The latest officially reported population of Canada was 41,288,599 in 2024 vs 83,516,593 people in Germany in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Canada's population is 42,045,683 people compared to 82,619,736 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 1.96 times bigger than Canada's.
- Canada is ranked the 38th most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 1.51% of the world: 0.51% for Canada vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, Canada has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2006, the population of Canada has increased from 32.6M people to 42M (29.1% growth), while Germany has grown from 82.4M to 82.6M (0.3% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people, while Germany's population already peaked in 2024 at 83.5M people and is projected to decrease to 70M people by 2100.
Canada vs Germany: live population counter
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| Current population |
42045683
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82619736
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| Population rank | 38/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.51% | 1% |
| One net population change |
26.2 seconds
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2.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.49 minutes
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45.6 seconds
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| One death every |
1.62 minutes
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30.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.43 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +368,599 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,302 | +628 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,205,115 | +229,320 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.01% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 14/197 | 152/197 |
Canada and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 17,909,356 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,271,000 | 73,377,632 | 2.02% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 18,614,000 | 74,025,784 | 1.88% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 18,964,000 | 74,714,353 | 1.88% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 19,325,000 | 75,318,337 | 1.9% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 19,678,000 | 75,963,695 | 1.83% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 20,048,000 | 76,600,311 | 1.88% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 20,412,000 | 76,951,336 | 1.82% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 20,744,000 | 77,294,314 | 1.63% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 21,028,000 | 77,909,682 | 1.37% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 21,324,000 | 78,169,289 | 1.41% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 21,962,032 | 78,312,842 | 2.99% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 22,218,463 | 78,688,452 | 1.17% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 22,491,777 | 78,936,666 | 1.23% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 22,807,969 | 78,967,433 | 1.41% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 23,143,275 | 78,673,554 | 1.47% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 23,449,808 | 78,336,950 | 1.32% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 23,725,843 | 78,159,814 | 1.18% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 23,963,203 | 78,091,820 | 1% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 24,201,544 | 78,126,350 | 0.99% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 24,515,667 | 78,288,576 | 1.3% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 24,819,915 | 78,407,907 | 1.24% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 25,116,942 | 78,333,366 | 1.2% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 25,366,451 | 78,128,282 | 0.99% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 25,607,053 | 77,858,685 | 0.95% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 25,842,116 | 77,684,873 | 0.92% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 26,100,278 | 77,720,436 | 1% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 26,446,601 | 77,839,920 | 1.33% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 26,791,747 | 78,144,619 | 1.31% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 27,276,781 | 78,751,283 | 1.81% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 27,691,138 | 79,433,029 | 1.52% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 28,037,420 | 80,013,896 | 1.25% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 28,371,264 | 80,624,598 | 1.19% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 28,684,764 | 81,156,363 | 1.1% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 29,000,663 | 81,438,348 | 1.1% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 29,302,311 | 81,678,051 | 1.04% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 29,610,218 | 81,914,831 | 1.05% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 29,905,948 | 82,034,771 | 1% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 30,155,173 | 82,047,195 | 0.83% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 30,401,286 | 82,100,243 | 0.82% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 30,685,730 | 82,211,508 | 0.94% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 31,020,855 | 82,349,925 | 1.09% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 31,359,199 | 82,488,495 | 1.09% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 31,642,461 | 82,534,176 | 0.9% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 31,938,807 | 82,516,260 | 0.94% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 32,242,732 | 82,469,422 | 0.95% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 32,571,193 | 82,376,451 | 1.02% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 32,888,886 | 82,266,372 | 0.98% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 33,247,298 | 82,110,097 | 1.09% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 33,630,069 | 81,902,307 | 1.15% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 34,005,902 | 81,776,930 | 1.12% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 34,339,221 | 80,274,983 | 0.98% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 34,713,395 | 80,425,823 | 1.09% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 35,080,992 | 80,645,605 | 1.06% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 35,434,066 | 80,982,500 | 1.01% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 35,704,498 | 81,686,611 | 0.76% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 36,110,803 | 82,348,669 | 1.14% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 36,545,075 | 82,657,002 | 1.2% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 37,072,620 | 82,905,782 | 1.44% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 37,618,495 | 83,092,962 | 1.47% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 38,028,638 | 83,160,871 | 1.09% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 38,239,864 | 83,196,078 | 0.56% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 38,935,934 | 83,177,813 | 1.82% | -0.02% |
| 2023 | 40,083,484 | 83,287,273 | 2.95% | 0.13% |
| 2024 | 41,288,599 | 83,516,593 | 3.01% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 41,687,850 | 83,045,276 | 0.97% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 42,042,113 | 82,619,736 | 0.85% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 42,368,857 | 82,420,656 | 0.78% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 42,683,927 | 82,209,650 | 0.74% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 42,986,030 | 81,988,746 | 0.71% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 43,276,190 | 81,767,011 | 0.68% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 43,559,839 | 81,541,291 | 0.66% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 43,833,228 | 81,315,327 | 0.63% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 44,089,067 | 81,094,150 | 0.58% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 44,336,794 | 80,879,704 | 0.56% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 44,574,481 | 80,669,570 | 0.54% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 44,802,196 | 80,445,835 | 0.51% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 45,029,252 | 80,222,108 | 0.51% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 45,250,482 | 80,001,936 | 0.49% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 45,461,809 | 79,780,699 | 0.47% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 45,661,339 | 79,565,092 | 0.44% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 45,855,081 | 79,361,541 | 0.42% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 46,046,286 | 79,167,400 | 0.42% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 46,232,447 | 78,962,964 | 0.4% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 46,413,908 | 78,743,160 | 0.39% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 46,594,973 | 78,518,131 | 0.39% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 46,768,120 | 78,293,579 | 0.37% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 46,930,946 | 78,066,226 | 0.35% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 47,092,745 | 77,826,011 | 0.34% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 47,246,217 | 77,578,876 | 0.33% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 47,396,788 | 77,335,610 | 0.32% | -0.31% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).
Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Canada's population will grow by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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Population differences between Canada and Germany
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| Life expectancy | 83.1 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 42.1 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 41.5 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 12.2 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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