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Canada vs Vatican statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Canada has a population of 41.3M (ranked 37/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Canada's land area is 3,393,336 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 4th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Canada ranks 9/197 ($2.24T) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Canada ranks 19/197 ($54,283), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Main facts and rankings

Canada Vatican
Population
41972421
949
Population rank 38/197 197/197
GDP
$2.24T
2024
$19.8M
2025
GDP rank 9/197 197/197
GDP per capita
$54,283
2024
$19,800
2025
GDP per capita rank 19/197 59/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$65,463
2024
$39,191
2025
Government debt
$2.48T
2024
n/a
Debt-to-GDP ratio
112.5%
2025
n/a
Government debt per person
$60,128
2024
n/a
Government debt per person rank 4/185 n/a
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,544
2025
$17,307
2025
Land area
3,393,336 sq mi
2025
0.17 sq mi
2025
Population density
12.2 ppl/mi²
2024
5,886 ppl/mi²
2019
Fertility rate
1.26
2023
n/a
Median age
41.5 years
2024
n/a
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025

Canada and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Canada vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Canada

Vatican
Year Life expectancy, years
Canada Vatican
1950 68.2 65.9
1951 68.5 65.3
1952 68.7 65.7
1953 69.1 66.3
1954 69.9 67.5
1955 70 67.8
1956 70 67.3
1957 69.9 67.5
1958 70.6 68.7
1959 70.6 69.2
1960 71 69.2
1961 71.2 69.8
1962 71.2 69.2
1963 71.3 69.3
1964 71.6 70.3
1965 71.7 70.1
1966 71.9 70.9
1967 72.1 70.9
1968 72.2 70.7
1969 72.4 70.7
1970 72.6 71.5
1971 72.9 71.7
1972 72.8 72
1973 73.1 71.9
1974 73.1 72.7
1975 73.4 72.6
1976 73.9 72.9
1977 74.2 73.3
1978 74.5 73.7
1979 74.8 74
1980 75.1 74.1
1981 75.5 74.3
1982 75.7 74.8
1983 76.1 74.7
1984 76.4 75.1
1985 76.3 75.5
1986 76.5 75.7
1987 76.8 76.2
1988 76.9 76.4
1989 77.1 76.8
1990 77.4 76.9
1991 77.6 76.9
1992 77.9 77.3
1993 77.7 77
1994 77.9 77.7
1995 78 77.8
1996 78.3 78.5
1997 78.5 78.2
1998 78.7 78.3
1999 78.9 78.7
2000 79.2 79.3
2001 79.4 79.9
2002 79.6 80
2003 79.7 79.8
2004 80 80.2
2005 80.1 80.6
2006 80.5 81.2
2007 80.5 81.3
2008 80.7 81.4
2009 81.1 81.3
2010 81.3 81.5
2011 81.5 81.7
2012 81.7 82
2013 81.8 82.5
2014 81.8 82.6
2015 81.9 82.5
2016 82 82.9
2017 81.9 82.7
2018 81.9 83.3
2019 82.3 83.6
2020 81.7 83
2021 82 82.9
2022 81.2 83.3
2023 82.6 83
2024 82.7 83.1
2025 82.9 83.3

Canada and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population
Canada

Vatican
Year Population
Canada Vatican
1960 17,909,356 -
1961 18,271,000 -
1962 18,614,000 -
1963 18,964,000 -
1964 19,325,000 -
1965 19,678,000 -
1966 20,048,000 -
1967 20,412,000 -
1968 20,744,000 -
1969 21,028,000 -
1970 21,324,000 -
1971 21,962,032 -
1972 22,218,463 -
1973 22,491,777 -
1974 22,807,969 -
1975 23,143,275 -
1976 23,449,808 -
1977 23,725,843 -
1978 23,963,203 -
1979 24,201,544 -
1980 24,515,667 -
1981 24,819,915 -
1982 25,116,942 -
1983 25,366,451 -
1984 25,607,053 -
1985 25,842,116 -
1986 26,100,278 -
1987 26,446,601 -
1988 26,791,747 -
1989 27,276,781 -
1990 27,691,138 -
1991 28,037,420 -
1992 28,371,264 -
1993 28,684,764 -
1994 29,000,663 -
1995 29,302,311 -
1996 29,610,218 -
1997 29,905,948 -
1998 30,155,173 -
1999 30,401,286 -
2000 30,685,730 880
2001 31,020,855 890
2002 31,359,199 900
2003 31,642,461 911
2004 31,938,807 921
2005 32,242,732 921
2006 32,571,193 932
2007 32,888,886 821
2008 33,247,298 824
2009 33,630,069 826
2010 34,005,902 829
2011 34,339,221 832
2012 34,713,395 836
2013 35,080,992 839
2014 35,434,066 842
2015 35,704,498 1,000
2016 36,110,803 -
2017 36,545,075 1,000
2018 37,072,620 -
2019 37,618,495 1,000
2020 38,028,638 -
2021 38,239,864 -
2022 38,935,934 -
2023 40,083,484 -
2024 41,288,599 -

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Canada Vatican
GNI, Atlas method
$2.2T
2024
n/a
Government expenditure, % of GDP
44.2%
2025
n/a
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.88%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.29%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
72,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-1.87%
2025
n/a
Unemployment rate
6.35%
2024
n/a
Services, % of GDP
66.4%
2021
n/a
Industry, % of GDP
25.3%
2021
n/a
Economic freedom index
75.5
2025
65
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.1%
2021
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
3.3%
2021
n/a
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
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$3.37T
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$120B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$851M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
32,430,000
2019
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
3.66%
2011
n/a
Banked people share
98.4%
2024
n/a

Energy

Canada Vatican
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
7,336 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.79
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
575 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
14.3 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share
76.8%
2023
n/a
Renewable energy use share
23.8%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
19.8%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-89.6%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
14,460 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
67%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
57%
2023
n/a
Nuclear share
14.1%
2023
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Canada Vatican
% of world population
0.51%
2024
0.00001%
2024
Annual migration change
+368,599
2024
n/a
Urban population
82%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
n/a
Average male height
5.86 ft
2025
n/a
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
n/a
Quality of life index
89.6
2025
76
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
75
2024
60
2025
Higher education index
99
2025
32
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.27
2022
0
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.3
2019
0.5
2025
Visa free countries
170
2025
150
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
100%
2013
English speaking
82.1%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
94%
2023
n/a

Health

Canada Vatican
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,112
2023
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$935
2023
n/a
Life expectancy
82.9 years
2025
83.3 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2023
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
2.5
2022
n/a
Age at first childbirth
30 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
12
2023
n/a
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.1
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
26.7%
2022
n/a
Diabetes prevalence
7.7%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
85
2025
72
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
12%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.89 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Canada Vatican
% of world land
5.9%
2025
0.0000003%
2025
Land area per capita
82,186 sq mi
2024
169.9 sq mi
2019
Agricultural land area
219,596 sq mi
2025
n/a
Forest area
1,339,068 sq mi
2025
n/a
Roads length
647,655 mi
2014
5.59 mi
2003

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