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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 (2004) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
754,509,378.14
2004
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
414,945,586.77
2004
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
151,456,696.41
2004
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
104,870,551.42
2004
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
91,961,393.82
2004
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
73,887,912.4
2004
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
70,073,043.89
2004
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
66,534,990.37
2004
Japanese Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
48,095,076.91
2004
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
43,732,314.08
2004
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Mexico :
42,614,102.43
2004
Mexican Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
41,648,018.96
2004
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Germany :
40,601,890.13
2004
German Labor
# 14
Thailand :
36,734,074.82
2004
Thai Labor
# 15
Philippines :
35,276,035.57
2004
Philippine Labor
# 16
Ethiopia :
33,595,136.39
2004
Ethiopian Labor
# 17
United Kingdom :
30,090,584.92
2004
British Labor
# 18
France :
27,630,484.18
2004
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
25,889,638.47
2004
Burmese Labor
# 20
Italy :
24,658,624.12
2004
Italian Labor
# 21
Turkey :
24,424,069.59
2004
Turkish Labor
# 22
Ukraine :
22,999,911.53
2004
Ukrainian Labor
# 23
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
21,093,872.47
2004
Congolese Labor
# 24
Spain :
20,185,428.42
2004
Spanish Labor
# 25
Tanzania :
18,632,379.86
2004
Tanzanian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
17,851,295.5
2004
Argentine Labor
# 27
Canada :
17,596,527.83
2004
Canadian Labor
# 28
Poland :
17,276,883.73
2004
Polish Labor
# 29
South Africa :
16,908,584.29
2004
South African Labor
# 30
Colombia :
16,889,038.6
2004
Colombian Labor
# 31
Kenya :
16,274,829.08
2004
Kenyan Labor
# 32
Algeria :
12,794,020.51
2004
Algerian Labor
# 33
Peru :
12,361,773.01
2004
Peruvian Labor
# 34
Uganda :
11,919,745.79
2004
Ugandan Labor
# 35
Sudan :
11,661,996.04
2004
Sudanese Labor
# 36
Venezuela :
11,552,000.58
2004
Venezuelan Labor
# 37
Nepal :
11,428,157.63
2004
Nepalese Labor
# 38
Morocco :
10,983,914.92
2004
Moroccan Labor
# 39
Malaysia :
10,735,293.75
2004
Malaysian Labor
# 40
Uzbekistan :
10,502,735.01
2004
Uzbekistani Labor
# 41
Australia :
10,234,964.35
2004
Australian Labor
# 42
Romania :
10,116,452.22
2004
Romanian Labor
# 43
Mozambique :
9,814,146.95
2004
Mozambican Labor
# 44
Ghana :
9,585,052.59
2004
Ghanaian Labor
# 45
Netherlands :
8,538,897.8
2004
Dutch Labor
# 46
Madagascar :
8,238,479.27
2004
Malagasy Labor
# 47
Afghanistan :
8,198,982.5
2004
Afghan Labor
# 48
Sri Lanka :
8,127,968
2004
Sri Lankan Labor
# 49
Saudi Arabia :
8,005,791.71
2004
Saudi Labor
# 50
Kazakhstan :
7,802,967.45
2004
Kazakhstani Labor
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,356,397.57
2004
Ivoirian Labor
# 52
Cambodia :
6,826,601.42
2004
Cambodian Labor
# 53
Cameroon :
6,718,555.35
2004
Cameroonian Labor
# 54
Chile :
6,706,836.78
2004
Chilean Labor
# 55
Iraq :
6,683,466.1
2004
Iraqi Labor
# 56
Burkina Faso :
6,055,158.73
