DEFINITION
Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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.
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776.05 million
16.41 million
39,865
Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
776,047,400
2005
# 2
India :
435,035,700
2005
# 3
United States :
155,462,400
2005
# 4
Indonesia :
107,214,600
2005
# 5
Brazil :
91,313,050
2005
# 6
Russia :
73,229,580
2005
# 7
Japan :
66,592,120
2005
# 8
Bangladesh :
63,868,780
2005
# 9
Pakistan :
56,532,190
2005
# 10
Nigeria :
47,868,360
2005
# 11
Vietnam :
44,041,490
2005
# 12
Mexico :
42,262,110
2005
# 13
Germany :
40,991,820
2005
# 14
Philippines :
37,115,290
2005
# 15
Thailand :
35,724,940
2005
# 16
Ethiopia :
31,586,610
2005
# 17
United Kingdom :
30,644,970
2005
# 18
Iran :
27,542,660
2005
# 19
Burma :
27,431,220
2005
# 20
France :
27,098,340
2005
# 21
Turkey :
26,639,210
2005
# 22
Italy :
24,439,710
2005
# 23
Korea, South :
24,375,370
2005
# 24
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
22,940,010
2005
# 25
Egypt :
22,875,570
2005
# 26
Colombia :
22,339,580
2005
# 27
Ukraine :
22,324,960
2005
# 28
Spain :
20,854,260
2005
# 29
South Africa :
19,561,090
2005
# 30
Tanzania :
19,339,900
2005
# 31
Argentina :
18,360,640
2005
# 32
Canada :
17,645,480
2005
# 33
Poland :
17,338,370
2005
# 34
Kenya :
15,497,540
2005
# 35
Algeria :
13,405,860
2005
# 36
Peru :
13,346,850
2005
# 37
Venezuela :
12,853,710
2005
# 38
Uganda :
11,863,220
2005
# 39
Uzbekistan :
11,278,690
2005
# 40
Morocco :
11,121,400
2005
# 41
Malaysia :
11,019,490
2005
# 42
Korea, North :
10,692,240
2005
# 43
Sudan :
10,522,860
2005
# 44
Nepal :
10,521,580
2005
# 45
Australia :
10,342,760
2005
# 46
Romania :
10,263,490
2005
# 47
Ghana :
9,802,989
2005
# 48
Mozambique :
9,292,185
2005
# 49
Netherlands :
8,611,269
2005
# 50
Madagascar :
8,585,634
2005
# 51
Sri Lanka :
8,402,256
2005
# 52
Kazakhstan :
8,124,631
2005
# 53
Syria :
7,575,065
2005
# 54
Saudi Arabia :
7,453,088
2005
# 55
Angola :
7,032,155
2005
# 56
Cambodia :
6,817,566
2005
# 57
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,797,935
2005
# 58
Iraq :
6,717,590
1999
# 59
Chile :
6,512,221
2005
# 60
Ecuador :
6,359,009
2005
# 61
Cameroon :
6,293,538
2005
# 62
Yemen :
5,941,432
2005
# 63
Niger :
5,932,698
2005
# 64
Malawi :
5,929,696
2005
# 65
Burkina Faso :
5,834,261
2005
# 66
Zimbabwe :
5,762,575
2005
# 67
Portugal :
5,563,768
2005
# 68
Mali :
5,458,978
2005
# 69
Cuba :
5,372,200
2005
# 70
Czech Republic :
5,198,163
2005
# 71
Greece :
5,147,345
2005
# 72
Zambia :
4,949,675
2005
# 73
Afghanistan :
4,815,286
1989
# 74
Belarus :
4,775,947
2005
# 75
Sweden :
4,683,586
2005
# 76
Senegal :
4,590,989
2005
# 77
Belgium :
4,498,422
2005
# 78
Guinea :
4,416,825
2005
# 79
Hungary :
4,207,541
2005
# 80
Switzerland :
4,192,487
2005
# 81
Rwanda :
4,182,898
2005
# 82
Bolivia :
4,155,201
2005
# 83
Azerbaijan :
4,127,473
2005
# 84
Guatemala :
4,077,174
2005
# 85
Austria :
3,979,321
2005
# 86
Serbia and Montenegro :
3,933,303
2005
# 87
Tunisia :
3,847,898
2005
# 88
Dominican Republic :
3,847,696
2005
# 89
Burundi :
3,834,790
2005
# 90
Haiti :
3,667,167
2005
# 91
Chad :
3,666,486
2005
# 92
Hong Kong :
3,665,160
2005
# 93
Somalia :
3,521,762
2005
# 94
Benin :
3,296,439
2005
# 95
Honduras :
