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SOURCE
International Labour Organisation, using World Bank population estimates.
DEFINITION
Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation 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 > Labor force, total (1982) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
530,575,669.16
1982
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
264,536,090.72
1982
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
115,567,261.09
1982
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,219,161.19
1982
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
58,141,973.28
1982
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
57,839,153.59
1982
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
49,624,809.86
1982
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
38,421,813.43
1982
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,090,235
1982
German Labor
# 10
United Kingdom :
26,623,042.47
1982
British Labor
# 11
Pakistan :
25,532,320.7
1982
Pakistani Labor
# 12
Ukraine :
25,431,931.93
1982
Ukrainian Labor
# 13
Thailand :
25,327,774.6
1982
Thai Labor
# 14
Vietnam :
25,144,629.64
1982
Vietnamese Labor
# 15
Nigeria :
24,638,732.85
1982
Nigerian Labor
# 16
France :
24,142,227.11
1982
French Labor
# 17
Mexico :
22,538,275.47
1982
Mexican Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,169,018.63
1982
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
19,015,752.41
1982
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
17,895,569.14
1982
Polish Labor
# 21
Turkey :
16,935,589.68
1982
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ethiopia :
16,779,047.98
1982
Ethiopian Labor
# 23
Burma :
16,661,284.7
1982
Burmese Labor
# 24
Spain :
14,400,095.55
1982
Spanish Labor
# 25
Canada :
12,586,873.55
1982
Canadian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
11,891,208.87
1982
Argentine Labor
# 27
Romania :
11,246,346.79
1982
Romanian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
10,739,890.9
1982
Congolese Labor
# 29
Tanzania :
9,492,879.75
1982
Tanzanian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
8,479,094.8
1982
Colombian Labor
# 31
South Africa :
7,990,323.54
1982
South African Labor
# 32
Kenya :
7,205,677.89
1982
Kenyan Labor
# 33
Kazakhstan :
7,192,031.44
1982
Kazakhstani Labor
# 34
Sudan :
7,006,661.13
1982
Sudanese Labor
# 35
Australia :
6,976,482.2
1982
Australian Labor
# 36
Peru :
6,451,934.53
1982
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Morocco :
6,262,656.15
1982
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Mozambique :
6,222,771.9
1982
Mozambican Labor
# 39
Netherlands :
6,214,229.7
1982
Dutch Labor
# 40
Sri Lanka :
6,092,339.39
1982
Sri Lankan Labor
# 41
Nepal :
6,074,038.99
1982
Nepalese Labor
# 42
Uganda :
6,059,420.79
1982
Ugandan Labor
# 43
Uzbekistan :
5,759,233.83
1982
Uzbekistani Labor
# 44
Venezuela :
5,315,489.08
1982
Venezuelan Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
5,245,654.75
1982
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Belarus :
5,210,204.38
1982
Belarusian Labor
# 47
Afghanistan :
5,121,564.84
1982
Afghan Labor
# 48
Hungary :
4,958,724.27
1982
Hungarian Labor
# 49
Algeria :
4,911,398.87
1982
Algerian Labor
# 50
Czech Republic :
4,854,215.54
1982
Czech Labor
# 51
Ghana :
4,554,957.61
1982
Ghanaian Labor
# 52
Bulgaria :
4,544,376.65
1982
Bulgarian Labor
# 53
Portugal :
4,494,607.11
1982
Portuguese Labor
# 54
Sweden :
4,480,705.28
1982
Swedish Labor
# 55
Madagascar :
4,224,142.42
1982
