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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 (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
752,410,900
2002
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
412,541,800
2002
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
150,098,000
2002
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
101,347,100
2002
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
87,149,300
2002
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
73,329,660
2002
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
67,047,750
2002
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
60,143,910
2002
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
50,533,070
2002
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
44,567,840
2002
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
41,421,350
2002
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Germany :
40,554,460
2002
German Labor
# 13
Mexico :
40,479,640
2002
Mexican Labor
# 14
Thailand :
34,395,880
2002
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
33,768,560
2002
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
29,994,400
2002
British Labor
# 17
Ethiopia :
29,538,770
2002
Ethiopian Labor
# 18
France :
26,644,460
2002
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
25,885,400
2002
Burmese Labor
# 20
Turkey :
24,360,610
2002
Turkish Labor
# 21
Iran :
24,120,720
2002
Iranian Labor
# 22
Italy :
23,798,250
2002
Italian Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
23,401,210
2002
Korean Labor
# 24
Ukraine :
22,910,190
2002
Ukrainian Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21,045,720
2002
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
21,012,780
2002
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Colombia :
20,628,480
2002
Colombian Labor
# 28
Spain :
19,111,670
2002
Spanish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
19,108,070
2002
South African Labor
# 30
Tanzania :
18,059,060
2002
Tanzanian Labor
# 31
Poland :
17,321,990
2002
Polish Labor
# 32
Argentina :
17,300,210
2002
Argentine Labor
# 33
Canada :
16,944,120
2002
Canadian Labor
# 34
Kenya :
14,346,440
2002
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Peru :
12,308,130
2002
Peruvian Labor
# 36
Algeria :
11,992,000
2002
Algerian Labor
# 37
Venezuela :
11,329,030
2002
Venezuelan Labor
# 38
Uganda :
10,783,830
2002
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Korea, North :
10,579,470
2002
Korean Labor
# 40
Romania :
10,430,100
2002
Romanian Labor
# 41
Uzbekistan :
10,393,100
2002
Uzbekistani Labor
# 42
Malaysia :
10,209,130
2002
Malaysian Labor
# 43
Morocco :
10,058,590
2002
Moroccan Labor
# 44
Australia :
9,853,009
2002
Australian Labor
# 45
Nepal :
9,704,317
2002
Nepalese Labor
# 46
Sudan :
9,672,433
2002
Sudanese Labor
# 47
Ghana :
9,094,107
2002
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
8,833,933
2002
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
8,352,326
2002
Dutch Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
8,016,521
2002
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Madagascar :
7,863,614
2002
Malagasy Labor
# 52
Kazakhstan :
7,705,598
2002
Kazakhstani Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
6,829,073
2002
Saudi Labor
# 54
Syria :
6,654,441
2002
Syrian Labor
# 55
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,421,477
2002
Ivoirian Labor
# 56
Angola :
6,400,577
2002
Angolan Labor
# 57
Chile :
6,258,627
2002
Chilean Labor
# 58
Cambodia :
6,220,106
2002
Cambodian Labor
# 59
Cameroon :
5,971,672
2002
Cameroonian Labor
# 60
Malawi :
5,613,889
2002
Malawian Labor
# 61
Ecuador :
5,573,597
2002
Ecuadorian Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
5,507,897
2002
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Portugal :
5,399,830
2002
Portuguese Labor
# 64
Niger :
5,358,427
2002
Nigerien Labor
# 65
Cuba :
5,277,570
2002
Cuban Labor
# 66
Yemen :
5,242,597
2002
Yemeni Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
5,235,261
2002
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Czech Republic :
5,153,787
2002
Czech Labor
# 69
Mali :
5,041,091
2002
Malian Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,897,380
2002
Greek Labor
# 71
Belarus :
4,815,920
2002
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Zambia :
4,659,684
2002
Zambian Labor
# 73
Sweden :
4,654,992
2002
Swedish Labor
# 74
Belgium :
4,364,303
2002
Belgian Labor
# 75
Senegal :
4,284,188
2002
Senegalese Labor
# 76
Hungary :
4,207,956
2002
Hungarian Labor
# 77
Guinea :
4,153,931
2002
Guinean Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
4,082,843
2002
Swiss Labor
# 79
Rwanda :
3,901,125
2002
Rwandan Labor
# 80
Azerbaijan :
3,836,600
2002
Azerbaijani Labor
# 81
Austria :
3,808,037
2002
Austrian Labor
# 82
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,790,757
2002
Serbian Labor
# 83
Bolivia :
3,783,236
2002
Bolivian Labor
# 84
Guatemala :
3,751,472
2002
Guatemalan Labor
# 85
Dominican Republic :
3,555,555
2002
Dominican Labor
# 86
Tunisia :
3,550,137
2002
Tunisian Labor
# 87
Hong Kong :
3,522,291
2002
Hong Kong Labor
# 88
Bulgaria :
3,410,629
2002
Bulgarian Labor
# 89
Haiti :
3,377,218
2002
Haitian Labor
# 90
Chad :
3,335,730
2002
Chadian Labor
# 91
Burundi :
3,315,276
2002
Burundian Labor
# 92
Somalia :
3,199,568
2002
Somali Labor
# 93
Benin :
2,970,526
2002
Beninese Labor
# 94
Denmark :
2,890,342
2002
Danish Labor
# 95
Slovakia :
