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Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
	2015	2016	4th quarter 2015	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
Both sexes
Total	2 772	2 779	2 765	2 778	2 781	2 804	2 756	2 753
15-19 years	130	129	126	130	130	135	122	121
20-24 years	249	240	238	238	243	245	233	229
25-29 years	295	306	295	305	303	311	306	303
30-39 years	611	611	609	611	610	612	610	610
40-54 years	945	946	952	946	948	952	938	942
55-66 years	492	499	494	500	497	499	499	498
67-74 years	50	49	52	49	51	50	48	50

Males
Total	1 470	1 475	1 464	1 474	1 483	1 484	1 459	1 461
15-19 years	63	64	63	63	65	66	62	60
20-24 years	131	126	124	127	129	128	122	123
25-29 years	156	160	158	161	160	161	157	158
30-39 years	323	326	319	323	328	326	326	323
40-54 years	498	498	500	497	500	501	494	496
55-66 years	264	270	266	272	270	269	268	268
67-74 years	33	31	33	31	32	32	31	33

Females
Total	1 302	1 304	1 301	1 304	1 298	1 319	1 296	1 291
15-19 years	67	65	63	66	65	69	61	61
20-24 years	118	114	113	112	114	117	111	106
25-29 years	138	146	137	144	143	149	149	145
30-39 years	287	285	290	288	282	286	284	287
40-54 years	447	448	451	449	448	451	444	446
55-66 years	228	229	228	228	227	229	231	230
67-74 years	17	18	19	18	19	18	16	17