Malagasy Labor
# 56
Greece :
3,964,629.85
1982
Greek Labor
# 57
Belgium :
3,937,011.09
1982
Belgian Labor
# 58
Chile :
3,893,667.12
1982
Chilean Labor
# 59
Cuba :
3,669,113.75
1982
Cuban Labor
# 60
Switzerland :
3,557,119.7
1982
Swiss Labor
# 61
Cameroon :
3,459,279.17
1982
Cameroonian Labor
# 62
Iraq :
3,363,885.98
1982
Iraqi Labor
# 63
Cambodia :
3,348,058.56
1982
Cambodian Labor
# 64
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,338,800.83
1982
Ivoirian Labor
# 65
Austria :
3,306,276.38
1982
Austrian Labor
# 66
Burkina Faso :
3,215,852.75
1982
Burkinabe Labor
# 67
Malawi :
3,031,105.81
1982
Malawian Labor
# 68
Saudi Arabia :
2,972,593.94
1982
Saudi Labor
# 69
Zimbabwe :
2,938,551.24
1982
Zimbabwean Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
2,761,242.82
1982
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Azerbaijan :
2,719,700.02
1982
Azerbaijani Labor
# 72
Denmark :
2,706,207.17
1982
Danish Labor
# 73
Georgia :
2,588,586.98
1982
Georgian Labor
# 74
Rwanda :
2,560,177.8
1982
Rwandan Labor
# 75
Guatemala :
2,555,580.59
1982
Guatemalan Labor
# 76
Finland :
2,530,482.48
1982
Finnish Labor
# 77
Somalia :
2,503,023.28
1982
Somali Labor
# 78
Slovakia :
2,502,300.88
1982
Slovak Labor
# 79
Senegal :
2,406,563.53
1982
Senegalese Labor
# 80
Haiti :
2,370,612.72
1982
Haitian Labor
# 81
Guinea :
2,321,580.04
1982
Guinean Labor
# 82
Dominican Republic :
2,292,649.98
1982
Dominican Labor
# 83
Syria :
2,254,165.13
1982
Syrian Labor
# 84
Zambia :
2,238,337.73
1982
Zambian Labor
# 85
Mali :
2,232,261.13
1982
Malian Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
2,223,882.25
1982
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Burundi :
2,199,098.26
1982
Burundian Labor
# 88
Croatia :
2,114,571.7
1982
Croatian Labor
# 89
Norway :
2,053,672.42
1982
Norwegian Labor
# 90
Moldova :
2,026,752.15
1982
Moldovan Labor
# 91
Chad :
1,973,808.48
1982
Chadian Labor
# 92
Tunisia :
1,952,817.74
1982
Tunisian Labor
# 93
Niger :
1,831,087.71
1982
Nigerien Labor
# 94
Lithuania :
1,801,641.06
1982
Lithuanian Labor
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,746,919.7
1982
Herzegovinian Labor
# 96
El Salvador :
1,644,799.19
1982
Salvadoran Labor
# 97
Tajikistan :
1,641,462.88
1982
Tajikistani Labor
# 98
New Zealand :
1,571,438.78
1982
New Zealand Labor
# 99
Laos :
1,545,022.22
1982
Lao Labor
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
1,515,257.84
1982
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 101
Armenia :
1,513,240.69
1982
Armenian Labor
# 102
Benin :
1,499,321.19
1982
Beninese Labor
# 103
Latvia :
1,458,572.78
1982
Latvian Labor
# 104
Israel :
1,395,194.35
1982
Israeli Labor
# 105
Papua New Guinea :
1,346,358.56
1982
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 106
Sierra Leone :
1,338,127.81
1982
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 107
Honduras :
1,313,454.85
1982
Honduran Labor
# 108
Uruguay :
1,312,574.24
1982
Uruguayan Labor
# 109
Ireland :
1,304,494.88
1982
Irish Labor
# 110
Paraguay :
1,284,457.96
1982
Paraguayan Labor
# 111
Singapore :
1,253,840.12
1982
Singapore Labor
# 112
Togo :
1,136,716.89
1982
Togolese Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,124,516.01
1982
Turkmen Labor
# 114
Albania :
1,115,156.14
1982
Albanian Labor
# 115
Central African Republic :
1,085,438.49
1982
Central African Labor
# 116
Nicaragua :
1,065,644.46
1982
Nicaraguan Labor
# 117
Jamaica :
1,014,783.31
1982
Jamaican Labor
# 118
Puerto Rico :
979,257.58
1982
Puerto Rican Labor
# 119
Eritrea :
936,062.56
1982
Eritrean Labor
