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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 :
767,976,700
2004
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
427,166,500
2004
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
153,702,200
2004
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
105,134,900
2004
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
89,885,980
2004
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
73,146,620
2004
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
66,959,580
2004
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
62,364,150
2004
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
54,476,160
2004
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
46,716,500
2004
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
43,119,580
2004
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Mexico :
41,696,600
2004
Mexican Labor
# 13
Germany :
40,823,930
2004
German Labor
# 14
Philippines :
35,921,660
2004
Philippine Labor
# 15
Thailand :
35,272,760
2004
Thai Labor
# 16
Ethiopia :
30,948,400
2004
Ethiopian Labor
# 17
United Kingdom :
30,353,690
2004
British Labor
# 18
France :
26,969,120
2004
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
26,896,110
2004
Burmese Labor
# 20
Iran :
26,360,860
2004
Iranian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
26,295,270
2004
Turkish Labor
# 22
Italy :
24,246,610
2004
Italian Labor
# 23
Korea, South :
24,123,160
2004
Korean Labor
# 24
Ukraine :
22,438,950
2004
Ukrainian Labor
# 25
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
22,293,360
2004
Congolese Labor
# 26
Egypt :
22,279,090
2004
Egyptian Labor
# 27
Colombia :
21,754,900
2004
Colombian Labor
# 28
Spain :
20,343,120
2004
Spanish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
19,417,220
2004
South African Labor
# 30
Tanzania :
18,902,270
2004
Tanzanian Labor
# 31
Argentina :
17,935,760
2004
Argentine Labor
# 32
Canada :
17,382,210
2004
Canadian Labor
# 33
Poland :
17,341,570
2004
Polish Labor
# 34
Kenya :
15,109,540
2004
Kenyan Labor
# 35
Peru :
12,985,740
2004
Peruvian Labor
# 36
Algeria :
12,947,400
2004
Algerian Labor
# 37
Venezuela :
12,409,570
2004
Venezuelan Labor
# 38
Uganda :
11,488,170
2004
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Uzbekistan :
10,960,440
2004
Uzbekistani Labor
# 40
Morocco :
10,912,040
2004
Moroccan Labor
# 41
Malaysia :
10,729,980
2004
Malaysian Labor
# 42
Korea, North :
10,619,040
2004
Korean Labor
# 43
Romania :
10,379,190
2004
Romanian Labor
# 44
Sudan :
10,293,510
2004
Sudanese Labor
# 45
Nepal :
10,232,880
2004
Nepalese Labor
# 46
Australia :
10,180,620
2004
Australian Labor
# 47
Ghana :
9,562,462
2004
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Mozambique :
9,136,060
2004
Mozambican Labor
# 49
Netherlands :
8,553,372
2004
Dutch Labor
# 50
Madagascar :
8,328,404
2004
Malagasy Labor
# 51
Sri Lanka :
8,292,300
2004
Sri Lankan Labor
# 52
Kazakhstan :
7,961,220
2004
Kazakhstani Labor
# 53
Syria :
7,282,651
2004
Syrian Labor
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
7,219,804
2004
Saudi Labor
# 55
Angola :
6,825,359
2004
Angolan Labor
# 56
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,668,836
2004
Ivoirian Labor
# 57
Cambodia :
6,614,434
2004
Cambodian Labor
# 58
Chile :
6,440,801
2004
Chilean Labor
# 59
Cameroon :
6,173,604
