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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 (1983) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
546,698,987.18
1983
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
270,850,651.83
1983
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
116,861,719.13
1983
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,311,726.91
1983
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
59,365,590.8
1983
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
58,883,235.23
1983
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
51,413,936.96
1983
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
39,550,784.14
1983
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
35,443,612.74
1983
German Labor
# 10
United Kingdom :
26,529,241.51
1983
British Labor
# 11
Thailand :
26,260,108.62
1983
Thai Labor
# 12
Pakistan :
25,777,653.02
1983
Pakistani Labor
# 13
Vietnam :
25,745,526.32
1983
Vietnamese Labor
# 14
Ukraine :
25,492,328.19
1983
Ukrainian Labor
# 15
Nigeria :
25,221,730.08
1983
Nigerian Labor
# 16
France :
24,485,175.32
1983
French Labor
# 17
Mexico :
23,359,113.8
1983
Mexican Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,565,977.8
1983
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
19,661,425.69
1983
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
18,022,142.57
1983
Polish Labor
# 21
Ethiopia :
17,289,354.69
1983
Ethiopian Labor
# 22
Turkey :
17,264,707.82
1983
Turkish Labor
# 23
Burma :
17,074,125.21
1983
Burmese Labor
# 24
Spain :
14,543,861.02
1983
Spanish Labor
# 25
Canada :
12,816,618.42
1983
Canadian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
12,024,551.16
1983
Argentine Labor
# 27
Romania :
11,262,939.49
1983
Romanian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
11,018,894.16
1983
Congolese Labor
# 29
Tanzania :
9,802,431.47
1983
Tanzanian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
8,800,562.95
1983
Colombian Labor
# 31
South Africa :
8,282,195.37
1983
South African Labor
# 32
Kenya :
7,493,455.33
1983
Kenyan Labor
# 33
Kazakhstan :
7,299,410.37
1983
Kazakhstani Labor
# 34
Sudan :
7,258,452.72
1983
Sudanese Labor
# 35
Australia :
7,047,012.51
1983
Australian Labor
# 36
Peru :
6,769,897.44
1983
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Morocco :
6,476,198.49
1983
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Mozambique :
6,355,467.28
1983
Mozambican Labor
# 39
Netherlands :
6,262,330.38
1983
Dutch Labor
# 40
Uganda :
6,245,883.05
1983
Ugandan Labor
# 41
Nepal :
6,235,638.95
1983
Nepalese Labor
# 42
Sri Lanka :
6,154,173.44
1983
Sri Lankan Labor
# 43
Uzbekistan :
5,970,819.66
1983
Uzbekistani Labor
# 44
Venezuela :
5,462,917.01
1983
Venezuelan Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
5,380,412.44
1983
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Belarus :
5,242,917.11
1983
Belarusian Labor
# 47
Afghanistan :
5,226,478.28
1983
Afghan Labor
# 48
Algeria :
5,088,451.61
1983
Algerian Labor
# 49
Hungary :
4,904,323.26
1983
Hungarian Labor
# 50
Czech Republic :
4,863,608.2
1983
Czech Labor
# 51
Ghana :
4,744,183.72
1983
Ghanaian Labor
# 52
Portugal :
4,725,886.59
1983
Portuguese Labor
# 53
Bulgaria :
4,557,102.24
1983
Bulgarian Labor
# 54
Sweden :
4,496,927.08
1983
Swedish Labor
# 55
Madagascar :
4,352,402.38
1983
Malagasy Labor
# 56
Chile :
4,012,623.16
1983
Chilean Labor
# 57
Greece :
4,003,379.73
1983
Greek Labor
# 58
Belgium :
3,963,673.08
1983
Belgian Labor
# 59
Cuba :
3,774,474.92
1983
