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

  Lebanese community Total Canadian population
Men Women Total Men Women Total
percentage
Age group
Under 15
28.8 29.0 28.9 20.2 18.6 19.4
15 to 24
16.3 15.4 15.8 14.0 13.0 13.4
25 to 44
32.1 32.4 32.2 30.4 30.6 30.5
45 to 64
16.9 16.1 16.5 24.4 24.4 24.4
65 and over
6.0 7.1 6.5 10.9 13.4 12.2
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total population in thousands 74.4 69.2 143.6 14,564.3 15,074.8 29,639.0
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.