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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 (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
748,423,535.4
2003
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
407,997,826.19
2003
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
150,458,952.46
2003
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
102,541,538.94
2003
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
89,404,814.54
2003
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
73,769,516.84
2003
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
68,320,175.42
2003
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
66,951,058.51
2003
Japanese Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
46,166,759.3
2003
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
42,660,302.11
2003
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Mexico :
40,989,663.64
2003
Mexican Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
40,902,595.22
2003
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Germany :
40,766,061.62
2003
German Labor
# 14
Thailand :
36,055,397.35
2003
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
34,635,031.04
2003
Philippine Labor
# 16
Ethiopia :
32,394,495.13
2003
Ethiopian Labor
# 17
United Kingdom :
29,857,001.3
2003
British Labor
# 18
France :
27,391,435.89
2003
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
25,760,404.44
2003
Burmese Labor
# 20
Italy :
24,067,926.2
2003
Italian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
23,723,045.1
2003
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ukraine :
22,988,554.88
2003
Ukrainian Labor
# 23
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
20,437,686.18
2003
Congolese Labor
# 24
Spain :
19,538,434.3
2003
Spanish Labor
# 25
Tanzania :
18,149,043.11
2003
Tanzanian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
17,449,939.07
2003
Argentine Labor
# 27
Canada :
17,385,169.29
2003
Canadian Labor
# 28
Poland :
17,332,222.03
2003
Polish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
16,620,036.78
2003
South African Labor
# 30
Colombia :
16,472,067.54
2003
Colombian Labor
# 31
Kenya :
15,790,757.51
2003
Kenyan Labor
# 32
Algeria :
12,368,358.87
2003
Algerian Labor
# 33
Peru :
12,087,133.56
2003
Peruvian Labor
# 34
Uganda :
11,528,000.75
2003
Ugandan Labor
# 35
Sudan :
11,345,269.34
2003
Sudanese Labor
# 36
Venezuela :
11,203,162.97
2003
Venezuelan Labor
# 37
Nepal :
11,093,900.68
2003
Nepalese Labor
# 38
Morocco :
10,660,431.75
2003
Moroccan Labor
# 39
Malaysia :
10,493,105.27
2003
Malaysian Labor
# 40
Romania :
10,131,028.3
2003
Romanian Labor
# 41
Australia :
10,124,248.63
2003
Australian Labor
# 42
Uzbekistan :
10,099,872.66
2003
Uzbekistani Labor
# 43
Mozambique :
9,585,650.87
2003
Mozambican Labor
# 44
Ghana :
9,331,979.43
2003
Ghanaian Labor
# 45
Netherlands :
8,476,210.3
2003
Dutch Labor
# 46
Sri Lanka :
8,028,068.94
2003
Sri Lankan Labor
# 47
Madagascar :
7,984,933.67
2003
Malagasy Labor
# 48
Afghanistan :
7,971,081.08
2003
Afghan Labor
# 49
Kazakhstan :
7,757,840.29
2003
Kazakhstani Labor
# 50
Saudi Arabia :
7,738,820.27
2003
Saudi Labor
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,204,998.07
2003
Ivoirian Labor
# 52
Cambodia :
6,590,505.87
2003
Cambodian Labor
# 53
Cameroon :
6,539,444.78
2003
Cameroonian Labor
# 54
Iraq :
6,508,973.08
2003
Iraqi Labor
# 55
Chile :
6,416,745.19
2003
