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Canada population
Canada population now
40,546,515
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 40.1–41.3 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 39,299,104
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 40.4677 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 40.1–41.3 million
- Median age
- 41.8
- Aged 65+
- 20.7%
male female projection · one cell = 5,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
CAN · 1950–2100 · in brief
Canada in numbers
39,299,104 people lived in Canada in mid-2023: 0.49% of the world's people, and the 38th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 2.9 times its 1950 population of 13.7 million.
In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 53.6 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 21.9 million to 88.8 million.
The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2032 and staying above them from then on. The population still grows to 2100, because more people arrive than leave.
The median age was 27.7 in 1950 and 41.3 in 2023; the projection has 47.9 in 2100. 19.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 30.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.
By size it is the 38th country in 2023; the projection puts it 46th in 2050 and 45th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Spain in 2049, South Korea in 2050 and Italy in 2061. It is overtaken by Angola in 2027, Mozambique in 2031 and Uzbekistan in 2035.
- Population, mid-2023
- 39,299,104
- Rank by population, 2023
- 38 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.49%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- +1.23% · +477,845 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 4.5
- Land area, 2023
- 8,788,700 km²
- Births, 2023
- 356,745
- Deaths, 2023
- 311,824
- Net migration, 2023
- +433,842
- Children per woman, 2023
- 1.35
- Median age, 2023
- 41.3 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 82.6 years
- In a city, 2025
- 53 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 13,741,747
- Projected, mid-2050
- 45,621,882
- Projected, mid-2100
- 53,612,234
CAN · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.
Show the numbers: Canada, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 13,593,591 | 359,149 | 123,125 | 3.37 | 68.2 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 13,889,903 | 368,896 | 124,748 | 3.42 | 68.5 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 14,276,694 | 389,635 | 125,789 | 3.56 | 68.7 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 14,688,904 | 403,902 | 127,438 | 3.64 | 69.1 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 15,106,846 | 421,019 | 124,626 | 3.74 | 69.9 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 15,531,127 | 426,460 | 128,165 | 3.75 | 70.0 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 15,925,422 | 433,958 | 131,402 | 3.77 | 70.0 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 16,393,823 | 450,469 | 135,508 | 3.85 | 69.9 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 16,888,837 | 454,402 | 133,667 | 3.81 | 70.6 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 17,319,334 | 463,478 | 138,156 | 3.85 | 70.6 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 17,711,707 | 462,354 | 137,888 | 3.82 | 71.0 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 18,085,873 | 458,619 | 138,931 | 3.76 | 71.2 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 18,440,276 | 452,818 | 141,548 | 3.68 | 71.2 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 18,786,925 | 447,958 | 145,112 | 3.59 | 71.3 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 19,141,598 | 435,741 | 143,608 | 3.42 | 71.6 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 19,501,734 | 401,470 | 146,302 | 3.08 | 71.8 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 19,869,302 | 371,321 | 147,222 | 2.75 | 71.9 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 20,238,040 | 356,564 | 147,942 | 2.54 | 72.1 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 20,579,519 | 351,232 | 150,794 | 2.41 | 72.2 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 20,888,824 | 356,352 | 152,358 | 2.36 | 72.4 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 21,186,412 | 356,057 | 153,475 | 2.27 | 72.6 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 21,693,632 | 348,887 | 155,006 | 2.10 | 73.0 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 22,097,750 | 336,708 | 160,326 | 1.94 | 72.8 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 22,364,011 | 333,068 | 162,037 | 1.85 | 73.1 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 22,660,442 | 337,123 | 165,435 | 1.81 | 73.1 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 22,987,722 | 348,381 | 165,647 | 1.80 | 73.5 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 23,310,251 | 350,479 | 166,326 | 1.75 | 73.9 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 23,601,311 | 354,095 | 166,376 | 1.73 | 74.2 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 23,859,369 | 353,033 | 167,070 | 1.68 | 74.5 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 24,098,108 | 358,743 | 167,325 | 1.67 | 74.8 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 24,376,237 | 362,849 | 170,532 | 1.66 | 75.1 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 24,691,315 | 364,229 | 170,360 | 1.63 | 75.5 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 24,998,632 | 367,683 | 174,163 | 1.62 | 75.7 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 25,281,696 | 369,951 | 174,297 | 1.61 | 76.1 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 25,543,520 | 373,518 | 175,791 | 1.61 | 76.4 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 25,797,230 | 372,228 | 181,539 | 1.59 | 76.3 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 26,057,701 | 369,282 | 184,545 | 1.58 | 76.5 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 26,364,361 | 367,061 | 185,258 | 1.56 | 76.8 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 26,717,480 | 373,652 | 190,720 | 1.59 | 76.9 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 27,138,409 | 388,804 | 191,618 | 1.64 | 77.1 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 27,593,691 | 402,979 | 192,937 | 1.70 | 77.4 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 27,985,194 | 406,396 | 196,930 | 1.72 | 77.6 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 28,329,121 | 401,753 | 198,000 | 1.72 | 77.8 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 28,670,998 | 392,551 | 206,696 | 1.69 | 77.7 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 28,990,276 | 388,484 | 209,142 | 1.69 | 77.9 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 29,304,487 | 380,498 | 213,017 | 1.67 | 78.0 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 29,613,776 | 367,642 | 215,341 | 1.63 | 78.3 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 29,920,635 | 350,608 | 218,378 | 1.57 | 78.5 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 30,197,543 | 343,404 | 220,896 | 1.55 | 78.7 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 30,462,396 | 338,118 | 222,342 | 1.54 | 78.9 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 30,736,515 | 329,737 | 220,884 | 1.51 | 79.2 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 31,047,091 | 333,510 | 222,641 | 1.53 | 79.5 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 31,380,063 | 329,815 | 226,847 | 1.51 | 79.6 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 31,691,092 | 334,808 | 229,670 | 1.53 | 79.7 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 31,981,872 | 337,172 | 230,176 | 1.54 | 80.0 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 32,283,483 | 342,817 | 233,959 | 1.57 | 80.1 