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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 :
738,929,000
2000
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
396,216,500
2000
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
147,886,400
2000
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
97,377,820
2000
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
83,444,190
2000
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
71,189,570
2000
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
67,576,870
2000
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
57,264,460
2000
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
46,701,680
2000
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
42,545,600
2000
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Germany :
40,377,860
2000
German Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
39,709,560
2000
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
39,437,460
2000
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
33,590,080
2000
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
30,769,430
2000
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
30,123,120
2000
British Labor
# 17
Ethiopia :
28,291,980
2000
Ethiopian Labor
# 18
France :
26,162,630
2000
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
24,838,580
2000
Burmese Labor
# 20
Turkey :
23,606,740
2000
Turkish Labor
# 21
Italy :
23,527,720
2000
Italian Labor
# 22
Ukraine :
22,854,900
2000
Ukrainian Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
22,624,540
2000
Korean Labor
# 24
Iran :
21,861,460
2000
Iranian Labor
# 25
Egypt :
20,021,300
2000
Egyptian Labor
# 26
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
19,947,340
2000
Congolese Labor
# 27
Colombia :
19,425,350
2000
Colombian Labor
# 28
South Africa :
18,632,420
2000
South African Labor
# 29
Spain :
18,468,630
2000
Spanish Labor
# 30
Poland :
17,489,880
2000
Polish Labor
# 31
Tanzania :
17,317,730
2000
Tanzanian Labor
# 32
Canada :
16,257,200
2000
Canadian Labor
# 33
Argentina :
16,230,900
2000
Argentine Labor
# 34
Kenya :
13,630,220
2000
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Romania :
11,625,900
2000
Romanian Labor
# 36
Peru :
11,556,410
2000
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Algeria :
11,078,390
2000
Algerian Labor
# 38
Venezuela :
10,481,070
2000
Venezuelan Labor
# 39
Korea, North :
10,326,460
2000
Korean Labor
# 40
Uganda :
10,161,840
2000
Ugandan Labor
# 41
Morocco :
9,954,001
2000
Moroccan Labor
# 42
Uzbekistan :
9,823,789
2000
Uzbekistani Labor
# 43
Malaysia :
9,690,159
2000
Malaysian Labor
# 44
Australia :
9,537,952
2000
Australian Labor
# 45
Sudan :
9,227,773
2000
Sudanese Labor
# 46
Nepal :
9,177,611
2000
Nepalese Labor
# 47
Ghana :
8,654,036
2000
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
8,568,749
2000
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Sri Lanka :
8,161,303
2000
Sri Lankan Labor
# 50
Netherlands :
8,141,415
2000
Dutch Labor
# 51
Kazakhstan :
7,530,205
2000
Kazakhstani Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
7,327,122
2000
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
6,454,938
2000
Saudi Labor
# 54
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,151,125
2000
Ivoirian Labor
# 55
Angola :
6,080,559
2000
Angolan Labor
# 56
Chile :
6,077,993
2000
Chilean Labor
# 57
Syria :
6,035,905
2000
Syrian Labor
# 58
Cambodia :
5,846,683
2000
Cambodian Labor
# 59
Cameroon :
5,746,844
2000
Cameroonian Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
5,582,413
2000
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Malawi :
5,382,733
2000
Malawian Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
5,338,686
2000
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Cuba :
5,246,203
2000
Cuban Labor
# 64
Portugal :
5,226,401
2000
Portuguese Labor
# 65
Czech Republic :
5,186,505
2000
Czech Labor
# 66
Niger :
5,015,316
2000
Nigerien Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
4,906,743
2000
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Greece :
4,869,447
2000
Greek Labor
# 69
Yemen :
4,826,174
2000
Yemeni Labor
# 70
Mali :
4,821,226
2000
Malian Labor
# 71
Belarus :
4,756,825
2000
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Sweden :
4,608,398
2000
Swedish Labor
# 73
Zambia :
4,496,897
2000
Zambian Labor
# 74
Belgium :
4,428,111
2000
Belgian Labor
# 75
Hungary :
4,231,723
2000
Hungarian Labor
# 76
Senegal :
4,073,154
2000
Senegalese Labor
# 77
Switzerland :
4,011,088
2000
Swiss Labor
# 78
Guinea :
3,992,138
2000
Guinean Labor
# 79
Austria :
3,875,866
2000
Austrian Labor
# 80
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,757,523
2000
Serbian Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
3,667,842
2000
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Rwanda :
3,599,008
2000
Rwandan Labor
# 83
Guatemala :
3,564,208
2000
Guatemalan Labor
# 84
Bolivia :
3,551,979
2000
Bolivian Labor
# 85
Hong Kong :
3,387,369
2000
Hong Kong Labor
# 86
Dominican Republic :
3,384,588
2000
Dominican Labor
# 87
Tunisia :
3,329,895
2000
Tunisian Labor
# 88
Bulgaria :
3,233,685
2000
Bulgarian Labor
# 89
Haiti :
3,205,766
2000
Haitian Labor
# 90
Chad :
3,170,569
2000
Chadian Labor
# 91
Burundi :
3,110,195
2000
Burundian Labor
# 92
Somalia :
3,014,091
2000
Somali Labor
# 93
Denmark :
2,862,950
2000
Danish Labor
# 94
Benin :
2,791,885
2000
Beninese Labor
# 95
Slovakia :
2,606,460
2000
Slovak Labor
# 96
Finland :
2,597,434
2000
