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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 (2007) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
771,078,937.75
2007
Chinese Labor
# 2
India :
440,863,445.4
2007
Indian Labor
# 3
United States :
156,677,557.17
2007
American Labor
# 4
Indonesia :
110,949,920.16
2007
Indonesian Labor
# 5
Brazil :
97,879,071.03
2007
Brazilian Labor
# 6
Russia :
76,116,867.13
2007
Russian Labor
# 7
Bangladesh :
75,126,707.04
2007
Bangladeshi Labor
# 8
Japan :
66,935,003.87
2007
Japanese Labor
# 9
Pakistan :
54,421,951.1
2007
Pakistani Labor
# 10
Nigeria :
47,299,417.68
2007
Nigerian Labor
# 11
Mexico :
45,647,419.58
2007
Mexican Labor
# 12
Vietnam :
44,517,375.81
2007
Vietnamese Labor
# 13
Germany :
42,221,941.74
2007
German Labor
# 14
Thailand :
38,118,051.45
2007
Thai Labor
# 15
Ethiopia :
36,996,181.15
2007
Ethiopian Labor
# 16
Philippines :
36,843,186.8
2007
Philippine Labor
# 17
United Kingdom :
31,131,194.48
2007
British Labor
# 18
France :
28,405,930.82
2007
French Labor
# 19
Burma :
26,473,023.52
2007
Burmese Labor
# 20
Turkey :
24,980,513.52
2007
Turkish Labor
# 21
Italy :
24,814,162.63
2007
Italian Labor
# 22
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
23,263,203.25
2007
Congolese Labor
# 23
Ukraine :
23,096,423.25
2007
Ukrainian Labor
# 24
Spain :
22,142,353.73
2007
Spanish Labor
# 25
Tanzania :
20,227,070.69
2007
Tanzanian Labor
# 26
Argentina :
18,877,443.81
2007
Argentine Labor
# 27
Canada :
18,356,908.9
2007
Canadian Labor
# 28
Colombia :
18,082,415.24
2007
Colombian Labor
# 29
South Africa :
18,036,173.58
2007
South African Labor
# 30
Kenya :
17,692,730.59
2007
Kenyan Labor
# 31
Poland :
17,389,255.03
2007
Polish Labor
# 32
Algeria :
14,079,507.62
2007
Algerian Labor
# 33
Uganda :
13,185,506.01
2007
Ugandan Labor
# 34
Peru :
13,095,995.85
2007
Peruvian Labor
# 35
Sudan :
12,698,382.89
2007
Sudanese Labor
# 36
Nepal :
12,519,145.4
2007
Nepalese Labor
# 37
Venezuela :
12,411,739.95
2007
Venezuelan Labor
# 38
Uzbekistan :
11,779,870.39
2007
Uzbekistani Labor
# 39
Morocco :
11,578,297.34
2007
Moroccan Labor
# 40
Malaysia :
11,474,574.51
2007
Malaysian Labor
# 41
Australia :
11,079,764.74
2007
Australian Labor
# 42
Mozambique :
10,501,824.76
2007
Mozambican Labor
# 43
Ghana :
10,376,026.82
2007
Ghanaian Labor
# 44
Romania :
10,003,428.72
2007
Romanian Labor
# 45
Madagascar :
9,059,980.63
2007
Malagasy Labor
# 46
Afghanistan :
9,012,313.58
2007
Afghan Labor
# 47
Saudi Arabia :
8,845,332.65
2007
Saudi Labor
# 48
Netherlands :
8,801,360.79
2007
Dutch Labor
# 49
Sri Lanka :
8,329,015.79
2007
Sri Lankan Labor
# 50
Kazakhstan :
8,302,232.14
2007
Kazakhstani Labor
# 51
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,911,926.65
2007
Ivoirian Labor
# 52
Cambodia :
7,320,599.24
2007
Cambodian Labor
# 53
Cameroon :
7,318,867.74
2007
Cameroonian Labor
# 54
Chile :
7,271,076.32
2007
Chilean Labor
# 55
Iraq :
7,267,579.52
2007
Iraqi Labor
# 56
Burkina Faso :
6,702,298.86
2007
Burkinabe Labor
# 57
Syria :
6,486,626.04
2007
Syrian Labor
# 58
Malawi :
5,943,269.23
2007
Malawian Labor
# 59
Ecuador :
