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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 (1984) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
561,719,285.49
1984
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
277,185,504.28
1984
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
118,769,974.15
1984
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,513,471.99
1984
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
60,607,553.84
1984
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
59,315,083.62
1984
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
52,812,175.77
1984
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
40,784,043.48
1984
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,023,486.68
1984
German Labor
# 10
Thailand :
27,152,497.91
1984
Thai Labor
# 11
United Kingdom :
26,991,335.6
1984
British Labor
# 12
Pakistan :
26,476,614.59
1984
Pakistani Labor
# 13
Vietnam :
26,338,592.32
1984
Vietnamese Labor
# 14
Nigeria :
25,695,336.1
1984
Nigerian Labor
# 15
Ukraine :
25,514,655.17
1984
Ukrainian Labor
# 16
France :
24,516,326.67
1984
French Labor
# 17
Mexico :
24,177,506.84
1984
Mexican Labor
# 18
Italy :
22,741,869.12
1984
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
20,195,682.38
1984
Philippine Labor
# 20
Poland :
18,157,847.65
1984
Polish Labor
# 21
Ethiopia :
17,897,136.01
1984
Ethiopian Labor
# 22
Turkey :
17,638,525.73
1984
Turkish Labor
# 23
Burma :
17,475,867.18
1984
Burmese Labor
# 24
Spain :
14,598,638.61
1984
Spanish Labor
# 25
Canada :
13,036,695.47
1984
Canadian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
12,184,852.46
1984
Argentine Labor
# 27
Romania :
11,291,906.16
1984
Romanian Labor
# 28
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
11,276,506.73
1984
Congolese Labor
# 29
Tanzania :
10,122,053.2
1984
Tanzanian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
9,141,286.28
1984
Colombian Labor
# 31
South Africa :
8,552,597.94
1984
South African Labor
# 32
Kenya :
7,785,005.55
1984
Kenyan Labor
# 33
Sudan :
7,404,667.82
1984
Sudanese Labor
# 34
Kazakhstan :
7,395,929.17
1984
Kazakhstani Labor
# 35
Australia :
7,168,434.85
1984
Australian Labor
# 36
Peru :
6,996,103.83
1984
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Morocco :
6,641,135.87
1984
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Uganda :
6,445,983.79
1984
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Mozambique :
6,437,789.93
1984
Mozambican Labor
# 40
Nepal :
6,411,773.85
1984
Nepalese Labor
# 41
Netherlands :
6,341,907.83
1984
Dutch Labor
# 42
Sri Lanka :
6,217,243.63
1984
Sri Lankan Labor
# 43
Uzbekistan :
6,160,494.43
1984
Uzbekistani Labor
# 44
Venezuela :
5,717,671.9
1984
Venezuelan Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
5,533,535.35
1984
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Afghanistan :
5,324,498.28
1984
Afghan Labor
# 47
Belarus :
5,280,144.67
1984
Belarusian Labor
# 48
Algeria :
5,268,904.75
1984
Algerian Labor
# 49
Ghana :
4,912,141.89
1984
Ghanaian Labor
# 50
Czech Republic :
4,867,910.39
1984
Czech Labor
# 51
Hungary :
4,848,789.79
1984
Hungarian Labor
# 52
Portugal :
4,664,751.29
1984
Portuguese Labor
# 53
Bulgaria :
4,556,539.18
1984
Bulgarian Labor
# 54
Sweden :
4,501,925.9
1984
Swedish Labor
# 55
Madagascar :
4,480,815.47
1984
Malagasy Labor
# 56
Chile :
4,157,078.56
1984
Chilean Labor
# 57
Greece :
4,024,626.07
1984
Greek Labor
# 58
Belgium :
