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Population by sex and age group

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Population by sex and age group
  2011
  Canada Male Female Canada Male Female
Age group Persons (thousands) % of total of each group
Total 34,482.8 17,104.1 17,378.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 to 4 1,921.2 982.9 938.3 5.6 5.7 5.4
5 to 9 1,824.0 938.8 885.2 5.3 5.5 5.1
10 to 14 1,899.7 975.7 923.9 5.5 5.7 5.3
15 to 19 2,196.4 1,123.8 1,072.7 6.4 6.6 6.2
20 to 24 2,402.2 1,234.2 1,168.0 7.0 7.2 6.7
25 to 29 2,419.3 1,227.5 1,191.7 7.0 7.2 6.9
30 to 34 2,348.1 1,173.5 1,174.6 6.8 6.9 6.8
35 to 39 2,290.4 1,149.0 1,141.4 6.6 6.7 6.6
40 to 44 2,396.7 1,206.2 1,190.5 7.0 7.1 6.9
45 to 49 2,750.7 1,385.0 1,365.7 8.0 8.1 7.9
50 to 54 2,668.2 1,333.3 1,334.8 7.7 7.8 7.7
55 to 59 2,354.2 1,161.1 1,193.1 6.8 6.8 6.9
60 to 64 2,038.3 998.4 1,039.9 5.9 5.8 6.0
65 to 69 1,534.5 744.2 790.3 4.4 4.4 4.5
70 to 74 1,142.6 538.8 603.7 3.3 3.2 3.5
75 to 79 918.3 415.4 502.9 2.7 2.4 2.9
80 to 84 703.0 293.3 409.7 2.0 1.7 2.4
85 to 89 439.0 157.3 281.8 1.3 0.9 1.6
90 and older 236.0 65.6 170.4 0.7 0.4 1.0

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