The demographic characteristics of Inuit youth in Canada differ from those of non-Inuit youth. Children aged 0 to 4 make up a larger percentage of the Inuit population (12%) than they do of the non-Aboriginal population (5%). At ages 15 to 19, the fertility rate of Inuit females substantially exceeds national rates. In 2009, 20% of births in Nunavut (where 85% of the population self-identified as Inuit in 2006) were to 15- to 19-year-olds, compared with 4% of births in Canada overall.