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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 (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
654,571,387.51
1991
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
324,629,978.71
1991
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
129,967,034.4
1991
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
76,446,333.38
1991
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Russia :
75,704,415.21
1991
Russian Labor
# 6
Brazil :
65,931,611.23
1991
Brazilian Labor
# 7
Japan :
65,025,920.6
1991
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
51,315,651.03
1991
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,982,504.77
1991
German Labor
# 10
Thailand :
32,218,525.47
1991
Thai Labor
# 11
Vietnam :
31,854,435.49
1991
Vietnamese Labor
# 12
Pakistan :
31,746,208.25
1991
Pakistani Labor
# 13
Mexico :
30,866,898.15
1991
Mexican Labor
# 14
Nigeria :
30,131,657.67
1991
Nigerian Labor
# 15
United Kingdom :
28,904,647.51
1991
British Labor
# 16
Ukraine :
25,450,537.14
1991
Ukrainian Labor
# 17
France :
25,007,522.6
1991
French Labor
# 18
Philippines :
24,771,833.38
1991
Philippine Labor
# 19
Italy :
23,886,389.23
1991
Italian Labor
# 20
Ethiopia :
22,272,716.39
1991
Ethiopian Labor
# 21
Burma :
21,222,485.15
1991
Burmese Labor
# 22
Turkey :
21,152,710.52
1991
Turkish Labor
# 23
Poland :
17,917,627.61
1991
Polish Labor
# 24
Spain :
15,712,844.87
1991
Spanish Labor
# 25
Canada :
14,820,870.31
1991
Canadian Labor
# 26
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
13,971,757.58
1991
Congolese Labor
# 27
Argentina :
13,619,673.19
1991
Argentine Labor
# 28
Tanzania :
12,702,196.35
1991
Tanzanian Labor
# 29
Romania :
11,860,459.63
1991
Romanian Labor
# 30
Colombia :
11,544,726.63
1991
Colombian Labor
# 31
South Africa :
10,804,189.67
1991
South African Labor
# 32
Kenya :
10,257,570.31
1991
Kenyan Labor
# 33
Peru :
8,585,692.95
1991
Peruvian Labor
# 34
Australia :
8,538,644.34
1991
Australian Labor
# 35
Uganda :
8,173,268.83
1991
Ugandan Labor
# 36
Sudan :
8,126,698.21
1991
Sudanese Labor
# 37
Morocco :
8,009,879.21
1991
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Kazakhstan :
7,887,381.7
1991
Kazakhstani Labor
# 39
Nepal :
7,763,864.97
1991
Nepalese Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
7,438,080.38
1991
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Venezuela :
7,424,543.05
1991
Venezuelan Labor
# 42
Algeria :
7,375,639.17
1991
Algerian Labor
# 43
Malaysia :
7,231,447.69
1991
Malaysian Labor
# 44
Netherlands :
7,002,859.94
1991
Dutch Labor
# 45
Sri Lanka :
6,875,460.15
1991
Sri Lankan Labor
# 46
Mozambique :
6,435,591.14
1991
Mozambican Labor
# 47
Ghana :
6,170,246.49
1991
Ghanaian Labor
# 48
Afghanistan :
6,030,374.38
1991
Afghan Labor
# 49
Madagascar :
5,544,558.6
1991
Malagasy Labor
# 50
Belarus :
5,199,827.22
1991
Belarusian Labor
# 51
Saudi Arabia :
5,138,399.13
1991
Saudi Labor
# 52
Chile :
5,088,259.24
1991
Chilean Labor
# 53
Czech Republic :
5,006,953.89
1991
Czech Labor
# 54
Portugal :
4,894,804.91
1991
Portuguese Labor
# 55
Côte d'Ivoire :
4,870,548.17
1991
Ivoirian Labor
# 56
Sweden :
4,733,027.04
1991
Swedish Labor
# 57
Hungary :
4,523,203.07
1991
Hungarian Labor
# 58
Cameroon :
4,502,059.53
1991
