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Table 18(Handbook of International Economic Statistics 1997-CIA)

Nonagricultural Labor Forcea

Million persons
  1970 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
OECD
United States 79.20 103.41 112.12 122.45 122.92 124.68 125.90 127.47 128.71
Canada 7.80 11.38 12.54 13.78 13.84 13.94 14.10 14.29 14.37
Japan 42.24 50.23 54.00 58.78 60.29 61.13 61.82 62.22 62.48
European Union
France 18.05 21.11 22.09 23.05 23.29 23.42 23.56 23.74 23.84
Germanyb 24.02 25.89 26.86 28.83 28.83 29.14 29.12 29.03 NA
Italy 15.88 18.25 19.54 20.79 21.13 21.18 21.10 21.08 21.22
United Kingdom 24.33 25.87 26.59 27.97 27.84 27.82 27.76 27.74 NA
Other
Chinac 66.18 116.85 186.85 225.63 234.84 246.63 262.54 280.84 293.70
Russia 59.22 69.48 70.33 72.84 73.19 64.56 63.75 62.37 62.46
Ukraine 17.99 20.51 20.24 20.44 20.22 20.07 18.56 18.28 17.86

a Excludes the armed forces but includes the employed. Annual averages of monthly data, unless otherwise indicated.
b Western area only.
c Yearend data, series revised in 1985.

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