The latest officially reported population of Canada was 41,288,599 in 2024 vs 5,169,395 people in Mauritania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Canada's population is 42,045,683 people compared to 5,462,924 in Mauritania.
Population statistics:
- Canada's population is 7.7 times bigger than Mauritania's.
- Canada is ranked the 38th most populous country in the world, while Mauritania is the 123rd.
- The countries together account for 0.57% of the world: 0.51% for Canada vs 0.07% for Mauritania.
- For the last 10 years, Canada has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +3% in Mauritania.
- Since 2006, the population of Canada has increased from 32.6M people to 42M (29.1% growth), while Mauritania has grown from 3.01M to 5.46M (81.3% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people compared to the peak of 17.1M people in 2100 for Mauritania.
Canada vs Mauritania: live population counter
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| Current population |
42045683
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5462924
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| Population rank | 38/197 | 123/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.51% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
26.2 seconds
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3.58 minutes
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| One birth every |
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3.04 minutes
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| One death every |
1.62 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +368,599 | -2,185 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,302 | +403 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,205,115 | +146,954 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.01% | +2.93% |
| Population growth rate rank | 14/197 | 17/197 |
Canada and Mauritania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 17,909,356 | 824,298 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,271,000 | 846,167 | 2.02% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 18,614,000 | 869,184 | 1.88% | 2.72% |
| 1963 | 18,964,000 | 893,423 | 1.88% | 2.79% |
| 1964 | 19,325,000 | 918,955 | 1.9% | 2.86% |
| 1965 | 19,678,000 | 945,838 | 1.83% | 2.93% |
| 1966 | 20,048,000 | 974,157 | 1.88% | 2.99% |
| 1967 | 20,412,000 | 1,003,843 | 1.82% | 3.05% |
| 1968 | 20,744,000 | 1,034,739 | 1.63% | 3.08% |
| 1969 | 21,028,000 | 1,066,754 | 1.37% | 3.09% |
| 1970 | 21,324,000 | 1,099,806 | 1.41% | 3.1% |
| 1971 | 21,962,032 | 1,133,702 | 2.99% | 3.08% |
| 1972 | 22,218,463 | 1,168,355 | 1.17% | 3.06% |
| 1973 | 22,491,777 | 1,203,838 | 1.23% | 3.04% |
| 1974 | 22,807,969 | 1,240,188 | 1.41% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 23,143,275 | 1,277,330 | 1.47% | 2.99% |
| 1976 | 23,449,808 | 1,315,336 | 1.32% | 2.98% |
| 1977 | 23,725,843 | 1,353,768 | 1.18% | 2.92% |
| 1978 | 23,963,203 | 1,392,713 | 1% | 2.88% |
| 1979 | 24,201,544 | 1,432,758 | 0.99% | 2.88% |
| 1980 | 24,515,667 | 1,474,043 | 1.3% | 2.88% |
| 1981 | 24,819,915 | 1,516,877 | 1.24% | 2.91% |
| 1982 | 25,116,942 | 1,561,176 | 1.2% | 2.92% |
| 1983 | 25,366,451 | 1,606,746 | 0.99% | 2.92% |
| 1984 | 25,607,053 | 1,653,693 | 0.95% | 2.92% |
| 1985 | 25,842,116 | 1,702,107 | 0.92% | 2.93% |
| 1986 | 26,100,278 | 1,751,835 | 1% | 2.92% |
| 1987 | 26,446,601 | 1,803,014 | 1.33% | 2.92% |
| 1988 | 26,791,747 | 1,855,859 | 1.31% | 2.93% |
| 1989 | 27,276,781 | 1,903,048 | 1.81% | 2.54% |
| 1990 | 27,691,138 | 1,951,878 | 1.52% | 2.57% |
| 1991 | 28,037,420 | 2,009,738 | 1.25% | 2.96% |
| 1992 | 28,371,264 | 2,088,135 | 1.19% | 3.9% |
| 1993 | 28,684,764 | 2,174,328 | 1.1% | 4.13% |
| 1994 | 29,000,663 | 2,249,454 | 1.1% | 3.46% |
| 1995 | 29,302,311 | 2,312,017 | 1.04% | 2.78% |
| 1996 | 29,610,218 | 2,358,188 | 1.05% | 2% |