Chilean Labor
# 56
Burkina Faso :
5,837,067.33
2003
Burkinabe Labor
# 57
Portugal :
5,454,666.82
2003
Portuguese Labor
# 58
Syria :
5,423,949.6
2003
Syrian Labor
# 59
Malawi :
5,357,369.1
2003
Malawian Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
5,167,786.97
2003
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Czech Republic :
5,115,393.8
2003
Czech Labor
# 62
Zimbabwe :
5,077,232.91
2003
Zimbabwean Labor
# 63
Greece :
4,978,769.12
2003
Greek Labor
# 64
Belarus :
4,858,250.18
2003
Belarusian Labor
# 65
Cuba :
4,765,860.22
2003
Cuban Labor
# 66
Sweden :
4,679,391.88
2003
Swedish Labor
# 67
Senegal :
4,487,341.72
2003
Senegalese Labor
# 68
Belgium :
4,398,043.61
2003
Belgian Labor
# 69
Guatemala :
4,304,791.33
2003
Guatemalan Labor
# 70
Zambia :
4,249,793.24
2003
Zambian Labor
# 71
Hungary :
4,219,339.14
2003
Hungarian Labor
# 72
Guinea :
4,210,322.93
2003
Guinean Labor
# 73
Rwanda :
4,174,412.56
2003
Rwandan Labor
# 74
Switzerland :
4,142,124.2
2003
Swiss Labor
# 75
Austria :
3,983,356.77
2003
Austrian Labor
# 76
Dominican Republic :
3,982,393.57
2003
Dominican Labor
# 77
Niger :
3,939,784.26
2003
Nigerien Labor
# 78
Bolivia :
3,855,979.42
2003
Bolivian Labor
# 79
Haiti :
3,844,774.17
2003
Haitian Labor
# 80
Azerbaijan :
3,769,779.19
2003
Azerbaijani Labor
# 81
Chad :
3,613,084.42
2003
Chadian Labor
# 82
Burundi :
3,525,730.77
2003
Burundian Labor
# 83
Tunisia :
3,418,467.49
2003
Tunisian Labor
# 84
Bulgaria :
3,369,046.93
2003
Bulgarian Labor
# 85
Mali :
3,199,428.28
2003
Malian Labor
# 86
Somalia :
3,142,971.28
2003
Somali Labor
# 87
Benin :
2,971,048.8
2003
Beninese Labor
# 88
Denmark :
2,869,742.35
2003
Danish Labor
# 89
Finland :
2,694,248.31
2003
Finnish Labor
# 90
Israel :
2,686,926.4
2003
Israeli Labor
# 91
Slovakia :
2,663,736.89
2003
Slovak Labor
# 92
Laos :
2,649,047.87
2003
Lao Labor
# 93
Papua New Guinea :
2,505,756.09
2003
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 94
Paraguay :
2,504,417.26
2003
Paraguayan Labor
# 95
Honduras :
2,464,081.46
2003
Honduran Labor
# 96
Norway :
2,435,686.95
2003
Norwegian Labor
# 97
Togo :
2,427,507.98
2003
Togolese Labor
# 98
Georgia :
2,391,500.79
2003
Georgian Labor
# 99
El Salvador :
2,343,150.96
2003
Salvadoran Labor
# 100
Tajikistan :
2,321,865.45
2003
Tajikistani Labor
# 101
United Arab Emirates :
2,272,719.27
2003
Emirati Labor
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
2,163,694.64
2003
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 103
Singapore :
2,135,900.73
2003
Singapore Labor
# 104
New Zealand :
2,071,761.29
2003
New Zealand Labor
# 105
Turkmenistan :
2,063,993.54
2003
Turkmen Labor
# 106
Libya :
2,044,402.4
2003
Libyan Labor
# 107
Nicaragua :
1,999,811.25
2003
Nicaraguan Labor
# 108
Croatia :
1,950,986.05
2003
Croatian Labor
# 109
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,918,703.63
2003
Herzegovinian Labor
# 110
Ireland :
1,897,747.43
2003
Irish Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,821,993.28
2003
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Central African Republic :
1,812,520.06
2003
Central African Labor
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,806,879.04
2003
Costa Rican Labor
# 114
Lithuania :
1,709,707.51
2003
Lithuanian Labor
# 115
Moldova :
1,667,066.14
2003
Moldovan Labor
# 116
Eritrea :
1,652,329.23
2003
Eritrean Labor
# 117
Uruguay :
1,568,575.15
2003
Uruguayan Labor
# 118
Jordan :
1,558,906.46
