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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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | United States | 155.46 million | 2005 | ||
2 | Japan | 66.59 million | 2005 | ||
3 | Germany | 40.99 million | 2005 | ||
4 | United Kingdom | 30.64 million | 2005 | ||
5 | France | 27.1 million | 2005 | ||
6 | Italy | 24.44 million | 2005 | ||
7 | South Korea | 24.38 million | 2005 | ||
8 | Spain | 20.85 million | 2005 | ||
9 | Canada | 17.65 million | 2005 | ||
10 | Poland | 17.34 million | 2005 | ||
11 | Australia | 10.34 million | 2005 | ||
12 | Netherlands | 8.61 million | 2005 | ||
13 | Chile | 6.51 million | 2005 | ||
14 | Portugal | 5.56 million | 2005 | ||
15 | Czech Republic | 5.2 million | 2005 | ||
16 | Greece | 5.15 million | 2005 | ||
17 | Sweden | 4.68 million | 2005 | ||
18 | Belgium | 4.5 million | 2005 | ||
19 | Switzerland | 4.19 million | 2005 | ||
20 | Austria | 3.98 million | 2005 | ||
21 | Denmark | 2.84 million | 2005 | ||
22 | Israel | 2.73 million | 2005 | ||
23 | Slovakia | 2.68 million | 2005 | ||
24 | Finland | 2.66 million | 2005 | ||
25 | Norway | 2.52 million | 2005 | ||
26 | New Zealand | 2.15 million | 2005 | ||
27 | Ireland | 2.08 million | 2005 | ||
28 | Slovenia | 1.03 million | 2005 | ||
29 | Estonia | 663,273.8 | 2005 | ||
30 | Luxembourg | 201,836 | 2005 | ||
31 | Iceland | 176,805.7 | 2005 |