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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 :
746,384,800
2001
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
404,398,900
2001
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
148,892,100
2001
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
99,593,030
2001
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
84,819,810
2001
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
72,328,380
2001
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
67,535,720
2001
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
58,703,960
2001
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
48,577,180
2001
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
43,817,450
2001
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Germany :
40,550,670
2001
German Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
40,518,110
2001
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Mexico :
39,695,640
2001
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
34,097,740
2001
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
32,899,710
2001
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
29,869,880
2001
British Labor
# 17
Ethiopia :
28,882,860
2001
Ethiopian Labor
# 18
France :
26,379,560
2001
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
25,364,730
2001
Burmese Labor
# 20
Turkey :
24,016,780
2001
Turkish Labor
# 21
Italy :
23,611,010
2001
Italian Labor
# 22
Ukraine :
23,000,620
2001
Ukrainian Labor
# 23
Iran :
22,959,670
2001
Iranian Labor
# 24
Korea, South :
22,958,850
2001
Korean Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
20,442,730
2001
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
20,315,480
2001
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Colombia :
20,022,610
2001
Colombian Labor
# 28
South Africa :
18,958,390
2001
South African Labor
# 29
Spain :
18,397,980
2001
Spanish Labor
# 30
Tanzania :
17,695,760
2001
Tanzanian Labor
# 31
Poland :
17,479,310
2001
Polish Labor
# 32
Argentina :
16,733,370
2001
Argentine Labor
# 33
Canada :
16,506,370
2001
Canadian Labor
# 34
Kenya :
13,982,290
2001
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Peru :
11,954,190
2001
Peruvian Labor
# 36
Algeria :
11,521,650
2001
Algerian Labor
# 37
Romania :
11,326,090
2001
Romanian Labor
# 38
Venezuela :
10,841,220
2001
Venezuelan Labor
# 39
Korea, North :
10,461,550
2001
Korean Labor
# 40
Uganda :
10,461,150
2001
Ugandan Labor
# 41
Uzbekistan :
10,106,700
2001
Uzbekistani Labor
# 42
Malaysia :
9,956,136
2001
Malaysian Labor
# 43
Morocco :
9,926,573
2001
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Australia :
9,715,973
2001
Australian Labor
# 45
Sudan :
9,473,521
2001
Sudanese Labor
# 46
Nepal :
9,430,220
2001
Nepalese Labor
# 47
Ghana :
8,879,369
2001
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
8,672,827
2001
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
8,217,752
2001
Dutch Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
7,909,500
2001
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Kazakhstan :
7,609,423
2001
Kazakhstani Labor
# 52
Madagascar :
7,535,019
2001
Malagasy Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
6,633,570
2001
Saudi Labor
# 54
Syria :
6,367,583
2001
Syrian Labor
# 55
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,284,890
2001
Ivoirian Labor
# 56
Angola :
6,264,928
2001
Angolan Labor
# 57
Chile :
6,184,803
2001
Chilean Labor
# 58
Cambodia :
6,032,732
2001
Cambodian Labor
# 59
Cameroon :
5,842,740
2001
Cameroonian Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
5,788,974
2001
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Malawi :
5,511,412
2001
Malawian Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
5,458,593
2001
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Portugal :
5,320,822
2001
Portuguese Labor
# 64
Cuba :
5,261,617
2001
Cuban Labor
# 65
Niger :
5,180,613
2001
Nigerien Labor
# 66
Czech Republic :
5,151,202
2001
Czech Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
5,058,719
2001
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Yemen :
5,024,309
2001
Yemeni Labor
# 69
Mali :
4,902,932
2001
Malian Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,822,559
2001
Greek Labor
# 71
Belarus :
4,784,337
2001
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Sweden :
4,644,706
2001
Swedish Labor
# 73
Zambia :
4,579,886
2001
Zambian Labor
# 74
Belgium :
4,321,915
2001
Belgian Labor
# 75
Hungary :
4,208,067
2001
Hungarian Labor
# 76
Senegal :
4,174,341
2001
Senegalese Labor
# 77
Guinea :
4,073,597
2001
Guinean Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
4,049,262
2001
Swiss Labor
# 79
Austria :
3,900,882
2001
Austrian Labor
# 80
Rwanda :
3,775,767
2001
Rwandan Labor
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,769,217
2001
Serbian Labor
# 82
Azerbaijan :
3,752,544
2001
Azerbaijani Labor
# 83
Bolivia :
3,671,021
2001
Bolivian Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
3,659,351
2001
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Dominican Republic :
3,466,846
2001
Dominican Labor
# 86
Hong Kong :
3,443,012
2001
Hong Kong Labor
# 87
Tunisia :
3,432,365
2001
Tunisian Labor
# 88
Bulgaria :
3,431,202
2001
Bulgarian Labor
# 89
Haiti :
3,287,491
2001
Haitian Labor
# 90
Chad :
3,250,245
2001
Chadian Labor
# 91
Burundi :
3,197,723
2001
Burundian Labor
# 92
Somalia :
3,104,059
2001
Somali Labor
# 93
Benin :
2,878,268
2001
Beninese Labor
# 94
Denmark :
2,853,762
2001
Danish Labor
# 95
Slovakia :
2,642,928
2001
Slovak Labor
