Population in Canada compared to Iceland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Canada and Iceland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Iceland	Canada	Iceland
1960	17,909,356	175,574	-	-
1961	18,271,000	179,029	2.02%	1.97%
1962	18,614,000	182,378	1.88%	1.87%
1963	18,964,000	185,653	1.88%	1.8%
1964	19,325,000	188,983	1.9%	1.79%
1965	19,678,000	192,286	1.83%	1.75%
1966	20,048,000	195,570	1.88%	1.71%
1967	20,412,000	198,751	1.82%	1.63%
1968	20,744,000	201,488	1.63%	1.38%
1969	21,028,000	203,369	1.37%	0.93%
1970	21,324,000	204,438	1.41%	0.53%
1971	21,962,032	206,098	2.99%	0.81%
1972	22,218,463	209,137	1.17%	1.47%
1973	22,491,777	212,317	1.23%	1.52%
1974	22,807,969	215,209	1.41%	1.36%
1975	23,143,275	217,979	1.47%	1.29%
1976	23,449,808	220,154	1.32%	1%
1977	23,725,843	221,799	1.18%	0.75%
1978	23,963,203	223,537	1%	0.78%
1979	24,201,544	225,735	0.99%	0.98%
1980	24,515,667	228,138	1.3%	1.06%
1981	24,819,915	230,755	1.24%	1.15%
1982	25,116,942	233,860	1.2%	1.35%
1983	25,366,451	236,977	0.99%	1.33%
1984	25,607,053	239,511	0.95%	1.07%
1985	25,842,116	241,405	0.92%	0.79%
1986	26,100,278	243,180	1%	0.74%
1987	26,446,601	245,859	1.33%	1.1%
1988	26,791,747	249,740	1.31%	1.58%
1989	27,276,781	252,852	1.81%	1.25%
1990	27,691,138	254,826	1.52%	0.78%
1991	28,037,420	257,797	1.25%	1.17%
1992	28,371,264	261,057	1.19%	1.26%
1993	28,684,764	263,725	1.1%	1.02%
1994	29,000,663	266,021	1.1%	0.87%
1995	29,302,311	267,468	1.04%	0.54%
1996	29,610,218	268,916	1.05%	0.54%
1997	29,905,948	271,128	1%	0.82%
1998	30,155,173	274,047	0.83%	1.08%
1999	30,401,286	277,381	0.82%	1.22%
2000	30,685,730	281,205	0.94%	1.38%
2001	31,020,855	284,968	1.09%	1.34%
2002	31,359,199	287,523	1.09%	0.9%
2003	31,642,461	289,521	0.9%	0.69%
2004	31,938,807	292,074	0.94%	0.88%
2005	32,242,732	296,734	0.95%	1.6%
2006	32,571,193	303,782	1.02%	2.38%
2007	32,888,886	311,566	0.98%	2.56%
2008	33,247,298	317,414	1.09%	1.88%
2009	33,630,069	318,499	1.15%	0.34%
2010	34,005,902	318,041	1.12%	-0.14%
2011	34,339,221	319,014	0.98%	0.31%
2012	34,713,395	320,716	1.09%	0.53%
2013	35,080,992	323,764	1.06%	0.95%
2014	35,434,066	327,386	1.01%	1.12%
2015	35,704,498	330,815	0.76%	1.05%
2016	36,110,803	335,439	1.14%	1.4%
2017	36,545,075	343,400	1.2%	2.37%
2018	37,072,620	352,721	1.44%	2.71%
2019	37,618,495	360,563	1.47%	2.22%
2020	38,028,638	366,463	1.09%	1.64%
2021	38,239,864	372,520	0.56%	1.65%
2022	38,935,934	382,003	1.82%	2.55%
2023	40,083,484	385,663	2.95%	0.96%
2024	41,288,599	386,506	3.01%	0.22%
2025	41,687,850	391,286	0.97%	1.24%
2026	42,042,113	395,277	0.85%	1.02%
2027	42,368,857	398,729	0.78%	0.87%
2028	42,683,927	401,867	0.74%	0.79%
2029	42,986,030	404,639	0.71%	0.69%
2030	43,276,190	407,090	0.68%	0.61%
2031	43,559,839	409,307	0.66%	0.54%
2032	43,833,228	411,279	0.63%	0.48%
2033	44,089,067	413,059	0.58%	0.43%
2034	44,336,794	414,660	0.56%	0.39%
2035	44,574,481	416,153	0.54%	0.36%
2036	44,802,196	417,573	0.51%	0.34%
2037	45,029,252	418,847	0.51%	0.31%
2038	45,250,482	419,997	0.49%	0.27%
2039	45,461,809	421,032	0.47%	0.25%
2040	45,661,339	421,924	0.44%	0.21%
2041	45,855,081	422,688	0.42%	0.18%
2042	46,046,286	423,370	0.42%	0.16%
2043	46,232,447	424,023	0.4%	0.15%
2044	46,413,908	424,570	0.39%	0.13%
2045	46,594,973	424,909	0.39%	0.08%
2046	46,768,120	425,115	0.37%	0.05%
2047	46,930,946	425,264	0.35%	0.03%
2048	47,092,745	425,359	0.34%	0.02%
2049	47,246,217	425,409	0.33%	0.01%
2050	47,396,788	425,404	0.32%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.