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Population growth in Canada
1961 – 2025 · 65 data points
14 of 42 · Countries
Updated Oct 21, 2026
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
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Latest value · 2025
0.94%
−2.05 pp
since 2024
Countries · 2025
14 of 42
Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015
+0.18 pp
vs World
+0.03 pp
World: 0.91% · 2025
Population growth, 1961 – 2025 percent · Canada · World
+0.18 pp since 2015
0%
1%
2%
3%
1961
1980
1990
2000
2010
2025
Canada
World
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Compared with Population growth · percent
Canada
0.94%
World
0.91%
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators
The series at a glance Canada · 1961 – 2025
Latest value
0.94% · 2025
First value
2.00% · 1961
Highest
2.98% · 2024
Lowest
0.55% · 2021
Data points
65
By year
All years · 1961 – 2025
| Year | Canada | Change | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.94% | −2.05 pp | 0.91% |
| 2024 | 2.98% | +0.20 pp | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 2.78% | +0.94 pp | 0.93% |
| 2022 | 1.84% | +1.29 pp | 0.87% |
| 2021 | 0.55% | −0.53 pp | 0.83% |
| 2020 | 1.08% | −0.38 pp | 0.98% |
| 2019 | 1.46% | +0.03 pp | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 1.43% | +0.24 pp | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 1.20% | +0.06 pp | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 1.13% | +0.37 pp | 1.16% |
| 2015 | 0.76% | −0.24 pp | 1.18% |
| 2014 | 1.00% | −0.05 pp | 1.21% |
| 2013 | 1.05% | −0.03 pp | 1.23% |
| 2012 | 1.08% | +0.11 pp | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 0.98% | −0.14 pp | 1.22% |
| 2010 | 1.11% | −0.03 pp | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 1.14% | +0.06 pp | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 1.08% | +0.11 pp | 1.27% |
| 2007 | 0.97% | −0.04 pp | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 1.01% | +0.07 pp | 1.27% |
| 2005 | 0.95% | +0.01 pp | 1.27% |
| 2004 | 0.93% | +0.03 pp | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 0.90% | −0.19 pp | 1.29% |
| 2002 | 1.08% | −0.00 pp | 1.31% |
| 2001 | 1.09% | +0.15 pp | 1.34% |
| 2000 | 0.93% | +0.12 pp | 1.36% |
| 1999 | 0.81% | −0.02 pp | 1.40% |
| 1998 | 0.83% | −0.16 pp | 1.44% |
| 1997 | 0.99% | −0.05 pp | 1.46% |
| 1996 | 1.05% | +0.01 pp | 1.49% |
| 1995 | 1.03% | −0.06 pp | 1.50% |
| 1994 | 1.10% | −0.00 pp | 1.54% |
| 1993 | 1.10% | −0.08 pp | 1.59% |
| 1992 | 1.18% | −0.06 pp | 1.63% |
| 1991 | 1.24% | −0.26 pp | 1.67% |
| 1990 | 1.51% | −0.29 pp | 1.74% |
| 1989 | 1.79% | +0.50 pp | 1.75% |
| 1988 | 1.30% | −0.02 pp | 1.78% |
| 1987 | 1.32% | +0.32 pp | 1.79% |
| 1986 | 0.99% | +0.08 pp | 1.78% |
| 1985 | 0.91% | −0.03 pp | 1.76% |
| 1984 | 0.94% | −0.04 pp | 1.76% |
| 1983 | 0.99% | −0.20 pp | 1.80% |
| 1982 | 1.19% | −0.04 pp | 1.81% |
| 1981 | 1.23% | −0.06 pp | 1.77% |
| 1980 | 1.29% | +0.30 pp | 1.76% |
| 1979 | 0.99% | −0.01 pp | 1.77% |
| 1978 | 1.00% | −0.17 pp | 1.75% |
| 1977 | 1.17% | −0.15 pp | 1.75% |
| 1976 | 1.32% | −0.14 pp | 1.80% |
| 1975 | 1.46% | +0.06 pp | 1.86% |
| 1974 | 1.40% | +0.17 pp | 1.93% |
| 1973 | 1.22% | +0.06 pp | 1.98% |
| 1972 | 1.16% | −1.79 pp | 2.00% |
| 1971 | 2.95% | +1.55 pp | 2.10% |
| 1970 | 1.40% | +0.04 pp | 2.08% |
| 1969 | 1.36% | −0.25 pp | 2.08% |
| 1968 | 1.61% | −0.19 pp | 2.05% |
| 1967 | 1.80% | −0.06 pp | 2.04% |
| 1966 | 1.86% | +0.05 pp | 2.09% |
| 1965 | 1.81% | −0.08 pp | 2.06% |
| 1964 | 1.89% | +0.02 pp | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 1.86% | +0.00 pp | 2.12% |
| 1962 | 1.86% | −0.14 pp | 1.77% |
| 1961 | 2.00% | 1.36% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1961 – 2025
Ranking · Countries
2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.
| # | Territory | Population growth | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 4.64% | |
| 2 | Congo - Kinshasa | 3.26% | |
| 3 | Yemen | 3.01% | |
| 4 | Canada | 2.78% | |
| 5 | Hong Kong SAR China | 2.55% | |
| 6 | Congo - Brazzaville | 2.42% | |
| 7 | Liberia | 2.20% | |
| 8 | Gabon | 2.20% | |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 2.20% | |
| 10 | Czechia | 1.78% | |
| 11 | Honduras | 1.71% | |
| 12 | Egypt | 1.69% | |
| 13 | Algeria | 1.50% | |
| 14 | Lithuania | 1.40% | |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 1.31% | |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 1.22% | |
| 17 | Spain | 1.18% | |
| 18 | Norway | 1.14% | |
| 19 | Colombia | 1.12% | |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0.99% | |
| 21 | India | 0.88% | |
| 22 | Ecuador | 0.87% | |
| 23 | Mexico | 0.87% | |
| 24 | Indonesia | 0.84% | |
| 25 | United States | 0.82% | |
| 26 | Philippines | 0.81% | |
| 27 | Chile | 0.54% | |
| 28 | Lebanon | 0.50% | |
| 29 | Finland | 0.50% | |
| 30 | Türkiye | 0.41% | |
| 31 | Brazil | 0.40% | |
| 32 | Argentina | 0.29% | |
| 33 | France | 0.28% | |
| 34 | Germany | 0.13% | |
| 35 | South Korea | 0.08% | |
| 36 | Romania | 0.07% | |
| 37 | Italy | -0.05% | |
| 38 | China | -0.10% | |
| 39 | Russia | -0.29% | |
| 40 | Bulgaria | -0.29% | |
| 41 | Greece | -0.29% | |
| 42 | Poland | -0.37% |
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2023
What it means
How fast the population changes from one year to the next.
How it is calculated
Change in the number of residents over the year, as a percentage of the population at the start.
People
Canada in numbers
Population
41M
2024
Population density
4.6
2024
Median age
40.3
2023
Children under 15
15.2%
2024
Residents 65 and over
18.9%
2024
Life expectancy
81.3
2022
Births per woman
1.25
2024
Birth rate
8.9
2024
Infant mortality
4.7
2024
Net migration
11.0
2023
Born abroad
22.2%
2024
Urban population
82.9%
2025