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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 (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
695,235,431.34
1996
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
358,977,023.45
1996
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
139,550,676.09
1996
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
86,981,226.19
1996
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
74,802,550.24
1996
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
71,468,658.45
1996
Russian Labor
# 7
Japan :
67,339,190.17
1996
Japanese Labor
# 8
Bangladesh :
57,483,162.41
1996
Bangladeshi Labor
# 9
Germany :
39,881,149.41
1996
German Labor
# 10
Vietnam :
35,951,794.43
1996
Vietnamese Labor
# 11
Mexico :
35,909,270
1996
Mexican Labor
# 12
Pakistan :
35,735,268.24
1996
Pakistani Labor
# 13
Nigeria :
34,803,279.01
1996
Nigerian Labor
# 14
Thailand :
33,258,037.1
1996
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
28,799,126.46
1996
Philippine Labor
# 16
United Kingdom :
28,555,858.32
1996
British Labor
# 17
France :
25,823,166.45
1996
French Labor
# 18
Ethiopia :
25,728,782.86
1996
Ethiopian Labor
# 19
Ukraine :
24,563,868.43
1996
Ukrainian Labor
# 20
Burma :
23,467,734.28
1996
Burmese Labor
# 21
Italy :
22,793,278.32
1996
Italian Labor
# 22
Turkey :
22,699,415.65
1996
Turkish Labor
# 23
Poland :
17,407,844.32
1996
Polish Labor
# 24
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
16,742,190
1996
Congolese Labor
# 25
Spain :
16,618,994.44
1996
Spanish Labor
# 26
Canada :
15,201,731.09
1996
Canadian Labor
# 27
Tanzania :
15,066,493.7
1996
Tanzanian Labor
# 28
Argentina :
14,750,230.19
1996
Argentine Labor
# 29
Colombia :
13,383,279.8
1996
Colombian Labor
# 30
South Africa :
13,142,492.8
1996
South African Labor
# 31
Kenya :
12,518,458.37
1996
Kenyan Labor
# 32
Romania :
11,902,344.16
1996
Romanian Labor
# 33
Peru :
9,960,973.26
1996
Peruvian Labor
# 34
Uganda :
9,398,250.37
1996
Ugandan Labor
# 35
Algeria :
9,394,882.81
1996
Algerian Labor
# 36
Sudan :
9,362,443.34
1996
Sudanese Labor
# 37
Morocco :
9,244,741.98
1996
Moroccan Labor
# 38
Australia :
9,147,314.34
1996
Australian Labor
# 39
Nepal :
8,978,365.38
1996
Nepalese Labor
# 40
Venezuela :
8,872,601.63
1996
Venezuelan Labor
# 41
Malaysia :
8,428,794.42
1996
Malaysian Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
8,025,415.74
1996
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Uzbekistan :
7,935,405.96
1996
Uzbekistani Labor
# 44
Kazakhstan :
7,645,667.89
1996
Kazakhstani Labor
# 45
Netherlands :
7,469,910.96
1996
Dutch Labor
# 46
Ghana :
7,422,616.22
1996
Ghanaian Labor
# 47
Sri Lanka :
7,252,225.93
1996
Sri Lankan Labor
# 48
Afghanistan :
6,680,198.23
1996
Afghan Labor
# 49
Madagascar :
6,479,263.86
1996
Malagasy Labor
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
5,957,306
1996
Saudi Labor
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,911,899.03
1996
Ivoirian Labor
# 52
Chile :
5,722,617.24
1996
Chilean Labor
# 53
Cameroon :
5,299,059.48
1996
Cameroonian Labor
# 54
Iraq :
5,208,186.28
1996
Iraqi Labor
# 55
Czech Republic :
5,153,988.2
1996
Czech Labor
# 56
Cambodia :
5,083,448.21
1996
Cambodian Labor
# 57
Zimbabwe :
4,930,727.9
1996
Zimbabwean Labor
# 58
Belarus :
