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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 :
731,809,200
1999
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
389,304,500
1999
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
145,734,400
1999
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
95,568,340
1999
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
81,999,040
1999
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
69,790,670
1999
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
67,845,480
1999
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
55,899,330
1999
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
44,981,040
1999
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
41,668,260
1999
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Germany :
40,429,950
1999
German Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
38,838,870
1999
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
38,586,930
1999
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
32,925,590
1999
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
30,567,800
1999
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
29,430,010
1999
British Labor
# 17
Ethiopia :
27,659,770
1999
Ethiopian Labor
# 18
France :
26,003,380
1999
French Labor
# 19
Turkey :
24,409,360
1999
Turkish Labor
# 20
Burma :
24,369,560
1999
Burmese Labor
# 21
Italy :
23,389,850
1999
Italian Labor
# 22
Ukraine :
22,754,370
1999
Ukrainian Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
22,225,670
1999
Korean Labor
# 24
Iran :
20,789,240
1999
Iranian Labor
# 25
Egypt :
19,596,130
1999
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
19,563,780
1999
Congolese Labor
# 27
Colombia :
18,919,390
1999
Colombian Labor
# 28
South Africa :
18,231,300
1999
South African Labor
# 29
Spain :
17,894,790
1999
Spanish Labor
# 30
Poland :
17,520,770
1999
Polish Labor
# 31
Tanzania :
16,947,770
1999
Tanzanian Labor
# 32
Canada :
16,006,020
1999
Canadian Labor
# 33
Argentina :
15,817,760
1999
Argentine Labor
# 34
Kenya :
13,271,650
1999
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Romania :
11,602,140
1999
Romanian Labor
# 36
Peru :
11,200,920
1999
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Algeria :
10,622,660
1999
Algerian Labor
# 38
Korea, North :
10,268,670
1999
Korean Labor
# 39
Venezuela :
10,118,590
1999
Venezuelan Labor
# 40
Morocco :
9,984,629
1999
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Uganda :
9,897,881
1999
Ugandan Labor
# 42
Uzbekistan :
9,576,304
1999
Uzbekistani Labor
# 43
Australia :
9,293,483
1999
Australian Labor
# 44
Malaysia :
9,259,501
1999
Malaysian Labor
# 45
Sudan :
9,184,113
1999
Sudanese Labor
# 46
Nepal :
8,930,853
1999
Nepalese Labor
# 47
Ghana :
8,453,564
1999
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
8,394,531
1999
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Sri Lanka :
8,090,365
1999
Sri Lankan Labor
# 50
Netherlands :
8,001,821
1999
Dutch Labor
# 51
Kazakhstan :
7,479,687
1999
Kazakhstani Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
7,125,856
1999
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Iraq :
6,717,590
1999
Iraqi Labor
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
6,327,669
1999
Saudi Labor
# 55
Chile :
6,115,232
1999
Chilean Labor
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,996,803
1999
Ivoirian Labor
# 57
Angola :
5,904,189
1999
Angolan Labor
# 58
Syria :
5,849,030
1999
Syrian Labor
# 59
Cambodia :
5,663,672
1999
Cambodian Labor
# 60
Cameroon :
5,639,837
1999
Cameroonian Labor
# 61
Ecuador :
5,383,111
1999
Ecuadorian Labor
# 62
Malawi :
5,268,425
1999
Malawian Labor
# 63
Zimbabwe :
5,214,787
1999
Zimbabwean Labor
# 64
Czech Republic :
5,209,529
1999
Czech Labor
# 65
Cuba :
5,205,014
1999
Cuban Labor
# 66
Portugal :
5,145,707
1999
Portuguese Labor
# 67
Serbia and Montenegro :
4,877,219
1999
Serbian Labor
# 68
Greece :
4,848,727
1999
Greek Labor
# 69
Niger :
4,838,579
1999
Nigerien Labor
# 70
Burkina Faso :
4,747,190
1999
Burkinabe Labor
# 71
Belarus :
4,728,811
1999
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Mali :
4,687,162
1999
Malian Labor
# 73
Yemen :
4,657,897
1999
Yemeni Labor
# 74
Sweden :
4,521,683
1999
Swedish Labor
# 75
Zambia :
4,409,558
1999
Zambian Labor
# 76
Belgium :
4,376,482
1999
Belgian Labor
# 77
Hungary :
4,198,066
1999
Hungarian Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
3,975,790
1999
Swiss Labor
# 79
Senegal :
3,969,205
1999
Senegalese Labor
# 80
Guinea :
3,910,814
1999
Guinean Labor
# 81
Austria :
3,867,485
1999
Austrian Labor
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,577,922
1999
Azerbaijani Labor
# 83
Guatemala :
3,478,363
1999
Guatemalan Labor
# 84
Bolivia :
3,461,046
1999
Bolivian Labor
# 85
Bulgaria :
3,400,034
1999
Bulgarian Labor
# 86
Rwanda :
3,346,214
1999
Rwandan Labor
# 87
Hong Kong :
3,343,031
1999
Hong Kong Labor
# 88
Dominican Republic :
3,297,840
1999
Dominican Labor
# 89
Tunisia :
3,224,178
1999
Tunisian Labor
# 90
Haiti :
3,127,638
1999
Haitian Labor
# 91
Chad :
3,055,755
1999
Chadian Labor
# 92
Burundi :
3,046,551
1999
Burundian Labor
# 93
Somalia :
2,929,552
1999
Somali Labor
# 94
Denmark :
2,877,522
1999
Danish Labor
# 95
Benin :
2,712,516
1999
Beninese Labor
# 96
Slovakia :
2,576,829
1999
