Table

Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019
	2017	2018	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019
Both sexes
Total	2 763	2 802	2 770	2 806	2 827	2 807	2 800	2 816
15-19 years	124	120	113	119	127	122	120	119
20-24 years	239	244	238	253	248	236	237	244
25-29 years	305	311	309	307	313	313	312	309
30-39 years	614	628	619	628	633	632	628	632
40-54 years	938	943	943	944	945	939	942	942
55-66 years	499	506	503	505	507	507	506	515
67-74 years	45	51	46	50	53	57	55	55

Males
Total	1 462	1 487	1 468	1 491	1 506	1 484	1 482	1 493
15-19 years	62	59	56	61	64	56	58	55
20-24 years	126	129	125	132	132	126	126	128
25-29 years	158	160	157	160	164	161	160	159
30-39 years	326	337	333	338	340	336	334	338
40-54 years	492	497	496	496	499	497	497	502
55-66 years	268	273	273	272	273	273	273	276
67-74 years	29	32	29	31	34	35	35	34

Females
Total	1 302	1 315	1 302	1 315	1 321	1 322	1 318	1 323
15-19 years	62	61	56	58	63	66	62	64
20-24 years	113	115	113	121	116	110	112	116
25-29 years	147	150	152	147	149	152	152	150
30-39 years	287	291	286	290	293	296	294	294
40-54 years	446	446	447	447	446	442	445	440
55-66 years	230	233	230	233	234	234	232	239
67-74 years	16	19	17	19	19	22	21	21