Northwest Territories

Territory in Canada

Contents: Subdivision

The population development in Northwest Territories as well as related information and services (Wikipedia, Google, images).

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 2002-07-01	Population Estimate 2007-07-01	Population Estimate 2012-07-01	Population Estimate 2017-07-01	Population Estimate 2019-07-01
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,694	43,372	43,648	44,908	44,826
Region 1 (Beaufort Delta)	Region	6,929	7,054	6,863	6,748	6,679	→
Region 2 (Sahtu)	Region	2,547	2,558	2,500	2,543	2,476	→
Region 3 (Tłicho)	Region	2,762	2,889	2,920	2,921	2,840	→
Region 4 (Dehcho)	Region	3,328	3,426	3,373	3,376	3,301	→
Region 5 (South Slave)	Region	6,949	7,237	7,350	7,358	7,127	→
Region 6 (Yellowknife)	Region	19,179	20,208	20,642	21,962	22,403	→
Canada	Country	31,358,418	32,889,025	34,714,222	36,543,321	37,589,262

Source: Statistics Canada (web).

Explanation: In contrast to census figures, population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2019)
Males	23,031
Females	21,795

Age Groups (E 2019)
0-17 years	10,672
18-64 years	30,435
65+ years	3,719

Age Distribution (E 2019)
0-9 years	6,112
10-19 years	5,743
20-29 years	6,794
30-39 years	7,097
40-49 years	6,190
50-59 years	6,577
60-69 years	4,250
70-79 years	1,531
80-89 years	447
90+ years	85

Country of Birth (C 2016)
Canada	37,035
America	540
Europe	880
Africa	535
Asia	2,095
Oceania	50

Mother Tongue (C 2016)
English	32,050
French	1,180
Aboriginal language	4,725
Other language	3,010
Multiple languages	820