| 1997 | 29,905,948 | 2,411,306 | 1% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 30,155,173 | 2,474,651 | 0.83% | 2.63% |
| 1999 | 30,401,286 | 2,541,698 | 0.82% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 30,685,730 | 2,613,441 | 0.94% | 2.82% |
| 2001 | 31,020,855 | 2,678,760 | 1.09% | 2.5% |
| 2002 | 31,359,199 | 2,738,655 | 1.09% | 2.24% |
| 2003 | 31,642,461 | 2,802,046 | 0.9% | 2.31% |
| 2004 | 31,938,807 | 2,868,664 | 0.94% | 2.38% |
| 2005 | 32,242,732 | 2,939,059 | 0.95% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 32,571,193 | 3,013,660 | 1.02% | 2.54% |
| 2007 | 32,888,886 | 3,093,059 | 0.98% | 2.63% |
| 2008 | 33,247,298 | 3,183,269 | 1.09% | 2.92% |
| 2009 | 33,630,069 | 3,284,448 | 1.15% | 3.18% |
| 2010 | 34,005,902 | 3,390,965 | 1.12% | 3.24% |
| 2011 | 34,339,221 | 3,502,811 | 0.98% | 3.3% |
| 2012 | 34,713,395 | 3,619,034 | 1.09% | 3.32% |
| 2013 | 35,080,992 | 3,734,318 | 1.06% | 3.19% |
| 2014 | 35,434,066 | 3,848,514 | 1.01% | 3.06% |
| 2015 | 35,704,498 | 3,965,959 | 0.76% | 3.05% |
| 2016 | 36,110,803 | 4,086,657 | 1.14% | 3.04% |
| 2017 | 36,545,075 | 4,210,600 | 1.2% | 3.03% |
| 2018 | 37,072,620 | 4,337,685 | 1.44% | 3.02% |
| 2019 | 37,618,495 | 4,467,708 | 1.47% | 3% |
| 2020 | 38,028,638 | 4,600,131 | 1.09% | 2.96% |
| 2021 | 38,239,864 | 4,734,874 | 0.56% | 2.93% |
| 2022 | 38,935,934 | 4,875,637 | 1.82% | 2.97% |
| 2023 | 40,083,484 | 5,022,441 | 2.95% | 3.01% |
| 2024 | 41,288,599 | 5,169,395 | 3.01% | 2.93% |
| 2025 | 41,687,850 | 5,315,063 | 0.97% | 2.82% |
| 2026 | 42,042,113 | 5,461,313 | 0.85% | 2.75% |
| 2027 | 42,368,857 | 5,608,785 | 0.78% | 2.7% |
| 2028 | 42,683,927 | 5,757,952 | 0.74% | 2.66% |
| 2029 | 42,986,030 | 5,909,186 | 0.71% | 2.63% |
| 2030 | 43,276,190 | 6,062,523 | 0.68% | 2.59% |
| 2031 | 43,559,839 | 6,217,791 | 0.66% | 2.56% |
| 2032 | 43,833,228 | 6,374,839 | 0.63% | 2.53% |
| 2033 | 44,089,067 | 6,533,828 | 0.58% | 2.49% |
| 2034 | 44,336,794 | 6,694,445 | 0.56% | 2.46% |
| 2035 | 44,574,481 | 6,856,314 | 0.54% | 2.42% |
| 2036 | 44,802,196 | 7,019,227 | 0.51% | 2.38% |
| 2037 | 45,029,252 | 7,183,105 | 0.51% | 2.33% |
| 2038 | 45,250,482 | 7,348,357 | 0.49% | 2.3% |
| 2039 | 45,461,809 | 7,514,734 | 0.47% | 2.26% |
| 2040 | 45,661,339 | 7,681,907 | 0.44% | 2.22% |
| 2041 | 45,855,081 | 7,850,210 | 0.42% | 2.19% |
| 2042 | 46,046,286 | 8,020,480 | 0.42% | 2.17% |
| 2043 | 46,232,447 | 8,192,542 | 0.4% | 2.15% |
| 2044 | 46,413,908 | 8,365,171 | 0.39% | 2.11% |
| 2045 | 46,594,973 | 8,538,521 | 0.39% | 2.07% |
| 2046 | 46,768,120 | 8,713,247 | 0.37% | 2.05% |
| 2047 | 46,930,946 | 8,888,466 | 0.35% | 2.01% |
| 2048 | 47,092,745 | 9,064,207 | 0.34% | 1.98% |
| 2049 | 47,246,217 | 9,240,169 | 0.33% | 1.94% |
| 2050 | 47,396,788 | 9,415,589 | 0.32% | 1.9% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,072,997 people (a 35.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,376,267 (a 33.7% growth).
Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th in 2026. Mauritania was ranked 132nd in 2006 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 72.4% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Toronto | 2.79M |
| Montreal | 1.8M |
| Calgary | 1.31M |
| Ottawa | 1.02M |
| Edmonton | 1.01M |
| Winnipeg | 750K |
| Mississauga | 718K |
| Vancouver | 662K |
| Brampton | 656K |
| Hamilton | 569K |
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| City | Population |
| Nouakchott | 1.08M |
| Rosso | 33.5K |
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Population differences between Canada and Mauritania
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| Life expectancy | 83.1 years | 69.2 years |
| Average age | 42.1 years | 23 years |
| Median age | 41.5 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 births per woman | 4.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 12.2 ppl/mi² | 13 ppl/mi² |
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