Canada vs Turkey: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Canada

7.59 million people

in 2023

Turkey

8.73 million people

in 2023

Canada rank

20th

Turkey rank

18th

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Turkey currently reports 8.73 million people against 7.59 million people in Canada, a difference of 1.13 million people.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 20th and Turkey ranks 18th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.