4,922,402.71
1996
Belarusian Labor
# 59
Portugal :
4,888,054.8
1996
Portuguese Labor
# 60
Cuba :
4,707,596.45
1996
Cuban Labor
# 61
Greece :
4,628,899.73
1996
Greek Labor
# 62
Burkina Faso :
4,611,311.4
1996
Burkinabe Labor
# 63
Sweden :
4,569,524.07
1996
Swedish Labor
# 64
Malawi :
4,409,021.67
1996
Malawian Labor
# 65
Syria :
4,373,289.1
1996
Syrian Labor
# 66
Ecuador :
4,276,054.57
1996
Ecuadorian Labor
# 67
Belgium :
4,199,499.97
1996
Belgian Labor
# 68
Hungary :
4,091,947.24
1996
Hungarian Labor
# 69
Switzerland :
3,933,327.82
1996
Swiss Labor
# 70
Austria :
3,838,210.71
1996
Austrian Labor
# 71
Bulgaria :
3,781,658.95
1996
Bulgarian Labor
# 72
Senegal :
3,625,695.16
1996
Senegalese Labor
# 73
Zambia :
3,615,207.79
1996
Zambian Labor
# 74
Guinea :
3,607,074.78
1996
Guinean Labor
# 75
Guatemala :
3,571,193.72
1996
Guatemalan Labor
# 76
Dominican Republic :
3,393,580.35
1996
Dominican Labor
# 77
Bolivia :
3,218,161.65
1996
Bolivian Labor
# 78
Azerbaijan :
3,179,270.95
1996
Azerbaijani Labor
# 79
Haiti :
3,131,096.88
1996
Haitian Labor
# 80
Burundi :
3,007,889.41
1996
Burundian Labor
# 81
Niger :
2,970,002.53
1996
Nigerien Labor
# 82
Tunisia :
2,928,029.52
1996
Tunisian Labor
# 83
Chad :
2,868,484.42
1996
Chadian Labor
# 84
Denmark :
2,836,772.66
1996
Danish Labor
# 85
Mali :
2,744,151.37
1996
Malian Labor
# 86
Somalia :
2,670,740.77
1996
Somali Labor
# 87
Rwanda :
2,523,443.7
1996
Rwandan Labor
# 88
Slovakia :
2,519,115.82
1996
Slovak Labor
# 89
Finland :
2,464,969.57
1996
Finnish Labor
# 90
Georgia :
2,458,358.33
1996
Georgian Labor
# 91
Benin :
2,381,543.89
1996
Beninese Labor
# 92
Norway :
2,285,101.5
1996
Norwegian Labor
# 93
Laos :
2,254,666.07
1996
Lao Labor
# 94
Israel :
2,208,094.67
1996
Israeli Labor
# 95
El Salvador :
2,155,380.92
1996
Salvadoran Labor
# 96
Honduras :
2,126,327.86
1996
Honduran Labor
# 97
Croatia :
2,019,274.95
1996
Croatian Labor
# 98
Papua New Guinea :
2,016,770.03
1996
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 99
Paraguay :
2,012,991.28
1996
Paraguayan Labor
# 100
Moldova :
2,009,575.11
1996
Moldovan Labor
# 101
Kyrgyzstan :
1,917,429.84
1996
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 102
Singapore :
1,879,078.2
1996
Singapore Labor
# 103
New Zealand :
1,877,569.86
1996
New Zealand Labor
# 104
Togo :
1,843,660.2
1996
Togolese Labor
# 105
Lithuania :
1,759,396.59
1996
Lithuanian Labor
# 106
Tajikistan :
1,746,177.24
1996
Tajikistani Labor
# 107
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,632,580.88
1996
Herzegovinian Labor
# 108
Nicaragua :
1,590,719.13
1996
Nicaraguan Labor
# 109
Turkmenistan :
1,583,771.39
1996
Turkmen Labor
# 110
Sierra Leone :
1,550,573.24
1996
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 111
Central African Republic :
1,547,915.26
1996
Central African Labor
# 112
Libya :
1,532,073.25
1996
Libyan Labor
# 113
Ireland :
1,513,129.93
1996
Irish Labor
# 114
Uruguay :
1,468,058.92
1996
Uruguayan Labor
# 115
Armenia :
1,437,778.11
1996
Armenian Labor
# 116
United Arab Emirates :
1,404,473.02
1996
Emirati Labor
# 117
Costa Rica :
1,365,753.26
1996
Costa Rican Labor
# 118
Puerto Rico :
1,315,782.6
1996
Puerto Rican Labor
# 119
Albania :
1,314,624.94
1996
Albanian Labor
# 120
Jordan :
1,272,697.31
1996
Jordanian Labor
# 121
Jamaica :
