Labor > Force > Total: Countries Compared

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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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	China	776.05 million	2005
2	India	435.04 million	2005
3	United States	155.46 million	2005
	South Asia average (profile)	138.92 million	2005
4	Indonesia	107.21 million	2005
5	Brazil	91.31 million	2005
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	76.82 million	2005
	Emerging markets average (profile)	73.83 million	2005
6	Russia	73.23 million	2005
7	Japan	66.59 million	2005
8	Bangladesh	63.87 million	2005
9	Pakistan	56.53 million	2005
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	51.84 million	2005
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	50.06 million	2005
10	Nigeria	47.87 million	2005
11	Vietnam	44.04 million	2005
12	Mexico	42.26 million	2005
13	Germany	40.99 million	2005
14	Philippines	37.12 million	2005
15	Thailand	35.72 million	2005
	Religious countries average (profile)	34.29 million	1999
	Cold countries average (profile)	32.64 million	2005
16	Ethiopia	31.59 million	2005
17	United Kingdom	30.64 million	2005
18	Iran	27.54 million	2005
19	Burma	27.43 million	2005
20	France	27.1 million	2005
21	Turkey	26.64 million	2005
22	Italy	24.44 million	2005
23	South Korea	24.38 million	2005
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	22.94 million	2005
25	Egypt	22.88 million	2005
26	Colombia	22.34 million	2005
27	Ukraine	22.32 million	2005
	Former British colonies average (profile)	21.14 million	2005
28	Spain	20.85 million	2005
29	South Africa	19.56 million	2005
30	Tanzania	19.34 million	2005
31	Argentina	18.36 million	2005
32	Canada	17.65 million	2005
33	Poland	17.34 million	2005
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	16.26 million	2005
34	Kenya	15.5 million	2005
	Hot countries average (profile)	14.56 million	2005
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	13.42 million	2005
35	Algeria	13.41 million	2005
	failed states average (profile)	13.39 million	2005
36	Peru	13.35 million	2005
37	Venezuela	12.85 million	2005
	OPEC countries average (profile)	12.31 million	2005
38	Uganda	11.86 million	2005
	Muslim countries average (profile)	11.47 million	2005
39	Uzbekistan	11.28 million	2005
40	Morocco	11.12 million	2005
41	Malaysia	11.02 million	2005
42	North Korea	10.69 million	2005
43	Sudan	10.52 million	2005
44	Nepal	10.52 million	2005
45	Australia	10.34 million	2005
46	Romania	10.26 million	2005
	NATO countries average (profile)	9.94 million	2005
47	Ghana	9.8 million	2005
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	9.63 million	2005
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	9.37 million	2005
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	9.3 million	2005
	Europe average (profile)	9.3 million	2005
48	Mozambique	9.29 million	2005
49	Netherlands	8.61 million	2005
50	Madagascar	8.59 million	2005
	Eurozone average (profile)	8.45 million	2005
51	Sri Lanka	8.4 million	2005
	European Union average (profile)	8.36 million	2005
52	Kazakhstan	8.12 million	2005
53	Syria	7.58 million	2005
54	Saudi Arabia	7.45 million	2005
55	Angola	7.03 million	2005
56	Cambodia	6.82 million	2005
57	Cote d'Ivoire	6.8 million	2005
58	Iraq	6.72 million	1999
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	6.7 million	2005
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	6.63 million	2005
	Former French colonies average (profile)	6.59 million	2005
59	Chile	6.51 million	2005
60	Ecuador	6.36 million	2005
61	Cameroon	6.29 million	2005
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	5.98 million	2005
62	Yemen	5.94 million	2005
63	Niger	5.93 million	2005
64	Malawi	5.93 million	2005
65	Burkina Faso	5.83 million	2005
