The Northwest Territories covers 1.17 million square kilometres and has a population of 44,291 (NWT Bureau of Statistics - January 2016).
As of July 1, 2015, 20,637 people lived in Yellowknife, NWT's only city, with over half of the population living in 32 small communities located across the territory. Population Estimates by Community and Region As At July 1, 2015