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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 (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
759,434,800
2003
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
421,337,400
2003
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
150,755,200
2003
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
103,236,900
2003
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
89,583,370
2003
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
72,814,950
2003
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
66,963,780
2003
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
61,596,010
2003
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
52,384,120
2003
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
45,178,030
2003
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
42,197,080
2003
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Mexico :
40,873,550
2003
Mexican Labor
# 13
Germany :
40,283,160
2003
German Labor
# 14
Thailand :
34,720,240
2003
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
34,602,380
2003
Philippine Labor
# 16
Ethiopia :
30,339,810
2003
Ethiopian Labor
# 17
United Kingdom :
30,276,620
2003
British Labor
# 18
France :
26,778,280
2003
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
26,370,990
2003
Burmese Labor
# 20
Iran :
25,227,450
2003
Iranian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
24,193,360
2003
Turkish Labor
# 22
Italy :
24,046,520
2003
Italian Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
23,410,890
2003
Korean Labor
# 24
Ukraine :
22,777,460
2003
Ukrainian Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21,725,190
2003
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
21,671,380
2003
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Colombia :
21,155,170
2003
Colombian Labor
# 28
Spain :
19,872,860
2003
Spanish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
19,278,460
2003
South African Labor
# 30
Tanzania :
18,426,170
2003
Tanzanian Labor
# 31
Argentina :
17,657,140
2003
Argentine Labor
# 32
Poland :
17,363,940
2003
Polish Labor
# 33
Canada :
17,304,960
2003
Canadian Labor
# 34
Kenya :
14,708,260
2003
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Peru :
12,651,970
2003
Peruvian Labor
# 36
Algeria :
12,445,910
2003
Algerian Labor
# 37
Venezuela :
11,811,480
2003
Venezuelan Labor
# 38
Uganda :
11,140,830
2003
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Korea, North :
10,714,510
2003
Korean Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
10,682,550
2003
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Morocco :
10,439,230
2003
Moroccan Labor
# 42
Malaysia :
10,424,680
2003
Malaysian Labor
# 43
Romania :
10,263,260
2003
Romanian Labor
# 44
Nepal :
9,987,170
2003
Nepalese Labor
# 45
Australia :
9,979,627
2003
Australian Labor
# 46
Sudan :
9,807,819
2003
Sudanese Labor
# 47
Ghana :
9,309,027
2003
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
8,984,011
2003
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
8,449,701
2003
Dutch Labor
# 50
Sri Lanka :
8,119,615
2003
Sri Lankan Labor
# 51
Madagascar :
8,058,551
2003
Malagasy Labor
# 52
Kazakhstan :
7,766,189
2003
Kazakhstani Labor
# 53
Saudi Arabia :
7,014,009
2003
Saudi Labor
# 54
Syria :
6,944,732
2003
Syrian Labor
# 55
Angola :
6,576,341
2003
Angolan Labor
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,539,162
2003
Ivoirian Labor
# 57
Chile :
6,414,749
2003
Chilean Labor
# 58
Cambodia :
6,397,447
2003
Cambodian Labor
# 59
Cameroon :
6,091,218
2003
Cameroonian Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
5,776,147
2003
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Malawi :
5,705,858
2003
Malawian Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
5,545,491
2003
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Niger :
5,542,269
2003
Nigerien Labor
# 64
Yemen :
5,471,077
2003
Yemeni Labor
# 65
Portugal :
5,440,736
2003
Portuguese Labor
# 66
Burkina Faso :
5,417,756
2003
Burkinabe Labor
# 67
Cuba :
5,284,058
2003
Cuban Labor
# 68
Mali :
5,205,701
2003
Malian Labor
# 69
Czech Republic :
5,141,524
2003
Czech Labor
# 70
Greece :
4,980,063
2003
Greek Labor
# 71
Belarus :
4,834,951
2003
Belarusian Labor
# 72
Zambia :
4,731,902
2003
Zambian Labor
# 73
Sweden :
4,681,796
2003
Swedish Labor
# 74
Belgium :
4,397,187
2003
Belgian Labor
# 75
Senegal :
4,383,749
2003
Senegalese Labor
# 76
Hungary :
4,276,088
2003
Hungarian Labor
# 77
Guinea :
4,248,169
2003
Guinean Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
4,111,803
2003
Swiss Labor
# 79
Austria :
4,010,711
2003
Austrian Labor
# 80
Rwanda :
3,993,609
2003
Rwandan Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
3,924,848
2003
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Bolivia :
3,893,698
2003
Bolivian Labor
# 83
Guatemala :
3,854,379
2003
Guatemalan Labor
# 84
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,810,135
2003
Serbian Labor
# 85
Tunisia :
3,643,630
2003
Tunisian Labor
# 86
Dominican Republic :
3,639,165
2003
Dominican Labor
# 87
Hong Kong :
3,536,940
2003
Hong Kong Labor
# 88
Haiti :
3,467,872
2003
Haitian Labor
# 89
Burundi :
3,463,234
2003
Burundian Labor
# 90
Chad :
3,384,458
2003
Chadian Labor
# 91
Bulgaria :
3,340,028
2003
Bulgarian Labor
# 92
Somalia :
3,305,998
2003
Somali Labor
# 93
Benin :
3,071,363
2003
Beninese Labor
# 94
Denmark :
2,872,863
2003
Danish Labor
# 95
El Salvador :
2,726,389
