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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 (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
604,717,209.58
1987
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
296,335,832.34
1987
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
124,445,814.09
1987
American Labor
# 4
Russia :
77,761,117.61
1987
Russian Labor
# 5
Indonesia :
69,990,461.31
1987
Indonesian Labor
# 6
Japan :
60,961,539.02
1987
Japanese Labor
# 7
Brazil :
58,103,997.88
1987
Brazilian Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
44,814,312.09
1987
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
36,757,444.09
1987
German Labor
# 10
Thailand :
29,834,028.51
1987
Thai Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
28,733,121.58
1987
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Pakistan :
28,719,316.96
1987
Pakistani Labor
# 13
United Kingdom :
28,121,996.58
1987
British Labor
# 14
Nigeria :
27,384,102.99
1987
Nigerian Labor
# 15
Mexico :
27,000,270.12
1987
Mexican Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
25,551,041.82
1987
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
24,825,621.13
1987
French Labor
# 18
Italy :
23,278,130.61
1987
Italian Labor
# 19
Philippines :
22,576,248.18
1987
Philippine Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
19,624,953.04
1987
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Burma :
19,011,290.15
1987
Burmese Labor
# 22
Turkey :
18,834,470.62
1987
Turkish Labor
# 23
Poland :
18,377,161.16
1987
Polish Labor
# 24
Spain :
14,891,841.93
1987
Spanish Labor
# 25
Canada :
13,867,194.54
1987
Canadian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
12,714,025.42
1987
Argentine Labor
# 27
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,199,326.73
1987
Congolese Labor
# 28
Romania :
11,473,017.66
1987
Romanian Labor
# 29
Tanzania :
11,118,709.53
1987
Tanzanian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
10,133,116.52
1987
Colombian Labor
# 31
South Africa :
9,446,768.42
1987
South African Labor
# 32
Kenya :
8,734,658.66
1987
Kenyan Labor
# 33
Australia :
7,790,041.51
1987
Australian Labor
# 34
Sudan :
7,754,570.89
1987
Sudanese Labor
# 35
Kazakhstan :
7,631,332.05
1987
Kazakhstani Labor
# 36
Peru :
7,513,480.97
1987
Peruvian Labor
# 37
Morocco :
7,231,215.82
1987
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Uganda :
7,156,043.5
1987
Ugandan Labor
# 39
Nepal :
6,946,402.84
1987
Nepalese Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
6,697,186.27
1987
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Netherlands :
6,589,572.12
1987
Dutch Labor
# 42
Sri Lanka :
6,427,736.23
1987
Sri Lankan Labor
# 43
Venezuela :
6,406,102.49
1987
Venezuelan Labor
# 44
Mozambique :
6,326,696.59
1987
Mozambican Labor
# 45
Malaysia :
6,157,328.54
1987
Malaysian Labor
# 46
Algeria :
6,043,372.38
1987
Algerian Labor
# 47
Afghanistan :
5,623,822.63
1987
Afghan Labor
# 48
Ghana :
5,426,755.65
1987
Ghanaian Labor
# 49
Belarus :
5,337,049.68
1987
Belarusian Labor
# 50
Madagascar :
4,900,709.37
1987
Malagasy Labor
# 51
Czech Republic :
4,889,532.19
1987
Czech Labor
# 52
Hungary :
4,675,642.3
1987
Hungarian Labor
# 53
Portugal :
4,659,827.17
1987
Portuguese Labor
# 54
Chile :
4,605,969.94
1987
Chilean Labor
# 55
Sweden :
4,590,539.21
1987
Swedish Labor
# 56
Bulgaria :
4,410,076.37
1987
Bulgarian Labor
# 57
Saudi Arabia :
4,393,088.57
1987
