Canada's population rose from 29.6M in 1996 to 41.7M in 2025.
Canada · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Canada's population growth fell from 1.0 % in 1996 to 0.9 % in 2025.
Canada's population density rose from 3.2 in 1994 to 4.6 in 2023.
Canada's population, female (% of total) fell from 50.5 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Canada's urbanisation rose from 77.9 % in 1996 to 82.9 % in 2025.
Canada's urban population rose from 23.1M in 1996 to 34.5M in 2025.
Canada's rural population rose from 6.55M in 1996 to 7.13M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %192nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +1.1 %173rd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −3.7 %84th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −6.3 %29th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.1 yrs43rd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts180th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.3 pts103rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.5 pts37th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.8 pts115th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.9 pts36th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −11.5 %5th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.4 pts42nd of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +59.0 %26th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.5 yrs34th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.4 yrs35th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.5 yrs33rd of 217