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Canada vs Latvia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 1.86M in Latvia (ranked 149/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 24,027 sq mi for Latvia (ranked 4th vs. 121st).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and Latvia ranks 100/197 ($43.5B). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while Latvia ranks 53/197 ($23,368).

Main facts and rankings

Canada Latvia
Population
41972421
1844219
Population rank 38/197 149/197
GDP
$2.24T
2024
$43.5B
2024
GDP rank 9/197 100/197
GDP per capita
$54,283
2024
$23,368
2024
GDP per capita rank 19/197 53/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$65,463
2024
$43,867
2024
Government debt
$2.48T
2024
$20.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
112.5%
2025
48.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$60,128
2024
$11,068
2024
Government debt per person rank 4/185 52/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,544
2025
$15,995
2025
Land area
3,393,336 sq mi
2025
24,027 sq mi
2025
Population density
12.2 ppl/mi²
2024
77.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.26
2023
1.36
2023
Median age
41.5 years
2024
44.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
76.5 years
2025

Canada and Latvia: Comparison Charts

Canada and Latvia economies compared

GDP
Canada

Latvia
Year GDP
Canada Latvia
1960 $40,563,768,947 -
1961 $41,038,192,838 -
1962 $42,336,211,556 -
1963 $45,140,337,827 -
1964 $49,503,663,836 -
1965 $54,649,410,479 -
1966 $61,252,415,405 -
1967 $65,856,924,424 -
1968 $72,048,833,006 -
1969 $79,405,011,125 -
1970 $88,192,257,632 -
1971 $99,606,454,744 -
1972 $113,463,848,874 -
1973 $131,764,343,566 -
1974 $160,949,188,139 -
1975 $174,419,757,177 -
1976 $207,271,612,576 -
1977 $212,325,176,305 -
1978 $219,369,542,386 -
1979 $243,891,124,296 -
1980 $274,776,566,028 -
1981 $307,246,642,756 -
1982 $314,647,807,409 -
1983 $341,866,277,183 -
1984 $356,718,400,124 -
1985 $366,186,012,450 -
1986 $379,006,836,992 -
1987 $433,134,238,311 -
1988 $509,380,027,627 -
1989 $567,211,993,243 -
1990 $596,075,591,361 -
1991 $612,527,712,316 -
1992 $594,387,358,319 -
1993 $579,053,561,739 -
1994 $579,944,346,807 -
1995 $605,961,090,061 $5,608,208,785
1996 $630,607,994,133 $5,799,465,288
1997 $654,986,999,856 $6,349,481,007
1998 $634,000,000,000 $6,974,112,951
1999 $678,412,196,271 $7,324,192,890
2000 $744,773,415,932 $7,761,252,607
2001 $738,981,792,355 $8,190,888,740
2002 $760,649,334,098 $9,249,030,241
2003 $895,540,646,635 $11,244,337,720
2004 $1,026,690,238,278 $13,827,070,379
2005 $1,173,108,598,779 $16,306,935,905
2006 $1,319,264,809,591 $20,434,922,247
2007 $1,468,820,407,783 $29,420,499,248
2008 $1,552,989,690,722 $34,135,200,994
2009 $1,374,625,142,157 $25,691,530,442
2010 $1,617,343,367,486 $23,468,324,572
2011 $1,793,326,630,175 $26,575,547,901
2012 $1,828,366,481,522 $27,116,149,949
2013 $1,846,597,421,835 $29,152,128,168
2014 $1,805,749,878,440 $30,277,203,767
2015 $1,556,508,816,217 $26,344,565,877
2016 $1,527,994,741,907 $27,117,105,060
2017 $1,649,265,644,244 $29,391,059,767
2018 $1,725,329,192,783 $33,247,935,477
2019 $1,743,725,183,673 $33,099,503,951
2020 $1,655,684,730,000 $33,379,927,435
2021 $2,022,378,748,423 $38,183,326,785
2022 $2,190,411,080,134 $38,014,713,596
2023 $2,173,339,670,064 $42,572,151,720
2024 $2,241,253,230,970 $43,520,773,851