3,132,212
2005
# 96
Bulgaria :
3,110,602
2005
# 97
Denmark :
2,840,531
2005
# 98
El Salvador :
2,771,291
2005
# 99
Paraguay :
2,753,346
2005
# 100
Israel :
2,730,372
2005
# 101
United Arab Emirates :
2,723,070
2005
# 102
Slovakia :
2,678,466
2005
# 103
Finland :
2,655,549
2005
# 104
Papua New Guinea :
2,573,380
2005
# 105
Norway :
2,524,817
2005
# 106
Togo :
2,417,155
2005
# 107
Sierra Leone :
2,357,038
2005
# 108
Laos :
2,354,696
2005
# 109
Libya :
2,337,507
2005
# 110
Kyrgyzstan :
2,266,647
2005
# 111
Georgia :
2,256,952
2005
# 112
Singapore :
2,214,821
2005
# 113
Turkmenistan :
2,196,039
2005
# 114
Moldova :
2,157,903
2005
# 115
New Zealand :
2,153,526
2005
# 116
Tajikistan :
2,148,086
2005
# 117
Ireland :
2,081,803
2005
# 118
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
2,054,993
2005
# 119
Costa Rica :
1,956,228
2005
# 120
Croatia :
1,955,769
2005
# 121
Nicaragua :
1,908,840
2005
# 122
Jordan :
1,843,594
2005
# 123
Central African Republic :
1,825,717
2005
# 124
Eritrea :
1,787,313
2005
# 125
Uruguay :
1,752,297
2005
# 126
Lithuania :
1,620,551
2005
# 127
Congo, Republic of the :
1,507,104
2005
# 128
Panama :
1,467,271
2005
# 129
Puerto Rico :
1,462,982
2005
# 130
Lebanon :
1,408,747
2005
# 131
Kuwait :
1,374,111
2005
# 132
Albania :
1,360,195
2005
# 133
Armenia :
1,280,542
2005
# 134
Mauritania :
1,203,014
2005
# 135
Mongolia :
1,200,535
2005
# 136
Liberia :
1,195,519
2005
# 137
Jamaica :
1,166,704
2005
# 138
Latvia :
1,093,094
2005
# 139
Slovenia :
1,033,057
2005
# 140
Oman :
956,903.3
2005
# 141
Macedonia, Republic of :
863,305.4
2005
# 142
Estonia :
663,273.8
2005
# 143
Gambia, The :
657,713.4
2005
# 144
Namibia :
647,487.8
2005
# 145
Guinea-Bissau :
636,033.8
2005
# 146
Lesotho :
633,701.2
2005
# 147
Trinidad and Tobago :
627,998.3
2005
# 148
Botswana :
615,224.8
2005
# 149
Gabon :
596,516.2
2005
# 150
Mauritius :
568,194.4
2005
# 151
Qatar :
471,969.9
2005
# 152
East Timor :
394,980
2005
# 153
Fiji :
386,285.7
2005
# 154
Cyprus :
375,216.6
2005
# 155
Bahrain :
337,278.8
2005
# 156
Swaziland :
337,152.2
2005
# 157
Guyana :
329,610.7
2005
# 158
Djibouti :
314,646.3
2005
# 159
Macau :
258,697.8
2005
# 160
Comoros :
252,300.8
2005
# 161
Bhutan :
248,695.2
2005
# 162
Luxembourg :
201,836
2005
# 163
Equatorial Guinea :
196,849.1
2005
# 164
Solomon Islands :
194,572.9
2005
# 165
Iceland :
176,805.7
2005
# 166
Malta :
169,612.4
2005
# 167
Cape Verde :
164,556.1
2005
# 168
Brunei :
163,706.7
2005
# 169
Bahamas, The :
156,068.8
2005
# 170
Barbados :
155,562
2005
# 171
Suriname :
152,370.5
2005
# 172
Maldives :
117,311.6
2005
# 173
Belize :
116,083
2005
# 174
French Polynesia :
111,482.6
2005
# 175
Vanuatu :
106,524.5
2005
# 176
New Caledonia :
97,495.65
2005
# 177
Netherlands Antilles :
82,559.78
2005
# 178
Guam :
78,464.01
2005
# 179
Saint Lucia :
78,105.24
2005
# 180
Samoa :
64,985.62
2005
# 181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
56,613.98
2005
# 182
Virgin Islands :
50,810.29
2005
# 183
São Tomé and Príncipe :
49,167.46
2005
# 184
Tonga :
39,864.73
2005
Total :
3,019,667,824.06
Weighted average:
16,411,238.2
DEFINITION: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization 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.
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