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Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
	2016	2017	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017
Both sexes
Total	2 779	2 769	2 804	2 756	2 753	2 782	2 782	2 760
15-19 years	129	125	135	122	121	129	128	121
20-24 years	240	237	245	233	229	239	246	235
25-29 years	306	305	311	306	303	307	308	300
30-39 years	611	612	612	610	610	610	612	615
40-54 years	946	941	952	938	942	943	940	940
55-66 years	499	500	499	499	498	500	498	502
67-74 years	49	50	50	48	50	53	50	47

Males
Total	1 475	1 466	1 484	1 459	1 461	1 471	1 471	1 460
15-19 years	64	62	66	62	60	63	66	60
20-24 years	126	126	128	122	123	127	128	124
25-29 years	160	158	161	157	158	158	159	155
30-39 years	326	325	326	326	323	325	323	328
40-54 years	498	495	501	494	496	495	495	494
55-66 years	270	267	269	268	268	267	266	269
67-74 years	31	34	32	31	33	37	33	31

Females
Total	1 304	1 303	1 319	1 296	1 291	1 311	1 311	1 300
15-19 years	65	63	69	61	61	66	62	61
20-24 years	114	112	117	111	106	112	119	111
25-29 years	146	147	149	149	145	149	149	146
30-39 years	285	287	286	284	287	286	289	287
40-54 years	448	446	451	444	446	448	445	446
55-66 years	229	232	229	231	230	233	232	233
67-74 years	18	16	18	16	17	16	16	16