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Persons in the labour force aged 15-74, by age and sex (LFS). 1 000
	Annual average		3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
	2017	2018	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018
Both sexes
Total	2 763	2 802	2 772	2 758	2 770	2 806	2 827	2 807
15-19 years	124	120	130	119	113	119	127	122
20-24 years	239	244	243	239	238	253	248	236
25-29 years	305	311	307	303	309	307	313	313
30-39 years	614	628	614	616	619	628	633	632
40-54 years	938	943	934	937	943	944	945	939
55-66 years	499	506	498	499	503	505	507	507
67-74 years	45	51	45	44	46	50	53	57

Males
Total	1 462	1 487	1 466	1 459	1 468	1 491	1 506	1 484
15-19 years	62	59	67	58	56	61	64	56
20-24 years	126	129	127	126	125	132	132	126
25-29 years	158	160	159	157	157	160	164	161
30-39 years	326	337	325	329	333	338	340	336
40-54 years	492	497	491	491	496	496	499	497
55-66 years	268	273	267	271	273	272	273	273
67-74 years	29	32	29	27	29	31	34	35

Females
Total	1 302	1 315	1 306	1 299	1 302	1 315	1 321	1 322
15-19 years	62	61	63	61	56	58	63	66
20-24 years	113	115	116	114	113	121	116	110
25-29 years	147	150	148	146	152	147	149	152
30-39 years	287	291	288	287	286	290	293	296
40-54 years	446	446	443	446	447	447	446	442
55-66 years	230	233	231	229	230	233	234	234
67-74 years	16	19	16	16	17	19	19	22