Population by sex and age group
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| 2012 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Male | Female | Canada | Male | Female | |
| Persons (thousands) | % of total of each group | |||||
| Age group | ||||||
| Total | 34,880.5 | 17,309.1 | 17,571.3 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| 0 to 4 | 1,928.8 | 988.7 | 940.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 5 to 9 | 1,857.1 | 955.0 | 902.1 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 10 to 14 | 1,877.3 | 964.7 | 912.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.2 |
| 15 to 19 | 2,163.0 | 1,108.2 | 1,054.7 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| 20 to 24 | 2,441.1 | 1,254.2 | 1,186.9 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| 25 to 29 | 2,452.3 | 1,246.8 | 1,205.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 30 to 34 | 2,406.3 | 1,203.5 | 1,202.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 |
| 35 to 39 | 2,307.2 | 1,155.2 | 1,152.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 |
| 40 to 44 | 2,384.6 | 1,199.4 | 1,185.2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 45 to 49 | 2,681.3 | 1,350.1 | 1,331.2 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 |
| 50 to 54 | 2,703.2 | 1,352.3 | 1,350.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| 55 to 59 | 2,428.5 | 1,199.0 | 1,229.5 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2,063.0 | 1,010.2 | 1,052.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1,645.1 | 797.9 | 847.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 70 to 74 | 1,190.7 | 563.8 | 626.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
| 75 to 79 | 924.1 | 418.9 | 505.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| 80 to 84 | 718.8 | 303.6 | 415.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 85 to 89 | 451.0 | 164.1 | 286.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
| 90 and older | 257.1 | 73.2 | 183.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| Note: Population as of July 1. Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 051-0001. Last modified: 2012-09-27. | ||||||
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