66	Zimbabwe	5.76 million	2005
67	Portugal	5.56 million	2005
68	Mali	5.46 million	2005
69	Cuba	5.37 million	2005
70	Czech Republic	5.2 million	2005
71	Greece	5.15 million	2005
72	Zambia	4.95 million	2005
73	Afghanistan	4.82 million	1989
74	Belarus	4.78 million	2005
75	Sweden	4.68 million	2005
76	Senegal	4.59 million	2005
77	Belgium	4.5 million	2005
78	Guinea	4.42 million	2005
79	Hungary	4.21 million	2005
80	Switzerland	4.19 million	2005
81	Rwanda	4.18 million	2005
82	Bolivia	4.16 million	2005
83	Azerbaijan	4.13 million	2005
84	Guatemala	4.08 million	2005
85	Austria	3.98 million	2005
86	Serbia and Montenegro	3.93 million	2005
87	Tunisia	3.85 million	2005
88	Dominican Republic	3.85 million	2005
89	Burundi	3.83 million	2005
90	Haiti	3.67 million	2005
91	Chad	3.67 million	2005
92	Hong Kong	3.67 million	2005
93	Somalia	3.52 million	2005
94	Benin	3.3 million	2005
95	Honduras	3.13 million	2005
96	Bulgaria	3.11 million	2005
97	Denmark	2.84 million	2005
98	El Salvador	2.77 million	2005
99	Paraguay	2.75 million	2005
100	Israel	2.73 million	2005
101	United Arab Emirates	2.72 million	2005
102	Slovakia	2.68 million	2005
103	Finland	2.66 million	2005
104	Papua New Guinea	2.57 million	2005
105	Norway	2.52 million	2005
106	Togo	2.42 million	2005
107	Sierra Leone	2.36 million	2005
108	Laos	2.35 million	2005
109	Libya	2.34 million	2005
110	Kyrgyzstan	2.27 million	2005
111	Georgia	2.26 million	2005
112	Singapore	2.21 million	2005
113	Turkmenistan	2.2 million	2005
114	Moldova	2.16 million	2005
115	New Zealand	2.15 million	2005
116	Tajikistan	2.15 million	2005
117	Ireland	2.08 million	2005
118	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.05 million	2005
119	Costa Rica	1.96 million	2005
120	Croatia	1.96 million	2005
121	Nicaragua	1.91 million	2005
122	Jordan	1.84 million	2005
123	Central African Republic	1.83 million	2005
124	Eritrea	1.79 million	2005
125	Uruguay	1.75 million	2005
126	Lithuania	1.62 million	2005
127	Congo, Republic of the	1.51 million	2005
128	Panama	1.47 million	2005
129	Puerto Rico	1.46 million	2005
130	Lebanon	1.41 million	2005
131	Kuwait	1.37 million	2005
132	Albania	1.36 million	2005
133	Armenia	1.28 million	2005
134	Mauritania	1.2 million	2005
135	Mongolia	1.2 million	2005
136	Liberia	1.2 million	2005
137	Jamaica	1.17 million	2005
138	Latvia	1.09 million	2005
139	Slovenia	1.03 million	2005
140	Oman	956,903.3	2005
141	Estonia	663,273.8	2005
142	The Gambia	657,713.4	2005
143	Namibia	647,487.8	2005
144	Guinea-Bissau	636,033.8	2005
145	Lesotho	633,701.2	2005
146	Trinidad and Tobago	627,998.3	2005
147	Botswana	615,224.8	2005
148	Gabon	596,516.2	2005
149	Mauritius	568,194.4	2005
150	Qatar	471,969.9	2005
151	East Timor	394,980	2005
152	Fiji	386,285.7	2005
153	Cyprus	375,216.6	2005
154	Bahrain	337,278.8	2005
155	Swaziland	337,152.2	2005
156	Guyana	329,610.7	2005
157	Djibouti	314,646.3	2005
158	Macau	258,697.8	2005
159	Comoros	252,300.8	2005
160	Bhutan	248,695.2	2005
161	Luxembourg	201,836	2005
162	Equatorial Guinea	196,849.1	2005
163	Solomon Islands	194,572.9	2005
164	Iceland	176,805.7	2005
165	Malta	169,612.4	2005
166	Cape Verde	164,556.1	2005
167	Brunei	163,706.7	2005
168	The Bahamas	156,068.8	2005
169	Barbados	155,562	2005
170	Suriname	152,370.5	2005
171	Maldives	117,311.6	2005
172	Belize	116,083	2005
173	French Polynesia	111,482.6	2005
174	Vanuatu	106,524.5	2005
175	New Caledonia	97,495.65	2005
176	Netherlands Antilles	82,559.78	2005
177	Guam	78,464.01	2005
178	Saint Lucia	78,105.24	2005
179	Samoa	64,985.62	2005
180	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56,613.98	2005
181	Virgin Islands	50,810.29	2005
182	Sao Tome and Principe	49,167.46	2005
183	Tonga	39,864.73	2005

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