Canada vs China statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 1.41B in China (ranked 2/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 3,624,808 sq mi for China (ranked 4th vs. 2nd).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while China ranks 76/197 ($13,303).

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Canada and China economies compared

GDP

Canada

China

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	China
1960	$40,563,768,947	$59,846,235,025
1961	$41,038,192,838	$50,162,299,350
1962	$42,336,211,556	$47,310,737,754
1963	$45,140,337,827	$50,812,227,919
1964	$49,503,663,836	$59,821,862,703
1965	$54,649,410,479	$70,565,994,356
1966	$61,252,415,405	$76,854,053,259
1967	$65,856,924,424	$73,011,350,596
1968	$72,048,833,006	$70,980,323,819
1969	$79,405,011,125	$79,847,786,729
1970	$88,192,257,632	$92,752,930,873
1971	$99,606,454,744	$99,959,013,880
1972	$113,463,848,874	$113,871,930,714
1973	$131,764,343,566	$138,764,340,892
1974	$160,949,188,139	$144,418,433,058
1975	$174,419,757,177	$163,687,619,736
1976	$207,271,612,576	$154,196,810,059
1977	$212,325,176,305	$175,226,595,860
1978	$219,369,542,386	$149,788,617,886
1979	$243,891,124,296	$178,573,913,043
1980	$274,776,566,028	$191,487,500,000
1981	$307,246,642,756	$196,218,253,968
1982	$314,647,807,409	$205,480,916,031
1983	$341,866,277,183	$231,130,268,199
1984	$356,718,400,124	$260,442,857,143
1985	$366,186,012,450	$310,064,625,850
1986	$379,006,836,992	$301,310,144,928
1987	$433,134,238,311	$273,455,156,951
1988	$509,380,027,627	$312,888,888,889
1989	$567,211,993,243	$348,380,566,802
1990	$596,075,591,361	$361,560,229,446
1991	$612,527,712,316	$384,510,452,962
1992	$594,387,358,319	$428,502,354,788
1993	$579,053,561,739	$446,557,291,212
1994	$579,944,346,807	$566,929,539,493
1995	$605,961,090,061	$738,190,896,228
1996	$630,607,994,133	$868,523,936,530
1997	$654,986,999,856	$967,753,570,435
1998	$634,000,000,000	$1,037,134,141,760
1999	$678,412,196,271	$1,103,843,203,576
2000	$744,773,415,932	$1,223,754,919,971
2001	$738,981,792,355	$1,355,036,590,252
2002	$760,649,334,098	$1,489,821,682,051
2003	$895,540,646,635	$1,683,903,309,844
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	$1,984,196,551,300
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	$2,317,551,298,052
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	$2,791,498,472,804
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	$3,604,055,822,572
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	$4,667,346,414,522
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$5,189,577,094,998
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$6,192,564,874,453
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$7,671,757,207,851
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$8,673,664,713,189
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$9,743,124,247,267
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$10,674,533,168,257
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$11,280,814,787,469
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$11,456,024,084,962
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$12,537,559,062,283
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$14,147,765,772,964
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$14,560,167,101,283
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$14,996,414,166,715
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$18,201,698,719,564
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$18,316,765,021,690
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$18,270,356,654,533
2024	$2,241,253,230,970	$18,743,803,170,827

Canada and China economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

China

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	China
1960	$2,265	$89.7
1961	$2,246	$76
1962	$2,274	$71.1
1963	$2,380	$74.5
1964	$2,562	$85.7
1965	$2,777	$98.7
1966	$3,055	$104.5
1967	$3,226	$96.8
1968	$3,473	$91.6
1969	$3,776	$100.3
1970	$4,136	$113.3
1971	$4,535	$118.8
1972	$5,107	$132.1
1973	$5,858	$157.3
1974	$7,057	$160.4
1975	$7,537	$178.6
1976	$8,839	$165.7
1977	$8,949	$185.7
1978	$9,154	$156.7
1979	$10,078	$184.3
1980	$11,208	$195.1
1981	$12,379	$197.4
1982	$12,527	$203.7
1983	$13,477	$225.9
1984	$13,930	$251.2
1985	$14,170	$295
1986	$14,521	$282.4
1987	$16,378	$252.3
1988	$19,013	$284
1989	$20,795	$311
1990	$21,526	$319
1991	$21,847	$334
1992	$20,950	$368
1993	$20,187	$379
1994	$19,998	$476
1995	$20,680	$613
1996	$21,297	$713
1997	$21,902	$787
1998	$21,025	$835
1999	$22,315	$881
2000	$24,271	$969
2001	$23,822	$1,065
2002	$24,256	$1,164
2003	$28,302	$1,307
2004	$32,146	$1,531
2005	$36,384	$1,778
2006	$40,504	$2,129
2007	$44,660	$2,735
2008	$46,710	$3,523
2009	$40,875	$3,898
2010	$47,561	$4,629
2011	$52,224	$5,704
2012	$52,670	$6,405
2013	$52,638	$7,147
2014	$50,961	$7,781
2015	$43,594	$8,175
2016	$42,314	$8,255
2017	$45,130	$8,980
2018	$46,539	$10,086
2019	$46,353	$10,343
2020	$43,538	$10,627
2021	$52,887	$12,887
2022	$56,257	$12,971
2023	$54,220	$12,951
2024	$54,283	$13,303