Saudi Labor
# 58
Cuba :
4,193,758.42
1987
Cuban Labor
# 59
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,149,968.23
1987
Ivoirian Labor
# 60
Greece :
4,036,307.09
1987
Greek Labor
# 61
Iraq :
3,960,829.23
1987
Iraqi Labor
# 62
Cambodia :
3,951,257.62
1987
Cambodian Labor
# 63
Belgium :
3,930,628.27
1987
Belgian Labor
# 64
Cameroon :
3,928,801.62
1987
Cameroonian Labor
# 65
Switzerland :
3,717,386.29
1987
Swiss Labor
# 66
Zimbabwe :
3,641,434.94
1987
Zimbabwean Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
3,590,989.12
1987
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Austria :
3,436,478.64
1987
Austrian Labor
# 69
Malawi :
3,312,630.99
1987
Malawian Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
3,187,280.15
1987
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Rwanda :
3,034,226.24
1987
Rwandan Labor
# 72
Azerbaijan :
3,026,850.49
1987
Azerbaijani Labor
# 73
Guatemala :
2,875,019.27
1987
Guatemalan Labor
# 74
Denmark :
2,835,977.64
1987
Danish Labor
# 75
Syria :
2,820,834.01
1987
Syrian Labor
# 76
Senegal :
2,774,826.87
1987
Senegalese Labor
# 77
Georgia :
2,761,937
1987
Georgian Labor
# 78
Zambia :
2,689,668.69
1987
Zambian Labor
# 79
Dominican Republic :
2,685,944.73
1987
Dominican Labor
# 80
Guinea :
2,621,136.42
1987
Guinean Labor
# 81
Burundi :
2,613,849.88
1987
Burundian Labor
# 82
Haiti :
2,610,342.28
1987
Haitian Labor
# 83
Finland :
2,562,932.07
1987
Finnish Labor
# 84
Slovakia :
2,560,292.15
1987
Slovak Labor
# 85
Bolivia :
2,550,365.69
1987
Bolivian Labor
# 86
Somalia :
2,498,710.11
1987
Somali Labor
# 87
Mali :
2,392,556.26
1987
Malian Labor
# 88
Norway :
2,261,522.55
1987
Norwegian Labor
# 89
Tunisia :
2,251,889.35
1987
Tunisian Labor
# 90
Chad :
2,199,792.49
1987
Chadian Labor
# 91
Croatia :
2,150,513.51
1987
Croatian Labor
# 92
Moldova :
2,104,379.11
1987
Moldovan Labor
# 93
Niger :
2,079,663.87
1987
Nigerien Labor
# 94
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,963,614.08
1987
Herzegovinian Labor
# 95
Tajikistan :
1,918,157.86
1987
Tajikistani Labor
# 96
Lithuania :
1,882,253.88
1987
Lithuanian Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
1,795,325.74
1987
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Laos :
1,777,872.92
1987
Lao Labor
# 99
Benin :
1,721,291.78
1987
Beninese Labor
# 100
Kyrgyzstan :
1,702,969.29
1987
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 101
New Zealand :
1,669,818.01
1987
New Zealand Labor
# 102
Armenia :
1,665,321.81
1987
Armenian Labor
# 103
Papua New Guinea :
1,583,900.14
1987
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 104
Honduras :
1,555,687.44
1987
Honduran Labor
# 105
Israel :
1,535,054.92
1987
Israeli Labor
# 106
Paraguay :
1,532,558.3
1987
Paraguayan Labor
# 107
Sierra Leone :
1,487,324.29
1987
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 108
Latvia :
1,480,335.48
1987
Latvian Labor
# 109
Togo :
1,372,101.71
1987
Togolese Labor
# 110
Uruguay :
1,364,640.97
1987
Uruguayan Labor
# 111
Singapore :
1,355,688.18
1987
Singapore Labor
# 112
Ireland :
1,344,026.88
1987
Irish Labor
# 113
Turkmenistan :
1,300,059.28
1987
Turkmen Labor
# 114
Albania :
1,287,457.38
1987
Albanian Labor
# 115
Nicaragua :
1,237,892.4
1987
Nicaraguan Labor
# 116
Central African Republic :
1,228,128.53
1987
Central African Labor
# 117
Jamaica :
1,095,346.82
1987
Jamaican Labor
# 118
Eritrea :
1,076,609.66
1987
Eritrean Labor
# 119
Costa Rica :
1,067,049.18
1987
