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 2020-07-01
Northwest Territories	Territory	41,694	43,372	43,648	44,891	45,161
Region 1 (Beaufort Delta)	Region	6,929	7,054	6,863	6,739	6,662	→
Region 2 (Sahtu)	Region	2,547	2,558	2,500	2,544	2,536	→
Region 3 (Tłicho)	Region	2,762	2,889	2,920	2,919	2,714	→
Region 4 (Dehcho)	Region	3,328	3,426	3,373	3,376	3,325	→
Region 5 (South Slave)	Region	6,949	7,237	7,350	7,356	7,048	→
Region 6 (Yellowknife)	Region	19,179	20,208	20,642	21,957	22,876	→
Canada	Country	31,358,418	32,889,025	34,714,222	36,545,295	38,005,238

Source: Statistics Canada (web).

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

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2020)
Males	23,231
Females	21,930

Age Groups (E 2020)
0-17 years	10,731
18-64 years	30,455
65+ years	3,975

Age Distribution (E 2020)
0-9 years	6,044
10-19 years	5,803
20-29 years	6,716
30-39 years	7,110
40-49 years	6,267
50-59 years	6,627
60-69 years	4,437
70-79 years	1,651
80-89 years	426
90+ years	80

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