Table

Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
	2016	2017	2nd quarter 2017	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018
Both sexes
Total	2 769	2 763	2 781	2 772	2 758	2 770	2 806	2 827
15-19 years	125	124	129	130	119	113	119	127
20-24 years	244	239	241	243	239	238	253	248
25-29 years	309	305	307	307	303	309	307	313
30-39 years	612	614	615	614	616	619	628	633
40-54 years	937	938	943	934	937	943	944	945
55-66 years	497	499	500	498	499	503	505	507
67-74 years	45	45	46	45	44	46	50	53

Males
Total	1 468	1 462	1 469	1 466	1 459	1 468	1 491	1 506
15-19 years	61	62	63	67	58	56	61	64
20-24 years	128	126	128	127	126	125	132	132
25-29 years	161	158	159	159	157	157	160	164
30-39 years	327	326	326	325	329	333	338	340
40-54 years	494	492	495	491	491	496	496	499
55-66 years	268	268	268	267	271	273	272	273
67-74 years	28	29	31	29	27	29	31	34

Females
Total	1 301	1 302	1 312	1 306	1 299	1 302	1 315	1 321
15-19 years	64	62	66	63	61	56	58	63
20-24 years	116	113	114	116	114	113	121	116
25-29 years	148	147	148	148	146	152	147	149
30-39 years	285	287	289	288	287	286	290	293
40-54 years	443	446	449	443	446	447	447	446
55-66 years	229	230	233	231	229	230	233	234
67-74 years	17	16	15	16	16	17	19	19