2004
Burkinabe Labor
# 57
Syria :
5,690,951.7
2004
Syrian Labor
# 58
Malawi :
5,488,466.73
2004
Malawian Labor
# 59
Portugal :
5,464,605.06
2004
Portuguese Labor
# 60
Ecuador :
5,272,778.24
2004
Ecuadorian Labor
# 61
Czech Republic :
5,112,914.04
2004
Czech Labor
# 62
Greece :
5,080,716.33
2004
Greek Labor
# 63
Zimbabwe :
5,059,269.24
2004
Zimbabwean Labor
# 64
Belarus :
4,876,038.15
2004
Belarusian Labor
# 65
Cuba :
4,770,383.89
2004
Cuban Labor
# 66
Sweden :
4,703,247.7
2004
Swedish Labor
# 67
Senegal :
4,624,572.3
2004
Senegalese Labor
# 68
Belgium :
4,481,922.16
2004
Belgian Labor
# 69
Guatemala :
4,435,900.37
2004
Guatemalan Labor
# 70
Zambia :
4,320,008.29
2004
Zambian Labor
# 71
Guinea :
4,302,754.61
2004
Guinean Labor
# 72
Rwanda :
4,280,897.63
2004
Rwandan Labor
# 73
Hungary :
4,205,470.44
2004
Hungarian Labor
# 74
Switzerland :
4,146,474.81
2004
Swiss Labor
# 75
Niger :
4,077,264.55
2004
Nigerien Labor
# 76
Dominican Republic :
4,072,556.61
2004
Dominican Labor
# 77
Bolivia :
3,958,293.63
2004
Bolivian Labor
# 78
Austria :
3,945,667.51
2004
Austrian Labor
# 79
Haiti :
3,943,041.34
2004
Haitian Labor
# 80
Azerbaijan :
3,846,388.28
2004
Azerbaijani Labor
# 81
Chad :
3,694,891.19
2004
Chadian Labor
# 82
Burundi :
3,690,742.83
2004
Burundian Labor
# 83
Tunisia :
3,484,568.88
2004
Tunisian Labor
# 84
Bulgaria :
3,425,558.84
2004
Bulgarian Labor
# 85
Mali :
3,295,606
2004
Malian Labor
# 86
Somalia :
3,204,323.75
2004
Somali Labor
# 87
Benin :
3,089,359.4
2004
Beninese Labor
# 88
Denmark :
2,898,802.08
2004
Danish Labor
# 89
Israel :
2,756,646.54
2004
Israeli Labor
# 90
Laos :
2,715,272.15
2004
Lao Labor
# 91
Slovakia :
2,678,550.69
2004
Slovak Labor
# 92
Finland :
2,672,595.04
2004
Finnish Labor
# 93
Paraguay :
2,579,665.79
2004
Paraguayan Labor
# 94
Papua New Guinea :
2,575,766.18
2004
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 95
Honduras :
2,509,087.9
2004
Honduran Labor
# 96
Togo :
2,506,981.98
2004
Togolese Labor
# 97
Norway :
2,446,248.38
2004
Norwegian Labor
# 98
Tajikistan :
2,428,021.08
2004
Tajikistani Labor
# 99
United Arab Emirates :
2,405,786.16
2004
Emirati Labor
# 100
Georgia :
2,336,693.28
2004
Georgian Labor
# 101
El Salvador :
2,314,985.58
2004
Salvadoran Labor
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
2,197,491.53
2004
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 103
Singapore :
2,177,448.15
2004
Singapore Labor
# 104
Turkmenistan :
2,132,997.03
2004
Turkmen Labor
# 105
New Zealand :
2,129,310.08
2004
New Zealand Labor
# 106
Libya :
2,101,512.89
2004
Libyan Labor
# 107
Nicaragua :
2,049,767.09
2004
Nicaraguan Labor
# 108
Croatia :
1,999,832.64
2004
Croatian Labor
# 109
Ireland :
1,952,740.51
2004
Irish Labor
# 110
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,926,778.18
2004
Herzegovinian Labor
# 111
Sierra Leone :
1,890,622.36
2004
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 112
Central African Republic :
1,849,780.41
2004
Central African Labor
# 113
Costa Rica :
1,824,546.46
2004
Costa Rican Labor
# 114
Eritrea :
1,746,637.18
2004
Eritrean Labor
# 115
Lithuania :
1,634,773.97
2004
Lithuanian Labor
# 116
Jordan :
1,606,455.04
2004
Jordanian Labor
# 117
Uruguay :
1,576,432.87
2004
Uruguayan Labor
# 118
Moldova :
1,575,688.95
2004
Moldovan Labor
# 119
Armenia :
1,540,458.4
2004
Armenian Labor
# 120
Puerto Rico :