3,964,592.3
1984
Belgian Labor
# 59
Cuba :
3,881,556.52
1984
Cuban Labor
# 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
3,666,244.57
1984
Ivoirian Labor
# 61
Cameroon :
3,618,955.39
1984
Cameroonian Labor
# 62
Switzerland :
3,594,295.94
1984
Swiss Labor
# 63
Cambodia :
3,592,220.73
1984
Cambodian Labor
# 64
Iraq :
3,573,227.88
1984
Iraqi Labor
# 65
Saudi Arabia :
3,554,837.03
1984
Saudi Labor
# 66
Austria :
3,367,255.94
1984
Austrian Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
3,346,120.69
1984
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Zimbabwe :
3,197,131.1
1984
Zimbabwean Labor
# 69
Malawi :
3,125,556.91
1984
Malawian Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
2,925,460.76
1984
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Azerbaijan :
2,867,111.6
1984
Azerbaijani Labor
# 72
Denmark :
2,740,778.65
1984
Danish Labor
# 73
Rwanda :
2,696,321.42
1984
Rwandan Labor
# 74
Guatemala :
2,674,633.47
1984
Guatemalan Labor
# 75
Georgia :
2,648,469.3
1984
Georgian Labor
# 76
Finland :
2,554,113.28
1984
Finnish Labor
# 77
Senegal :
2,546,679.84
1984
Senegalese Labor
# 78
Slovakia :
2,535,358.46
1984
Slovak Labor
# 79
Haiti :
2,461,252.34
1984
Haitian Labor
# 80
Somalia :
2,459,061.1
1984
Somali Labor
# 81
Syria :
2,453,041
1984
Syrian Labor
# 82
Dominican Republic :
2,452,616.45
1984
Dominican Labor
# 83
Guinea :
2,430,763.32
1984
Guinean Labor
# 84
Zambia :
2,414,619.77
1984
Zambian Labor
# 85
Burundi :
2,372,937.19
1984
Burundian Labor
# 86
Bolivia :
2,348,245.65
1984
Bolivian Labor
# 87
Mali :
2,284,896.48
1984
Malian Labor
# 88
Norway :
2,135,641.56
1984
Norwegian Labor
# 89
Croatia :
2,135,232.44
1984
Croatian Labor
# 90
Moldova :
2,068,861.03
1984
Moldovan Labor
# 91
Tunisia :
2,053,054.08
1984
Tunisian Labor
# 92
Chad :
2,043,865.61
1984
Chadian Labor
# 93
Niger :
1,932,861.71
1984
Nigerien Labor
# 94
Lithuania :
1,831,345.11
1984
Lithuanian Labor
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,826,994.9
1984
Herzegovinian Labor
# 96
Tajikistan :
1,748,140.27
1984
Tajikistani Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
1,698,612.24
1984
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Laos :
1,629,234.6
1984
Lao Labor
# 99
New Zealand :
1,624,632.77
1984
New Zealand Labor
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
1,596,562.22
1984
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 101
Benin :
1,586,768.35
1984
Beninese Labor
# 102
Armenia :
1,574,773.9
1984
Armenian Labor
# 103
Latvia :
1,465,007.68
1984
Latvian Labor
# 104
Israel :
1,443,399.68
1984
Israeli Labor
# 105
Papua New Guinea :
1,442,439.67
1984
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 106
Honduras :
1,404,221.91
1984
Honduran Labor
# 107
Paraguay :
1,384,892.94
1984
Paraguayan Labor
# 108
Sierra Leone :
1,384,635.56
1984
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 109
Uruguay :
1,346,941.96
1984
Uruguayan Labor
# 110
Ireland :
1,332,417.9
1984
Irish Labor
# 111
Singapore :
1,312,220.24
1984
Singapore Labor
# 112
Togo :
1,226,887.74
1984
Togolese Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,194,616.58
1984
Turkmen Labor
# 114
Albania :
1,169,334.26
1984
Albanian Labor
# 115
Central African Republic :
1,152,656.93
1984
Central African Labor
# 116
Nicaragua :
1,122,795.71
1984
Nicaraguan Labor
# 117
Jamaica :
1,054,734.85
1984
Jamaican Labor
# 118
Puerto Rico :
989,393.5
1984
Puerto Rican Labor
# 119
Eritrea :
