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Population: 31,281,092 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
- 0-14 years:19% (male 3,077,994; female 2,932,821)
- 15-64 years: 68% (male 10,714,305; female 10,591,494)
- 65 years and over: 13% (male 1,683,704; female 2,280,774) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.02% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 11.41 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 7.39 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 6.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
- total population: 79.43 years
- male: 76.02 years
- female:83 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.64 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
- noun: Canadian(s)
- adjective: Canadian
Ethnic groups: British and Irish origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other, mostly Asian, African, Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Religions: Roman Catholic 42%, Protestant 40%, other 18%
Languages: English 59.3% (official), French 23.2% (official), other 17.5%
Literacy:
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 97% (1986 est.)
- male: NA%
- female: NA%