Cameroonian Labor
# 59
Cuba :
4,500,528.26
1991
Cuban Labor
# 60
Cambodia :
4,445,108.94
1991
Cambodian Labor
# 61
Iraq :
4,441,612
1991
Iraqi Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
4,294,338.46
1991
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Greece :
4,134,965.84
1991
Greek Labor
# 64
Belgium :
4,037,506.05
1991
Belgian Labor
# 65
Malawi :
4,035,400.73
1991
Malawian Labor
# 66
Bulgaria :
4,022,106.69
1991
Bulgarian Labor
# 67
Burkina Faso :
4,000,573.01
1991
Burkinabe Labor
# 68
Switzerland :
3,906,277.81
1991
Swiss Labor
# 69
Austria :
3,603,838.69
1991
Austrian Labor
# 70
Ecuador :
3,599,851.13
1991
Ecuadorian Labor
# 71
Syria :
3,428,328.66
1991
Syrian Labor
# 72
Azerbaijan :
3,170,991.56
1991
Azerbaijani Labor
# 73
Guatemala :
3,168,213.41
1991
Guatemalan Labor
# 74
Senegal :
3,130,139.78
1991
Senegalese Labor
# 75
Zambia :
3,088,234.19
1991
Zambian Labor
# 76
Rwanda :
3,055,820.55
1991
Rwandan Labor
# 77
Dominican Republic :
3,001,963.52
1991
Dominican Labor
# 78
Guinea :
2,992,733.03
1991
Guinean Labor
# 79
Denmark :
2,914,296.18
1991
Danish Labor
# 80
Burundi :
2,858,142.04
1991
Burundian Labor
# 81
Haiti :
2,829,547.33
1991
Haitian Labor
# 82
Bolivia :
2,827,651.97
1991
Bolivian Labor
# 83
Georgia :
2,796,599.66
1991
Georgian Labor
# 84
Slovakia :
2,625,598.93
1991
Slovak Labor
# 85
Somalia :
2,607,329.14
1991
Somali Labor
# 86
Finland :
2,581,683.65
1991
Finnish Labor
# 87
Mali :
2,535,732.42
1991
Malian Labor
# 88
Tunisia :
2,507,864.56
1991
Tunisian Labor
# 89
Chad :
2,455,175.44
1991
Chadian Labor
# 90
Niger :
2,402,460.05
1991
Nigerien Labor
# 91
Norway :
2,183,006.56
1991
Norwegian Labor
# 92
Tajikistan :
2,113,257.36
1991
Tajikistani Labor
# 93
Moldova :
2,103,204.8
1991
Moldovan Labor
# 94
Croatia :
2,065,618.7
1991
Croatian Labor
# 95
Laos :
1,991,477.43
1991
Lao Labor
# 96
Benin :
1,967,670.14
1991
Beninese Labor
# 97
El Salvador :
1,967,301.17
1991
Salvadoran Labor
# 98
Lithuania :
1,887,547.07
1991
Lithuanian Labor
# 99
Kyrgyzstan :
1,848,923.89
1991
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,846,708.73
1991
Herzegovinian Labor
# 101
Israel :
1,813,100.45
1991
Israeli Labor
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
1,793,372.62
1991
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 103
Honduras :
1,775,347.35
1991
Honduran Labor
# 104
Paraguay :
1,736,221.6
1991
Paraguayan Labor
# 105
New Zealand :
1,712,096.72
1991
New Zealand Labor
# 106
Armenia :
1,668,433.14
1991
Armenian Labor
# 107
Singapore :
1,615,836.93
1991
Singapore Labor
# 108
Sierra Leone :
1,577,954.66
1991
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 109
Togo :
1,563,521.06
1991
Togolese Labor
# 110
Turkmenistan :
1,456,976.04
1991
Turkmen Labor
# 111
Nicaragua :
1,416,285.63
1991
Nicaraguan Labor
# 112
Latvia :
1,414,252.12
1991
Latvian Labor
# 113
Uruguay :
1,412,989.32
1991
Uruguayan Labor
# 114
Ireland :
1,366,430.61
1991
Irish Labor
# 115
Albania :
1,345,068.1
1991
Albanian Labor
# 116
Central African Republic :
1,335,425.54
1991
Central African Labor
# 117
Libya :
1,207,755.13
1991
Libyan Labor
# 118
Puerto Rico :
1,192,063.72
1991
Puerto Rican Labor
# 119
Costa Rica :
1,188,575.18
1991
Costa Rican Labor
# 120
Eritrea :
1,166,534.96
1991
Eritrean Labor
# 121
Jamaica :