Slovak Labor
# 97
Finland :
2,569,240
1999
Finnish Labor
# 98
Honduras :
2,456,040
1999
Honduran Labor
# 99
El Salvador :
2,455,976
1999
Salvadoran Labor
# 100
Georgia :
2,452,141
1999
Georgian Labor
# 101
Norway :
2,384,891
1999
Norwegian Labor
# 102
Israel :
2,367,375
1999
Israeli Labor
# 103
Paraguay :
2,252,916
1999
Paraguayan Labor
# 104
Papua New Guinea :
2,177,240
1999
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
2,043,552
1999
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 106
Moldova :
2,042,000
1999
Moldovan Labor
# 107
Togo :
2,024,483
1999
Togolese Labor
# 108
Croatia :
2,019,627
1999
Croatian Labor
# 109
Singapore :
2,012,446
1999
Singapore Labor
# 110
Laos :
1,968,351
1999
Lao Labor
# 111
Tajikistan :
1,929,530
1999
Tajikistani Labor
# 112
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,921,869
1999
Herzegovinian Labor
# 113
New Zealand :
1,910,764
1999
New Zealand Labor
# 114
Sierra Leone :
1,875,817
1999
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 115
Turkmenistan :
1,859,587
1999
Turkmen Labor
# 116
Libya :
1,839,966
1999
Libyan Labor
# 117
United Arab Emirates :
1,729,611
1999
Emirati Labor
# 118
Lithuania :
1,713,817
1999
Lithuanian Labor
# 119
Ireland :
1,696,315
1999
Irish Labor
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,676,716
1999
Central African Labor
# 121
Nicaragua :
1,662,951
1999
Nicaraguan Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,593,538
1999
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Costa Rica :
1,578,743
1999
Costa Rican Labor
# 124
Jordan :
1,482,374
1999
Jordanian Labor
# 125
Eritrea :
1,384,437
1999
Eritrean Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,376,205
1999
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Albania :
1,359,878
1999
Albanian Labor
# 128
Congo, Republic of the :
1,343,847
1999
Congolese Labor
# 129
Armenia :
1,297,865
1999
Armenian Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
1,239,465
1999
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Panama :
1,238,918
1999
Panamanian Labor
# 132
Jamaica :
1,166,554
1999
Jamaican Labor
# 133
Latvia :
1,120,932
1999
Latvian Labor
# 134
Kuwait :
1,092,934
1999
Kuwaiti Labor
# 135
Liberia :
1,071,201
1999
Liberian Labor
# 136
Mongolia :
1,036,304
1999
Mongolian Labor
# 137
Mauritania :
999,124.8
1999
Mauritanian Labor
# 138
Slovenia :
972,438.8
1999
Slovenian Labor
# 139
Oman :
894,409.8
1999
Omani Labor
# 140
Macedonia, Republic of :
821,082.7
1999
Macedonian Labor
# 141
Estonia :
671,864.9
1999
Estonian Labor
# 142
Lesotho :
643,576.2
1999
Basotho Labor
# 143
Botswana :
625,431.3
1999
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 144
Namibia :
592,332.9
1999
Namibian Labor
# 145
Trinidad and Tobago :
578,681.9
1999
Tobagonian Labor
# 146
Gambia, The :
545,178.5
1999
Gambian Labor
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
539,028.6
1999
Guinean Labor
# 148
Gabon :
522,000.2
1999
Gabonese Labor
# 149
Mauritius :
520,690.1
1999
Mauritian Labor
# 150
Fiji :
346,752.5
1999
Fijian Labor
# 151
Cyprus :
324,491.5
1999
Cypriot Labor
# 152
Guyana :
307,970.3
1999
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Qatar :
303,719.5
1999
Qatari Labor
# 154
Bahrain :
302,990.3
1999
Bahraini Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
300,922.9
1999
Swazi Labor
# 156
East Timor :
276,291.8
1999
Timorese Labor
# 157
Djibouti :
270,233.4
1999
Djiboutian Labor
# 158
Macau :
221,050.9
1999
Chinese Labor
# 159
Comoros :
216,428.7
1999
Comoran Labor
# 160
Bhutan :
209,932
1999
Bhutanese Labor
# 161
Luxembourg :
183,127.1
1999
Luxembourg Labor
# 162
Equatorial Guinea :
172,443.3
1999
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 163
Iceland :
161,754.4
1999
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Solomon Islands :
160,773.9
1999
Solomon Islander Labor
# 165
Malta :
149,957
1999
Maltese Labor
# 166
Barbados :
147,463.9
1999
Barbadian Labor
# 167
Brunei :
143,218.8
1999
Bruneian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
141,950.7
1999
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Suriname :
140,645.5
1999
Surinamese Labor
# 170
Cape Verde :
140,556
1999
Cape Verdean Labor
# 171
French Polynesia :
97,056.95
1999
French Polynesian Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
90,082.5
1999
- Labor
# 173
Belize :
88,009.83
1999
Belizean Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
87,009.43
1999
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Maldives :
85,773.56
1999
Maldivian Labor
# 176
Netherlands Antilles :
81,101.68
1999
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 177
Guam :
70,895.94
1999
Guamanian Labor
# 178
Saint Lucia :
67,334.91
1999
Saint Lucian Labor
# 179
Samoa :
63,354.77
1999
Samoan Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
51,409.96
1999
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
49,517.59
1999
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 182
São Tomé and Príncipe :
40,816.82
1999
Sao Tomean Labor
# 183
Tonga :
37,067.83
1999
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,746,830,154.87
Weighted average:
15,010,000.8
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 (1999) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1999
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