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Population: 33,390,141 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.3% (male 2,967,383/female 2,824,189) 15-64 years: 69.2% (male 11,604,723/female 11,490,839) 65 years and over: 13.5% (male 1,927,035/female 2,575,972) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.869% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 10.75 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 7.86 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 5.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.051 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.748 male(s)/female total population: 0.977 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.63 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.34 years male: 76.98 years female: 83.86 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.61 children born/woman (2007 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 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census).

Languages: English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $1.178 trillion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.7% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $35,600 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 2.3% industry: 29.2% services: 68.5% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 17.59 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 2%, manufacturing 14%, construction 5%, services 75%, other 3% (2004).

Population below poverty line: 15.9%; note - this figure is the Low Income Cut-Off (LICO), a calculation that results in higher figures than found in many comparable economies; Canada does not have an official poverty line (2003).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 23.8% (1994).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 6.4% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $183.5 billion expenditures: $181.8 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2005 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, oilseed, tobacco, fruits, vegetables; dairy products; forest products; fish.

Industries: transportation equipment, chemicals, processed and unprocessed minerals, food products, wood and paper products, fish products, petroleum and natural gas.

Industrial production growth rate: 0.7% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 573 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 522.4 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 33.01 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 22.48 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $405 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: motor vehicles and parts, industrial machinery, aircraft, telecommunications equipment; chemicals, plastics, fertilizers; wood pulp, timber, crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity, aluminum.

Exports - partners: US 84.2%, Japan 2.1%, UK 1.8% (2005).

Imports: $353.2 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, crude oil, chemicals, electricity, durable consumer goods.

Imports - partners: US 56.7%, China 7.8%, Mexico 3.8% (2005).

Debt - external: $684.7 billion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $2.6 billion (2004).

Currency (code): Canadian dollar (CAD).

Exchange rates: Canadian dollars per US dollar - 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004), 1.4011 (2003), 1.5693 (2002).

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.

Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.

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