Costa Rican Labor
# 120
Puerto Rico :
1,065,486.19
1987
Puerto Rican Labor
# 121
Libya :
1,024,671.14
1987
Libyan Labor
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
887,852.48
1987
Congolese Labor
# 123
Liberia :
882,646.44
1987
Liberian Labor
# 124
Estonia :
856,688.3
1987
Estonian Labor
# 125
Mongolia :
834,283.73
1987
Mongolian Labor
# 126
Panama :
829,080.79
1987
Panamanian Labor
# 127
Slovenia :
825,250.95
1987
Slovenian Labor
# 128
United Arab Emirates :
800,542.55
1987
Emirati Labor
# 129
Macedonia, Republic of :
775,813.4
1987
Macedonian Labor
# 130
Kuwait :
733,474.81
1987
Kuwaiti Labor
# 131
Lebanon :
730,894.1
1987
Lebanese Labor
# 132
Mauritania :
679,590.24
1987
Mauritanian Labor
# 133
Jordan :
637,607.59
1987
Jordanian Labor
# 134
Lesotho :
630,473.38
1987
Basotho Labor
# 135
Oman :
489,474.55
1987
Omani Labor
# 136
Botswana :
481,743.65
1987
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Trinidad and Tobago :
450,124.53
1987
Tobagonian Labor
# 138
Mauritius :
420,389.86
1987
Mauritian Labor
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
385,535.74
1987
Guinean Labor
# 140
Gabon :
369,284.41
1987
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Namibia :
368,588.4
1987
Namibian Labor
# 142
Gambia, The :
354,481
1987
Gambian Labor
# 143
East Timor :
292,974.61
1987
Timorese Labor
# 144
Cyprus :
289,911.26
1987
Cypriot Labor
# 145
Guyana :
270,533.34
1987
Guyanese Labor
# 146
Fiji :
243,331.05
1987
Fijian Labor
# 147
Swaziland :
240,963.4
1987
Swazi Labor
# 148
Qatar :
236,260.13
1987
Qatari Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
195,641.75
1987
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Bhutan :
168,815.83
1987
Bhutanese Labor
# 151
Djibouti :
168,617.26
1987
Djiboutian Labor
# 152
Luxembourg :
160,581.16
1987
Luxembourg Labor
# 153
Comoros :
159,460.21
1987
Comoran Labor
# 154
Equatorial Guinea :
145,289.76
1987
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 155
Iceland :
142,115.53
1987
Icelandic Labor
# 156
Suriname :
130,804.96
1987
Surinamese Labor
# 157
Barbados :
129,206.81
1987
Barbadian Labor
# 158
Malta :
126,582.59
1987
Maltese Labor
# 159
Bahamas, The :
112,306.69
1987
Bahamian Labor
# 160
Cape Verde :
108,742.96
1987
Cape Verdean Labor
# 161
Brunei :
94,652.75
1987
Bruneian Labor
# 162
Netherlands Antilles :
78,179.23
1987
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 163
French Polynesia :
71,525.33
1987
French Polynesian Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
64,593.97
1987
- Labor
# 165
New Caledonia :
63,315.12
1987
New Caledonian Labor
# 166
Belize :
57,968.23
1987
Belizean Labor
# 167
Guam :
57,404.65
1987
Guamanian Labor
# 168
Samoa :
57,301.68
1987
Samoan Labor
# 169
Solomon Islands :
55,225.47
1987
Solomon Islander Labor
# 170
Maldives :
54,634.35
1987
Maldivian Labor
# 171
Saint Lucia :
44,416.3
1987
Saint Lucian Labor
# 172
Virgin Islands :
43,524.71
1987
Virgin Islander Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
39,912.26
1987
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
33,238.18
1987
Sao Tomean Labor
# 175
Tonga :
32,036.19
1987
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
12,143,225.9
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
213,868,648.89
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 (1987) 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=1987
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