National Labour Force Projections: 2024-2078

National labour force projections indicate the future size and age-sex structure of the labour force usually living in New Zealand based on assumptions about labour force participation and average hours worked, and current policy settings.

Key facts

National labour force projections indicate the future size and age-sex structure of the labour force living in Aotearoa New Zealand. All data cited here relate to June years. Data before 2024 are sourced from the Household Labour Force Survey (HLFS, year ended June, unless otherwise stated).

The projections indicate that:

New Zealand's labour force will continue to grow, but the growth rate will slow in the long-term
the labour force will age, reflecting increasing labour force participation rates among males and females aged 50 years and over (50+), and the general ageing of the population.

The projections indicate a 90 percent chance that:

the labour force (3.1 million in 2024) will increase to between 3.5 and 4.4 million in 2051, and to between 3.7 and 5.3 million in 2078
the labour force aged 65 years and over (65+, 220,000 in 2024) will increase to between 250,000 and 460,000 in 2051, and to between 280,000 and 730,000 in 2078
the proportion of the labour force that is aged 65+ (7 percent in 2024) will increase to between 7 and 11 percent in 2051, and to between 7 and 15 percent in 2078
the proportion of the population aged 15 years and over (15+) in the labour force (71 percent in 2024) will be between 64 and 75 percent in 2051, and between 57 and 73 percent in 2078
the proportion of the population aged 65+ in the labour force (25 percent in 2024) will be between 16 and 31 percent in 2051, and between 13 and 33 percent in 2078
the ratio of those not in the labour force across all ages to those who are in the labour force (72 per 100 in 2024) will be between 54 and 84 per 100 in 2051, and between 55 and 103 per 100 in 2078
the average number of hours that people in the labour force are working or available for work (37 hours per week in 2024) will be between 34 and 41 hours per week in 2051, and between 32 and 42 hours per week in 2078.

The fan chart shows the size of the New Zealand labour force from 1988 to 2078. The New Zealand labour force is estimated from 1988 to 2024 and projected from 2025 to 2078. See link to text alternative under image.

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June year	Net migration	Changes in LFPRs	Changes in age structure
2025	15900	8800	10400
2026	19200	8400	10400
2027	20800	8000	10100
2028	22100	7600	9800
2029	23200	7300	9200
2030	23900	6900	8700
2031	24200	6600	8200
2032	24400	6200	7700
2033	24600	5900	7100
2034	24800	5600	6600
2035	25000	5200	5900
2036	25200	4900	5500
2037	25400	4600	5100
2038	25600	4300	3800
2039	25800	4100	2900
2040	26000	3800	2200
2041	26100	3500	1700
2042	26300	3300	1400
2043	26500	3100	1100
2044	26700	2800	600
2045	26900	2600	-100
2046	27000	2400	-800
2047	27200	2200	-1600
2048	27400	2000	-2600
2049	27600	1900	-3500
2050	27700	1700	-4500
2051	27900	1600	-5600
2052	28100	1400	-6600
2053	28300	1300	-7600
2054	28400	1100	-8600
2055	28600	1000	-9500
2056	28800	900	-10300
2057	28900	800	-10900
2058	29100	700	-11400
2059	29300	600	-11700
2060	29500	500	-11900
2061	29600	400	-12100
2062	29800	400	-12200
2063	30000	300	-12300
2064	30100	300	-12400
2065	30300	200	-12600
2066	30500	200	-12800
2067	30600	100	-13000
2068	30800	100	-13400
2069	30900	100	-13800
2070	31100	100	-14400
2071	31300	0	-15100
2072	31400	0	-15900
2073	31600	0	-16700
2074	31800	0	-17500
2075	31900	0	-18200
2076	32100	0	-18800
2077	32300	0	-19400
2078	32400	0	-19900