5,627,063.45
2007
Ecuadorian Labor
# 60
Portugal :
5,615,193.34
2007
Portuguese Labor
# 61
Czech Republic :
5,207,714.12
2007
Czech Labor
# 62
Greece :
5,173,819.65
2007
Greek Labor
# 63
Guatemala :
5,130,128.44
2007
Guatemalan Labor
# 64
Senegal :
5,075,927.79
2007
Senegalese Labor
# 65
Zimbabwe :
4,983,769.19
2007
Zimbabwean Labor
# 66
Cuba :
4,945,391.34
2007
Cuban Labor
# 67
Sweden :
4,931,971.26
2007
Swedish Labor
# 68
Belarus :
4,913,816.74
2007
Belarusian Labor
# 69
Belgium :
4,740,974.31
2007
Belgian Labor
# 70
Rwanda :
4,668,973.07
2007
Rwandan Labor
# 71
Guinea :
4,612,380.08
2007
Guinean Labor
# 72
Zambia :
4,583,212.14
2007
Zambian Labor
# 73
Niger :
4,461,657.1
2007
Nigerien Labor
# 74
Dominican Republic :
4,336,790.6
2007
Dominican Labor
# 75
Hungary :
4,301,320.14
2007
Hungarian Labor
# 76
Bolivia :
4,293,574.66
2007
Bolivian Labor
# 77
Switzerland :
4,290,485.38
2007
Swiss Labor
# 78
Haiti :
4,269,996.94
2007
Haitian Labor
# 79
Austria :
4,252,366.73
2007
Austrian Labor
# 80
Burundi :
4,225,654.42
2007
Burundian Labor
# 81
Azerbaijan :
4,071,612.3
2007
Azerbaijani Labor
# 82
Chad :
4,064,073.11
2007
Chadian Labor
# 83
Tunisia :
3,716,478.86
2007
Tunisian Labor
# 84
Bulgaria :
3,587,155.96
2007
Bulgarian Labor
# 85
Mali :
3,579,047.39
2007
Malian Labor
# 86
Benin :
3,455,097.62
2007
Beninese Labor
# 87
Somalia :
3,393,923.38
2007
Somali Labor
# 88
Israel :
2,989,085.49
2007
Israeli Labor
# 89
Denmark :
2,931,218.35
2007
Danish Labor
# 90
Laos :
2,923,788.06
2007
Lao Labor
# 91
Paraguay :
2,824,145.7
2007
Paraguayan Labor
# 92
Papua New Guinea :
2,783,367.4
2007
Papua New Guinean Labor
# 93
Togo :
2,773,244.97
2007
Togolese Labor
# 94
United Arab Emirates :
2,730,122.16
2007
Emirati Labor
# 95
Honduras :
2,717,356.37
2007
Honduran Labor
# 96
Tajikistan :
2,708,861.53
2007
Tajikistani Labor
# 97
Finland :
2,690,430.35
2007
Finnish Labor
# 98
Slovakia :
2,670,895.22
2007
Slovak Labor
# 99
Norway :
2,556,875.33
2007
Norwegian Labor
# 100
El Salvador :
2,451,233.85
2007
Salvadoran Labor
# 101
Singapore :
2,450,747.75
2007
Singapore Labor
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
2,434,482.59
2007
Kyrgyzstani Labor
# 103
Turkmenistan :
2,307,678.06
2007
Turkmen Labor
# 104
Georgia :
2,288,364.58
2007
Georgian Labor
# 105
New Zealand :
2,282,933.54
2007
New Zealand Labor
# 106
Libya :
2,252,785.05
2007
Libyan Labor
# 107
Nicaragua :
2,215,626.84
2007
Nicaraguan Labor
# 108
Ireland :
2,203,918.1
2007
Irish Labor
# 109
Costa Rica :
2,055,777.53
2007
Costa Rican Labor
# 110
Sierra Leone :
2,054,367.58
2007
Sierra Leonean Labor
# 111
Croatia :
1,994,085.19
2007
Croatian Labor
# 112
Eritrea :
1,989,790.09
2007
Eritrean Labor
# 113
Central African Republic :
1,971,891.46
2007
Central African Labor
# 114
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
1,944,834.31
2007
Herzegovinian Labor
# 115
Jordan :
1,799,251.99
2007
Jordanian Labor
# 116
Uruguay :
1,639,516.08
2007
Uruguayan Labor
# 117
Lithuania :
1,601,749.73
2007
Lithuanian Labor
# 118
Armenia :
1,589,484.35
2007
Armenian Labor
# 119
Congo, Republic of the :
1,522,957.48
