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Population by sex and age group

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Population by sex and age group
  2009
  Canada Male Female Canada Male Female
Age group Persons (thousands) % of total of each group
Total 33,739.9 16,732.5 17,007.4 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 4 1,837.7 943.4 894.3 5.4 5.6 5.3
5 to 9 1,799.3 925.7 873.6 5.3 5.5 5.1
10 to 14 1,974.6 1,011.8 962.8 5.9 6.0 5.7
15 to 19 2,252.1 1,153.3 1,098.8 6.7 6.9 6.5
20 to 24 2,321.4 1,192.6 1,128.9 6.9 7.1 6.6
25 to 29 2,347.9 1,185.6 1,162.3 7.0 7.1 6.8
30 to 34 2,261.7 1,131.7 1,130.0 6.7 6.8 6.6
35 to 39 2,303.0 1,160.6 1,142.4 6.8 6.9 6.7
40 to 44 2,484.7 1,251.8 1,232.9 7.4 7.5 7.2
45 to 49 2,790.1 1,402.8 1,387.3 8.3 8.4 8.2
50 to 54 2,575.4 1,282.9 1,292.5 7.6 7.7 7.6
55 to 59 2,216.8 1,093.2 1,123.6 6.6 6.5 6.6
60 to 64 1,887.6 925.9 961.7 5.6 5.5 5.7
65 to 69 1,407.1 681.7 725.4 4.2 4.1 4.3
70 to 74 1,080.8 507.3 573.5 3.2 3.0 3.4
75 to 79 908.0 408.8 499.2 2.7 2.4 2.9
80 to 84 675.6 275.2 400.4 2.0 1.6 2.4
85 to 89 412.7 143.4 269.3 1.2 0.9 1.6
90 and older 203.3 54.6 148.6 0.6 0.3 0.9

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