June year	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+
1988	428600	817900	412400	26400
1989	400000	821500	406700	24400
1990	391000	827000	410400	23700
1991	387900	850100	419400	23300
1992	378200	860400	432200	21600
1993	365000	862700	451100	19700
1994	363200	874100	474900	22400
1995	365900	887600	501000	24000
1996	369900	910200	526500	25200
1997	362900	930000	551100	27300
1998	355800	934100	569700	24000
1999	334000	933400	593600	28000
2000	330400	936600	606300	31000
2001	330000	932300	635200	34900
2002	343300	935600	664600	40900
2003	349100	942500	691800	42100
2004	358200	952600	718400	47400
2005	364900	965100	753600	55200
2006	379300	973500	788400	57200
2007	386600	972800	806200	67200
2008	380900	964600	831100	73100
2009	374700	965500	857900	82800
2010	363000	954500	882200	85300
2011	363300	948500	902300	98500
2012	362800	943800	918300	110200
2013	355500	935000	921700	116900
2014	370700	957600	945200	128100
2015	393800	992300	961100	136700
2016	401200	1023900	973500	144600
2017	413600	1080500	1016900	160100
2018	419400	1123800	1041900	168300
2019	416900	1158000	1041500	170700
2020	415000	1187800	1055400	182400
2021	412100	1209900	1060800	192300
2022	420800	1222200	1068100	199600
2023	444400	1256900	1079100	211100
2024	450500	1327200	1076100	217300
2025	455600	1342700	1082200	225600
2026	463200	1357600	1088700	234600
2027	473100	1369800	1096300	243800
2028	483200	1380800	1106100	252400
2029	492000	1392300	1118200	259700
2030	500700	1402600	1133000	265400
2031	507900	1412700	1149900	270100
2032	510900	1423700	1169600	274800
2033	511100	1434100	1191600	279800
2034	511600	1442600	1214100	285300
2035	510400	1449300	1239700	290300
2036	509200	1454700	1265100	296500
2037	507800	1460500	1290500	301800
2038	505300	1467600	1315800	305600
2039	503000	1476000	1339900	308200
2040	500000	1485300	1364400	309300
2041	497400	1495400	1388000	309600
2042	494600	1507400	1409100	310400
2043	492500	1519100	1429400	311100
2044	490100	1532900	1445900	313400
2045	488600	1543400	1462900	316800
2046	486300	1555400	1477600	321000
2047	484400	1568400	1489000	326400
2048	486100	1577200	1498800	333000
2049	488000	1584200	1508800	340100
2050	488900	1591800	1517400	347800
2051	489900	1598100	1525900	355900
2052	491100	1600000	1536000	365700
2053	492500	1599300	1546200	376600
2054	494300	1599000	1554700	387600
2055	496400	1597300	1562500	399600
2056	498800	1595500	1569400	411400
2057	501600	1593800	1576900	421600
2058	504600	1592100	1585700	430000
2059	507700	1591700	1595300	435900
2060	511000	1591300	1605700	440700
2061	514100	1591800	1616700	443900
2062	517100	1592400	1629200	445700
2063	519800	1594200	1641400	447000
2064	522200	1596100	1655000	447000
2065	524300	1599400	1666000	448600
2066	525900	1602400	1678100	449700
2067	527100	1606000	1690700	449900
2068	528000	1613800	1698900	450600
2069	528600	1621900	1705500	452500
2070	528900	1629100	1712600	454700
2071	529000	1636300	1718400	457800
2072	529000	1643500	1720800	463800
2073	528900	1650700	1721200	471300
2074	528800	1657900	1721800	477800
2075	528700	1665000	1721400	484900
2076	528800	1672000	1721200	491300
2077	529000	1678900	1721100	497300
2078	529400	1685500	1721100	502700