Canada vs. China life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

China

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	China
1950	68.2	43.8
1951	68.5	44.6
1952	68.7	45.3
1953	69.1	45.9
1954	69.9	46.8
1955	70	47.2
1956	70	47.8
1957	69.9	48.4
1958	70.6	48.8
1959	70.6	40.2
1960	71	33.4
1961	71.2	40.2
1962	71.2	51
1963	71.3	51.7
1964	71.6	52.3
1965	71.7	53
1966	71.9	53.7
1967	72.1	54.4
1968	72.2	55.2
1969	72.4	56
1970	72.6	56.8
1971	72.9	57.7
1972	72.8	58.6
1973	73.1	59.5
1974	73.1	60.2
1975	73.4	61
1976	73.9	61.2
1977	74.2	62.5
1978	74.5	63.1
1979	74.8	63.7
1980	75.1	64.2
1981	75.5	64.8
1982	75.7	65.2
1983	76.1	65.7
1984	76.4	66.1
1985	76.3	66.5
1986	76.5	66.9
1987	76.8	67.3
1988	76.9	67.6
1989	77.1	67.9
1990	77.4	68.2
1991	77.6	68.6
1992	77.9	69.1
1993	77.7	69.5
1994	77.9	69.8
1995	78	70.4
1996	78.3	70.8
1997	78.5	71.2
1998	78.7	71.6
1999	78.9	72
2000	79.2	72.3
2001	79.4	72.7
2002	79.6	73
2003	79.7	73.4
2004	80	73.7
2005	80.1	74.1
2006	80.5	74.4
2007	80.5	74.8
2008	80.7	74.8
2009	81.1	75.3
2010	81.3	75.7
2011	81.5	75.9
2012	81.7	76.2
2013	81.8	76.5
2014	81.8	76.7
2015	81.9	77
2016	82	77.2
2017	81.9	77.2
2018	81.9	77.7
2019	82.3	77.9
2020	81.7	78
2021	82	78.1
2022	81.2	78.2
2023	82.6	78
2024	82.7	78
2025	82.9	78.4

Canada and China population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

China

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	China
1960	17,909,356	667,070,000
1961	18,271,000	660,330,000
1962	18,614,000	665,770,000
1963	18,964,000	682,335,000
1964	19,325,000	698,355,000
1965	19,678,000	715,185,000
1966	20,048,000	735,400,000
1967	20,412,000	754,550,000
1968	20,744,000	774,510,000
1969	21,028,000	796,025,000
1970	21,324,000	818,315,000
1971	21,962,032	841,105,000
1972	22,218,463	862,030,000
1973	22,491,777	881,940,000
1974	22,807,969	900,350,000
1975	23,143,275	916,395,000
1976	23,449,808	930,685,000
1977	23,725,843	943,455,000
1978	23,963,203	956,165,000
1979	24,201,544	969,005,000
1980	24,515,667	981,235,000
1981	24,819,915	993,885,000
1982	25,116,942	1,008,630,000
1983	25,366,451	1,023,310,000
1984	25,607,053	1,036,825,000
1985	25,842,116	1,051,040,000
1986	26,100,278	1,066,790,000
1987	26,446,601	1,084,035,000
1988	26,791,747	1,101,630,000
1989	27,276,781	1,118,650,000
1990	27,691,138	1,135,185,000
1991	28,037,420	1,150,780,000
1992	28,371,264	1,164,970,000
1993	28,684,764	1,178,440,000
1994	29,000,663	1,191,835,000
1995	29,302,311	1,204,855,000
1996	29,610,218	1,217,550,000
1997	29,905,948	1,230,075,000
1998	30,155,173	1,241,935,000
1999	30,401,286	1,252,735,000
2000	30,685,730	1,262,645,000
2001	31,020,855	1,271,850,000
2002	31,359,199	1,280,400,000
2003	31,642,461	1,288,400,000
2004	31,938,807	1,296,075,000
2005	32,242,732	1,303,720,000
2006	32,571,193	1,311,020,000
2007	32,888,886	1,317,885,000
2008	33,247,298	1,324,655,000
2009	33,630,069	1,331,260,000
2010	34,005,902	1,337,705,000
2011	34,339,221	1,345,035,000
2012	34,713,395	1,354,190,000
2013	35,080,992	1,363,240,000
2014	35,434,066	1,371,860,000
2015	35,704,498	1,379,860,000
2016	36,110,803	1,387,790,000
2017	36,545,075	1,396,215,000
2018	37,072,620	1,402,760,000
2019	37,618,495	1,407,745,000
2020	38,028,638	1,411,100,000
2021	38,239,864	1,412,360,000
2022	38,935,934	1,412,175,000
2023	40,083,484	1,410,710,000
2024	41,288,599	1,408,975,000

