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Nunavut is a territory of Canada. It has a land area of 1,877,787.62 km 2 (725,017.85 sq mi). [1] It has a population of 36,858 in the 2021 Census.In the 2016 census the population was 35,944, up 12.7% from the 2011 census figure of 31,906. [2]
The territories (the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon) account for over a third of Canada's area but are home to only 0.32 percent of its population, which skews the national population density value. Canada's population grew by 5.24 percent between the 2016 and 2021 censuses. [1]
The population growth rate of Nunavut has been well above the Canadian average for several decades, mostly due to birth rates significantly higher than the Canadian average—a trend that continues. Between 2011 and 2016, Nunavut had the highest population growth rate of any Canadian province or territory, at a rate of 12.7%. [61]
According to the OECD/World Bank population statistics, for the same period the world population growth was 27%, a total of 1,423 million people. [33] However, over the same period, the population of France grew by 8.0%. And from 1991 to 2011, the population of the UK increased by 10.0%. The current population growth rate for Canada in 2022 was ...
In contrast, the official Statistics Canada population estimate for 2001 was 31,021,300. [48] Canada's total population enumerated by the 2006 census was 31,612,897. [49] This count was lower than the official 1 July 2006 population estimate of 32,623,490 people. [49]
Nunavut is also larger than any of Canada's ten provinces. [1] Nunavut's 25 municipalities cover only 0.2% of the territory's land mass, but are home to 99.95% of its population. The remaining 99.8% of Nunavut's land mass comprises three small unincorporated settlements (0.015%) and three vast unorganized areas (99.796%). [2]
This is a list of Canadian historical population by province and territory, drawn from the Canadian census of population data and pre-Confederation censuses of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1871, Canada has conducted regular national census counts. The data for 1851 to 1976 is drawn primarily from Historical Statistics of Canada, 2nd edition ...
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Iqaluit had a population of 7,429 living in 2,708 of its 3,297 total private dwellings, a change of -4% from its 2016 population of 7,740. With a land area of 51.58 km 2 (19.92 sq mi), it had a population density of 144.0/km 2 (373.0/sq mi) in 2021.