Canada People:
Population:
32,805,041 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.9% (male:3,016,032; female:2,869,244)
15-64 years: 68.9% (male:11,357,425; female:11,244,356)
65 years and over: 13.2% (male:1,842,496; female:2,475,488) (2005)
Median age:
total: 38.54 years
male: 37.54 years
female: 39.56 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
0.9% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
10.84 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.73 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
5.9 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.75 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 5.21 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 4.27 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 80.1 years (2005 est.)
male: 76.73 years
female: 83.63 years
Total fertility rate:
1.61 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.3% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
56,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
1,500 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Canadian(s)
adjective: Canadian
Ethnic groups:
British Isles origin 28%, French origin 23%, other European 15%, Amerindian 2%, other , mostly Asian , African , Arab 6%, mixed background 26%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%) 23.3%, other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001)
Languages:
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97% (1986)
male: NA
female: NA
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