Population projections in Canada
Canada: Population projections was 57.44 million Persons in 2070. β² Rising
Population projections in Canada, 2024β2070
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
Canada recorded 57.44 million Persons for population projections in 2070. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population projections in Canada peaked at 57.44 million Persons in 2070 and was at its lowest, 41.29 million Persons, in 2024.
Canada ranks 15th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 41.57 million Persons | 41.29 million Persons | 42.12 million Persons | 6 |
| 2030s | 43.93 million Persons | 42.45 million Persons | 45.43 million Persons | 10 |
| 2040s | 47.36 million Persons | 45.77 million Persons | 49.00 million Persons | 10 |
| 2050s | 51.06 million Persons | 49.37 million Persons | 52.78 million Persons | 10 |
| 2060s | 55.05 million Persons | 53.18 million Persons | 56.99 million Persons | 10 |
| 2070s | 57.44 million Persons | 57.44 million Persons | 57.44 million Persons | 1 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More population data for Canada
- Population growth rate by level of development 0.327 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 2.33 million (2100)
- Population density 6.1 (2100)
- Population growth rate 0.327 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.3863 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.7644 Percent per annum (2030)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 45,891 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 0.7644 % change on previous year (2030)
- Fertility and wanted fertility 1.25 (2024)
- Refugee population by country or territory of asylum 269,496 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population projections in Canada?
- Population projections in Canada was 57.44 million Persons in 2070, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest population projections recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 57.44 million Persons in 2070.
- What is the lowest population projections recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.29 million Persons in 2024.
- How does Canada rank for population projections?
- Canada ranks 15th out of 43 countries with data for 2070.
- Is population projections rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Population projections. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents annual population projections data up to 2070 by sex and five year age groups as well as the share of children, youth, the elderly, old-age and total dependency ratios. The data is available for all member countries as well as for the EU27 and G20 countries, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa and the World total. The data refer to mid-year estimates of the population. Population projections are, in most countries, according to medium variant. See country details for the variants retained for each demographic component of total fertility, life expectancy at birth and net annual migration) in Population projection metadata.