia :
1,556,394
1994
Armenian Labor
# 118
Central African Republic :
1,509,955
1994
Central African Labor
# 119
Uruguay :
1,481,481
1994
Uruguayan Labor
# 120
Albania :
1,479,447
1994
Albanian Labor
# 121
Libya :
1,478,698
1994
Libyan Labor
# 122
Nicaragua :
1,433,430
1994
Nicaraguan Labor
# 123
Ireland :
1,419,082
1994
Irish Labor
# 124
Costa Rica :
1,295,805
1994
Costa Rican Labor
# 125
Puerto Rico :
1,267,965
1994
Puerto Rican Labor
# 126
Latvia :
1,266,546
1994
Latvian Labor
# 127
Eritrea :
1,244,674
1994
Eritrean Labor
# 128
Jordan :
1,179,657
1994
Jordanian Labor
# 129
Jamaica :
1,178,674
1994
Jamaican Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
1,172,302
1994
Emirati Labor
# 131
Congo, Republic of the :
1,125,148
1994
Congolese Labor
# 132
Lebanon :
1,087,867
1994
Lebanese Labor
# 133
Panama :
1,069,534
1994
Panamanian Labor
# 134
Slovenia :
942,896.5
1994
Slovenian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
923,109.1
1994
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Mauritania :
875,640.3
1994
Mauritanian Labor
# 137
Macedonia, Republic of :
823,629.3
1994
Macedonian Labor
# 138
Liberia :
764,085.6
1994
Liberian Labor
# 139
Estonia :
740,159
1994
Estonian Labor
# 140
Oman :
738,268.9
1994
Omani Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
620,177.4
1994
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
573,224
1994
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Namibia :
508,881.2
1994
Namibian Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
508,115.9
1994
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Mauritius :
479,643.1
1994
Mauritian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
467,375.2
1994
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gambia, The :
460,012.9
1994
Gambian Labor
# 148
Gabon :
452,579.9
1994
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Fiji :
311,496.4
1994
Fijian Labor
# 150
Cyprus :
302,167.9
1994
Cypriot Labor
# 151
East Timor :
287,982.9
1994
Timorese Labor
# 152
Guyana :
283,128.3
1994
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Qatar :
280,202.3
1994
Qatari Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
258,012
1994
Swazi Labor
# 155
Bahrain :
252,039
1994
Bahraini Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
228,550
1994
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Bhutan :
199,730.9
1994
Bhutanese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
191,825.1
1994
Comoran Labor
# 159
Macau :
175,159.3
1994
Chinese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
171,301.7
1994
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
153,904.1
1994
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Iceland :
149,123.5
1994
Icelandic Labor
# 163
Barbados :
138,024.6
1994
Barbadian Labor
# 164
Solomon Islands :
136,084.9
1994
Solomon Islander Labor
# 165
Malta :
135,258.3
1994
Maltese Labor
# 166
Suriname :
132,659
1994
Surinamese Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
130,693.8
1994
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Cape Verde :
124,925.8
1994
Cape Verdean Labor
# 169
Brunei :
124,659.1
1994
Bruneian Labor
# 170
French Polynesia :
87,291.36
1994
French Polynesian Labor
# 171
Netherlands Antilles :
87,199.72
1994
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
78,112.95
1994
- Labor
# 173
New Caledonia :
76,329.44
1994
New Caledonian Labor
# 174
Belize :
71,041.88
1994
Belizean Labor
# 175
Maldives :
67,355.25
1994
Maldivian Labor
# 176
Guam :
66,630.1
1994
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Samoa :
60,636.8
1994
Samoan Labor
# 178
Saint Lucia :
58,016.75
1994
Saint Lucian Labor
# 179
Virgin Islands :
51,161.77
1994
Virgin Islander Labor
# 180
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
44,183.37
1994
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
37,678.13
1994
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
35,061.88
1994
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,536,017,908.6
Weighted average:
13,934,164.3
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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