Canada vs North Korea statistics compared

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 4th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

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Canada and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Canada	North Korea
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	-
1996	$630,607,994,133	-
1997	$654,986,999,856	-
1998	$634,000,000,000	-
1999	$678,412,196,271	-
2000	$744,773,415,932	-
2001	$738,981,792,355	-
2002	$760,649,334,098	-
2003	$895,540,646,635	-
2004	$1,026,690,238,278	-
2005	$1,173,108,598,779	-
2006	$1,319,264,809,591	-
2007	$1,468,820,407,783	-
2008	$1,552,989,690,722	-
2009	$1,374,625,142,157	$23,356,470,000
2010	$1,617,343,367,486	$25,995,513,000
2011	$1,793,326,630,175	$29,005,020,000
2012	$1,828,366,481,522	$29,890,710,000
2013	$1,846,597,421,835	$30,588,922,000
2014	$1,805,749,878,440	$30,554,460,000
2015	$1,556,508,816,217	$30,723,030,000
2016	$1,527,994,741,907	$28,882,640,000
2017	$1,649,265,644,244	$29,105,440,000
2018	$1,725,329,192,783	$28,536,400,000
2019	$1,743,725,183,673	$28,222,880,000
2020	$1,655,684,730,000	$27,728,240,000
2021	$2,022,378,748,423	$32,301,720,000
2022	$2,190,411,080,134	$28,971,360,000
2023	$2,173,339,670,064	$32,155,360,000
2024	$2,241,253,230,970	$34,943,120,000

Canada and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Canada	North Korea
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	-
1996	$21,297	-
1997	$21,902	-
1998	$21,025	-
1999	$22,315	-
2000	$24,271	-
2001	$23,822	-
2002	$24,256	-
2003	$28,302	-
2004	$32,146	-
2005	$36,384	-
2006	$40,504	-
2007	$44,660	-
2008	$46,710	-
2009	$40,875	$939
2010	$47,561	$1,040
2011	$52,224	$1,156
2012	$52,670	$1,186
2013	$52,638	$1,208
2014	$50,961	$1,201
2015	$43,594	$1,201
2016	$42,314	$1,124
2017	$45,130	$1,127
2018	$46,539	$1,100
2019	$46,353	$1,084
2020	$43,538	$1,061
2021	$52,887	$1,231
2022	$56,257	$1,100
2023	$54,220	$1,217
2024	$54,283	$1,319

Canada vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Canada	North Korea
1950	68.2	14.2
1951	68.5	17.7
1952	68.7	32.8
1953	69.1	40.3
1954	69.9	50.6
1955	70	51.8
1956	70	52.8
1957	69.9	53.7
1958	70.6	54.5
1959	70.6	55.2
1960	71	55.8
1961	71.2	56.4
1962	71.2	57
1963	71.3	57.6
1964	71.6	58.2
1965	71.7	58.8
1966	71.9	59.4
1967	72.1	60.1
1968	72.2	60.8
1969	72.4	61.4
1970	72.6	62
1971	72.9	62.7
1972	72.8	63.3
1973	73.1	63.8
1974	73.1	64.3
1975	73.4	64.8
1976	73.9	65.3
1977	74.2	65.8
1978	74.5	66.3
1979	74.8	66.7
1980	75.1	67.2
1981	75.5	67.7
1982	75.7	68.1
1983	76.1	68.5
1984	76.4	68.9
1985	76.3	69.2
1986	76.5	69.5
1987	76.8	69.8
1988	76.9	70.1
1989	77.1	70.3
1990	77.4	70.5
1991	77.6	70.7
1992	77.9	71
1993	77.7	70.8
1994	77.9	70.5
1995	78	60.8
1996	78.3	60.8
1997	78.5	60.9
1998	78.7	60.9
1999	78.9	60.9
2000	79.2	60.9
2001	79.4	60.9
2002	79.6	60.9
2003	79.7	69.4
2004	80	69.3
2005	80.1	69.2
2006	80.5	69.1
2007	80.5	69
2008	80.7	69.3
2009	81.1	69.7
2010	81.3	70.2
2011	81.5	70.8
2012	81.7	71.3
2013	81.8	71.9
2014	81.8	72.5
2015	81.9	72.8
2016	82	73
2017	81.9	73
2018	81.9	73
2019	82.3	72.9
2020	81.7	72.8
2021	82	73.4
2022	81.2	73.6
2023	82.6	73.6
2024	82.7	73.7
2025	82.9	73.9

