Canada vs France: Total number of international immigrants

Canada

8.81 million immigrants

in 2024

France

9.19 million immigrants

in 2024

Canada rank

7th

France rank

5th

Total number of international immigrants over time

France currently reports 9.19 million immigrants against 8.81 million immigrants in Canada, a difference of 380,920 immigrants.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.

Canada ranks 7th and France ranks 5th of 232 countries.

Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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