How many people live in Canada right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
40,567,051
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 38 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.49%
- Median age
- 40.8 years
- Children per woman
- 1.33
- Life expectancy
- 83.1 years
- People per km²
- 5
According to UN estimates, about 40.6 million people live in Canada right now. It ranks 38th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Yemen and Angola, and it is home to one in every 205 people on the planet.
Every day, about 990 people are born there and about 910 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 291,000 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 880 people a day (0.79% a year).
In 1950, about 13.7 million people lived there. Today there are 3.0 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 45.6 million people (12% more than today), and by 2100 about 53.6 million.
Half of its people are younger than 41 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.33 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 83 years (worldwide, 74). There are 5 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Canada in 2026?
- Canada has about 40.6 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 40,467,728.
- How many people are born each day in Canada?
- About 990 a day (361,000 a year). About 910 people die each day (331,000 a year).
- Is the population of Canada growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.79% a year, or about 321,000 people.
- What will the population of Canada be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 45.6 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Argentina 46,051,054
- Afghanistan 45,427,315
- Yemen 43,333,075
- Angola 40,591,325
- Ukraine 39,443,586
- Morocco 38,862,745
More countries in the Americas
- United States 349,570,643
- Brazil 213,783,551
- Mexico 133,319,808
- Colombia 54,089,656
- Argentina 46,051,054
- Peru 35,027,418
- Venezuela 28,673,187
- Chile 19,971,243
- Guatemala 19,055,577
- Ecuador 18,493,702
- Bolivia 12,801,715
- Haiti 12,078,613
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.