# 96
Finland :
2,617,291
2001
Finnish Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
2,548,900
2001
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Honduras :
2,548,501
2001
Honduran Labor
# 99
Israel :
2,515,970
2001
Israeli Labor
# 100
Georgia :
2,430,389
2001
Georgian Labor
# 101
Norway :
2,419,318
2001
Norwegian Labor
# 102
Paraguay :
2,414,254
2001
Paraguayan Labor
# 103
Papua New Guinea :
2,311,819
2001
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 104
Togo :
2,174,427
2001
Togolese Labor
# 105
Kyrgyzstan :
2,104,922
2001
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 106
Singapore :
2,098,588
2001
Singapore Labor
# 107
Laos :
2,087,852
2001
Lao Labor
# 108
Moldova :
2,080,185
2001
Moldovan Labor
# 109
Tajikistan :
2,041,694
2001
Tajikistani Labor
# 110
United Arab Emirates :
2,034,202
2001
Emirati Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
2,000,025
2001
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Libya :
1,993,473
2001
Libyan Labor
# 113
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,990,856
2001
Herzegovinian Labor
# 114
Turkmenistan :
1,969,063
2001
Turkmen Labor
# 115
New Zealand :
1,965,916
2001
New Zealand Labor
# 116
Croatia :
1,960,815
2001
Croatian Labor
# 117
Ireland :
1,802,697
2001
Irish Labor
# 118
Nicaragua :
1,763,487
2001
Nicaraguan Labor
# 119
Central African Republic :
1,729,198
2001
Central African Labor
# 120
Costa Rica :
1,718,170
2001
Costa Rican Labor
# 121
Lithuania :
1,655,242
2001
Lithuanian Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,647,911
2001
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Jordan :
1,590,302
2001
Jordanian Labor
# 124
Eritrea :
1,505,372
2001
Eritrean Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,448,428
2001
Congolese Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,402,832
2001
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Albania :
1,339,774
2001
Albanian Labor
# 128
Panama :
1,306,638
2001
Panamanian Labor
# 129
Armenia :
1,305,044
2001
Armenian Labor
# 130
Lebanon :
1,285,020
2001
Lebanese Labor
# 131
Kuwait :
1,195,862
2001
Kuwaiti Labor
# 132
Jamaica :
1,168,503
2001
Jamaican Labor
# 133
Liberia :
1,161,907
2001
Liberian Labor
# 134
Latvia :
1,097,162
2001
Latvian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
1,083,533
2001
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Mauritania :
1,059,907
2001
Mauritanian Labor
# 137
Slovenia :
973,850.9
2001
Slovenian Labor
# 138
Oman :
919,498.5
2001
Omani Labor
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
841,189.3
2001
Macedonian Labor
# 140
Estonia :
670,355
2001
Estonian Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
647,522.9
2001
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
629,534.7
2001
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Namibia :
618,331.9
2001
Namibian Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
597,864.5
2001
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Gambia, The :
582,598.4
2001
Gambian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
567,937.5
2001
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gabon :
545,701.9
2001
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Mauritius :
538,756.6
2001
Mauritian Labor
# 149
Fiji :
358,483.8
2001
Fijian Labor
# 150
Qatar :
346,869.6
2001
Qatari Labor
# 151
Cyprus :
340,181.3
2001
Cypriot Labor
# 152
Bahrain :
317,857.7
2001
Bahraini Labor
# 153
Guyana :
316,479.3
2001
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
314,912.5
2001
Swazi Labor
# 155
Djibouti :
286,936.7
2001
Djiboutian Labor
# 156
East Timor :
284,840
2001
Timorese Labor
# 157
Macau :
234,094.4
2001
Chinese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
227,983.8
2001
Comoran Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
218,431.5
2001
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
190,182
2001
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
180,794.3
2001
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Solomon Islands :
171,577.2
2001
Solomon Islander Labor
# 163
Iceland :
167,629.2
2001
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Malta :
154,957.5
2001
Maltese Labor
# 165
Barbados :
150,662.4
2001
Barbadian Labor
# 166
Brunei :
150,202.7
2001
Bruneian Labor
# 167
Cape Verde :
148,236
2001
Cape Verdean Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
147,215.2
2001
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Suriname :
144,899
2001
Surinamese Labor
# 170
French Polynesia :
101,864.1
2001
French Polynesian Labor
# 171
Belize :
96,236.05
2001
Belizean Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
95,185.09
2001
- Labor
# 173
Maldives :
93,707.05
2001
Maldivian Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
89,905.58
2001
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
80,092.05
2001
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 176
Guam :
73,101.48
2001
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Saint Lucia :
71,109.59
2001
Saint Lucian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
63,637.17
2001
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
51,973.33
2001
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
51,232.02
2001
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
43,265.09
2001
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
37,777.13
2001
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,826,347,207.93
Weighted average:
15,529,380.3
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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