Canada vs Japan statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 4th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

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Canada and Japan economies compared

GDP

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	Japan
1960	$40,563,768,947	$47,419,238,274
1961	$41,038,192,838	$57,266,758,180
1962	$42,336,211,556	$64,987,857,542
1963	$45,140,337,827	$74,379,284,603
1964	$49,503,663,836	$87,490,590,818
1965	$54,649,410,479	$97,338,107,606
1966	$61,252,415,405	$113,046,784,179
1967	$65,856,924,424	$132,475,614,227
1968	$72,048,833,006	$156,897,496,759
1969	$79,405,011,125	$184,298,841,305
1970	$88,192,257,632	$217,223,652,719
1971	$99,606,454,744	$245,364,056,622
1972	$113,463,848,874	$324,933,841,269
1973	$131,764,343,566	$441,460,582,536
1974	$160,949,188,139	$490,035,789,970
1975	$174,419,757,177	$532,861,438,885
1976	$207,271,612,576	$598,883,902,156
1977	$212,325,176,305	$737,069,290,928
1978	$219,369,542,386	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$243,891,124,296	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$274,776,566,028	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$307,246,642,756	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$314,647,807,409	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$341,866,277,183	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$356,718,400,124	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$366,186,012,450	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$379,006,836,992	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$433,134,238,311	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$509,380,027,627	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$567,211,993,243	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$596,075,591,361	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$612,527,712,316	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$594,387,358,319	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$579,053,561,739	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$579,944,346,807	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$605,961,090,061	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$630,607,994,133	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$654,986,999,856	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$634,000,000,000	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$678,412,196,271	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$744,773,415,932	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$738,981,792,355	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$760,649,334,098	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$895,540,646,635	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$2,241,253,230,970	$4,026,210,821,147

Canada and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	Japan
1960	$2,265	$509
1961	$2,246	$609
1962	$2,274	$685
1963	$2,380	$776
1964	$2,562	$903
1965	$2,777	$994
1966	$3,055	$1,144
1967	$3,226	$1,326
1968	$3,473	$1,553
1969	$3,776	$1,803
1970	$4,136	$2,101
1971	$4,535	$2,321
1972	$5,107	$3,031
1973	$5,858	$4,061
1974	$7,057	$4,448
1975	$7,537	$4,776
1976	$8,839	$5,310
1977	$8,949	$6,473
1978	$9,154	$9,012
1979	$10,078	$9,301
1980	$11,208	$9,669
1981	$12,379	$10,583
1982	$12,527	$9,780
1983	$13,477	$10,652
1984	$13,930	$11,207
1985	$14,170	$11,809
1986	$14,521	$17,452
1987	$16,378	$21,142
1988	$19,013	$25,500
1989	$20,795	$25,266
1990	$21,526	$25,801
1991	$21,847	$29,428
1992	$20,950	$31,993
1993	$20,187	$36,345
1994	$19,998	$39,934
1995	$20,680	$44,198
1996	$21,297	$39,150
1997	$21,902	$35,638
1998	$21,025	$32,424
1999	$22,315	$36,610
2000	$24,271	$39,169
2001	$23,822	$34,406
2002	$24,256	$32,821
2003	$28,302	$35,387
2004	$32,146	$38,299
2005	$36,384	$37,813
2006	$40,504	$35,992
2007	$44,660	$35,779
2008	$46,710	$39,876
2009	$40,875	$41,309
2010	$47,561	$44,968
2011	$52,224	$48,760
2012	$52,670	$49,145
2013	$52,638	$40,899
2014	$50,961	$38,475
2015	$43,594	$34,961
2016	$42,314	$39,375
2017	$45,130	$38,834
2018	$46,539	$39,751
2019	$46,353	$40,416
2020	$43,538	$40,029
2021	$52,887	$40,095
2022	$56,257	$34,066
2023	$54,220	$33,836
2024	$54,283	$32,476

