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Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016
	2015	2016	3rd quarter 2015	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016
Both sexes
Total	2 772	2 779	2 793	2 765	2 778	2 781	2 804	2 756
15-19 years	130	129	138	126	130	130	135	122
20-24 years	249	240	257	238	238	243	245	233
25-29 years	295	306	299	295	305	303	311	306
30-39 years	611	611	613	609	611	610	612	610
40-54 years	945	946	944	952	946	948	952	938
55-66 years	492	499	493	494	500	497	499	499
67-74 years	50	49	49	52	49	51	50	48

Males
Total	1 470	1 475	1 480	1 464	1 474	1 483	1 484	1 459
15-19 years	63	64	68	63	63	65	66	62
20-24 years	131	126	136	124	127	129	128	122
25-29 years	156	160	158	158	161	160	161	157
30-39 years	323	326	324	319	323	328	326	326
40-54 years	498	498	497	500	497	500	501	494
55-66 years	264	270	264	266	272	270	269	268
67-74 years	33	31	33	33	31	32	32	31

Females
Total	1 302	1 304	1 313	1 301	1 304	1 298	1 319	1 296
15-19 years	67	65	69	63	66	65	69	61
20-24 years	118	114	121	113	112	114	117	111
25-29 years	138	146	141	137	144	143	149	149
30-39 years	287	285	289	290	288	282	286	284
40-54 years	447	448	447	451	449	448	451	444
55-66 years	228	229	229	228	228	227	229	231
67-74 years	17	18	17	19	18	19	18	16