Cuban Labor
# 60
Switzerland :
3,581,015.6
1983
Swiss Labor
# 61
Cameroon :
3,534,179.47
1983
Cameroonian Labor
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,500,497.99
1983
Ivoirian Labor
# 63
Iraq :
3,480,222.65
1983
Iraqi Labor
# 64
Cambodia :
3,466,567.77
1983
Cambodian Labor
# 65
Austria :
3,296,220.56
1983
Austrian Labor
# 66
Burkina Faso :
3,277,990.93
1983
Burkinabe Labor
# 67
Saudi Arabia :
3,265,642.63
1983
Saudi Labor
# 68
Malawi :
3,106,263.38
1983
Malawian Labor
# 69
Zimbabwe :
3,066,498.36
1983
Zimbabwean Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
2,842,199.33
1983
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Azerbaijan :
2,798,114.88
1983
Azerbaijani Labor
# 72
Denmark :
2,733,563.82
1983
Danish Labor
# 73
Georgia :
2,619,999.16
1983
Georgian Labor
# 74
Rwanda :
2,619,309.57
1983
Rwandan Labor
# 75
Guatemala :
2,616,163.75
1983
Guatemalan Labor
# 76
Finland :
2,539,846.33
1983
Finnish Labor
# 77
Slovakia :
2,522,052.06
1983
Slovak Labor
# 78
Somalia :
2,485,643.33
1983
Somali Labor
# 79
Senegal :
2,476,177.28
1983
Senegalese Labor
# 80
Haiti :
2,412,377.79
1983
Haitian Labor
# 81
Guinea :
2,374,860.58
1983
Guinean Labor
# 82
Dominican Republic :
2,372,163.5
1983
Dominican Labor
# 83
Syria :
2,343,953.35
1983
Syrian Labor
# 84
Zambia :
2,323,110.71
1983
Zambian Labor
# 85
Bolivia :
2,286,467.76
1983
Bolivian Labor
# 86
Burundi :
2,284,355.75
1983
Burundian Labor
# 87
Mali :
2,258,205.11
1983
Malian Labor
# 88
Croatia :
2,129,184.67
1983
Croatian Labor
# 89
Norway :
2,117,170.85
1983
Norwegian Labor
# 90
Moldova :
2,050,102.68
1983
Moldovan Labor
# 91
Tunisia :
2,008,597.45
1983
Tunisian Labor
# 92
Chad :
2,001,310.86
1983
Chadian Labor
# 93
Niger :
1,876,351.28
1983
Nigerien Labor
# 94
Lithuania :
1,815,063.29
1983
Lithuanian Labor
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,785,745.94
1983
Herzegovinian Labor
# 96
Tajikistan :
1,695,354.74
1983
Tajikistani Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
1,669,337.55
1983
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
New Zealand :
1,603,226.62
1983
New Zealand Labor
# 99
Laos :
1,585,962.82
1983
Lao Labor
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
1,558,209.56
1983
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 101
Armenia :
1,546,332.5
1983
Armenian Labor
# 102
Benin :
1,545,580.31
1983
Beninese Labor
# 103
Latvia :
1,462,139.62
1983
Latvian Labor
# 104
Israel :
1,412,827.62
1983
Israeli Labor
# 105
Papua New Guinea :
1,391,244.39
1983
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 106
Sierra Leone :
1,361,909.06
1983
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 107
Honduras :
1,358,263.63
1983
Honduran Labor
# 108
Paraguay :
1,337,317.27
1983
Paraguayan Labor
# 109
Uruguay :
1,336,057.28
1983
Uruguayan Labor
# 110
Ireland :
1,333,689.71
1983
Irish Labor
# 111
Singapore :
1,281,783.27
1983
Singapore Labor
# 112
Togo :
1,183,210
1983
Togolese Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,160,364.45
1983
Turkmen Labor
# 114
Albania :
1,141,986.93
1983
Albanian Labor
# 115
Central African Republic :
1,123,264.24
1983
Central African Labor
# 116
Nicaragua :
1,094,099.01
1983
Nicaraguan Labor
# 117
Jamaica :
1,035,590.25
1983
Jamaican Labor
# 118
Puerto Rico :
978,610.05
1983
Puerto Rican Labor
# 119
Eritrea :
954,743.93
1983
Eritrean Labor
# 120
Costa Rica :
894,390.4
1983
Costa Rican Labor
# 121
Libya :
864,607.03
1983
Libyan Labor
# 122
Estonia :
839,755.44
1983
Estonian Labor
# 123
Liberia :
835,879.82