June year	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+
1988	25.4	48.5	24.5	1.6
1989	24.2	49.7	24.6	1.5
1990	23.7	50.1	24.8	1.4
1991	23.1	50.6	25	1.4
1992	22.3	50.8	25.5	1.3
1993	21.5	50.8	26.6	1.2
1994	20.9	50.4	27.4	1.3
1995	20.6	49.9	28.2	1.3
1996	20.2	49.7	28.7	1.4
1997	19.4	49.7	29.5	1.5
1998	18.9	49.6	30.2	1.3
1999	17.7	49.4	31.4	1.5
2000	17.4	49.2	31.8	1.6
2001	17.1	48.2	32.9	1.8
2002	17.3	47.1	33.5	2.1
2003	17.2	46.5	34.2	2.1
2004	17.2	45.9	34.6	2.3
2005	17.1	45.1	35.2	2.6
2006	17.3	44.3	35.9	2.6
2007	17.3	43.6	36.1	3
2008	16.9	42.9	36.9	3.2
2009	16.4	42.3	37.6	3.6
2010	15.9	41.8	38.6	3.7
2011	15.7	41	39	4.3
2012	15.5	40.4	39.3	4.7
2013	15.3	40.1	39.6	5
2014	15.4	39.9	39.4	5.3
2015	15.9	40	38.7	5.5
2016	15.8	40.3	38.3	5.7
2017	15.5	40.4	38.1	6
2018	15.2	40.8	37.8	6.1
2019	15	41.5	37.4	6.1
2020	14.6	41.8	37.2	6.4
2021	14.3	42.1	36.9	6.7
2022	14.5	42	36.7	6.9
2023	14.9	42	36.1	7.1
2024	14.7	43.2	35	7.1
2025	14.7	43.2	34.8	7.3
2026	14.7	43.2	34.6	7.5
2027	14.9	43	34.4	7.7
2028	15	42.8	34.3	7.8
2029	15.1	42.7	34.3	8
2030	15.2	42.5	34.3	8
2031	15.2	42.3	34.4	8.1
2032	15.1	42.1	34.6	8.1
2033	15	42	34.9	8.2
2034	14.8	41.8	35.2	8.3
2035	14.6	41.5	35.5	8.3
2036	14.4	41.3	35.9	8.4
2037	14.3	41	36.2	8.5
2038	14.1	40.8	36.6	8.5
2039	13.9	40.7	36.9	8.5
2040	13.7	40.6	37.3	8.5
2041	13.5	40.5	37.6	8.4
2042	13.3	40.5	37.9	8.3
2043	13.1	40.5	38.1	8.3
2044	13	40.5	38.2	8.3
2045	12.8	40.5	38.4	8.3
2046	12.7	40.5	38.5	8.4
2047	12.5	40.5	38.5	8.4
2048	12.5	40.5	38.5	8.5
2049	12.4	40.4	38.5	8.7
2050	12.4	40.3	38.5	8.8
2051	12.3	40.3	38.4	9
2052	12.3	40.1	38.5	9.2
2053	12.3	39.8	38.5	9.4
2054	12.2	39.6	38.5	9.6
2055	12.2	39.4	38.5	9.9
2056	12.2	39.2	38.5	10.1
2057	12.3	38.9	38.5	10.3
2058	12.3	38.7	38.6	10.5
2059	12.3	38.5	38.6	10.6
2060	12.3	38.4	38.7	10.6
2061	12.3	38.2	38.8	10.7
2062	12.4	38.1	38.9	10.7
2063	12.4	37.9	39.1	10.6
2064	12.4	37.8	39.2	10.6
2065	12.4	37.7	39.3	10.6
2066	12.4	37.6	39.4	10.6
2067	12.3	37.6	39.6	10.5
2068	12.3	37.6	39.6	10.5
2069	12.3	37.6	39.6	10.5
2070	12.2	37.7	39.6	10.5
2071	12.2	37.7	39.6	10.5
2072	12.1	37.7	39.5	10.6
2073	12.1	37.8	39.4	10.8
2074	12.1	37.8	39.3	10.9
2075	12	37.8	39.1	11
2076	12	37.9	39	11.1
2077	12	37.9	38.9	11.2
2078	11.9	38	38.8	11.3

Growing share of the labour force aged 65+

In 2051, it is expected that between 7 and 11 percent of the labour force will be aged 65+, compared with 7 percent in 2024. By 2078, between 7 and 15 percent of the labour force will be aged 65+.

The fan chart shows the size of the labour force aged 65 years and over from 1988 to 2078. The labour force aged 65+ is estimated from 1988 to 2024 and projected from 2025 to 2078. Link to text alternative under image.