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 32,596,863 | 354,634 | 232,189 | 1.61 | 80.5 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 32,921,479 | 367,258 | 239,677 | 1.66 | 80.5 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 33,262,864 | 377,291 | 242,932 | 1.68 | 80.7 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 33,635,306 | 380,249 | 242,591 | 1.68 | 81.1 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 34,017,435 | 377,848 | 244,280 | 1.64 | 81.3 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 34,376,362 | 378,973 | 247,871 | 1.63 | 81.5 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 34,734,543 | 383,018 | 250,821 | 1.63 | 81.7 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 35,110,489 | 382,695 | 256,616 | 1.61 | 81.8 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 35,476,376 | 386,115 | 263,230 | 1.61 | 81.8 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 35,792,151 | 384,571 | 268,732 | 1.60 | 81.9 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 36,132,317 | 383,577 | 270,980 | 1.59 | 82.0 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 36,574,369 | 377,884 | 282,311 | 1.55 | 81.9 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 37,042,624 | 374,264 | 289,728 | 1.51 | 81.9 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 37,547,386 | 372,337 | 288,926 | 1.48 | 82.3 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 38,018,483 | 362,246 | 311,994 | 1.41 | 81.7 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 38,325,321 | 369,789 | 311,188 | 1.43 | 82.0 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 38,582,793 | 354,665 | 337,724 | 1.37 | 81.3 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 39,059,725 | 356,745 | 311,824 | 1.35 | 82.6 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 39,538,484 | 361,079 | 321,790 | 1.34 | 82.7 | |
| 2025 | projection | 39,946,376 | 39.8–40.2 million | 361,103 | 326,607 | 1.33 | 82.9 |
| 2026 | projection | 40,307,070 | 40.0–40.7 million | 361,315 | 331,403 | 1.33 | 83.0 |
| 2027 | projection | 40,628,385 | 40.1–41.3 million | 361,206 | 336,625 | 1.32 | 83.2 |
| 2028 | projection | 40,936,083 | 40.2–41.8 million | 362,624 | 342,382 | 1.32 | 83.4 |
| 2029 | projection | 41,234,923 | 40.3–42.4 million | 363,065 | 348,218 | 1.32 | 83.5 |
| 2030 | projection | 41,517,670 | 40.4–42.9 million | 364,010 | 354,833 | 1.32 | 83.7 |
| 2031 | projection | 41,793,508 | 40.4–43.5 million | 364,701 | 361,532 | 1.33 | 83.8 |
| 2032 | projection | 42,063,722 | 40.4–44.0 million | 365,817 | 368,738 | 1.33 | 84.0 |
| 2033 | projection | 42,319,814 | 40.4–44.6 million | 366,417 | 376,464 | 1.33 | 84.1 |
| 2034 | projection | 42,556,246 | 40.4–45.2 million | 366,850 | 383,669 | 1.34 | 84.2 |
| 2035 | projection | 42,796,698 | 40.3–45.8 million | 368,450 | 391,826 | 1.34 | 84.4 |
| 2036 | projection | 43,013,836 | 40.3–46.5 million | 369,607 | 399,784 | 1.35 | 84.5 |
| 2037 | projection | 43,235,065 | 40.3–47.2 million | 370,601 | 408,094 | 1.35 | 84.6 |
| 2038 | projection | 43,450,947 | 40.1–47.8 million | 371,653 | 416,141 | 1.35 | 84.8 |
| 2039 | projection | 43,660,957 | 40.0–48.3 million | 372,743 | 423,783 | 1.35 | 84.9 |
| 2040 | projection | 43,857,762 | 39.9–49.0 million | 373,777 | 431,308 | 1.36 | 85.0 |
| 2041 | projection | 44,045,072 | 39.8–49.6 million | 374,982 | 439,422 | 1.36 | 85.2 |
| 2042 | projection | 44,230,739 | 39.7–50.1 million | 375,933 | 446,703 | 1.37 | 85.3 |
| 2043 | projection | 44,413,160 | 39.4–50.8 million | 376,719 | 453,979 | 1.37 | 85.4 |
| 2044 | projection | 44,589,112 | 39.1–51.4 million | 377,658 | 460,835 | 1.37 | 85.5 |
| 2045 | projection | 44,762,496 | 38.8–51.9 million | 378,506 | 467,022 | 1.38 | 85.6 |
| 2046 | projection | 44,937,696 | 38.6–52.5 million | 379,304 | 473,058 | 1.38 | 85.8 |
| 2047 | projection | 45,095,813 | 38.3–53.0 million | 380,298 | 478,286 | 1.38 | 85.9 |
