Table

Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018
	2016	2017	1st quarter 2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018
Both sexes
Total	2 769	2 763	2 742	2 781	2 772	2 758	2 770	2 806
15-19 years	125	124	118	129	130	119	113	119
20-24 years	244	239	232	241	243	239	238	253
25-29 years	309	305	304	307	307	303	309	307
30-39 years	612	614	610	615	614	616	619	628
40-54 years	937	938	938	943	934	937	943	944
55-66 years	497	499	496	500	498	499	503	505
67-74 years	45	45	44	46	45	44	46	50

Males
Total	1 468	1 462	1 453	1 469	1 466	1 459	1 468	1 491
15-19 years	61	62	59	63	67	58	56	61
20-24 years	128	126	125	128	127	126	125	132
25-29 years	161	158	156	159	159	157	157	160
30-39 years	327	326	325	326	325	329	333	338
40-54 years	494	492	493	495	491	491	496	496
55-66 years	268	268	267	268	267	271	273	272
67-74 years	28	29	29	31	29	27	29	31

Females
Total	1 301	1 302	1 290	1 312	1 306	1 299	1 302	1 315
15-19 years	64	62	59	66	63	61	56	58
20-24 years	116	113	107	114	116	114	113	121
25-29 years	148	147	148	148	148	146	152	147
30-39 years	285	287	285	289	288	287	286	290
40-54 years	443	446	446	449	443	446	447	447
55-66 years	229	230	229	233	231	229	230	233
67-74 years	17	16	15	15	16	16	17	19