1,136,498.68
1991
Jamaican Labor
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
1,013,288.21
1991
Congolese Labor
# 123
United Arab Emirates :
1,011,391.35
1991
Emirati Labor
# 124
Panama :
949,826.27
1991
Panamanian Labor
# 125
Mongolia :
929,566.2
1991
Mongolian Labor
# 126
Jordan :
881,670.46
1991
Jordanian Labor
# 127
Lebanon :
859,389.84
1991
Lebanese Labor
# 128
Slovenia :
842,043.63
1991
Slovenian Labor
# 129
Estonia :
825,422.55
1991
Estonian Labor
# 130
Liberia :
818,365.59
1991
Liberian Labor
# 131
Macedonia, Republic of :
815,071.55
1991
Macedonian Labor
# 132
Mauritania :
760,993.1
1991
Mauritanian Labor
# 133
Lesotho :
662,739.48
1991
Basotho Labor
# 134
Oman :
607,370.52
1991
Omani Labor
# 135
Kuwait :
564,155.96
1991
Kuwaiti Labor
# 136
Botswana :
563,673.17
1991
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Namibia :
464,197.51
1991
Namibian Labor
# 138
Mauritius :
453,282.67
1991
Mauritian Labor
# 139
Trinidad and Tobago :
447,677.53
1991
Tobagonian Labor
# 140
Guinea-Bissau :
432,903.57
1991
Guinean Labor
# 141
Gambia, The :
416,238.1
1991
Gambian Labor
# 142
Gabon :
407,644.53
1991
Gabonese Labor
# 143
East Timor :
321,161.96
1991
Timorese Labor
# 144
Cyprus :
305,331.78
1991
Cypriot Labor
# 145
Swaziland :
281,374.76
1991
Swazi Labor
# 146
Guyana :
279,742.8
1991
Guyanese Labor
# 147
Qatar :
279,630.92
1991
Qatari Labor
# 148
Fiji :
260,061.08
1991
Fijian Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
228,519.14
1991
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Djibouti :
215,794.98
1991
Djiboutian Labor
# 151
Comoros :
183,841.66
1991
Comoran Labor
# 152
Bhutan :
174,398.32
1991
Bhutanese Labor
# 153
Luxembourg :
165,746.53
1991
Luxembourg Labor
# 154
Iceland :
153,677.76
1991
Icelandic Labor
# 155
Equatorial Guinea :
152,369.25
1991
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 156
Suriname :
142,959.12
1991
Surinamese Labor
# 157
Barbados :
134,479.98
1991
Barbadian Labor
# 158
Malta :
130,773.23
1991
Maltese Labor
# 159
Bahamas, The :
126,542.73
1991
Bahamian Labor
# 160
Cape Verde :
117,110
1991
Cape Verdean Labor
# 161
Brunei :
114,338.83
1991
Bruneian Labor
# 162
Netherlands Antilles :
83,314.05
1991
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 163
French Polynesia :
79,739.45
1991
French Polynesian Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
72,294.47
1991
- Labor
# 165
New Caledonia :
71,155.7
1991
New Caledonian Labor
# 166
Belize :
64,921.42
1991
Belizean Labor
# 167
Guam :
63,875.59
1991
Guamanian Labor
# 168
Solomon Islands :
62,757.49
1991
Solomon Islander Labor
# 169
Maldives :
61,374.88
1991
Maldivian Labor
# 170
Samoa :
57,108.22
1991
Samoan Labor
# 171
Saint Lucia :
49,778.7
1991
Saint Lucian Labor
# 172
Virgin Islands :
46,152.06
1991
Virgin Islander Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
42,234.97
1991
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
36,075.61
1991
Sao Tomean Labor
# 175
Tonga :
34,047.02
1991
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
13,130,876.7
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
220,290,388.63
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 (1991) 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=1991
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