2004
Cameroonian Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
6,168,411
2004
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Malawi :
5,811,936
2004
Malawian Labor
# 62
Niger :
5,738,304
2004
Nigerien Labor
# 63
Yemen :
5,697,323
2004
Yemeni Labor
# 64
Zimbabwe :
5,680,600
2004
Zimbabwean Labor
# 65
Burkina Faso :
5,636,963
2004
Burkinabe Labor
# 66
Portugal :
5,509,946
2004
Portuguese Labor
# 67
Cuba :
5,342,903
2004
Cuban Labor
# 68
Mali :
5,321,532
2004
Malian Labor
# 69
Czech Republic :
5,173,387
2004
Czech Labor
# 70
Greece :
5,081,991
2004
Greek Labor
# 71
Zambia :
4,854,385
2004
Zambian Labor
# 72
Belarus :
4,775,647
2004
Belarusian Labor
# 73
Sweden :
4,660,649
2004
Swedish Labor
# 74
Senegal :
4,477,508
2004
Senegalese Labor
# 75
Belgium :
4,466,202
2004
Belgian Labor
# 76
Guinea :
4,325,724
2004
Guinean Labor
# 77
Hungary :
4,211,528
2004
Hungarian Labor
# 78
Switzerland :
4,158,538
2004
Swiss Labor
# 79
Rwanda :
4,081,732
2004
Rwandan Labor
# 80
Bolivia :
4,030,279
2004
Bolivian Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
4,018,584
2004
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Guatemala :
3,955,766
2004
Guatemalan Labor
# 83
Austria :
3,946,157
2004
Austrian Labor
# 84
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,890,109
2004
Serbian Labor
# 85
Dominican Republic :
3,752,016
2004
Dominican Labor
# 86
Tunisia :
3,742,116
2004
Tunisian Labor
# 87
Burundi :
3,655,750
2004
Burundian Labor
# 88
Hong Kong :
3,606,440
2004
Hong Kong Labor
# 89
Haiti :
3,572,006
2004
Haitian Labor
# 90
Chad :
3,566,933
2004
Chadian Labor
# 91
Somalia :
3,411,321
2004
Somali Labor
# 92
Benin :
3,187,936
2004
Beninese Labor
# 93
Bulgaria :
3,155,855
2004
Bulgarian Labor
# 94
Honduras :
2,998,840
2004
Honduran Labor
# 95
Denmark :
2,844,609
2004
Danish Labor
# 96
El Salvador :
2,713,661
2004
Salvadoran Labor
# 97
Israel :
2,674,611
2004
Israeli Labor
# 98
Paraguay :
2,669,967
2004
Paraguayan Labor
# 99
Slovakia :
2,659,822
2004
Slovak Labor
# 100
Finland :
2,644,509
2004
Finnish Labor
# 101
United Arab Emirates :
2,577,952
2004
Emirati Labor
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
2,502,292
2004
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 103
Norway :
2,499,062
2004
Norwegian Labor
# 104
Togo :
2,352,342
2004
Togolese Labor
# 105
Laos :
2,286,610
2004
Lao Labor
# 106
Georgia :
2,281,770
2004
Georgian Labor
# 107
Sierra Leone :
2,277,419
2004
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 108
Libya :
2,249,758
2004
Libyan Labor
# 109
Kyrgyzstan :
2,219,821
2004
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 110
Singapore :
2,159,759
2004
Singapore Labor
# 111
Moldova :
2,139,042
2004
Moldovan Labor
# 112
Turkmenistan :
2,137,720
2004
Turkmen Labor
# 113
New Zealand :
2,115,364
2004
New Zealand Labor
# 114
Tajikistan :
2,108,815
2004
Tajikistani Labor
# 115
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,042,609
2004
Herzegovinian Labor
# 116
Ireland :
2,006,638
2004
Irish Labor
# 117
Croatia :
1,956,809
2004
Croatian Labor
# 118
Costa Rica :
1,890,372
2004
Costa Rican Labor
# 119
Nicaragua :
1,873,710
2004
Nicaraguan Labor
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,800,890
2004
Central African Labor
# 121
Jordan :
1,779,760
2004
Jordanian Labor
# 122
Uruguay :
1,726,890
2004
Uruguayan Labor
# 123
Eritrea :