2003
Jordanian Labor
# 119
Armenia :
1,522,254.96
2003
Armenian Labor
# 120
Puerto Rico :
1,443,200.97
2003
Puerto Rican Labor
# 121
Panama :
1,376,503.37
2003
Panamanian Labor
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
1,372,330.67
2003
Congolese Labor
# 123
Albania :
1,343,821.53
2003
Albanian Labor
# 124
Lebanon :
1,276,253.12
2003
Lebanese Labor
# 125
Kuwait :
1,275,474.37
2003
Kuwaiti Labor
# 126
Liberia :
1,254,607.99
2003
Liberian Labor
# 127
Mongolia :
1,241,853.95
2003
Mongolian Labor
# 128
Jamaica :
1,172,866.29
2003
Jamaican Labor
# 129
Mauritania :
1,150,955.97
2003
Mauritanian Labor
# 130
Latvia :
1,122,059.7
2003
Latvian Labor
# 131
Slovenia :
961,093.02
2003
Slovenian Labor
# 132
Oman :
935,316.42
2003
Omani Labor
# 133
Botswana :
861,953.2
2003
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 134
Macedonia, Republic of :
860,637.4
2003
Macedonian Labor
# 135
Lesotho :
856,031.3
2003
Basotho Labor
# 136
Estonia :
665,255.72
2003
Estonian Labor
# 137
Namibia :
655,134.84
2003
Namibian Labor
# 138
Gambia, The :
640,713.71
2003
Gambian Labor
# 139
Trinidad and Tobago :
631,355.75
2003
Tobagonian Labor
# 140
Gabon :
589,818.8
2003
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Guinea-Bissau :
579,573.97
2003
Guinean Labor
# 142
Mauritius :
539,396.94
2003
Mauritian Labor
# 143
Qatar :
462,240.54
2003
Qatari Labor
# 144
Cyprus :
398,734.79
2003
Cypriot Labor
# 145
Swaziland :
394,786.34
2003
Swazi Labor
# 146
Guyana :
331,411.26
2003
Guyanese Labor
# 147
East Timor :
329,988.94
2003
Timorese Labor
# 148
Bahrain :
327,062.16
2003
Bahraini Labor
# 149
Djibouti :
325,245.55
2003
Djiboutian Labor
# 150
Fiji :
321,373.2
2003
Fijian Labor
# 151
Comoros :
274,563.88
2003
Comoran Labor
# 152
Bhutan :
228,914.67
2003
Bhutanese Labor
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
208,913.07
2003
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 154
Luxembourg :
196,440.73
2003
Luxembourg Labor
# 155
Iceland :
178,475.96
2003
Icelandic Labor
# 156
Cape Verde :
173,969.68
2003
Cape Verdean Labor
# 157
Suriname :
172,397.29
2003
Surinamese Labor
# 158
Brunei :
168,495.91
2003
Bruneian Labor
# 159
Bahamas, The :
166,339.26
2003
Bahamian Labor
# 160
Malta :
163,250.41
2003
Maltese Labor
# 161
Barbados :
143,284.29
2003
Barbadian Labor
# 162
Maldives :
109,149.48
2003
Maldivian Labor
# 163
Belize :
103,882.12
2003
Belizean Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
101,949.86
2003
- Labor
# 165
French Polynesia :
101,216.62
2003
French Polynesian Labor
# 166
Solomon Islands :
99,831.71
2003
Solomon Islander Labor
# 167
New Caledonia :
94,093.71
2003
New Caledonian Labor
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
85,333.28
2003
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 169
Guam :
74,754.82
2003
Guamanian Labor
# 170
Saint Lucia :
68,358.67
2003
Saint Lucian Labor
# 171
Samoa :
62,648.43
2003
Samoan Labor
# 172
Virgin Islands :
50,467.64
2003
Virgin Islander Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
50,454.26
2003
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
São Tomé and Príncipe :
50,026.24
2003
Sao Tomean Labor
# 175
Tonga :
39,384.1
2003
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
15,861,649.0
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
229,100,344.87
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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