1,181,357.05
1996
Jamaican Labor
# 122
Latvia :
1,175,669.09
1996
Latvian Labor
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
1,164,667.32
1996
Congolese Labor
# 124
Eritrea :
1,150,775.69
1996
Eritrean Labor
# 125
Panama :
1,149,772.37
1996
Panamanian Labor
# 126
Lebanon :
1,084,640.77
1996
Lebanese Labor
# 127
Mongolia :
1,023,618.25
1996
Mongolian Labor
# 128
Kuwait :
955,784.39
1996
Kuwaiti Labor
# 129
Slovenia :
945,803.82
1996
Slovenian Labor
# 130
Mauritania :
891,658.21
1996
Mauritanian Labor
# 131
Macedonia, Republic of :
817,043.14
1996
Macedonian Labor
# 132
Liberia :
809,567.29
1996
Liberian Labor
# 133
Oman :
801,042.48
1996
Omani Labor
# 134
Lesotho :
726,192.71
1996
Basotho Labor
# 135
Estonia :
695,173.39
1996
Estonian Labor
# 136
Botswana :
694,679.18
1996
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 137
Trinidad and Tobago :
541,696.03
1996
Tobagonian Labor
# 138
Namibia :
526,914.3
1996
Namibian Labor
# 139
Gambia, The :
503,975.47
1996
Gambian Labor
# 140
Guinea-Bissau :
496,361.36
1996
Guinean Labor
# 141
Mauritius :
495,278.36
1996
Mauritian Labor
# 142
Gabon :
472,298.88
1996
Gabonese Labor
# 143
East Timor :
335,667.88
1996
Timorese Labor
# 144
Cyprus :
334,753.4
1996
Cypriot Labor
# 145
Swaziland :
324,574.51
1996
Swazi Labor
# 146
Qatar :
308,388.74
1996
Qatari Labor
# 147
Guyana :
307,702.88
1996
Guyanese Labor
# 148
Fiji :
297,583.83
1996
Fijian Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
271,544
1996
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Djibouti :
248,477.9
1996
Djiboutian Labor
# 151
Comoros :
217,855.7
1996
Comoran Labor
# 152
Luxembourg :
171,694.74
1996
Luxembourg Labor
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
164,719.93
1996
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 154
Iceland :
159,135.7
1996
Icelandic Labor
# 155
Bhutan :
153,358.64
1996
Bhutanese Labor
# 156
Suriname :
150,692.3
1996
Surinamese Labor
# 157
Malta :
144,314.83
1996
Maltese Labor
# 158
Bahamas, The :
143,507.73
1996
Bahamian Labor
# 159
Barbados :
140,249.02
1996
Barbadian Labor
# 160
Cape Verde :
136,751.9
1996
Cape Verdean Labor
# 161
Brunei :
135,548.73
1996
Bruneian Labor
# 162
French Polynesia :
88,800.83
1996
French Polynesian Labor
# 163
Vanuatu :
83,570.26
1996
- Labor
# 164
Netherlands Antilles :
83,278.39
1996
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 165
New Caledonia :
82,316.9
1996
New Caledonian Labor
# 166
Belize :
76,222.54
1996
Belizean Labor
# 167
Solomon Islands :
73,025.33
1996
Solomon Islander Labor
# 168
Maldives :
72,591.67
1996
Maldivian Labor
# 169
Guam :
67,610.68
1996
Guamanian Labor
# 170
Samoa :
62,781.57
1996
Samoan Labor
# 171
Saint Lucia :
56,383.11
1996
Saint Lucian Labor
# 172
Virgin Islands :
48,364.53
1996
Virgin Islander Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
45,973.42
1996
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
41,056.79
1996
Sao Tomean Labor
# 175
Tonga :
34,410.74
1996
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
14,184,444.3
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
220,165,123.86
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 (1996) 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=1996
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