Canada and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Canada	North Korea
1960	17,909,356	11,722,953
1961	18,271,000	11,990,713
1962	18,614,000	12,262,882
1963	18,964,000	12,567,057
1964	19,325,000	12,889,770
1965	19,678,000	13,219,369
1966	20,048,000	13,569,094
1967	20,412,000	13,958,350
1968	20,744,000	14,365,596
1969	21,028,000	14,767,615
1970	21,324,000	15,172,775
1971	21,962,032	15,572,457
1972	22,218,463	15,975,069
1973	22,491,777	16,350,367
1974	22,807,969	16,673,121
1975	23,143,275	16,971,055
1976	23,449,808	17,243,450
1977	23,725,843	17,492,798
1978	23,963,203	17,735,995
1979	24,201,544	17,983,470
1980	24,515,667	18,236,786
1981	24,819,915	18,501,295
1982	25,116,942	18,776,357
1983	25,366,451	19,054,034
1984	25,607,053	19,335,043
1985	25,842,116	19,620,388
1986	26,100,278	19,910,855
1987	26,446,601	20,205,483
1988	26,791,747	20,503,161
1989	27,276,781	20,804,367
1990	27,691,138	21,112,137
1991	28,037,420	21,428,638
1992	28,371,264	21,750,911
1993	28,684,764	22,073,352
1994	29,000,663	22,393,975
1995	29,302,311	22,669,304
1996	29,610,218	22,895,746
1997	29,905,948	23,110,830
1998	30,155,173	23,311,564
1999	30,401,286	23,497,599
2000	30,685,730	23,665,910
2001	31,020,855	23,815,358
2002	31,359,199	23,943,973
2003	31,642,461	24,090,380
2004	31,938,807	24,254,943
2005	32,242,732	24,396,433
2006	32,571,193	24,524,507
2007	32,888,886	24,646,383
2008	33,247,298	24,764,618
2009	33,630,069	24,878,332
2010	34,005,902	24,987,258
2011	34,339,221	25,097,874
2012	34,713,395	25,211,728
2013	35,080,992	25,329,451
2014	35,434,066	25,451,262
2015	35,704,498	25,575,350
2016	36,110,803	25,698,326
2017	36,545,075	25,817,709
2018	37,072,620	25,931,147
2019	37,618,495	26,037,632
2020	38,028,638	26,136,312
2021	38,239,864	26,232,534
2022	38,935,934	26,328,845
2023	40,083,484	26,418,204
2024	41,288,599	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Canada and North Korea

Fertility rate

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	North Korea
1960	3.81	3.57
1961	3.75	3.26
1962	3.68	3.41
1963	3.61	3.63
1964	3.46	3.55
1965	3.12	3.56
1966	2.75	3.71
1967	2.53	4.05
1968	2.39	3.87
1969	2.33	3.86
1970	2.26	3.85
1971	2.14	3.74
1972	1.98	3.89
1973	1.89	3.35
1974	1.84	3.14
1975	1.82	3.05
1976	1.8	2.84
1977	1.78	2.77
1978	1.77	2.79
1979	1.75	2.85
1980	1.74	2.84
1981	1.7	2.92
1982	1.69	2.85
1983	1.68	2.78
1984	1.65	2.71
1985	1.67	2.65
1986	1.68	2.59
1987	1.68	2.53
1988	1.68	2.47
1989	1.77	2.41
1990	1.83	2.39
1991	1.72	2.35
1992	1.71	2.29
1993	1.69	2.22
1994	1.69	2.18
1995	1.67	2.15
1996	1.63	2.09
1997	1.57	2.03
1998	1.56	1.99
1999	1.55	1.97
2000	1.51	1.94
2001	1.54	1.94
2002	1.52	1.92
2003	1.55	1.91
2004	1.56	1.9
2005	1.58	1.87
2006	1.63	1.94
2007	1.67	1.94
2008	1.7	1.97
2009	1.69	1.91
2010	1.65	1.89
2011	1.63	1.88
2012	1.63	1.88
2013	1.61	1.88
2014	1.61	1.87
2015	1.6	1.86
2016	1.59	1.86
2017	1.55	1.85
2018	1.51	1.83
2019	1.47	1.83
2020	1.41	1.82
2021	1.44	1.81
2022	1.33	1.8
2023	1.26	1.78

Canada and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Canada

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Canada	North Korea
1960	26.4	19.9
1961	26.3	20.2
1962	26	20.6
1963	25.8	20.8
1964	25.6	21
1965	25.5	21.2
1966	25.5	21.3
1967	25.5	21.4
1968	25.7	21.4
1969	25.8	21.4
1970	26	21.4
1971	26.3	21.2
1972	26.6	20.9
1973	26.9	20.7
1974	27.2	20.7
1975	27.4	20.9
1976	27.7	21.1
1977	28.1	21.4
1978	28.5	21.8
1979	28.8	22.2
1980	29.2	22.5
1981	29.5	22.8
1982	29.8	23.1
1983	30.2	23.5
1984	30.6	23.9
1985	31	24.2
1986	31.4	24.5
1987	31.8	24.8
1988	32.2	25.1
1989	32.5	25.6
1990	32.9	26
1991	33.2	26.4
1992	33.6	26.8
1993	33.9	27.2
1994	34.3	27.6
1995	34.7	28
1996	35.1	28.3
1997	35.5	28.8
1998	36	29.2
1999	36.4	29.6
2000	36.7	30.1
2001	37.1	30.5
2002	37.4	31
2003	37.8	31.4
2004	38.1	31.8
2005	38.5	32.1
2006	38.8	32.5
2007	39.1	32.9
2008	39.3	33.3
2009	39.5	33.7
2010	39.7	34
2011	39.9	34.3
2012	40.1	34.5
2013	40.3	34.7
2014	40.5	35
2015	40.6	35.2
2016	40.7	35.4
2017	40.8	35.7
2018	40.8	35.9
2019	40.8	36.2
2020	40.9	36.4
2021	41.1	36.6
2022	41.3	36.8
2023	41.4	37.1
2024	41.5	37.3

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