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Labor Force Strength by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

An oft-overlooked quality of wartime industry is the power of a nation's labor force - directly influencing production.

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The power of a nation's labor force directly reflects wartime output concerning all manner of military industry - bullets, bombs, uniforms, spares, specialized field equipment, medicine, etc... Traditionally, and expectedly so, larger overall populations have fielded larger labor forces (as exemplified by the US, China and India).


Labor Force data through 2012.
1
795,500,000
2
487,600,000
3
153,600,000
4
117,400,000
5
104,700,000
6
75,330,000
7
65,930,000
8
58,640,000
9
52,500,000
10
49,170,000
11
48,230,000
12
43,620,000
13
40,000,000
14
38,900,000
15
37,900,000
16
31,720,000
17
29,610,000
18
27,740,000
19
26,690,000
20
26,370,000
21
25,100,000
22
25,080,000
23
23,100,000
24
22,450,000
25
22,060,000
26
18,670,000
27
18,390,000
28
18,000,000
29
17,850,000
30
17,660,000
31
16,760,000
32
15,000,000
33
13,320,000
34
12,560,000
35
12,200,000
36
12,050,000
37
11,200,000
38
11,040,000
39
9,252,000
40
8,900,000
41
8,099,000
42
7,630,000
43
6,956,000
44
5,642,000
45
5,543,000
46
5,177,000
47
5,018,000
48
4,959,000
49
4,899,000
50
4,111,000
51
3,668,000
52
3,237,000
53
3,210,000
54
3,204,000
55
3,084,000
56
2,853,000
57
2,682,000
58
2,629,000
59
2,243,000
60
1,945,000
61
1,771,000
62
1,717,000
63
1,677,000
64
1,486,000
65
1,481,000
66
1,241,000
67
1,160,000
68
1,147,000

Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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