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The fan chart shows the 65 years and over labour force participation rate from 1988 to 2078. Link to text alternative under image.

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The fan chart shows the total labour force participation rate from 1988 to 2078. See link to text alternative under image.

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The fan chart shows the economic dependency ratio from 1988 to 2078. See link to text alternative under image.

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The fan chart shows the male average hours worked (or available for work), from 1988 to 2078. See link to text alternative under image.

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Age (years)	Male 2024 (base)	Male 2078 (assumed 5th percentile)	Male 2078 (assumed 50th percentile)	Male 2078 (assumed 95th percentile)
15	0.213	0.078	0.213	0.353
16	0.384	0.238	0.384	0.535
17	0.565	0.417	0.565	0.719
18	0.711	0.57	0.711	0.858
19	0.754	0.629	0.754	0.883
20	0.796	0.686	0.796	0.911
21	0.821	0.722	0.821	0.923
22	0.844	0.756	0.844	0.934
23	0.865	0.787	0.865	0.945
24	0.885	0.816	0.885	0.956
25	0.905	0.843	0.905	0.968
26	0.92	0.864	0.92	0.977
27	0.93	0.879	0.93	0.982
28	0.935	0.888	0.935	0.984
29	0.937	0.893	0.937	0.982
30	0.937	0.895	0.937	0.98
31	0.938	0.898	0.938	0.979
32	0.94	0.901	0.94	0.981
33	0.943	0.905	0.943	0.982
34	0.944	0.907	0.944	0.983
35	0.944	0.908	0.944	0.981
36	0.942	0.906	0.942	0.978
37	0.94	0.906	0.94	0.977
38	0.939	0.905	0.939	0.975
39	0.938	0.904	0.938	0.974
40	0.937	0.902	0.937	0.972
41	0.935	0.901	0.935	0.971
42	0.934	0.9	0.934	0.969
43	0.932	0.898	0.932	0.968
44	0.931	0.898	0.931	0.966
45	0.931	0.898	0.931	0.966
46	0.932	0.898	0.932	0.966
47	0.932	0.899	0.932	0.967
48	0.932	0.899	0.932	0.967
49	0.932	0.898	0.932	0.967
50	0.931	0.895	0.931	0.967
51	0.928	0.892	0.929	0.968
52	0.923	0.889	0.929	0.97
53	0.919	0.885	0.928	0.973
54	0.915	0.879	0.926	0.975
55	0.912	0.872	0.923	0.977
56	0.91	0.862	0.919	0.978
57	0.906	0.851	0.913	0.978
58	0.897	0.834	0.905	0.977
59	0.878	0.811	0.894	0.98
60	0.854	0.779	0.881	0.986
61	0.832	0.74	0.866	0.996
62	0.812	0.693	0.848	1
63	0.786	0.638	0.825	1
64	0.747	0.57	0.79	1
65	0.669	0.464	0.712	0.97
66	0.605	0.382	0.649	0.926
67	0.545	0.316	0.589	0.873
68	0.489	0.264	0.533	0.811
69	0.437	0.224	0.48	0.744
70	0.388	0.191	0.43	0.677
71	0.344	0.163	0.384	0.613
72	0.304	0.138	0.342	0.553
73	0.268	0.118	0.304	0.495
74	0.236	0.104	0.269	0.44
75	0.207	0.092	0.238	0.389
76	0.183	0.081	0.211	0.346
77	0.164	0.072	0.189	0.311
78	0.147	0.065	0.17	0.279
79	0.13	0.057	0.151	0.249
80	0.113	0.048	0.133	0.22
81	0.098	0.041	0.116	0.194
82	0.086	0.035	0.102	0.172
83	0.075	0.03	0.09	0.152
84	0.064	0.026	0.079	0.134
85	0.055	0.02	0.068	0.117
86	0.045	0.014	0.057	0.101
87	0.036	0.008	0.046	0.085
88	0.027	0.001	0.036	0.071
89	0.019	0	0.026	0.058
90	0.013	0	0.018	0.047
91	0.01	0	0.015	0.041
92	0.01	0	0.015	0.04
93	0.01	0	0.014	0.038
94	0.01	0	0.014	0.037
95	0.01	0	0.014	0.036
96	0.01	0	0.014	0.035
97	0.01	0	0.014	0.034
98	0.01	0	0.014	0.034
99	0.01	0	0.014	0.034
100	0.01	0	0.014	0.034

