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Canada vs Zambia: Population by world region

Canada
53.61 million people
in 2100
Zambia
64.47 million people
in 2100
Canada rank
45th
Zambia rank
43rd

Population by world region over time

  • Canada
  • Zambia
020.0M40.0M60.0M100015502100

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 64.47 million people against 53.61 million people in Canada, a difference of 10.86 million people.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Zambia ahead.

Canada ranks 45th and Zambia ranks 43rd of 238 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 29 and Zambia in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Zambia Difference Ahead
1000s 100,000 people 151,500 people 51,500 people Zambia
1100s 120,000 people 181,800 people 61,800 people Zambia
1200s 140,000 people 212,100 people 72,100 people Zambia
1300s 160,000 people 242,400 people 82,400 people Zambia
1400s 180,000 people 272,700 people 92,700 people Zambia
1500s 200,000 people 303,000 people 103,000 people Zambia
1600s 200,000 people 328,755 people 128,755 people Zambia
1700s 200,000 people 354,510 people 154,510 people Zambia
1710s 227,285 people 340,320 people 113,035 people Zambia
1720s 264,289 people 346,823 people 82,534 people Zambia
1730s 308,210 people 353,744 people 45,534 people Zambia
1740s 360,422 people 361,130 people 708 people Zambia
1750s 422,573 people 369,038 people 53,535 people Canada
1760s 496,640 people 377,533 people 119,107 people Canada
1770s 584,998 people 386,691 people 198,307 people Canada
1780s 690,496 people 396,607 people 293,889 people Canada
1790s 816,554 people 407,390 people 409,164 people Canada
1800s 559,636 people 800,457 people 240,820 people Zambia
1810s 715,556 people 931,599 people 216,043 people Zambia
1820s 966,397 people 1.08 million people 117,580 people Zambia
1830s 1.39 million people 1.26 million people 131,201 people Canada
1840s 2.03 million people 1.47 million people 562,398 people Canada
1850s 2.86 million people 1.59 million people 1.26 million people Canada
1860s 3.53 million people 1.60 million people 1.93 million people Canada
1870s 4.01 million people 1.60 million people 2.41 million people Canada
1880s 4.56 million people 1.62 million people 2.94 million people Canada
1890s 5.07 million people 1.63 million people 3.44 million people Canada
1900s 6.08 million people 1.57 million people 4.51 million people Canada
1910s 7.70 million people 1.48 million people 6.22 million people Canada
1920s 9.30 million people 1.55 million people 7.75 million people Canada
1930s 10.74 million people 1.79 million people 8.96 million people Canada
1940s 12.40 million people 2.09 million people 10.31 million people Canada
1950s 15.57 million people 2.67 million people 12.89 million people Canada
1960s 19.50 million people 3.65 million people 15.85 million people Canada
1970s 22.95 million people 4.94 million people 18.00 million people Canada
1980s 25.86 million people 6.69 million people 19.17 million people Canada
1990s 29.26 million people 8.71 million people 20.55 million people Canada
2000s 32.32 million people 11.62 million people 20.69 million people Canada
2010s 35.88 million people 16.19 million people 19.70 million people Canada
2020s 39.83 million people 21.66 million people 18.17 million people Canada
2030s 42.76 million people 27.95 million people 14.81 million people Canada
2040s 44.74 million people 34.49 million people 10.25 million people Canada
2050s 46.29 million people 40.97 million people 5.32 million people Canada
2060s 47.92 million people 47.23 million people 689,750 people Canada
2070s 49.58 million people 53.03 million people 3.44 million people Zambia
2080s 51.13 million people 58.16 million people 7.03 million people Zambia
2090s 52.67 million people 62.46 million people 9.79 million people Zambia
2100s 53.61 million people 64.47 million people 10.86 million people Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Canada or Zambia?
Zambia, at 64.47 million people against 53.61 million people in Canada as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Canada and Zambia?
10.86 million people, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Zambia?
318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Canada and Zambia rank globally for population by world region?
Canada ranks 45th and Zambia ranks 43rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population by world region
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.