2003
Salvadoran Labor
# 96
Honduras :
2,722,105
2003
Honduran Labor
# 97
Slovakia :
2,676,459
2003
Slovak Labor
# 98
Israel :
2,626,382
2003
Israeli Labor
# 99
Finland :
2,614,216
2003
Finnish Labor
# 100
Paraguay :
2,598,402
2003
Paraguayan Labor
# 101
Norway :
2,436,568
2003
Norwegian Labor
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
2,422,413
2003
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 103
United Arab Emirates :
2,390,835
2003
Emirati Labor
# 104
Georgia :
2,380,832
2003
Georgian Labor
# 105
Togo :
2,296,412
2003
Togolese Labor
# 106
Laos :
2,226,109
2003
Lao Labor
# 107
Kyrgyzstan :
2,178,016
2003
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 108
Sierra Leone :
2,176,419
2003
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 109
Tajikistan :
2,162,925
2003
Tajikistani Labor
# 110
Libya :
2,138,178
2003
Libyan Labor
# 111
Moldova :
2,128,170
2003
Moldovan Labor
# 112
Singapore :
2,120,908
2003
Singapore Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
2,072,952
2003
Turkmen Labor
# 114
New Zealand :
2,057,034
2003
New Zealand Labor
# 115
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,002,952
2003
Herzegovinian Labor
# 116
Croatia :
1,960,983
2003
Croatian Labor
# 117
Ireland :
1,901,425
2003
Irish Labor
# 118
Nicaragua :
1,847,943
2003
Nicaraguan Labor
# 119
Costa Rica :
1,806,162
2003
Costa Rican Labor
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,785,351
2003
Central African Labor
# 121
Jordan :
1,711,087
2003
Jordanian Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,701,839
2003
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Eritrea :
1,648,663
2003
Eritrean Labor
# 124
Lithuania :
1,639,608
2003
Lithuanian Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,533,268
2003
Congolese Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,421,438
2003
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Panama :
1,378,452
2003
Panamanian Labor
# 128
Albania :
1,349,537
2003
Albanian Labor
# 129
Lebanon :
1,331,407
2003
Lebanese Labor
# 130
Armenia :
1,320,575
2003
Armenian Labor
# 131
Kuwait :
1,271,458
2003
Kuwaiti Labor
# 132
Liberia :
1,181,855
2003
Liberian Labor
# 133
Jamaica :
1,172,321
2003
Jamaican Labor
# 134
Mongolia :
1,139,816
2003
Mongolian Labor
# 135
Latvia :
1,134,688
2003
Latvian Labor
# 136
Mauritania :
1,132,539
2003
Mauritanian Labor
# 137
Slovenia :
963,912.1
2003
Slovenian Labor
# 138
Oman :
927,059.6
2003
Omani Labor
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
862,530.4
2003
Macedonian Labor
# 140
Estonia :
674,087.4
2003
Estonian Labor
# 141
Lesotho :
639,756.3
2003
Basotho Labor
# 142
Namibia :
630,437.9
2003
Namibian Labor
# 143
Botswana :
622,037.8
2003
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 144
Gambia, The :
618,597.6
2003
Gambian Labor
# 145
Trinidad and Tobago :
617,939.3
2003
Tobagonian Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
607,661.1
2003
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gabon :
570,064.8
2003
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Mauritius :
547,086.9
2003
Mauritian Labor
# 149
Qatar :
417,232.1
2003
Qatari Labor
# 150
Fiji :
367,358.5
2003
Fijian Labor
# 151
Cyprus :
360,017.5
2003
Cypriot Labor
# 152
East Timor :
342,936.3
2003
Timorese Labor
# 153
Bahrain :
325,740.2
2003
Bahraini Labor
# 154
Guyana :
323,286.8
2003
Guyanese Labor
# 155
Swaziland :
322,329.3
2003
Swazi Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
299,344.5
2003
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Comoros :
239,277.4
2003
Comoran Labor
# 158
Macau :
231,268.2
2003
Chinese Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
225,249.7
2003
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
197,562.9
2003
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
188,356.4
2003
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Solomon Islands :
182,731.5
2003
Solomon Islander Labor
# 163
Iceland :
168,647.5
2003
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Malta :
157,844.3
2003
Maltese Labor
# 165
Cape Verde :
157,056
2003
Cape Verdean Labor
# 166
Brunei :
155,777.3
2003
Bruneian Labor
# 167
Barbados :
153,725.5
2003
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
152,348.6
2003
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Suriname :
149,928.6
2003
Surinamese Labor
# 170
French Polynesia :
106,591.3
2003
French Polynesian Labor
# 171
Belize :
105,631.3
2003
Belizean Labor
# 172
Maldives :
101,128.6
2003
Maldivian Labor
# 173
Vanuatu :
100,668.3
2003
- Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
93,515.02
2003
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
80,617.7
2003
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 176
Guam :
75,485.78
2003
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Saint Lucia :
73,955.71
2003
Saint Lucian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
64,357
2003
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
54,203.89
2003
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
51,008.1
2003
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
46,467.57
2003
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
38,755.71
2003
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,912,865,591.28
Weighted average:
16,004,756.0
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 (2003) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=2003
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