2007
Congolese Labor
# 120
Panama :
1,508,787.02
2007
Panamanian Labor
# 121
Puerto Rico :
1,481,596.09
2007
Puerto Rican Labor
# 122
Moldova :
1,479,842.72
2007
Moldovan Labor
# 123
Liberia :
1,466,481.18
2007
Liberian Labor
# 124
Albania :
1,404,014.75
2007
Albanian Labor
# 125
Kuwait :
1,402,067.59
2007
Kuwaiti Labor
# 126
Lebanon :
1,390,851.94
2007
Lebanese Labor
# 127
Mongolia :
1,375,415.29
2007
Mongolian Labor
# 128
Mauritania :
1,311,949.3
2007
Mauritanian Labor
# 129
Jamaica :
1,218,234.8
2007
Jamaican Labor
# 130
Latvia :
1,187,791.64
2007
Latvian Labor
# 131
Slovenia :
1,037,021.72
2007
Slovenian Labor
# 132
Oman :
1,026,240.53
2007
Omani Labor
# 133
Botswana :
946,927.82
2007
Motswana -Batswana Labor
# 134
Lesotho :
906,164.06
2007
Basotho Labor
# 135
Macedonia, Republic of :
901,555.69
2007
Macedonian Labor
# 136
Qatar :
792,937.57
2007
Qatari Labor
# 137
Namibia :
735,225.15
2007
Namibian Labor
# 138
Gambia, The :
721,997.79
2007
Gambian Labor
# 139
Estonia :
691,979.2
2007
Estonian Labor
# 140
Trinidad and Tobago :
683,444.93
2007
Tobagonian Labor
# 141
Gabon :
666,874.21
2007
Gabonese Labor
# 142
Guinea-Bissau :
631,197.93
2007
Guinean Labor
# 143
Mauritius :
559,531.36
2007
Mauritian Labor
# 144
Swaziland :
431,502.03
2007
Swazi Labor
# 145
Cyprus :
430,909.07
2007
Cypriot Labor
# 146
East Timor :
411,860.61
2007
Timorese Labor
# 147
Djibouti :
366,017.37
2007
Djiboutian Labor
# 148
Bahrain :
355,284.33
2007
Bahraini Labor
# 149
Guyana :
339,576.32
2007
Guyanese Labor
# 150
Fiji :
335,588.27
2007
Fijian Labor
# 151
Comoros :
306,664.4
2007
Comoran Labor
# 152
Bhutan :
279,891.77
2007
Bhutanese Labor
# 153
Equatorial Guinea :
242,967.15
2007
Equatorial Guinean Labor
# 154
Luxembourg :
216,811.9
2007
Luxembourg Labor
# 155
Cape Verde :
200,258.88
2007
Cape Verdean Labor
# 156
Iceland :
193,401.05
2007
Icelandic Labor
# 157
Brunei :
187,443.45
2007
Bruneian Labor
# 158
Suriname :
185,521.12
2007
Surinamese Labor
# 159
Bahamas, The :
179,929.24
2007
Bahamian Labor
# 160
Malta :
171,961.35
2007
Maltese Labor
# 161
Barbados :
149,627.15
2007
Barbadian Labor
# 162
Maldives :
136,889.75
2007
Maldivian Labor
# 163
Belize :
125,792.6
2007
Belizean Labor
# 164
Vanuatu :
115,669.29
2007
- Labor
# 165
French Polynesia :
110,022.83
2007
French Polynesian Labor
# 166
Solomon Islands :
110,018.82
2007
Solomon Islander Labor
# 167
New Caledonia :
102,224.94
2007
New Caledonian Labor
# 168
Netherlands Antilles :
92,467.49
2007
Dutch Antillean Labor
# 169
Guam :
79,784.75
2007
Guamanian Labor
# 170
Saint Lucia :
76,247.14
2007
Saint Lucian Labor
# 171
Samoa :
61,743.78
2007
Samoan Labor
# 172
São Tomé and Príncipe :
55,053.95
2007
Sao Tomean Labor
# 173
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
52,995.94
2007
Saint Vincentian Labor
# 174
Virgin Islands :
51,758.84
2007
Virgin Islander Labor
# 175
Tonga :
41,430.5
2007
Tongan Labor
Weighted average:
16,901,160.6
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
238,554,830.08
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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