1,454,438.36
2004
Puerto Rican Labor
# 121
Panama :
1,418,326.48
2004
Panamanian Labor
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
1,414,462.32
2004
Congolese Labor
# 123
Albania :
1,360,709.48
2004
Albanian Labor
# 124
Lebanon :
1,307,816.55
2004
Lebanese Labor
# 125
Kuwait :
1,305,438.05
2004
Kuwaiti Labor
# 126
Liberia :
1,292,980.83
2004
Liberian Labor
# 127
Mongolia :
1,280,417.72
2004
Mongolian Labor
# 128
Mauritania :
1,190,676.56
2004
Mauritanian Labor
# 129
Jamaica :
1,178,477.51
2004
Jamaican Labor
# 130
Latvia :
1,132,217.16
2004
Latvian Labor
# 131
Slovenia :
1,007,831.68
2004
Slovenian Labor
# 132
Oman :
954,798.32
2004
Omani Labor
# 133
Botswana :
881,222.14
2004
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 134
Lesotho :
868,213.3
2004
Basotho Labor
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
833,455.3
2004
Macedonian Labor
# 136
Namibia :
671,046.77
2004
Namibian Labor
# 137
Estonia :
667,422.02
2004
Estonian Labor
# 138
Gambia, The :
660,370.76
2004
Gambian Labor
# 139
Trinidad and Tobago :
652,009.32
2004
Tobagonian Labor
# 140
Gabon :
608,525.55
2004
Gabonese Labor
# 141
Guinea-Bissau :
591,959.83
2004
Guinean Labor
# 142
Mauritius :
539,632.91
2004
Mauritian Labor
# 143
Qatar :
521,151.67
2004
Qatari Labor
# 144
Cyprus :
407,565.08
2004
Cypriot Labor
# 145
Swaziland :
401,580.25
2004
Swazi Labor
# 146
East Timor :
354,615.74
2004
Timorese Labor
# 147
Guyana :
334,694.52
2004
Guyanese Labor
# 148
Djibouti :
334,637.9
2004
Djiboutian Labor
# 149
Bahrain :
334,268.1
2004
Bahraini Labor
# 150
Fiji :
323,946.66
2004
Fijian Labor
# 151
Comoros :
282,684.63
2004
Comoran Labor
# 152
Bhutan :
244,861.13
2004
Bhutanese Labor
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
217,420.89
2004
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 154
Luxembourg :
203,209.05
2004
Luxembourg Labor
# 155
Cape Verde :
180,639.92
2004
Cape Verdean Labor
# 156
Iceland :
177,461.01
2004
Icelandic Labor
# 157
Suriname :
175,701.15
2004
Surinamese Labor
# 158
Brunei :
173,163.88
2004
Bruneian Labor
# 159
Bahamas, The :
169,843.23
2004
Bahamian Labor
# 160
Malta :
162,129.21
2004
Maltese Labor
# 161
Barbados :
145,907.63
2004
Barbadian Labor
# 162
Maldives :
116,345.56
2004
Maldivian Labor
# 163
Belize :
108,955.31
2004
Belizean Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
105,423.9
2004
- Labor
# 165
French Polynesia :
103,423.68
2004
French Polynesian Labor
# 166
Solomon Islands :
102,149.8
2004
Solomon Islander Labor
# 167
New Caledonia :
96,121.82
2004
New Caledonian Labor
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
86,907.45
2004
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 169
Guam :
75,960.44
2004
Guamanian Labor
# 170
Saint Lucia :
70,337.46
2004
Saint Lucian Labor
# 171
Samoa :
62,167.19
2004
Samoan Labor
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
51,201.44
2004
Sao Tomean Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
51,196.16
2004
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
Virgin Islands :
51,002.48
2004
Virgin Islander Labor
# 175
Tonga :
40,049.25
2004
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
16,109,158.5
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
230,937,184.09
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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