Canada and Latvia economies compared

GDP per capita
Canada

Latvia
Year GDP per capita
Canada Latvia
1960 $2,265 -
1961 $2,246 -
1962 $2,274 -
1963 $2,380 -
1964 $2,562 -
1965 $2,777 -
1966 $3,055 -
1967 $3,226 -
1968 $3,473 -
1969 $3,776 -
1970 $4,136 -
1971 $4,535 -
1972 $5,107 -
1973 $5,858 -
1974 $7,057 -
1975 $7,537 -
1976 $8,839 -
1977 $8,949 -
1978 $9,154 -
1979 $10,078 -
1980 $11,208 -
1981 $12,379 -
1982 $12,527 -
1983 $13,477 -
1984 $13,930 -
1985 $14,170 -
1986 $14,521 -
1987 $16,378 -
1988 $19,013 -
1989 $20,795 -
1990 $21,526 -
1991 $21,847 -
1992 $20,950 -
1993 $20,187 -
1994 $19,998 -
1995 $20,680 $2,257
1996 $21,297 $2,360
1997 $21,902 $2,610
1998 $21,025 $2,894
1999 $22,315 $3,064
2000 $24,271 $3,278
2001 $23,822 $3,505
2002 $24,256 $4,004
2003 $28,302 $4,915
2004 $32,146 $6,110
2005 $36,384 $7,284
2006 $40,504 $9,212
2007 $44,660 $13,371
2008 $46,710 $15,678
2009 $40,875 $11,996
2010 $47,561 $11,188
2011 $52,224 $12,903
2012 $52,670 $13,329
2013 $52,638 $14,484
2014 $50,961 $15,186
2015 $43,594 $13,322
2016 $42,314 $13,839
2017 $45,130 $15,132
2018 $46,539 $17,252
2019 $46,353 $17,295
2020 $43,538 $17,564
2021 $52,887 $20,262
2022 $56,257 $20,227
2023 $54,220 $22,676
2024 $54,283 $23,368

Canada vs. Latvia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Canada

Latvia
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada Latvia
1950 68.2 64.6
1951 68.5 65.2
1952 68.7 65.7
1953 69.1 66.2
1954 69.9 66.7
1955 70 67.1
1956 70 67.6
1957 69.9 68.3
1958 70.6 68.9
1959 70.6 69.5
1960 71 70.3
1961 71.2 70.5
1962 71.2 69.9
1963 71.3 70.3
1964 71.6 71.5
1965 71.7 71.2
1966 71.9 71.2
1967 72.1 70.9
1968 72.2 70.5
1969 72.4 70.2
1970 72.6 70.2
1971 72.9 70.6
1972 72.8 70.3
1973 73.1 70.2
1974 73.1 70.1
1975 73.4 69.3
1976 73.9 69.4
1977 74.2 69.4
1978 74.5 69.3
1979 74.8 68.8
1980 75.1 69.1
1981 75.5 69.1
1982 75.7 69.6
1983 76.1 69.4
1984 76.4 69.4
1985 76.3 69.6
1986 76.5 71
1987 76.8 71
1988 76.9 70.9
1989 77.1 70.4
1990 77.4 69.5
1991 77.6 69.2
1992 77.9 68.5
1993 77.7 66.6
1994 77.9 65.2
1995 78 66
1996 78.3 68.6
1997 78.5 69.2
1998 78.7 68.9
1999 78.9 69.6
2000 79.2 70.2
2001 79.4 69.9
2002 79.6 70.2
2003 79.7 70.6
2004 80 70.9
2005 80.1 70.6
2006 80.5 70.6
2007 80.5 70.8
2008 80.7 72
2009 81.1 72.7
2010 81.3 73
2011 81.5 73.7
2012 81.7 73.9
2013 81.8 74.2
2014 81.8 74.3
2015 81.9 74.7
2016 82 74.8
2017 81.9 74.8
2018 81.9 75
2019 82.3 75.6
2020 81.7 75.5
2021 82 73.2
2022 81.2 74.9
2023 82.6 76.2
2024 82.7 76.3
2025 82.9 76.5

