7 Persons in the labour force aged 15-74 by age and sex (LFS). 1 000

  Annual average 2008 2009 2010
20081 2009 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter
    Persons In total 2 591 2 590 2 591 2 585 2 614 2 588 2 572 2 581
15-19 years 158 142 149 141 150 142 135 136
20-24 years 222 221 218 217 228 226 212 217
25-29 years 260 261 262 262 261 263 258 257
30-39 years 613 610 615 615 612 605 606 603
40-54 years 877 888 884 887 893 884 888 894
55-66 years 430 438 435 433 441 439 440 442
67-74 years 30 30 29 30 29 29 33 32
Males In total 1 370 1 366 1 367 1 360 1 382 1 365 1 356 1 364
15-19 years 79 68 73 65 73 68 66 66
20-24 years 116 116 116 115 121 118 110 115
25-29 years 136 137 137 136 138 140 135 133
30-39 years 324 322 323 324 324 318 321 319
40-54 years 462 468 465 468 470 466 467 471
55-66 years 232 237 234 233 239 239 239 240
67-74 years 19 18 18 18 18 18 19 20
Females In total 1 222 1 224 1 224 1 225 1 231 1 223 1 216 1 217
15-19 years 79 74 75 76 77 74 69 70
20-24 years 106 105 102 103 107 108 102 102
25-29 years 124 124 124 126 123 124 123 124
30-39 years 289 288 292 291 289 287 285 284
40-54 years 415 420 419 419 423 418 421 423
55-66 years 198 201 201 200 202 200 202 202
67-74 years 11 12 11 11 11 12 14 12

1 See note 1, table 1a.