Finnish Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
2,504,697
2000
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Honduras :
2,493,655
2000
Honduran Labor
# 99
Israel :
2,453,259
2000
Israeli Labor
# 100
Norway :
2,403,855
2000
Norwegian Labor
# 101
Georgia :
2,353,958
2000
Georgian Labor
# 102
Paraguay :
2,336,187
2000
Paraguayan Labor
# 103
Papua New Guinea :
2,242,551
2000
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 104
Togo :
2,102,519
2000
Togolese Labor
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
2,076,449
2000
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 106
Singapore :
2,058,430
2000
Singapore Labor
# 107
Moldova :
2,055,573
2000
Moldovan Labor
# 108
Laos :
2,021,891
2000
Lao Labor
# 109
Croatia :
1,991,498
2000
Croatian Labor
# 110
Tajikistan :
1,971,733
2000
Tajikistani Labor
# 111
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,966,406
2000
Herzegovinian Labor
# 112
Sierra Leone :
1,930,061
2000
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 113
New Zealand :
1,928,164
2000
New Zealand Labor
# 114
Libya :
1,916,137
2000
Libyan Labor
# 115
Turkmenistan :
1,913,738
2000
Turkmen Labor
# 116
United Arab Emirates :
1,875,759
2000
Emirati Labor
# 117
Ireland :
1,758,897
2000
Irish Labor
# 118
Nicaragua :
1,717,463
2000
Nicaraguan Labor
# 119
Central African Republic :
1,703,109
2000
Central African Labor
# 120
Lithuania :
1,680,648
2000
Lithuanian Labor
# 121
Uruguay :
1,621,688
2000
Uruguayan Labor
# 122
Costa Rica :
1,592,828
2000
Costa Rican Labor
# 123
Jordan :
1,533,150
2000
Jordanian Labor
# 124
Eritrea :
1,450,833
2000
Eritrean Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,406,062
2000
Congolese Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,388,934
2000
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Albania :
1,346,739
2000
Albanian Labor
# 128
Armenia :
1,299,589
2000
Armenian Labor
# 129
Panama :
1,272,511
2000
Panamanian Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
1,265,087
2000
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Jamaica :
1,167,154
2000
Jamaican Labor
# 132
Kuwait :
1,143,376
2000
Kuwaiti Labor
# 133
Liberia :
1,128,670
2000
Liberian Labor
# 134
Latvia :
1,092,204
2000
Latvian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
1,057,595
2000
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Mauritania :
1,032,525
2000
Mauritanian Labor
# 137
Slovenia :
974,250.7
2000
Slovenian Labor
# 138
Oman :
912,339.1
2000
Omani Labor
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
831,417.5
2000
Macedonian Labor
# 140
Estonia :
670,239.4
2000
Estonian Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
646,418.8
2000
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
624,901.1
2000
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Namibia :
607,210.2
2000
Namibian Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
588,654.1
2000
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Gambia, The :
562,293.8
2000
Gambian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
552,592.9
2000
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gabon :
533,895.2
2000
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Mauritius :
529,549.7
2000
Mauritian Labor
# 149
Fiji :
354,127.1
2000
Fijian Labor
# 150
Cyprus :
327,135.8
2000
Cypriot Labor
# 151
Qatar :
319,800.6
2000
Qatari Labor
# 152
Guyana :
311,948.9
2000
Guyanese Labor
# 153
Bahrain :
311,398.3
2000
Bahraini Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
308,035.3
2000
Swazi Labor
# 155
Djibouti :
279,840.3
2000
Djiboutian Labor
# 156
East Timor :
277,519.3
2000
Timorese Labor
# 157
Macau :
223,779.8
2000
Chinese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
222,110.8
2000
Comoran Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
214,311.3
2000
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
190,632.9
2000
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
176,958.8
2000
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Solomon Islands :
166,206.8
2000
Solomon Islander Labor
# 163
Iceland :
164,980.6
2000
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Malta :
152,223
2000
Maltese Labor
# 165
Barbados :
149,292.4
2000
Barbadian Labor
# 166
Brunei :
147,160.5
2000
Bruneian Labor
# 167
Bahamas, The :
144,752.5
2000
Bahamian Labor
# 168
Cape Verde :
143,740.2
2000
Cape Verdean Labor
# 169
Suriname :
142,789.7
2000
Surinamese Labor
# 170
French Polynesia :
99,214.66
2000
French Polynesian Labor
# 171
Vanuatu :
92,228.03
2000
- Labor
# 172
Belize :
92,016.88
2000
Belizean Labor
# 173
Maldives :
90,319.17
2000
Maldivian Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
87,995.85
2000
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
80,459.86
2000
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 176
Guam :
71,835.3
2000
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Saint Lucia :
69,434.87
2000
Saint Lucian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
63,391.61
2000
Samoan Labor
# 179
Virgin Islands :
51,409.22
2000
Virgin Islander Labor
# 180
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
50,830.82
2000
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
41,789.58
2000
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
37,222.41
2000
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,781,405,083.66
Weighted average:
15,282,445.5
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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