Canada and Latvia population clocks and comparison

Population
Canada

Latvia
Year Population
Canada Latvia
1960 17,909,356 2,120,979
1961 18,271,000 2,152,681
1962 18,614,000 2,181,586
1963 18,964,000 2,210,919
1964 19,325,000 2,240,623
1965 19,678,000 2,265,919
1966 20,048,000 2,283,217
1967 20,412,000 2,301,220
1968 20,744,000 2,323,619
1969 21,028,000 2,343,173
1970 21,324,000 2,359,164
1971 21,962,032 2,376,389
1972 22,218,463 2,395,674
1973 22,491,777 2,415,819
1974 22,807,969 2,437,186
1975 23,143,275 2,456,130
1976 23,449,808 2,470,989
1977 23,725,843 2,485,073
1978 23,963,203 2,497,921
1979 24,201,544 2,505,953
1980 24,515,667 2,511,701
1981 24,819,915 2,519,421
1982 25,116,942 2,531,080
1983 25,366,451 2,546,011
1984 25,607,053 2,562,047
1985 25,842,116 2,578,873
1986 26,100,278 2,599,892
1987 26,446,601 2,626,583
1988 26,791,747 2,653,434
1989 27,276,781 2,666,955
1990 27,691,138 2,663,151
1991 28,037,420 2,650,581
1992 28,371,264 2,614,338
1993 28,684,764 2,563,290
1994 29,000,663 2,520,742
1995 29,302,311 2,485,056
1996 29,610,218 2,457,222
1997 29,905,948 2,432,851
1998 30,155,173 2,410,019
1999 30,401,286 2,390,482
2000 30,685,730 2,367,550
2001 31,020,855 2,337,170
2002 31,359,199 2,310,173
2003 31,642,461 2,287,955
2004 31,938,807 2,263,122
2005 32,242,732 2,238,799
2006 32,571,193 2,218,357
2007 32,888,886 2,200,325
2008 33,247,298 2,177,322
2009 33,630,069 2,141,669
2010 34,005,902 2,097,555
2011 34,339,221 2,059,709
2012 34,713,395 2,034,319
2013 35,080,992 2,012,647
2014 35,434,066 1,993,782
2015 35,704,498 1,977,527
2016 36,110,803 1,959,537
2017 36,545,075 1,942,248
2018 37,072,620 1,927,174
2019 37,618,495 1,913,822
2020 38,028,638 1,900,449
2021 38,239,864 1,884,490
2022 38,935,934 1,879,383
2023 40,083,484 1,877,445
2024 41,288,599 1,862,441

Fertility rates in Canada and Latvia

Fertility rate
Canada

Latvia
Year Fertility rate
Canada Latvia
1960 3.81 1.94
1961 3.75 1.94
1962 3.68 1.91
1963 3.61 1.85
1964 3.46 1.79
1965 3.12 1.74
1966 2.75 1.76
1967 2.53 1.8
1968 2.39 1.83
1969 2.33 1.88
1970 2.26 1.96
1971 2.14 2
1972 1.98 2
1973 1.89 1.98
1974 1.84 1.97
1975 1.82 1.96
1976 1.8 1.93
1977 1.78 1.89
1978 1.77 1.87
1979 1.75 1.87
1980 1.74 1.86
1981 1.7 1.88
1982 1.69 1.97
1983 1.68 2.07
1984 1.65 2.09
1985 1.67 2.08
1986 1.68 2.12
1987 1.68 2.15
1988 1.68 2.11
1989 1.77 2.05
1990 1.83 2.02
1991 1.72 1.86
1992 1.71 1.73
1993 1.69 1.51
1994 1.69 1.39
1995 1.67 1.25
1996 1.63 1.16
1997 1.57 1.11
1998 1.56 1.09
1999 1.55 1.16
2000 1.51 1.25
2001 1.54 1.22
2002 1.52 1.26
2003 1.55 1.32
2004 1.56 1.29
2005 1.58 1.39
2006 1.63 1.46
2007 1.67 1.54
2008 1.7 1.58
2009 1.69 1.46
2010 1.65 1.36
2011 1.63 1.33
2012 1.63 1.44
2013 1.61 1.52
2014 1.61 1.65
2015 1.6 1.7
2016 1.59 1.74
2017 1.55 1.69
2018 1.51 1.6
2019 1.47 1.61
2020 1.41 1.55
2021 1.44 1.57
2022 1.33 1.47
2023 1.26 1.36

