Table 3
Age distribution of the South Asian community and overall Canadian population, 2001

	South Asian community			Total Canadian population
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
	percentage
Age group
Under 15	25.7	24.4	25.0	20.2	18.6	19.4
15 to 24	15.3	15.7	15.4	14.0	13.0	13.4
25 to 44	33.0	34.4	33.7	30.4	30.6	30.5
45 to 64	20.3	19.2	19.8	24.4	24.4	24.4
65 and over	5.7	6.3	6.0	10.9	13.4	12.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total population in thousands	487.5	475.7	963.2	14,564.3	15,074.8	29,639.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.