Labor force (15+ years), total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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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. Source: International Labour Organization, using World Bank population estimates.
Labor force (15+ years), total - Population - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa374,653,403
2Sub-Saharan Africa318,017,009
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa300,396,769
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria254,282,938
5North Africa56,636,395
6Nigeria46,113,831
7Ethiopia37,435,045
8Egypt25,498,846
9Democratic Republic of the Congo23,579,483
10Tanzania20,249,926
11South Africa17,620,240
12Kenya17,372,761
13Algeria13,907,326
14Uganda13,388,120
15Sudan12,504,144
16Morocco11,225,104
17Ghana10,111,048
18Mozambique9,904,654
19Madagascar8,934,148
20Angola7,798,024
21Ivory Coast7,413,724
22Cameroon6,942,549
23Burkina Faso6,647,985
24Malawi5,781,490
25Zimbabwe5,161,496
26Senegal4,909,395
27Zambia4,642,820
28Guinea4,601,437
29Niger4,558,098
30Rwanda4,373,745
31Chad4,315,940
32Burundi4,249,288
33Tunisia3,739,707
34Mali3,440,762
35Benin3,426,582
36Somalia3,413,288
37Togo2,578,631
38Libya2,265,412
39Sierra Leone2,038,944
40Eritrea1,981,051
41Central African Republic1,963,157
42Republic of the Congo1,451,536
43Liberia1,441,730
44Mauritania1,311,937
45Lesotho860,646
46Gambia712,730
47Namibia694,753
48Botswana689,966
49Gabon631,260
50Guinea-Bissau631,198
51Mauritius572,029
52Swaziland445,179
53Djibouti351,854
54Comoros283,762
55Equatorial Guinea250,102
56Cape Verde184,030
57Sao Tome and Principe52,491
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