Hot countries Compared by Labor > Labor force, total

DEFINITION: Labor force, total. Total labor force comprises people ages 15 and older 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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	India	484.34 million	2012
2	Indonesia	118.38 million	2012
3	Brazil	104.75 million	2012
4	Bangladesh	76.04 million	2012
5	Pakistan	63.78 million	2012
6	Vietnam	52.86 million	2012
7	Mexico	52.85 million	2012
8	Nigeria	52.64 million	2012
9	Ethiopia	43.59 million	2012
10	Philippines	41.28 million	2012
11	Thailand	39.42 million	2012
12	Burma	33.3 million	2012
13	Egypt	27.19 million	2012
14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	25.93 million	2012
15	Tanzania	23.51 million	2012
16	Colombia	23.11 million	2012
17	Kenya	16.7 million	2012
18	Uganda	14.51 million	2012
19	Venezuela	13.86 million	2012
20	Malaysia	12.72 million	2012
21	Algeria	12.21 million	2012
22	Australia	12.01 million	2012
23	Sudan	11.65 million	2012
24	Madagascar	11.33 million	2012
25	Ghana	10.78 million	2012
26	Saudi Arabia	10.38 million	2012
27	Cameroon	8.66 million	2012
28	Cambodia	8.43 million	2012
29	Sri Lanka	8.37 million	2012
30	Iraq	8.18 million	2012
31	Cote d'Ivoire	7.81 million	2012
32	Angola	7.63 million	2012
33	Burkina Faso	7.47 million	2012
34	Ecuador	7.39 million	2012
35	Malawi	7.2 million	2012
36	Zimbabwe	7.09 million	2012
37	Mozambique	6.92 million	2012
38	Yemen	6.86 million	2012
39	Guatemala	6.04 million	2012
40	Zambia	5.95 million	2012
41	Senegal	5.93 million	2012
42	Niger	5.55 million	2012
43	Cuba	5.33 million	2012
44	Mali	5.17 million	2012
45	Bolivia	4.92 million	2012
46	Guinea	4.74 million	2012
47	Dominican Republic	4.63 million	2012
48	Chad	4.59 million	2012
49	Haiti	4.31 million	2012
50	Benin	4.17 million	2012
51	Hong Kong	3.73 million	2012
52	Laos	3.32 million	2012
53	Papua New Guinea	3.19 million	2012
54	Honduras	3.19 million	2012
55	Paraguay	3.16 million	2012
56	Togo	3.12 million	2012
57	Singapore	3.02 million	2012
58	Somalia	3.01 million	2012
59	Eritrea	2.95 million	2012
60	El Salvador	2.71 million	2012
61	Nicaragua	2.52 million	2012
62	Sierra Leone	2.34 million	2012
63	Libya	2.31 million	2012
64	Costa Rica	2.3 million	2012
65	Panama	1.78 million	2012
66	Kuwait	1.66 million	2012
67	Oman	1.6 million	2012
68	Qatar	1.54 million	2012
69	Liberia	1.47 million	2012
70	Jamaica	1.24 million	2012
71	Mauritania	1.22 million	2012
72	Botswana	1.02 million	2012
73	Bahrain	741,723.44	2012
74	Guinea-Bissau	711,710.39	2012
75	Trinidad and Tobago	678,520.96	2012
76	Gabon	608,561.54	2012
77	Mauritius	604,130.69	2012
78	Swaziland	435,474.86	2012
79	Equatorial Guinea	389,259.21	2012
80	Macau	348,913.23	2012
81	Fiji	342,173.72	2012
82	Guyana	308,766.49	2012
83	Djibouti	294,585.57	2012
84	Comoros	239,019.26	2012
85	Cape Verde	232,008.67	2012
86	Solomon Islands	217,269.08	2012
87	The Bahamas	216,028.17	2012
88	Suriname	210,246.83	2012
89	Brunei	196,800.46	2012
90	Barbados	163,583.59	2012
91	Maldives	159,736.99	2012
92	Belize	139,455.76	2012
93	New Caledonia	112,790.15	2012
94	Saint Lucia	94,602.73	2012
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	54,525.46	2012
96	Samoa	48,577.11	2012
97	Tonga	42,090.24	2012

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