| 2048 | projection | 45,251,160 | 38.2–53.3 million | 380,279 | 483,325 | 1.39 | 86.0 |
| 2049 | projection | 45,407,274 | 38.0–53.8 million | 380,457 | 487,792 | 1.39 | 86.1 |
| 2050 | projection | 45,546,625 | 38.0–54.4 million | 380,314 | 491,747 | 1.39 | 86.2 |
| 2051 | projection | 45,697,139 | 37.6–55.1 million | 380,975 | 495,137 | 1.39 | 86.3 |
| 2052 | projection | 45,845,787 | 37.5–55.7 million | 382,318 | 497,682 | 1.40 | 86.5 |
| 2053 | projection | 46,000,122 | 37.1–56.1 million | 382,824 | 499,630 | 1.40 | 86.6 |
| 2054 | projection | 46,141,898 | 37.0–56.5 million | 383,842 | 500,650 | 1.40 | 86.7 |
| 2055 | projection | 46,284,533 | 36.8–57.2 million | 384,964 | 501,205 | 1.41 | 86.8 |
| 2056 | projection | 46,429,611 | 36.5–57.5 million | 386,143 | 501,463 | 1.41 | 87.0 |
| 2057 | projection | 46,578,674 | 36.2–57.9 million | 387,068 | 501,273 | 1.42 | 87.1 |
| 2058 | projection | 46,732,895 | 35.9–58.5 million | 388,108 | 500,819 | 1.42 | 87.2 |
| 2059 | projection | 46,899,496 | 35.8–59.2 million | 389,422 | 500,183 | 1.42 | 87.3 |
| 2060 | projection | 47,064,787 | 35.5–59.6 million | 390,909 | 499,462 | 1.42 | 87.4 |
| 2061 | projection | 47,225,790 | 35.1–60.1 million | 391,963 | 498,469 | 1.43 | 87.5 |
| 2062 | projection | 47,394,042 | 34.9–60.9 million | 393,877 | 497,622 | 1.43 | 87.7 |
| 2063 | projection | 47,569,807 | 34.6–61.7 million | 395,604 | 497,336 | 1.43 | 87.8 |
| 2064 | projection | 47,743,837 | 34.3–62.2 million | 396,838 | 497,424 | 1.43 | 87.9 |
| 2065 | projection | 47,916,111 | 33.8–62.6 million | 398,287 | 497,990 | 1.44 | 88.0 |
| 2066 | projection | 48,087,944 | 33.5–63.0 million | 399,648 | 499,081 | 1.44 | 88.1 |
| 2067 | projection | 48,260,381 | 33.3–63.6 million | 401,219 | 500,688 | 1.44 | 88.2 |
| 2068 | projection | 48,441,498 | 33.1–64.1 million | 402,635 | 502,825 | 1.44 | 88.3 |
| 2069 | projection | 48,608,984 | 32.7–65.1 million | 404,068 | 505,470 | 1.44 | 88.4 |
| 2070 | projection | 48,775,638 | 32.4–65.6 million | 405,831 | 508,590 | 1.45 | 88.5 |
| 2071 | projection | 48,939,976 | 31.9–66.5 million | 407,626 | 511,647 | 1.45 | 88.6 |
| 2072 | projection | 49,105,900 | 31.5–67.4 million | 409,355 | 515,213 | 1.45 | 88.7 |
| 2073 | projection | 49,268,697 | 31.1–68.3 million | 411,061 | 519,021 | 1.46 | 88.8 |
| 2074 | projection | 49,423,680 | 30.7–69.1 million | 412,811 | 522,826 | 1.46 | 89.0 |
| 2075 | projection | 49,579,930 | 30.3–69.8 million | 413,837 | 527,213 | 1.46 | 89.1 |
| 2076 | projection | 49,743,128 | 30.1–70.7 million | 414,787 | 530,847 | 1.46 | 89.2 |
| 2077 | projection | 49,909,099 | 29.7–71.1 million | 416,303 | 535,219 | 1.46 | 89.3 |
| 2078 | projection | 50,059,406 | 29.2–71.4 million | 417,905 | 538,686 | 1.47 | 89.4 |
| 2079 | projection | 50,221,045 | 28.9–72.3 million | 419,396 | 542,813 | 1.47 | 89.5 |
| 2080 | projection | 50,373,295 | 28.4–73.2 million | 420,915 | 546,276 | 1.47 | 89.6 |
| 2081 | projection | 50,525,244 | 28.1–73.8 million | 422,385 | 549,490 | 1.47 | 89.7 |
| 2082 | projection | 50,687,393 | 27.9–74.6 million | 423,913 | 552,116 | 1.47 | 89.8 |
| 2083 | projection | 50,831,829 | 27.7–75.2 million | 425,052 | 554,449 | 1.47 | 89.9 |
| 2084 | projection | 50,989,689 | 27.3–76.2 million | 426,371 | 556,269 | 1.47 | 90.0 |
| 2085 | projection | 51,139,690 | 27.0–76.6 million | 427,866 | 558,447 | 1.48 | 90.1 |
| 2086 | projection | 51,283,778 | 26.5–77.1 million | 429,407 | 560,331 | 1.48 | 90.2 |
| 2087 | projection | 51,431,482 | 26.0–77.8 million | 430,294 | 561,908 | 1.48 | 90.3 |
| 2088 | projection | 51,572,957 | 25.6–78.8 million | 431,555 | 562,614 | 1.48 | 90.4 |
| 2089 | projection | 51,744,133 | 25.5–79.1 million | 433,273 | 563,210 | 1.48 | 90.5 |
| 2090 | projection | 51,887,280 | 25.1–79.8 million | 435,096 | 562,681 | 1.48 | 90.7 |
| 2091 | projection | 52,026,216 | 25.0–81.4 million | 436,076 | 562,952 | 1.48 | 90.8 |