Canada vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	Japan
1950	68.2	59.3
1951	68.5	61
1952	68.7	63
1953	69.1	63.3
1954	69.9	64.5
1955	70	65.7
1956	70	65.6
1957	69.9	65.4
1958	70.6	67
1959	70.6	67.5
1960	71	67.7
1961	71.2	68.4
1962	71.2	68.7
1963	71.3	69.7
1964	71.6	70.2
1965	71.7	70.3
1966	71.9	71.1
1967	72.1	71.4
1968	72.2	71.7
1969	72.4	71.9
1970	72.6	72
1971	72.9	72.8
1972	72.8	73.3
1973	73.1	73.4
1974	73.1	73.8
1975	73.4	74.4
1976	73.9	74.8
1977	74.2	75.3
1978	74.5	75.7
1979	74.8	76.2
1980	75.1	76.1
1981	75.5	76.6
1982	75.7	77.1
1983	76.1	77.1
1984	76.4	77.5
1985	76.3	77.8
1986	76.5	78.2
1987	76.8	78.6
1988	76.9	78.5
1989	77.1	79
1990	77.4	79
1991	77.6	79.3
1992	77.9	79.3
1993	77.7	79.4
1994	77.9	79.8
1995	78	79.7
1996	78.3	80.4
1997	78.5	80.6
1998	78.7	80.6
1999	78.9	80.6
2000	79.2	81.2
2001	79.4	81.5
2002	79.6	81.8
2003	79.7	81.9
2004	80	82.1
2005	80.1	82
2006	80.5	82.4
2007	80.5	82.5
2008	80.7	82.6
2009	81.1	83
2010	81.3	82.9
2011	81.5	82.7
2012	81.7	83.2
2013	81.8	83.4
2014	81.8	83.6
2015	81.9	83.9
2016	82	84.1
2017	81.9	84.2
2018	81.9	84.3
2019	82.3	84.4
2020	81.7	84.7
2021	82	84.6
2022	81.2	84.1
2023	82.6	84.7
2024	82.7	84.9
2025	82.9	85

Canada and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	Japan
1960	17,909,356	93,216,000
1961	18,271,000	94,055,000
1962	18,614,000	94,933,000
1963	18,964,000	95,900,000
1964	19,325,000	96,903,000
1965	19,678,000	97,952,000
1966	20,048,000	98,851,000
1967	20,412,000	99,879,000
1968	20,744,000	101,011,000
1969	21,028,000	102,219,000
1970	21,324,000	103,403,000
1971	21,962,032	105,697,000
1972	22,218,463	107,188,000
1973	22,491,777	108,707,000
1974	22,807,969	110,162,000
1975	23,143,275	111,573,000
1976	23,449,808	112,775,000
1977	23,725,843	113,872,000
1978	23,963,203	114,913,000
1979	24,201,544	115,890,000
1980	24,515,667	116,807,000
1981	24,819,915	117,661,000
1982	25,116,942	118,480,000
1983	25,366,451	119,307,000
1984	25,607,053	120,083,000
1985	25,842,116	120,837,000
1986	26,100,278	121,482,000
1987	26,446,601	122,069,000
1988	26,791,747	122,578,000
1989	27,276,781	123,069,000
1990	27,691,138	123,478,000
1991	28,037,420	123,964,000
1992	28,371,264	124,425,000
1993	28,684,764	124,829,000
1994	29,000,663	125,178,000
1995	29,302,311	125,472,000
1996	29,610,218	125,757,000
1997	29,905,948	126,057,000
1998	30,155,173	126,400,000
1999	30,401,286	126,631,000
2000	30,685,730	126,843,000
2001	31,020,855	127,149,000
2002	31,359,199	127,445,000
2003	31,642,461	127,718,000
2004	31,938,807	127,761,000
2005	32,242,732	127,773,000
2006	32,571,193	127,854,000
2007	32,888,886	128,001,000
2008	33,247,298	128,063,000
2009	33,630,069	128,047,000
2010	34,005,902	128,070,000
2011	34,339,221	127,833,000
2012	34,713,395	127,629,000
2013	35,080,992	127,445,000
2014	35,434,066	127,276,000
2015	35,704,498	127,141,000
2016	36,110,803	127,076,000
2017	36,545,075	126,972,000
2018	37,072,620	126,811,000
2019	37,618,495	126,633,000
2020	38,028,638	126,261,000
2021	38,239,864	125,681,593
2022	38,935,934	125,124,989
2023	40,083,484	124,516,650
2024	41,288,599	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Canada and Japan