Canada and Latvia demographics compared

Median age
Canada

Latvia
Year Median age, years
Canada Latvia
1960 26.4 32.3
1961 26.3 32.4
1962 26 32.6
1963 25.8 32.8
1964 25.6 33
1965 25.5 33.2
1966 25.5 33.5
1967 25.5 33.8
1968 25.7 34
1969 25.8 34.1
1970 26 34.2
1971 26.3 34.3
1972 26.6 34.5
1973 26.9 34.6
1974 27.2 34.7
1975 27.4 34.9
1976 27.7 35
1977 28.1 35.1
1978 28.5 35.1
1979 28.8 35.1
1980 29.2 34.9
1981 29.5 34.8
1982 29.8 34.7
1983 30.2 34.6
1984 30.6 34.7
1985 31 34.7
1986 31.4 34.7
1987 31.8 34.6
1988 32.2 34.6
1989 32.5 34.5
1990 32.9 34.6
1991 33.2 34.8
1992 33.6 35.2
1993 33.9 35.6
1994 34.3 36
1995 34.7 36.2
1996 35.1 36.6
1997 35.5 36.9
1998 36 37.3
1999 36.4 37.6
2000 36.7 37.9
2001 37.1 38.3
2002 37.4 38.6
2003 37.8 38.9
2004 38.1 39.2
2005 38.5 39.4
2006 38.8 39.7
2007 39.1 39.9
2008 39.3 40.1
2009 39.5 40.5
2010 39.7 41.1
2011 39.9 41.6
2012 40.1 42
2013 40.3 42.3
2014 40.5 42.5
2015 40.6 42.8
2016 40.7 43
2017 40.8 43.2
2018 40.8 43.4
2019 40.8 43.6
2020 40.9 43.8
2021 41.1 43.9
2022 41.3 44
2023 41.4 44.1
2024 41.5 44.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Canada Latvia
GNI, Atlas method
$2.2T
2024
$40.8B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.2%
2025
44.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.88%
2022
4.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.29%
2023
2.27%
2023
Armed forces personnel
72,000
2020
9,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.87%
2025
-3.63%
2025
Unemployment rate
6.35%
2024
6.88%
2024
Services, % of GDP
66.4%
2021
63.1%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2021
19.9%
2024
Economic freedom index
75.5
2025
71.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.1%
2021
26.2%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2021
2.6%
2023
Number of millionaires
1,991,416
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.07%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
76
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
4,226
2024
56
2003
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.37T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$120B
2024
$5.14B
2024
Personal remittances received
$851M
2024
$1.34B
2024
International tourist arrivals
32,430,000
2019
3,204,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
3.66%
2011
7.25%
2007
Banked people share
98.4%
2024
95%
2024

Energy

Canada Latvia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
7,336 kg
2023
2,248 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.79
2023
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
575 megatons
2023
6.55 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14.3 tons
2023
3.49 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
47.8%
2023
Renewable energy use share
23.8%
2021
44%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
19.8%
2023
8.79%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-89.6%
2023
34.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
14,460 kWh
2023
3,629 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
67%
2021
63.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
57%
2023
59.4%
2023
Nuclear share
14.1%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Canada Latvia
% of world population
0.51%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
+368,599
2024
-2,225
2024
Urban population
82%
2024
68.8%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
5.94 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.54 ft
2025
Quality of life index
89.6
2025
74.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
59
2024
Higher education index
99
2025
70
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.27
2022
2.5
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
8.1
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
99.9%
2021
English speaking
82.1%
2023
45.9%
2023
People using the Internet
94%
2023
92.7%
2024

Health

Canada Latvia
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,112
2023
$1,642
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$935
2023
$505
2022
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
76.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2023
0.18%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.5
2022
3.38
2021
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2021
28 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
19
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.1
2023
3
2023
Obesity rate
26.7%
2022
24.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
7.1%
2024
Air quality index
85
2025
75
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12%
2022
33.9%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.89 liters
2020
12.9 liters
2020

Territory

Canada Latvia
% of world land
5.9%
2025
0.04%
2025
Land area per capita
82,186 sq mi
2024
12,901 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
219,596 sq mi
2025
7,610 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1,339,068 sq mi
2025
13,214 sq mi
2025
Roads length
647,655 mi
2014
n/a

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