Age (years)	Female 2024 (base)	Female 2078 (assumed 5th percentile)	Female 2078 (assumed 50th percentile)	Female 2078 (assumed 95th percentile)
15	0.256	0.177	0.256	0.339
16	0.439	0.356	0.439	0.525
17	0.588	0.504	0.588	0.674
18	0.68	0.599	0.68	0.764
19	0.731	0.655	0.731	0.81
20	0.747	0.683	0.754	0.827
21	0.773	0.716	0.785	0.857
22	0.801	0.746	0.815	0.887
23	0.816	0.77	0.84	0.912
24	0.82	0.79	0.859	0.931
25	0.825	0.804	0.874	0.945
26	0.821	0.807	0.876	0.948
27	0.818	0.808	0.877	0.948
28	0.816	0.808	0.877	0.948
29	0.816	0.809	0.877	0.948
30	0.816	0.81	0.878	0.949
31	0.819	0.813	0.881	0.951
32	0.822	0.817	0.884	0.954
33	0.827	0.822	0.888	0.956
34	0.832	0.828	0.892	0.959
35	0.836	0.835	0.896	0.96
36	0.839	0.84	0.899	0.96
37	0.842	0.844	0.9	0.958
38	0.844	0.849	0.901	0.956
39	0.846	0.854	0.903	0.954
40	0.848	0.858	0.904	0.951
41	0.852	0.863	0.905	0.949
42	0.856	0.868	0.907	0.946
43	0.86	0.873	0.909	0.946
44	0.866	0.878	0.912	0.947
45	0.872	0.884	0.916	0.95
46	0.874	0.886	0.918	0.952
47	0.875	0.887	0.92	0.953
48	0.874	0.885	0.918	0.953
49	0.872	0.88	0.916	0.953
50	0.869	0.874	0.913	0.952
51	0.864	0.866	0.908	0.952
52	0.859	0.856	0.903	0.952
53	0.853	0.845	0.898	0.953
54	0.847	0.834	0.894	0.956
55	0.838	0.819	0.887	0.957
56	0.829	0.804	0.88	0.96
57	0.82	0.788	0.875	0.964
58	0.808	0.768	0.866	0.968
59	0.788	0.74	0.851	0.965
60	0.762	0.702	0.828	0.957
61	0.731	0.658	0.8	0.947
62	0.695	0.611	0.768	0.93
63	0.642	0.553	0.718	0.889
64	0.586	0.499	0.665	0.838
65	0.528	0.445	0.608	0.778
66	0.466	0.389	0.544	0.705
67	0.414	0.347	0.49	0.639
68	0.365	0.309	0.438	0.57
69	0.319	0.274	0.386	0.501
70	0.275	0.238	0.335	0.436
71	0.235	0.205	0.288	0.375
72	0.198	0.174	0.244	0.317
73	0.163	0.146	0.204	0.264
74	0.135	0.121	0.17	0.222
75	0.112	0.1	0.144	0.189
76	0.094	0.083	0.123	0.165
77	0.082	0.072	0.108	0.146
78	0.071	0.063	0.096	0.13
79	0.061	0.053	0.083	0.115
80	0.051	0.043	0.071	0.1
81	0.042	0.035	0.06	0.086
82	0.035	0.028	0.051	0.075
83	0.03	0.022	0.044	0.066
84	0.026	0.018	0.038	0.058
85	0.022	0.015	0.033	0.052
86	0.02	0.013	0.03	0.047
87	0.018	0.012	0.027	0.043
88	0.016	0.011	0.025	0.04
89	0.015	0.01	0.023	0.037
90	0.013	0.007	0.02	0.033
91	0.01	0.003	0.015	0.028
92	0.01	0.003	0.015	0.027
93	0.01	0.003	0.014	0.026
94	0.01	0.003	0.014	0.026
95	0.01	0.003	0.014	0.025
96	0.01	0.004	0.014	0.025
97	0.01	0.004	0.014	0.025
98	0.01	0.004	0.014	0.025
99	0.01	0.004	0.014	0.025
100	0.01	0.004	0.014	0.025

