Official Name | Québec (province of Canada) |
Capital | Québec City |
Area | 1,542,056 sq km (595,391 sq mi) |
Location | Québec is located in Canada. |
Geography | It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. |
Population | (2016) |
8,287,800 | |
Density | (2016) |
5.37 persons per sq km | |
(13.92 persons per sq mi) | |
Urban-Rural | (2011) |
81% urban | |
19% rural | |
Sex Distribution | (2015) |
49.7% male | |
50.3 % female | |
Life Expectancy at Birth | (2015) |
80.2 years male | |
84.1 years female | |
Age Breakdown | (2016) |
15.6% under 15 | |
38.1% 15 to 44 | |
28.3% 45 to 64 | |
10.3% 65 to 74 | |
7.7% 75 and over | |
Birth Rate | (2015) |
10.5 per 1,000 | |
Death Rate | (2015) |
7.8 per 1,000 | |
Increase Rate | (2015) |
6.1 per 1,000 | |
Infant Mortality Rate | (2015) |
4.8 per 1,000 live births |