Fertility rate

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	Japan
1960	3.81	2
1961	3.75	1.96
1962	3.68	1.98
1963	3.61	2
1964	3.46	2.05
1965	3.12	2.14
1966	2.75	1.58
1967	2.53	2.23
1968	2.39	2.13
1969	2.33	2.13
1970	2.26	2.13
1971	2.14	2.16
1972	1.98	2.14
1973	1.89	2.14
1974	1.84	2.05
1975	1.82	1.91
1976	1.8	1.85
1977	1.78	1.8
1978	1.77	1.79
1979	1.75	1.77
1980	1.74	1.75
1981	1.7	1.74
1982	1.69	1.77
1983	1.68	1.8
1984	1.65	1.81
1985	1.67	1.76
1986	1.68	1.72
1987	1.68	1.69
1988	1.68	1.66
1989	1.77	1.57
1990	1.83	1.54
1991	1.72	1.53
1992	1.71	1.5
1993	1.69	1.46
1994	1.69	1.5
1995	1.67	1.42
1996	1.63	1.43
1997	1.57	1.39
1998	1.56	1.38
1999	1.55	1.34
2000	1.51	1.36
2001	1.54	1.33
2002	1.52	1.32
2003	1.55	1.29
2004	1.56	1.29
2005	1.58	1.26
2006	1.63	1.32
2007	1.67	1.34
2008	1.7	1.37
2009	1.69	1.37
2010	1.65	1.39
2011	1.63	1.39
2012	1.63	1.41
2013	1.61	1.43
2014	1.61	1.42
2015	1.6	1.45
2016	1.59	1.44
2017	1.55	1.43
2018	1.51	1.42
2019	1.47	1.36
2020	1.41	1.33
2021	1.44	1.3
2022	1.33	1.26
2023	1.26	1.2

Canada and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Canada

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	Japan
1960	26.4	25.8
1961	26.3	26.2
1962	26	26.5
1963	25.8	26.9
1964	25.6	27.2
1965	25.5	27.6
1966	25.5	28
1967	25.5	28.4
1968	25.7	28.6
1969	25.8	28.9
1970	26	29.2
1971	26.3	29.6
1972	26.6	29.9
1973	26.9	30.2
1974	27.2	30.4
1975	27.4	30.6
1976	27.7	30.9
1977	28.1	31.5
1978	28.5	32
1979	28.8	32.4
1980	29.2	32.8
1981	29.5	33.1
1982	29.8	33.7
1983	30.2	34.3
1984	30.6	34.9
1985	31	35.4
1986	31.4	35.9
1987	31.8	36.3
1988	32.2	36.8
1989	32.5	37.2
1990	32.9	37.7
1991	33.2	38.2
1992	33.6	38.7
1993	33.9	39.2
1994	34.3	39.6
1995	34.7	40
1996	35.1	40.3
1997	35.5	40.7
1998	36	41
1999	36.4	41.4
2000	36.7	41.8
2001	37.1	42.1
2002	37.4	42.5
2003	37.8	42.8
2004	38.1	43.2
2005	38.5	43.6
2006	38.8	43.9
2007	39.1	44.2
2008	39.3	44.6
2009	39.5	44.9
2010	39.7	45.2
2011	39.9	45.5
2012	40.1	45.8
2013	40.3	46.2
2014	40.5	46.6
2015	40.6	47
2016	40.7	47.3
2017	40.8	47.6
2018	40.8	48
2019	40.8	48.3
2020	40.9	48.7
2021	41.1	49.1
2022	41.3	49.5
2023	41.4	50
2024	41.5	50.4

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