2,644,569
2002
Slovak Labor
# 96
Honduras :
2,634,498
2002
Honduran Labor
# 97
Finland :
2,628,698
2002
Finnish Labor
# 98
El Salvador :
2,596,531
2002
Salvadoran Labor
# 99
Israel :
2,561,594
2002
Israeli Labor
# 100
Paraguay :
2,510,536
2002
Paraguayan Labor
# 101
Norway :
2,437,741
2002
Norwegian Labor
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
2,369,508
2002
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 103
Georgia :
2,342,537
2002
Georgian Labor
# 104
Togo :
2,234,540
2002
Togolese Labor
# 105
United Arab Emirates :
2,205,996
2002
Emirati Labor
# 106
Laos :
2,154,009
2002
Lao Labor
# 107
Kyrgyzstan :
2,129,905
2002
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 108
Singapore :
2,115,438
2002
Singapore Labor
# 109
Moldova :
2,109,186
2002
Moldovan Labor
# 110
Tajikistan :
2,093,188
2002
Tajikistani Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
2,083,190
2002
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Libya :
2,064,974
2002
Libyan Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
2,021,554
2002
Turkmen Labor
# 114
New Zealand :
2,021,464
2002
New Zealand Labor
# 115
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,001,412
2002
Herzegovinian Labor
# 116
Croatia :
1,961,864
2002
Croatian Labor
# 117
Ireland :
1,857,406
2002
Irish Labor
# 118
Nicaragua :
1,806,134
2002
Nicaraguan Labor
# 119
Costa Rica :
1,762,651
2002
Costa Rican Labor
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,753,151
2002
Central African Labor
# 121
Uruguay :
1,689,970
2002
Uruguayan Labor
# 122
Jordan :
1,646,296
2002
Jordanian Labor
# 123
Lithuania :
1,633,674
2002
Lithuanian Labor
# 124
Eritrea :
1,579,152
2002
Eritrean Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,494,702
2002
Congolese Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,409,600
2002
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Panama :
1,341,268
2002
Panamanian Labor
# 128
Albania :
1,336,777
2002
Albanian Labor
# 129
Lebanon :
1,310,288
2002
Lebanese Labor
# 130
Armenia :
1,310,038
2002
Armenian Labor
# 131
Kuwait :
1,234,131
2002
Kuwaiti Labor
# 132
Liberia :
1,180,011
2002
Liberian Labor
# 133
Jamaica :
1,170,965
2002
Jamaican Labor
# 134
Latvia :
1,131,649
2002
Latvian Labor
# 135
Mongolia :
1,110,669
2002
Mongolian Labor
# 136
Mauritania :
1,109,178
2002
Mauritanian Labor
# 137
Slovenia :
986,176.4
2002
Slovenian Labor
# 138
Oman :
925,082
2002
Omani Labor
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
850,456.2
2002
Macedonian Labor
# 140
Estonia :
666,027.1
2002
Estonian Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
646,229.1
2002
Basotho Labor
# 142
Botswana :
626,891.6
2002
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 143
Namibia :
625,900
2002
Namibian Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
607,283.4
2002
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Gambia, The :
603,930.7
2002
Gambian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
588,852.4
2002
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gabon :
554,504.4
2002
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Mauritius :
542,001.6
2002
Mauritian Labor
# 149
Qatar :
380,024.6
2002
Qatari Labor
# 150
Fiji :
363,038.8
2002
Fijian Labor
# 151
Cyprus :
347,463.7
2002
Cypriot Labor
# 152
Bahrain :
321,595.5
2002
Bahraini Labor
# 153
Guyana :
320,041.6
2002
Guyanese Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
319,102.3
2002
Swazi Labor
# 155
East Timor :
311,354.6
2002
Timorese Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
293,380.4
2002
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Comoros :
233,470.8
2002
Comoran Labor
# 158
Macau :
231,968.1
2002
Chinese Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
222,164.5
2002
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
196,184.7
2002
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
184,425.4
2002
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Solomon Islands :
177,104.1
2002
Solomon Islander Labor
# 163
Iceland :
167,903.5
2002
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Malta :
159,985.4
2002
Maltese Labor
# 165
Brunei :
152,996.5
2002
Bruneian Labor
# 166
Cape Verde :
152,503.5
2002
Cape Verdean Labor
# 167
Barbados :
152,210.3
2002
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
149,797.2
2002
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Suriname :
147,288.8
2002
Surinamese Labor
# 170
French Polynesia :
104,140.6
2002
French Polynesian Labor
# 171
Belize :
100,847
2002
Belizean Labor
# 172
Vanuatu :
97,935.28
2002
- Labor
# 173
Maldives :
97,367.46
2002
Maldivian Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
91,753.52
2002
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
80,197.27
2002
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 176
Guam :
74,257.44
2002
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Saint Lucia :
72,519.87
2002
Saint Lucian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
63,965.4
2002
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
53,102
2002
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
51,123.45
2002
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
44,767.73
2002
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
38,191.9
2002
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,869,748,773.12
Weighted average:
15,767,850.4
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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