1,718,171
2004
Eritrean Labor
# 124
Lithuania :
1,626,717
2004
Lithuanian Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,466,919
2004
Congolese Labor
# 126
Puerto Rico :
1,448,106
2004
Puerto Rican Labor
# 127
Panama :
1,429,198
2004
Panamanian Labor
# 128
Lebanon :
1,373,255
2004
Lebanese Labor
# 129
Albania :
1,351,893
2004
Albanian Labor
# 130
Kuwait :
1,325,367
2004
Kuwaiti Labor
# 131
Armenia :
1,278,837
2004
Armenian Labor
# 132
Liberia :
1,183,736
2004
Liberian Labor
# 133
Mongolia :
1,168,261
2004
Mongolian Labor
# 134
Mauritania :
1,167,654
2004
Mauritanian Labor
# 135
Jamaica :
1,162,811
2004
Jamaican Labor
# 136
Latvia :
1,093,852
2004
Latvian Labor
# 137
Slovenia :
1,022,940
2004
Slovenian Labor
# 138
Oman :
940,573.3
2004
Omani Labor
# 139
Macedonia, Republic of :
858,185.7
2004
Macedonian Labor
# 140
Estonia :
662,499.9
2004
Estonian Labor
# 141
Namibia :
639,707.9
2004
Namibian Labor
# 142
Gambia, The :
639,079.5
2004
Gambian Labor
# 143
Lesotho :
636,479.3
2004
Basotho Labor
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
619,794
2004
Tobagonian Labor
# 145
Botswana :
619,347
2004
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 146
Guinea-Bissau :
618,150.1
2004
Guinean Labor
# 147
Gabon :
582,901.3
2004
Gabonese Labor
# 148
Mauritius :
561,682.2
2004
Mauritian Labor
# 149
Qatar :
446,226.3
2004
Qatari Labor
# 150
Fiji :
379,598.3
2004
Fijian Labor
# 151
East Timor :
366,344.6
2004
Timorese Labor
# 152
Cyprus :
363,346
2004
Cypriot Labor
# 153
Bahrain :
331,782.5
2004
Bahraini Labor
# 154
Swaziland :
331,771.6
2004
Swazi Labor
# 155
Guyana :
326,422.7
2004
Guyanese Labor
# 156
Djibouti :
307,841.6
2004
Djiboutian Labor
# 157
Macau :
252,067.2
2004
Chinese Labor
# 158
Comoros :
245,860
2004
Comoran Labor
# 159
Bhutan :
235,495.8
2004
Bhutanese Labor
# 160
Luxembourg :
199,449.8
2004
Luxembourg Labor
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
192,863.9
2004
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 162
Solomon Islands :
188,657.4
2004
Solomon Islander Labor
# 163
Iceland :
173,410.6
2004
Icelandic Labor
# 164
Malta :
166,445.2
2004
Maltese Labor
# 165
Brunei :
160,349.7
2004
Bruneian Labor
# 166
Cape Verde :
160,110.2
2004
Cape Verdean Labor
# 167
Barbados :
154,337.1
2004
Barbadian Labor
# 168
Bahamas, The :
153,821.8
2004
Bahamian Labor
# 169
Suriname :
150,297.4
2004
Surinamese Labor
# 170
Maldives :
111,578.5
2004
Maldivian Labor
# 171
Belize :
110,712.5
2004
Belizean Labor
# 172
French Polynesia :
109,070
2004
French Polynesian Labor
# 173
Vanuatu :
103,580.1
2004
- Labor
# 174
New Caledonia :
95,487.05
2004
New Caledonian Labor
# 175
Netherlands Antilles :
81,824.8
2004
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 176
Guam :
76,973.88
2004
Guamanian Labor
# 177
Saint Lucia :
76,028.68
2004
Saint Lucian Labor
# 178
Samoa :
64,667.93
2004
Samoan Labor
# 179
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
55,431.43
2004
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 180
Virgin Islands :
50,900.84
2004
Virgin Islander Labor
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
47,635.45
2004
Sao Tomean Labor
# 182
Tonga :
39,388.42
2004
Tongan Labor
Total :
2,961,316,713.48
Weighted average:
16,270,971.0
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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