| 2092 | projection | 52,184,285 | 24.5–82.4 million | 438,357 | 562,282 | 1.48 | 90.9 |
| 2093 | projection | 52,335,102 | 24.0–83.7 million | 440,278 | 561,453 | 1.49 | 91.0 |
| 2094 | projection | 52,494,524 | 23.8–84.2 million | 441,517 | 561,563 | 1.49 | 91.1 |
| 2095 | projection | 52,652,875 | 23.4–85.0 million | 443,101 | 560,282 | 1.49 | 91.2 |
| 2096 | projection | 52,815,322 | 23.0–85.3 million | 445,189 | 559,936 | 1.49 | 91.3 |
| 2097 | projection | 52,981,213 | 22.7–86.6 million | 447,477 | 559,244 | 1.50 | 91.4 |
| 2098 | projection | 53,167,495 | 22.4–87.4 million | 449,442 | 558,968 | 1.50 | 91.5 |
| 2099 | projection | 53,349,202 | 22.1–87.8 million | 451,404 | 558,438 | 1.50 | 91.6 |
| 2100 | projection | 53,524,621 | 21.9–88.8 million | 451,815 | 558,246 | 1.49 | 91.8 |
Show the numbers: Canada, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 188,607 | 179,028 |
| 1 | 192,302 | 182,818 |
| 2 | 194,399 | 185,060 |
| 3 | 195,183 | 185,992 |
| 4 | 199,605 | 190,296 |
| 5 | 202,259 | 192,736 |
| 6 | 202,284 | 192,964 |
| 7 | 204,674 | 195,406 |
| 8 | 207,565 | 197,723 |
| 9 | 210,738 | 200,559 |
| 10 | 213,387 | 203,356 |
| 11 | 215,028 | 205,286 |
| 12 | 216,146 | 206,568 |
| 13 | 217,231 | 207,718 |
| 14 | 217,672 | 208,520 |
| 15 | 218,697 | 210,015 |
| 16 | 221,867 | 213,576 |
| 17 | 225,994 | 218,284 |
| 18 | 229,392 | 222,644 |
| 19 | 231,574 | 225,631 |
| 20 | 233,966 | 228,280 |
| 21 | 238,412 | 232,858 |
| 22 | 243,630 | 238,100 |
| 23 | 249,402 | 243,068 |
| 24 | 261,051 | 252,263 |
| 25 | 277,491 | 264,603 |
| 26 | 288,536 | 271,682 |
| 27 | 291,245 | 271,988 |
| 28 | 292,482 | 271,212 |
| 29 | 295,420 | 273,105 |
| 30 | 298,485 | 276,848 |
| 31 | 299,558 | 278,927 |
| 32 | 298,152 | 279,311 |
| 33 | 297,089 | 281,142 |
| 34 | 297,664 | 284,417 |
| 35 | 298,993 | 287,391 |
| 36 | 297,286 | 286,988 |
| 37 | 290,453 | 282,044 |
| 38 | 283,680 | 277,456 |
| 39 | 282,253 | 276,928 |
| 40 | 283,402 | 278,182 |
| 41 | 282,154 | 278,020 |
| 42 | 278,730 | 276,487 |
| 43 | 274,470 | 274,320 |
| 44 | 270,322 | 271,792 |
| 45 | 266,679 | 269,174 |
| 46 | 261,296 | 265,124 |
| 47 | 254,190 | 259,284 |
| 48 | 248,656 | 254,155 |
| 49 | 245,654 | 251,421 |
| 50 | 243,742 | 249,594 |
| 51 | 240,915 | 246,906 |
| 52 | 237,364 | 243,428 |
| 53 | 236,272 | 241,603 |
| 54 | 239,433 | 244,068 |
| 55 | 243,778 | 248,142 |
| 56 | 244,051 | 248,638 |
| 57 | 240,820 | 246,048 |
| 58 | 238,631 | 244,240 |
| 59 | 241,638 | 247,112 |
| 60 | 251,516 | 256,902 |
| 61 | 262,894 | 268,912 |
| 62 | 269,082 | 276,012 |
| 63 | 268,072 | 275,936 |
| 64 | 262,992 | 272,194 |
| 65 | 257,881 | 268,775 |
| 66 | 251,786 | 264,336 |
| 67 | 244,930 | 258,437 |
| 68 | 238,591 | 252,781 |
| 69 | 230,971 | 246,394 |
| 70 | 222,814 | 239,571 |
| 71 | 214,221 | 232,572 |
| 72 | 203,042 | 222,961 |
| 73 | 190,782 | 211,171 |
| 74 | 180,128 | 200,422 |
| 75 | 171,392 | 191,914 |
| 76 | 162,848 | 184,190 |
| 77 | 155,036 | 177,491 |
| 78 | 148,928 | 172,304 |
| 79 | 138,245 | 161,660 |
| 80 | 120,834 | 143,053 |
| 81 | 106,298 | 127,554 |
| 82 | 96,721 | 117,977 |
| 83 | 86,968 | 108,428 |
| 84 | 76,244 | 98,148 |
| 85 | 66,184 | 88,382 |
| 86 | 57,463 | 79,194 |
| 87 | 49,832 | 70,870 |
| 88 | 42,752 | 63,122 |
| 89 | 36,342 | 55,991 |
| 90 | 30,652 | 49,639 |
| 91 | 25,204 | 43,175 |
| 92 | 20,353 | 37,013 |
| 93 | 16,274 | 31,633 |
| 94 | 12,708 | 26,462 |
| 95 | 9,578 | 21,452 |
| 96 | 6,872 | 16,724 |
| 97 | 4,726 | 12,595 |
| 98 | 3,163 | 9,282 |
| 99 | 2,053 | 6,666 |
| 100+ | 3,010 | 12,473 |
CAN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Canada, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
CAN · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Canada
In Canada the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 25,677,000 of them.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.
Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 41 years: 1978–2018.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.
CAN · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Canada, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Canada gains 350,535 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 70,292 a year more arriving than leaving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.
In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 459,988 (2022) and the most it lost was 34,721 (1961).
In 2024, 8,805,839 people living in Canada had been born in another country, 22 of every 100 people there, against 15 in 1990.
CAN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Canada
Of every 100 babies born in Canada in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 74 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 25 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 7 under 20 and 15 aged 35 or older.
7 · 78 · 15
1 · 74 · 25
1 · 71 · 28
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.
- Babies born, 2023
- 356,745
- Average age when women have a baby
- 31.4 years
- 28.6 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 5
- 45 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 129 | 461 | 198 | 41 | 28 | 32 |
| 15–19 | 23,949 | 38,795 | 17,444 | 5,009 | 3,710 | 4,283 |
| 20–24 | 98,879 | 115,447 | 59,508 | 30,983 | 27,855 | 34,313 |
| 25–29 | 109,944 | 125,485 | 102,075 | 94,739 | 96,076 | 116,216 |
| 30–34 | 71,716 | 51,018 | 97,013 | 136,695 | 145,760 | 173,229 |
| 35–39 | 41,032 | 13,879 | 45,441 | 72,861 | 84,977 | 98,746 |
| 40–44 | 12,515 | 2,964 | 7,737 | 15,181 | 19,752 | 22,493 |
| 45–49 | 958 | 283 | 300 | 1,221 | 2,093 | 2,433 |
| 50–54 | 27 | 49 | 21 | 15 | 63 | 70 |
| All babies | 359,149 | 348,381 | 329,737 | 356,745 | 380,314 | 451,815 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
CAN · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Canada
In Canada, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 69.8 (95% range 68.9–70.5), out of 81.6 in all. The years in less than full health come to 11.8, above the world's 9.5.
70.6 in full health, 13.2 not: 83.8 years
68.9 in full health, 10.5 not: 79.4 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 70.6 healthy years of 83.8. Men: 68.9 of 79.4. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 70.3.
CAN · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Canada
At the end of 2025, Canada was hosting 730,503 people who had crossed a border into it, about 18 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad730,503
- Canada nationals abroad575
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: each square is 20,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Canada living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.
In 2025, 117,354 people asked for asylum in Canada for the first time; 106 people from Canada asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
CAN · of every 100 people
How people live in Canada
Of every 100 people in Canada in 2025, 53 lived in a city, 23 in a town or suburb and 24 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 5.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.
CAN · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Canada went in school
Almost every adult in Canada went to school: of every 100 in 2020, 86 finished upper secondary or went further.
1 some primary 4 finished primary 9 finished lower secondary 22 finished upper secondary 64 studied after school
Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2045.
How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.
CAN · cities · 2025
Cities in Canada
Canada had 56 cities in 2025, home to 21.1 million people. The largest, Toronto, holds 14 of every 100 people in Canada.
- Toronto5,494,431
- Montreal2,668,723
- Vancouver1,707,865
- Calgary1,197,110
- Edmonton981,522
- Winnipeg679,037
- Ottawa605,121
- Quebec490,451
- Surrey454,230
- Hamilton432,788
All 17 cities in Canada that reach 300,000 people
How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Canada are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.