Age (years)	Male 2024 (base)	Male 2078 (assumed 5th percentile)	Male 2078 (assumed 50th percentile)	Male 2078 (assumed 95th percentile)
15	10.6	3.5	10.6	17.6
16	14.5	6.6	14.5	22.3
17	20.3	12.3	20.3	28.2
18	26.8	17.7	26.8	35.8
19	31.7	24	31.7	39.3
20	34.1	27.1	34.1	41
21	35.4	29	35.3	41.6
22	37	31.1	36.8	42.5
23	38.6	33.5	38.3	42.9
24	40	35.5	39.4	43.3
25	40.6	36	39.7	43.5
26	41	36.1	39.8	43.5
27	41.4	36.4	39.9	43.4
28	41.7	36.5	40	43.4
29	41.9	36.4	40	43.5
30	42.1	36.5	40	43.5
31	42.2	36.3	39.9	43.5
32	42.3	36.2	39.9	43.5
33	42.4	36	39.8	43.5
34	42.5	36	39.8	43.6
35	42.6	36	39.8	43.7
36	42.8	36.1	39.9	43.7
37	42.8	36	39.9	43.8
38	42.9	35.9	39.9	43.8
39	42.9	35.9	39.9	43.9
40	43	36.1	40	44
41	43.1	36.1	40.1	44.1
42	43.1	36.2	40.2	44.1
43	43.1	36.3	40.2	44.2
44	43.1	36.3	40.3	44.2
45	43.1	36.5	40.4	44.3
46	43.2	36.7	40.6	44.4
47	43.3	37.1	40.9	44.6
48	43.5	37.5	41.2	44.8
49	43.6	37.9	41.5	45
50	43.6	38.2	41.7	45.2
51	43.7	38.5	41.9	45.4
52	43.7	38.8	42.2	45.5
53	43.7	38.9	42.2	45.5
54	43.6	39.1	42.3	45.5
55	43.5	39.1	42.3	45.5
56	43.5	39.3	42.4	45.4
57	43.3	39.3	42.3	45.3
58	43.2	39.3	42.3	45.2
59	43	39.3	42.2	45.1
60	42.8	39.1	42.1	45
61	42.3	38.6	41.7	44.8
62	41.7	37.8	41.2	44.6
63	41	36.6	40.6	44.5
64	40.2	35.3	39.9	44.4
65	39.3	33.7	39.1	44.3
66	38.3	32	38.1	44.2
67	37.1	30	37	43.9
68	35.8	27.9	35.8	43.5
69	34.4	25.8	34.4	42.9
70	32.9	23.6	32.9	42.2
71	31.6	21.6	31.6	41.4
72	30.4	20.2	30.4	40.6
73	29.4	18.8	29.4	39.8
74	28.6	17.8	28.6	39.2
75	27.9	17.1	27.9	38.6
76	27.4	16.6	27.4	38.1
77	27	16.1	27	37.7
78	26.5	15.5	26.5	37.3
79	25.9	14.7	25.9	36.9
80	25.3	13.8	25.3	36.6
81	24.8	13.1	24.8	36.3
82	24.3	12.4	24.3	36.1
83	23.9	11.8	23.9	35.9
84	23.6	11.4	23.6	35.7
85	23.4	11.1	23.4	35.6
86	23.2	10.8	23.2	35.4
87	23	10.5	23	35.3
88	22.7	10.2	22.7	35.1
89	22.5	9.9	22.5	35
90	22.3	9.6	22.3	34.8
91	22	9.3	22	34.7
92	21.8	9	21.8	34.5
93	21.6	8.7	21.6	34.4
94	21.4	8.3	21.4	34.2
95	21.1	8	21.1	34.1
96	20.9	7.7	20.9	33.9
97	20.7	7.4	20.7	33.8
98	20.5	7.1	20.5	33.6
99	20.2	6.8	20.2	33.5
100	20	6.5	20	33.3