1983
Liberian Labor
# 124
Slovenia :
796,417.52
1983
Slovenian Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
776,440.72
1983
Congolese Labor
# 126
Lebanon :
767,548.97
1983
Lebanese Labor
# 127
Macedonia, Republic of :
752,670.7
1983
Macedonian Labor
# 128
Mongolia :
747,062.58
1983
Mongolian Labor
# 129
Panama :
715,474.91
1983
Panamanian Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
652,442.84
1983
Emirati Labor
# 131
Mauritania :
608,219.54
1983
Mauritanian Labor
# 132
Kuwait :
589,883.96
1983
Kuwaiti Labor
# 133
Lesotho :
582,257.66
1983
Basotho Labor
# 134
Jordan :
548,084.3
1983
Jordanian Labor
# 135
Trinidad and Tobago :
456,794.96
1983
Tobagonian Labor
# 136
Botswana :
420,897.34
1983
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Oman :
399,438.66
1983
Omani Labor
# 138
Mauritius :
385,270.03
1983
Mauritian Labor
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
358,513.47
1983
Guinean Labor
# 140
Gabon :
333,760.99
1983
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Gambia, The :
306,135.09
1983
Gambian Labor
# 142
Namibia :
303,447.05
1983
Namibian Labor
# 143
Cyprus :
275,832.66
1983
Cypriot Labor
# 144
Guyana :
267,771.96
1983
Guyanese Labor
# 145
East Timor :
265,364.1
1983
Timorese Labor
# 146
Fiji :
227,972.26
1983
Fijian Labor
# 147
Swaziland :
206,993.55
1983
Swazi Labor
# 148
Qatar :
165,113.29
1983
Qatari Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
164,227.82
1983
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Luxembourg :
153,715.61
1983
Luxembourg Labor
# 151
Bhutan :
153,556.47
1983
Bhutanese Labor
# 152
Comoros :
143,377.3
1983
Comoran Labor
# 153
Iceland :
136,618.46
1983
Icelandic Labor
# 154
Djibouti :
132,094.06
1983
Djiboutian Labor
# 155
Malta :
130,983.46
1983
Maltese Labor
# 156
Barbados :
118,206.4
1983
Barbadian Labor
# 157
Suriname :
115,201.41
1983
Surinamese Labor
# 158
Equatorial Guinea :
110,324.34
1983
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 159
Cape Verde :
100,378.4
1983
Cape Verdean Labor
# 160
Bahamas, The :
97,682.1
1983
Bahamian Labor
# 161
Brunei :
78,768.72
1983
Bruneian Labor
# 162
Netherlands Antilles :
71,216.47
1983
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 163
French Polynesia :
61,916.58
1983
French Polynesian Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
58,181.08
1983
- Labor
# 165
Samoa :
57,902.24
1983
Samoan Labor
# 166
New Caledonia :
57,240.1
1983
New Caledonian Labor
# 167
Belize :
50,195.57
1983
Belizean Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
48,865.14
1983
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Maldives :
48,675.77
1983
Maldivian Labor
# 170
Guam :
45,525.2
1983
Guamanian Labor
# 171
Virgin Islands :
40,095.41
1983
Virgin Islander Labor
# 172
Saint Lucia :
38,968.76
1983
Saint Lucian Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
36,652.7
1983
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
Tonga :
31,745.57
1983
Tongan Labor
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31,086.53
1983
Sao Tomean Labor
Weighted average:
11,125,713.3
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
208,529,461.1
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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"Labor force, total (1983) by country", International Labour Organisation, using World Bank population estimates.. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/lab_lab_for_tot-labor-force-total&date=1983
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