Demographics of Canada

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date06 Apr 2024

There are 19.44 million males and 19.67 million females in Canada. The percentage of the male population is 49.71%, compared to 50.29% of the female population. Canada has 229k more females than males. The sex ratio in Canada in 2024 will be 98.833 males per 100 females. Canada is in the 125th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Canada population

Year Population Growth (%)
195013,743,0692.17
195515,733,9232.52
196017,909,3562.10
196519,688,8051.86
197021,434,5772.36
197523,136,2521.39
198024,511,5101.27
198525,843,9220.95
199027,657,2041.37
199529,289,4231.04
200030,683,3131.00
200532,215,9160.96
201033,963,4121.06
201535,732,1260.95
202037,888,7050.69
202138,155,0120.71
202238,454,3270.85
202338,781,2910.84
202439,107,0460.83
  • Total
  • Crude

Canada death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950123,412367,6608.99726.804
1955128,954435,9168.21327.762
1960139,237471,5187.78326.358
1965147,990410,5497.54220.922
1970155,330365,6197.29717.176
1975167,000358,3337.23715.529
1980171,194380,4326.99715.549
1985181,307387,5167.01915.003
1990191,913426,5726.95415.458
1995210,676378,1097.21012.941
2000217,626323,4157.11710.577
2005229,879335,5607.15910.450
2010239,723372,7407.08311.012
2015264,204371,0947.41910.421
2020304,741370,5068.0649.804
2021297,242373,7287.8109.820
2022297,812376,1887.7709.814
2023302,395379,6157.8239.820
2024307,516382,9577.8899.824
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Canada

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19508,369,9955,363,40760.946
195510,340,8325,397,53065.705
196012,373,8835,543,35369.061
196514,362,4645,341,41972.892
197016,229,7505,222,98775.654
197517,508,6535,647,55675.611
198018,565,8075,971,61575.663
198519,755,7076,118,24276.354
199021,207,4736,485,20776.582
199522,782,1326,547,94177.675
200024,428,0736,307,70079.478
200525,869,8536,418,12780.122
201027,655,2316,513,43780.937
201529,212,4016,737,30881.259
202030,670,0646,933,14181.562
202130,966,0676,958,09581.653
202231,263,9576,978,26981.752
202331,563,3586,993,54381.862
202431,863,6017,003,74681.980
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Canada population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 981,516 932,847 1,914,363 4.90 105.217
05-09 1,011,656 962,884 1,974,540 5.05 105.065
10-14 1,057,220 1,012,496 2,069,717 5.29 104.417
15-19 1,074,196 1,040,763 2,114,959 5.41 103.212
20-24 1,182,916 1,135,696 2,318,611 5.93 104.158
25-29 1,392,245 1,288,989 2,681,234 6.86 108.011
30-34 1,431,619 1,356,966 2,788,586 7.13 105.501
35-39 1,378,092 1,346,843 2,724,936 6.97 102.320
40-44 1,322,219 1,326,563 2,648,783 6.77 99.673
45-49 1,216,300 1,241,411 2,457,711 6.28 97.977
50-54 1,192,276 1,211,508 2,403,785 6.15 98.413
55-59 1,233,640 1,251,621 2,485,262 6.36 98.563
60-64 1,325,723 1,355,821 2,681,544 6.86 97.780
65-69 1,177,321 1,238,610 2,415,930 6.18 95.052
70-74 942,977 1,028,464 1,971,441 5.04 91.688
75-79 720,267 817,168 1,537,435 3.93 88.142
80-84 437,528 534,790 972,318 2.49 81.813
85-89 234,731 332,731 567,462 1.45 70.547
90-94 99,377 179,071 278,448 0.71 55.496
95-99 24,176 61,670 85,846 0.22 39.202
100+ 2,784 11,351 14,136 0.04 24.526
Total 19,438,779 19,668,263 39,107,047 98.833