| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | population by sex, canada, 1921 to 2061 |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | year | females |  | males | total |
| 4 |  | thousands | as a percentage of the total population | thousands |  |
| 5 | estimates |  |  |  |  |
| 6 | 1921 | 4,258.2 | 48.5 | 4,529.2 | 8,787.4 |
| 7 | 1931 | 5,002.2 | 48.2 | 5,374.5 | 10,376.7 |
| 8 | 1941 | 5,606.1 | 48.7 | 5,900.6 | 11,506.7 |
| 9 | 1951 | 6,920.6 | 49.4 | 7,088.8 | 14,009.4 |
| 10 | 1956 | 7,928.9 | 49.3 | 8,151.9 | 16,080.8 |
| 11 | 1961 | 9,019.4 | 49.5 | 9,218.9 | 18,238.2 |
| 12 | 1966 | 9,960.5 | 49.8 | 10,054.3 | 20,014.9 |
| 13 | 1971 | 10,935.6 | 49.8 | 11,026.5 | 21,962.0 |
| 14 | 1976 | 11,726.5 | 50.0 | 11,723.4 | 23,449.8 |
| 15 | 1981 | 12,468.7 | 50.2 | 12,351.2 | 24,819.9 |
| 16 | 1986 | 13,148.9 | 50.4 | 12,951.4 | 26,100.3 |
| 17 | 1991 | 14,133.0 | 50.4 | 13,904.4 | 28,037.4 |
| 18 | 1996 | 14,959.9 | 50.5 | 14,650.3 | 29,610.2 |
| 19 | 2001 | 15,654.2 | 50.5 | 15,366.4 | 31,020.6 |
| 20 | 2006 | 16,426.0 | 50.4 | 16,144.4 | 32,570.5 |
| 21 | 2011 | 17,326.8 | 50.5 | 17,016.0 | 34,342.8 |
| 22 | 2014 | 17,915.4 | 50.4 | 17,625.0 | 35,540.4 |
| 23 | projections |  |  |  |  |
| 24 | 2016 | 18,260.8 | 50.4 | 17,968.3 | 36,229.1 |
| 25 | 2021 | 19,149.1 | 50.4 | 18,848.4 | 37,997.5 |
| 26 | 2026 | 20,024.7 | 50.4 | 19,702.4 | 39,727.1 |
| 27 | 2031 | 20,861.8 | 50.4 | 20,510.8 | 41,372.6 |
| 28 | 2036 | 21,641.7 | 50.4 | 21,261.7 | 42,903.4 |
| 29 | 2041 | 22,375.4 | 50.4 | 21,977.5 | 44,352.9 |
| 30 | 2046 | 23,082.5 | 50.4 | 22,685.6 | 45,768.1 |
| 31 | 2051 | 23,784.0 | 50.4 | 23,407.0 | 47,191.0 |
| 32 | 2056 | 24,507.4 | 50.3 | 24,168.5 | 48,675.9 |
| 33 | 2061 | 25,284.0 | 50.3 | 24,993.3 | 50,277.4 |

Question: which gender was more comprised of canada's population as of july 1, 2014, females or males?
Answer: females

Question: how many women and girls have grown in absolute numbers over the past century in 1921?
Answer: 4258.2

Question: based on the medium-growth scenario of these projections, how many females could canada have by 2031?
Answer: 20861.8

Question: based on the medium-growth scenario of these projections, how many females could canada have risen to by 2061?
Answer: 25284

Question: what was the percentage of women and girls accounted for of the total population on july 1, 2014?
Answer: 50.4

Question: what was the percentage of females represented of the population in 1921?
Answer: 48.5