Fertility rates in Canada and China

Fertility rate

Canada

China

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	China
1960	3.81	4.45
1961	3.75	3.86
1962	3.68	6.09
1963	3.61	7.51
1964	3.46	6.67
1965	3.12	6.61
1966	2.75	6.31
1967	2.53	5.81
1968	2.39	6.51
1969	2.33	6.18
1970	2.26	6.09
1971	2.14	5.52
1972	1.98	5.11
1973	1.89	4.73
1974	1.84	4.17
1975	1.82	3.57
1976	1.8	3.24
1977	1.78	2.84
1978	1.77	2.72
1979	1.75	2.75
1980	1.74	2.74
1981	1.7	2.79
1982	1.69	2.97
1983	1.68	2.56
1984	1.65	2.61
1985	1.67	2.63
1986	1.68	2.72
1987	1.68	2.76
1988	1.68	2.54
1989	1.77	2.52
1990	1.83	2.51
1991	1.72	1.93
1992	1.71	1.78
1993	1.69	1.69
1994	1.69	1.63
1995	1.67	1.59
1996	1.63	1.55
1997	1.57	1.53
1998	1.56	1.52
1999	1.55	1.53
2000	1.51	1.63
2001	1.54	1.56
2002	1.52	1.57
2003	1.55	1.57
2004	1.56	1.61
2005	1.58	1.62
2006	1.63	1.64
2007	1.67	1.67
2008	1.7	1.7
2009	1.69	1.71
2010	1.65	1.69
2011	1.63	1.67
2012	1.63	1.8
2013	1.61	1.71
2014	1.61	1.77
2015	1.6	1.67
2016	1.59	1.77
2017	1.55	1.8
2018	1.51	1.54
2019	1.47	1.5
2020	1.41	1.24
2021	1.44	1.12
2022	1.33	1.03
2023	1.26	1

Canada and China demographics compared

Median age

Canada

China

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	China
1960	26.4	20.9
1961	26.3	21.1
1962	26	21
1963	25.8	20.4
1964	25.6	19.9
1965	25.5	19.6
1966	25.5	19.3
1967	25.5	19.2
1968	25.7	19.2
1969	25.8	19.1
1970	26	19.1
1971	26.3	19.2
1972	26.6	19.3
1973	26.9	19.5
1974	27.2	19.7
1975	27.4	20.1
1976	27.7	20.4
1977	28.1	20.8
1978	28.5	21.2
1979	28.8	21.4
1980	29.2	21.6
1981	29.5	21.8
1982	29.8	22.1
1983	30.2	22.6
1984	30.6	23
1985	31	23.2
1986	31.4	23.4
1987	31.8	23.6
1988	32.2	23.9
1989	32.5	24.4
1990	32.9	24.7
1991	33.2	25.1
1992	33.6	25.6
1993	33.9	26.1
1994	34.3	26.6
1995	34.7	27.2
1996	35.1	27.8
1997	35.5	28.3
1998	36	28.8
1999	36.4	29.4
2000	36.7	30
2001	37.1	30.5
2002	37.4	31.1
2003	37.8	31.6
2004	38.1	32.1
2005	38.5	32.6
2006	38.8	33.1
2007	39.1	33.7
2008	39.3	34.2
2009	39.5	34.7
2010	39.7	35.1
2011	39.9	35.5
2012	40.1	35.7
2013	40.3	36
2014	40.5	36.3
2015	40.6	36.7
2016	40.7	37.1
2017	40.8	37.4
2018	40.8	37.7
2019	40.8	38.1
2020	40.9	38.5
2021	41.1	39
2022	41.3	39.6
2023	41.4	40.1
2024	41.5	40.6

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