Demographics of Canada

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date15 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Canada is projected at 39.74 million, compared to 39.30 million in 2023. It is the third-most populous country in North America and ranks 38th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 1.03 percent, the 107th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 19.73 million males and 20.01 million females in Canada. The percentage of the male population is 49.66%, compared to 50.34% of the female population. Canada has 273k more females than males. The sex ratio in Canada in 2024 will be 98.638 males per 100 females. Canada is in the 126th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

Canada population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
19506,966,3706,775,37713,741,7472.16102.819
19557,973,4277,754,84715,728,2742.51102.819
19609,055,7908,842,99917,898,7902.09102.406
19659,898,0889,787,43019,685,5181.87101.131
197010,751,23910,688,78221,440,0222.37100.584
197511,585,32911,563,65723,148,9861.39100.187
198012,217,87912,315,89724,533,7761.2899.204
198512,868,84713,058,61925,927,4651.0098.547
199013,771,97114,017,47127,789,4431.4198.249
199514,574,74414,884,38829,459,1311.0597.920
200015,290,05215,601,75130,891,8031.0098.002
200516,073,49016,366,68332,440,1730.9798.209
201016,943,01217,253,88734,196,8991.0598.198
201517,837,66118,124,57335,962,2340.9598.417
202018,964,44819,207,45338,171,9020.8098.735
202119,105,37719,348,67938,454,0570.6798.743
202219,282,35619,538,90438,821,2591.2398.687
202319,515,57519,783,52939,299,1051.2298.646
202419,734,96020,007,47039,742,4301.0398.638
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195068.21526.6683.374
195569.99726.3333.746
196070.97325.4733.820
196571.74824.4723.075
197072.60924.9542.267
197573.44826.3841.799
198075.06128.1271.658
198576.34829.9371.594
199077.43331.8211.696
199578.02133.7131.674
200079.23335.7681.510
200580.13137.5881.566
201081.33638.7401.642
201581.90839.6291.601
202081.65439.9011.413
202181.97640.1051.430
202281.24940.2531.366
202382.63040.3431.349
202482.71940.4761.343
  • Total
  • Crude

Canada death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950123,125359,1498.96026.136
1955128,165426,4608.14927.114
1960137,888462,3547.70425.832
1965146,302401,4707.43220.394
1970153,475356,0577.15816.607
1975165,647348,3817.15615.050
1980170,532362,8496.95114.790
1985181,539372,2287.00214.357
1990192,937402,9796.94314.501
1995213,017380,4987.23112.916
2000220,884329,7377.15010.674
2005233,959342,8177.21210.568
2010244,280377,8487.14311.049
2015268,732384,5717.47310.694
2020311,994362,2468.1739.490
2021311,188369,7898.0929.616
2022337,724354,6658.6999.136
2023311,824356,7457.9359.078
2024321,790361,0798.0979.085
  • 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 (%)
00-04 964,293 917,489 1,881,781 4.73 105.101
05-09 1,031,990 982,876 2,014,867 5.07 104.997
10-14 1,077,145 1,031,813 2,108,959 5.31 104.393
15-19 1,104,591 1,071,570 2,176,160 5.48 103.082
20-24 1,249,729 1,197,652 2,447,381 6.16 104.348
25-29 1,440,185 1,333,836 2,774,021 6.98 107.973
30-34 1,468,892 1,397,650 2,866,543 7.21 105.097
35-39 1,410,078 1,379,343 2,789,421 7.02 102.228
40-44 1,344,927 1,348,737 2,693,664 6.78 99.718
45-49 1,230,632 1,256,820 2,487,452 6.26 97.916
50-54 1,202,888 1,224,839 2,427,727 6.11 98.208
55-59 1,243,990 1,266,523 2,510,513 6.32 98.221
60-64 1,328,224 1,366,880 2,695,104 6.78 97.172
65-69 1,178,332 1,245,909 2,424,242 6.10 94.576
70-74 944,034 1,035,193 1,979,227 4.98 91.194
75-79 719,116 820,159 1,539,275 3.87 87.680
80-84 435,517 537,210 972,726 2.45 81.070
85-89 233,871 334,819 568,691 1.43 69.850
90-94 100,185 183,540 283,724 0.71 54.585
95-99 23,726 63,197 86,923 0.22 37.543
100+ 2,616 11,415 14,030 0.04 22.917
Total 19,734,961 20,007,470 39,742,431 98.638