977,730.75
1984
Eritrean Labor
# 120
Costa Rica :
901,755.4
1984
Costa Rican Labor
# 121
Libya :
900,343.03
1984
Libyan Labor
# 122
Liberia :
859,263.1
1984
Liberian Labor
# 123
Estonia :
844,253.89
1984
Estonian Labor
# 124
Slovenia :
802,095.25
1984
Slovenian Labor
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
799,266.72
1984
Congolese Labor
# 126
Mongolia :
767,448.11
1984
Mongolian Labor
# 127
Macedonia, Republic of :
755,778.56
1984
Macedonian Labor
# 128
Panama :
751,053.44
1984
Panamanian Labor
# 129
Lebanon :
743,927.34
1984
Lebanese Labor
# 130
United Arab Emirates :
683,094.72
1984
Emirati Labor
# 131
Mauritania :
627,327.85
1984
Mauritanian Labor
# 132
Kuwait :
625,583.36
1984
Kuwaiti Labor
# 133
Lesotho :
595,625
1984
Basotho Labor
# 134
Jordan :
575,204.78
1984
Jordanian Labor
# 135
Trinidad and Tobago :
462,953.93
1984
Tobagonian Labor
# 136
Botswana :
434,207.87
1984
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Oman :
419,682.8
1984
Omani Labor
# 138
Mauritius :
394,685.11
1984
Mauritian Labor
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
360,903.23
1984
Guinean Labor
# 140
Gabon :
340,648.09
1984
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Gambia, The :
316,200.19
1984
Gambian Labor
# 142
Namibia :
312,404.37
1984
Namibian Labor
# 143
Cyprus :
277,173.69
1984
Cypriot Labor
# 144
East Timor :
273,439.33
1984
Timorese Labor
# 145
Guyana :
268,825.82
1984
Guyanese Labor
# 146
Fiji :
232,777.8
1984
Fijian Labor
# 147
Swaziland :
213,601.19
1984
Swazi Labor
# 148
Qatar :
184,860.4
1984
Qatari Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
172,149.01
1984
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Bhutan :
155,943.77
1984
Bhutanese Labor
# 151
Luxembourg :
154,241.33
1984
Luxembourg Labor
# 152
Comoros :
146,501.34
1984
Comoran Labor
# 153
Djibouti :
136,886.7
1984
Djiboutian Labor
# 154
Iceland :
136,687.53
1984
Icelandic Labor
# 155
Malta :
128,510.07
1984
Maltese Labor
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
123,165.62
1984
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 157
Barbados :
120,466.32
1984
Barbadian Labor
# 158
Suriname :
118,610.38
1984
Surinamese Labor
# 159
Cape Verde :
102,898.67
1984
Cape Verdean Labor
# 160
Bahamas, The :
101,346.15
1984
Bahamian Labor
# 161
Brunei :
81,952.51
1984
Bruneian Labor
# 162
Netherlands Antilles :
72,766.83
1984
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 163
French Polynesia :
64,375.04
1984
French Polynesian Labor
# 164
New Caledonia :
59,645.71
1984
New Caledonian Labor
# 165
Vanuatu :
59,473.37
1984
- Labor
# 166
Samoa :
58,415.88
1984
Samoan Labor
# 167
Belize :
52,341.98
1984
Belizean Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
50,756.44
1984
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Maldives :
49,953.81
1984
Maldivian Labor
# 170
Guam :
48,730.02
1984
Guamanian Labor
# 171
Virgin Islands :
42,059.41
1984
Virgin Islander Labor
# 172
Saint Lucia :
40,004.58
1984
Saint Lucian Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
37,688.43
1984
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
Tonga :
31,515.36
1984
Tongan Labor
# 175
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31,447.04
1984
Sao Tomean Labor
Weighted average:
11,368,141.4
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
210,125,004.47
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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