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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 | India | 435.04 million | 2005 | ||
2 | Indonesia | 107.21 million | 2005 | ||
3 | Brazil | 91.31 million | 2005 | ||
4 | Bangladesh | 63.87 million | 2005 | ||
5 | Pakistan | 56.53 million | 2005 | ||
6 | Nigeria | 47.87 million | 2005 | ||
7 | Vietnam | 44.04 million | 2005 | ||
8 | Mexico | 42.26 million | 2005 | ||
9 | Philippines | 37.12 million | 2005 | ||
10 | Thailand | 35.72 million | 2005 | ||
11 | Ethiopia | 31.59 million | 2005 | ||
12 | Burma | 27.43 million | 2005 | ||
13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22.94 million | 2005 | ||
14 | Egypt | 22.88 million | 2005 | ||
15 | Colombia | 22.34 million | 2005 | ||
16 | Tanzania | 19.34 million | 2005 | ||
17 | Kenya | 15.5 million | 2005 | ||
18 | Algeria | 13.41 million | 2005 | ||
19 | Venezuela | 12.85 million | 2005 | ||
20 | Uganda | 11.86 million | 2005 | ||
21 | Malaysia | 11.02 million | 2005 | ||
22 | Sudan | 10.52 million | 2005 | ||
23 | Australia | 10.34 million | 2005 | ||
24 | Ghana | 9.8 million | 2005 | ||
25 | Mozambique | 9.29 million | 2005 | ||
26 | Madagascar | 8.59 million | 2005 | ||
27 | Sri Lanka | 8.4 million | 2005 | ||
28 | Saudi Arabia | 7.45 million | 2005 | ||
29 | Angola | 7.03 million | 2005 | ||
30 | Cambodia | 6.82 million | 2005 | ||
31 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.8 million | 2005 | ||
32 | Iraq | 6.72 million | 1999 | ||
33 | Ecuador | 6.36 million | 2005 | ||
34 | Cameroon | 6.29 million | 2005 | ||
35 | Yemen | 5.94 million | 2005 | ||
36 | Niger | 5.93 million | 2005 | ||
37 | Malawi | 5.93 million | 2005 | ||
38 | Burkina Faso | 5.83 million | 2005 | ||
39 | Zimbabwe | 5.76 million | 2005 | ||
40 | Mali | 5.46 million | 2005 | ||
41 | Cuba | 5.37 million | 2005 | ||
42 | Zambia | 4.95 million | 2005 | ||
43 | Senegal | 4.59 million | 2005 | ||
44 | Guinea | 4.42 million | 2005 | ||
45 | Bolivia | 4.16 million | 2005 | ||
46 | Guatemala | 4.08 million | 2005 | ||
47 | Dominican Republic | 3.85 million | 2005 | ||
48 | Haiti | 3.67 million | 2005 | ||
49 | Chad | 3.67 million | 2005 | ||
50 | Hong Kong | 3.67 million | 2005 | ||
51 | Somalia | 3.52 million | 2005 | ||
52 | Benin | 3.3 million | 2005 | ||
53 | Honduras | 3.13 million | 2005 | ||
54 | El Salvador | 2.77 million | 2005 | ||
55 | Paraguay | 2.75 million | 2005 | ||
56 | Papua New Guinea | 2.57 million | 2005 | ||
57 | Togo | 2.42 million | 2005 | ||
58 | Sierra Leone | 2.36 million | 2005 | ||
59 | Laos | 2.35 million | 2005 | ||
60 | Libya | 2.34 million | 2005 | ||
61 | Singapore | 2.21 million | 2005 | ||
62 | Costa Rica | 1.96 million | 2005 | ||
63 | Nicaragua | 1.91 million | 2005 | ||
64 | Eritrea | 1.79 million | 2005 | ||
65 | Panama | 1.47 million | 2005 | ||
66 | Kuwait | 1.37 million | 2005 | ||
67 | Mauritania | 1.2 million | 2005 | ||
68 | Liberia | 1.2 million | 2005 | ||
69 | Jamaica | 1.17 million | 2005 | ||
70 | Oman | 956,903.3 | 2005 | ||
71 | Guinea-Bissau | 636,033.8 | 2005 | ||
72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 627,998.3 | 2005 | ||
73 | Botswana | 615,224.8 | 2005 | ||
74 | Gabon | 596,516.2 | 2005 | ||
75 | Mauritius | 568,194.4 | 2005 | ||
76 | Qatar | 471,969.9 | 2005 | ||
77 | Fiji | 386,285.7 | 2005 | ||
78 | Bahrain | 337,278.8 | 2005 | ||
79 | Swaziland | 337,152.2 | 2005 | ||
80 | Guyana | 329,610.7 | 2005 | ||
81 | Djibouti | 314,646.3 | 2005 | ||
82 | Macau | 258,697.8 | 2005 | ||
83 | Comoros | 252,300.8 | 2005 | ||
84 | Equatorial Guinea | 196,849.1 | 2005 | ||
85 | Solomon Islands | 194,572.9 | 2005 | ||
86 | Cape Verde | 164,556.1 | 2005 | ||
87 | Brunei | 163,706.7 | 2005 | ||
88 | The Bahamas | 156,068.8 | 2005 | ||
89 | Barbados | 155,562 | 2005 | ||
90 | Suriname | 152,370.5 | 2005 | ||
91 | Maldives | 117,311.6 | 2005 | ||
92 | Belize | 116,083 | 2005 | ||
93 | New Caledonia | 97,495.65 | 2005 | ||
94 | Saint Lucia | 78,105.24 | 2005 | ||
95 | Samoa | 64,985.62 | 2005 | ||
96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56,613.98 | 2005 | ||
97 | Virgin Islands | 50,810.29 | 2005 | ||
98 | Tonga | 39,864.73 | 2005 |