# 120
Costa Rica :
878,621.72
1982
Costa Rican Labor
# 121
Estonia :
835,863.73
1982
Estonian Labor
# 122
Libya :
827,668.41
1982
Libyan Labor
# 123
Liberia :
807,293.12
1982
Liberian Labor
# 124
Slovenia :
791,614.53
1982
Slovenian Labor
# 125
Lebanon :
773,726.84
1982
Lebanese Labor
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
753,469.82
1982
Congolese Labor
# 127
Macedonia, Republic of :
748,511.08
1982
Macedonian Labor
# 128
Mongolia :
726,101.05
1982
Mongolian Labor
# 129
Panama :
689,618.58
1982
Panamanian Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
621,872.64
1982
Emirati Labor
# 131
Mauritania :
591,157.35
1982
Mauritanian Labor
# 132
Lesotho :
565,022.74
1982
Basotho Labor
# 133
Kuwait :
557,329.35
1982
Kuwaiti Labor
# 134
Jordan :
515,007.78
1982
Jordanian Labor
# 135
Trinidad and Tobago :
449,445.16
1982
Tobagonian Labor
# 136
Botswana :
408,708.32
1982
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Oman :
379,095.96
1982
Omani Labor
# 138
Mauritius :
375,950.73
1982
Mauritian Labor
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
355,140.13
1982
Guinean Labor
# 140
Gabon :
327,301.64
1982
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Namibia :
297,805.42
1982
Namibian Labor
# 142
Gambia, The :
297,703.25
1982
Gambian Labor
# 143
Cyprus :
272,557.81
1982
Cypriot Labor
# 144
Guyana :
266,714.56
1982
Guyanese Labor
# 145
East Timor :
258,426.73
1982
Timorese Labor
# 146
Fiji :
220,388.04
1982
Fijian Labor
# 147
Swaziland :
201,375.87
1982
Swazi Labor
# 148
Bahrain :
155,964.98
1982
Bahraini Labor
# 149
Luxembourg :
152,698.7
1982
Luxembourg Labor
# 150
Bhutan :
151,797.42
1982
Bhutanese Labor
# 151
Qatar :
142,935.55
1982
Qatari Labor
# 152
Comoros :
140,528.35
1982
Comoran Labor
# 153
Malta :
134,366.32
1982
Maltese Labor
# 154
Iceland :
133,572.54
1982
Icelandic Labor
# 155
Djibouti :
128,596.79
1982
Djiboutian Labor
# 156
Barbados :
115,673.81
1982
Barbadian Labor
# 157
Suriname :
111,496.03
1982
Surinamese Labor
# 158
Cape Verde :
97,952.57
1982
Cape Verdean Labor
# 159
Equatorial Guinea :
96,999.56
1982
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 160
Bahamas, The :
94,101.9
1982
Bahamian Labor
# 161
Brunei :
76,064.74
1982
Bruneian Labor
# 162
Netherlands Antilles :
69,732.66
1982
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 163
French Polynesia :
59,784.58
1982
French Polynesian Labor
# 164
Samoa :
57,107.7
1982
Samoan Labor
# 165
Vanuatu :
57,045.88
1982
- Labor
# 166
New Caledonia :
56,571.2
1982
New Caledonian Labor
# 167
Belize :
48,678.88
1982
Belizean Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
47,959.95
1982
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Maldives :
47,362.54
1982
Maldivian Labor
# 170
Guam :
44,114.95
1982
Guamanian Labor
# 171
Virgin Islands :
38,974.31
1982
Virgin Islander Labor
# 172
Saint Lucia :
37,823.17
1982
Saint Lucian Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
35,576.04
1982
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
Tonga :
32,111.51
1982
Tongan Labor
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
30,676.87
1982
Sao Tomean Labor
Weighted average:
10,881,592.2
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
207,812,110.92
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older who meet the International Labour Organisation 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."
SOURCE: International Labour Organisation, using World Bank population estimates.
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