Canada's Population Size

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN NIGERIA (2021)


Canada's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 39.3 million in 2021.

The population of Canada grew at 0.9% in the last year and is ranked the 6th most populated country in Americas, ahead of Peru.

Canada last conducted a national census in 2021 and 100% of births in Canada are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Canada compares to other countries around the world and in the Americas region.

Canada's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India 1,438.1
China 1,422.6
United States 343.5
Indonesia 281.2
Pakistan 247.5
Nigeria 227.9
Brazil 211.1
Bangladesh 171.5
Russia 145.4
Mexico 129.7
Ethiopia 128.7
Japan 124.4
Philippines 114.9
Egypt 114.5
Congo, Dem. Rep 105.8
Vietnam 100.4
Türkiye 87.3
Germany 84.5
Thailand 71.7
United Kingdom 68.7
Tanzania 66.6
France 66.4
South Africa 63.2
Italy 59.5
Kenya 55.3
Myanmar 54.1
Colombia 52.3
Korea, Rep. 51.7
Sudan 50.0
Uganda 48.7
Spain 47.9
Algeria 46.2
Argentina 45.5
Afghanistan 41.5
Yemen, Rep. 39.4
Canada 39.3
Poland 38.8
Ukraine 37.7
Morocco 37.7
Angola 36.7
Uzbekistan 35.7
Malaysia 35.1
Peru 33.8
Ghana 33.8
Mozambique 33.6
Saudi Arabia 33.3
Madagascar 31.2
Cote d'Ivoire 31.2
Nepal 29.7
Cameroon 28.4
Australia 26.5
Niger 26.2
Mali 23.8
Taiwan 23.3
Burkina Faso 23.0
Sri Lanka 23.0
Malawi 21.1
Zambia 20.7
Kazakhstan 20.3
Chile 19.7
Chad 19.3
Romania 19.1
Guatemala 18.1
Netherlands 18.1
Senegal 18.1
Ecuador 18.0
Cambodia 17.4
Zimbabwe 16.3
Guinea 14.4
Benin 14.1
Rwanda 14.0
Burundi 13.7
Bolivia 12.2
Tunisia 12.2
Belgium 11.7
Haiti 11.6
Jordan 11.4
Dominican Republic 11.3
Czechia 10.8
Honduras 10.6
United Arab Emirates 10.6
Sweden 10.6
Portugal 10.4
Tajikistan 10.4
Papua New Guinea 10.4
Azerbaijan 10.3
Greece 10.2
Hungary 9.7
Togo 9.3
Israel 9.3
Austria 9.1
Belarus 9.1
Switzerland 8.9
Sierra Leone 8.5
Laos 7.7
Hong Kong 7.4
Turkmenistan 7.4
Libya 7.3
Kyrgyzstan 7.1
Paraguay 6.8
Nicaragua 6.8
Bulgaria 6.8
Serbia 6.8
El Salvador 6.3
Congo, Rep. 6.2
Denmark 5.9
Singapore 5.8
Lebanon 5.8
Finland 5.6
Norway 5.5
Slovak Republic 5.5
Liberia 5.5
Ireland 5.2
New Zealand 5.2
Central African Republic 5.2
Costa Rica 5.1
Oman 5.0
Mauritania 5.0
Kuwait 4.8
Panama 4.5
Croatia 3.9
Georgia 3.8
Mongolia 3.4
Uruguay 3.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2
Moldova 3.1
Qatar 3.0
Namibia 3.0
Armenia 2.9
Lithuania 2.9
Jamaica 2.8
Albania 2.8
Gambia 2.7
Gabon 2.5
Botswana 2.5
Lesotho 2.3
Guinea-Bissau 2.2
Slovenia 2.1
Latvia 1.9
North Macedonia 1.8
Bahrain 1.6
Trinidad and Tobago 1.5
Estonia 1.4
Cyprus 1.3
Mauritius 1.3
Eswatini 1.2
Comoros 0.9
Guyana 0.8
Bhutan 0.8
Luxembourg 0.7
Suriname 0.6
Malta 0.5
Cabo Verde 0.5
Brunei 0.5
Bahamas, The 0.4
Iceland 0.4


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