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Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018
	2016	2017	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018
Both sexes
Total	2 769	2 763	2 745	2 742	2 781	2 772	2 758	2 770
15-19 years	125	124	118	118	129	130	119	113
20-24 years	244	239	237	232	241	243	239	238
25-29 years	309	305	311	304	307	307	303	309
30-39 years	612	614	612	610	615	614	616	619
40-54 years	937	938	929	938	943	934	937	943
55-66 years	497	499	494	496	500	498	499	503
67-74 years	45	45	44	44	46	45	44	46

Males
Total	1 468	1 462	1 448	1 453	1 469	1 466	1 459	1 468
15-19 years	61	62	58	59	63	67	58	56
20-24 years	128	126	123	125	128	127	126	125
25-29 years	161	158	158	156	159	159	157	157
30-39 years	327	326	330	325	326	325	329	333
40-54 years	494	492	485	493	495	491	491	496
55-66 years	268	268	266	267	268	267	271	273
67-74 years	28	29	28	29	31	29	27	29

Females
Total	1 301	1 302	1 296	1 290	1 312	1 306	1 299	1 302
15-19 years	64	62	59	59	66	63	61	56
20-24 years	116	113	114	107	114	116	114	113
25-29 years	148	147	153	148	148	148	146	152
30-39 years	285	287	283	285	289	288	287	286
40-54 years	443	446	444	446	449	443	446	447
55-66 years	229	230	228	229	233	231	229	230
67-74 years	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	17