Age (years)	Female 2024 (base)	Female 2078 (assumed 5th percentile)	Female 2078 (assumed 50th percentile)	Female 2078 (assumed 95th percentile)
15	9	2.5	9	15.3
16	11.5	4.6	11.5	18.2
17	14.8	7.3	14.8	22.1
18	21	13	21	28.9
19	24.7	15.6	24.7	33.6
20	26.1	17.3	26.1	34.7
21	28.5	20.4	28.6	36.7
22	32.2	26.4	32.5	38.6
23	34.4	29.8	35	40.1
24	35.5	31.7	36.5	41.3
25	36.1	33.1	37.6	42
26	36.3	34	38.3	42.5
27	36.5	34.6	38.8	42.9
28	36.5	35	39.2	43.3
29	36.3	34.9	39.2	43.5
30	36	34.6	39.1	43.5
31	35.6	34.2	38.9	43.6
32	35.3	33.8	38.7	43.6
33	35	33.3	38.5	43.6
34	34.7	32.9	38.3	43.6
35	34.5	32.5	38.1	43.7
36	34.5	32.5	38.1	43.7
37	34.4	32.5	38.1	43.6
38	34.5	32.6	38.1	43.5
39	34.5	32.7	38.1	43.4
40	34.5	32.9	38.1	43.3
41	34.6	33.1	38.1	43.2
42	34.8	33.4	38.3	43.2
43	35.1	33.8	38.6	43.2
44	35.5	34.4	38.9	43.4
45	35.9	34.9	39.3	43.6
46	36.3	35.3	39.6	43.8
47	36.5	35.5	39.7	43.9
48	36.6	35.6	39.7	43.9
49	36.7	35.4	39.6	43.8
50	36.7	35.2	39.5	43.7
51	36.6	34.9	39.3	43.6
52	36.5	34.5	39	43.4
53	36.3	34	38.7	43.3
54	36	33.5	38.3	43.1
55	35.8	33	38	42.9
56	35.6	32.6	37.7	42.8
57	35.4	32.2	37.4	42.6
58	35.3	31.8	37.2	42.6
59	35.1	31.2	36.9	42.5
60	34.7	30.4	36.4	42.4
61	34.2	29.3	35.8	42.2
62	33.5	28.2	35.1	41.9
63	32.7	26.8	34.2	41.5
64	31.8	25.5	33.3	41.1
65	30.8	24	32.3	40.5
66	29.7	22.4	31.1	39.8
67	28.4	20.3	29.7	39.1
68	27	18	28.2	38.3
69	25.7	15.7	26.6	37.4
70	24.6	13.7	25.2	36.6
71	23.8	12.3	24.2	35.9
72	23.1	11.2	23.3	35.3
73	22.6	10.5	22.7	34.8
74	22.3	10	22.3	34.4
75	21.8	9.5	21.8	34
76	21.6	9.3	21.6	33.7
77	21.3	9.1	21.3	33.4
78	21.1	8.9	21.1	33.2
79	20.9	8.7	20.9	32.9
80	20.6	8.5	20.6	32.7
81	20.4	8.2	20.4	32.4
82	20.2	8	20.2	32.2
83	19.9	7.8	19.9	32
84	19.7	7.6	19.7	31.7
85	19.5	7.3	19.5	31.5
86	19.2	7.1	19.2	31.2
87	19	6.9	19	31
88	18.8	6.7	18.8	30.8
89	18.6	6.4	18.6	30.5
90	18.3	6.2	18.3	30.3
91	18.1	6	18.1	30.1
92	17.9	5.8	17.9	29.8
93	17.6	5.5	17.6	29.6
94	17.4	5.3	17.4	29.3
95	17.2	5.1	17.2	29.1
96	16.9	4.8	16.9	28.9
97	16.7	4.6	16.7	28.6
98	16.5	4.4	16.5	28.4
99	16.2	4.2	16.2	28.2
100	16	3.9	16	27.9

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