On April 1st, 1999, the map of Canada changed for the first time in 50 years with the creation of Nunavut Territory. The Northwest Territories was split and approximately 2 million square kilometers of the central and eastern arctic became 'Nunavut'.

Land Area:

Area of Nunavut is 1,900,000 sq km (20% of Canada)
Area of Canada is 9,970,610 sq km

Population:

Total population of Nunavut is approximately 26,975 (85% Inuit) 2001 Census.
Total Inuit population is approximately 21,500.

Total population of Canada: 30,000,000.

The population per sq km in the Nunavut area is .01

by Comparison...

the population per sq km in Canada is 2.9, in Alberta is 4.5, in Ontario is 11.0, in China is 120.4 and in Germany is 220.0

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