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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Mexico	Canada	Mexico
1960	17,909,356	36,724,615	-	-
1961	18,271,000	37,890,118	2.02%	3.17%
1962	18,614,000	39,129,200	1.88%	3.27%
1963	18,964,000	40,424,065	1.88%	3.31%
1964	19,325,000	41,772,049	1.9%	3.33%
1965	19,678,000	43,174,477	1.83%	3.36%
1966	20,048,000	44,629,106	1.88%	3.37%
1967	20,412,000	46,129,608	1.82%	3.36%
1968	20,744,000	47,668,303	1.63%	3.34%
1969	21,028,000	49,233,194	1.37%	3.28%
1970	21,324,000	50,814,953	1.41%	3.21%
1971	21,962,032	52,412,558	2.99%	3.14%
1972	22,218,463	54,030,168	1.17%	3.09%
1973	22,491,777	55,667,284	1.23%	3.03%
1974	22,807,969	57,320,149	1.41%	2.97%
1975	23,143,275	58,982,400	1.47%	2.9%
1976	23,449,808	60,645,512	1.32%	2.82%
1977	23,725,843	62,308,493	1.18%	2.74%
1978	23,963,203	63,979,046	1%	2.68%
1979	24,201,544	65,648,865	0.99%	2.61%
1980	24,515,667	67,300,334	1.3%	2.52%
1981	24,819,915	68,892,108	1.24%	2.37%
1982	25,116,942	70,433,260	1.2%	2.24%
1983	25,366,451	71,971,240	0.99%	2.18%
1984	25,607,053	73,506,846	0.95%	2.13%
1985	25,842,116	75,043,414	0.92%	2.09%
1986	26,100,278	76,585,637	1%	2.06%
1987	26,446,601	78,136,651	1.33%	2.03%
1988	26,791,747	79,695,531	1.31%	2%
1989	27,276,781	81,247,182	1.81%	1.95%
1990	27,691,138	82,820,170	1.52%	1.94%
1991	28,037,420	84,430,572	1.25%	1.94%
1992	28,371,264	86,044,809	1.19%	1.91%
1993	28,684,764	87,653,807	1.1%	1.87%
1994	29,000,663	89,259,205	1.1%	1.83%
1995	29,302,311	90,862,455	1.04%	1.8%
1996	29,610,218	92,452,702	1.05%	1.75%
1997	29,905,948	94,021,207	1%	1.7%
1998	30,155,173	95,575,245	0.83%	1.65%
1999	30,401,286	97,115,707	0.82%	1.61%
2000	30,685,730	98,625,552	0.94%	1.55%
2001	31,020,855	100,099,099	1.09%	1.49%
2002	31,359,199	101,548,624	1.09%	1.45%
2003	31,642,461	102,978,515	0.9%	1.41%
2004	31,938,807	104,394,131	0.94%	1.37%
2005	32,242,732	105,811,504	0.95%	1.36%
2006	32,571,193	107,253,666	1.02%	1.36%
2007	32,888,886	108,774,360	0.98%	1.42%
2008	33,247,298	110,374,288	1.09%	1.47%
2009	33,630,069	111,999,721	1.15%	1.47%
2010	34,005,902	113,623,895	1.12%	1.45%
2011	34,339,221	115,243,504	0.98%	1.43%
2012	34,713,395	116,818,208	1.09%	1.37%
2013	35,080,992	118,343,573	1.06%	1.31%
2014	35,434,066	119,784,261	1.01%	1.22%
2015	35,704,498	121,072,306	0.76%	1.08%
2016	36,110,803	122,251,351	1.14%	0.97%
2017	36,545,075	123,400,057	1.2%	0.94%
2018	37,072,620	124,573,711	1.44%	0.95%
2019	37,618,495	125,762,982	1.47%	0.95%
2020	38,028,638	126,799,054	1.09%	0.82%
2021	38,239,864	127,648,148	0.56%	0.67%
2022	38,935,934	128,613,117	1.82%	0.76%
2023	40,083,484	129,739,759	2.95%	0.88%
2024	41,288,599	130,861,007	3.01%	0.86%
2025	41,687,850	131,946,905	0.97%	0.83%
2026	42,042,113	132,997,664	0.85%	0.8%
2027	42,368,857	134,017,711	0.78%	0.77%
2028	42,683,927	135,008,697	0.74%	0.74%
2029	42,986,030	135,970,893	0.71%	0.71%
2030	43,276,190	136,904,747	0.68%	0.69%
2031	43,559,839	137,811,068	0.66%	0.66%
2032	43,833,228	138,690,189	0.63%	0.64%
2033	44,089,067	139,542,087	0.58%	0.61%
2034	44,336,794	140,362,026	0.56%	0.59%
2035	44,574,481	141,150,818	0.54%	0.56%
2036	44,802,196	141,909,168	0.51%	0.54%
2037	45,029,252	142,637,546	0.51%	0.51%
2038	45,250,482	143,336,222	0.49%	0.49%
2039	45,461,809	143,998,296	0.47%	0.46%
2040	45,661,339	144,624,328	0.44%	0.43%
2041	45,855,081	145,217,780	0.42%	0.41%
2042	46,046,286	145,777,459	0.42%	0.39%
2043	46,232,447	146,300,011	0.4%	0.36%
2044	46,413,908	146,787,722	0.39%	0.33%
2045	46,594,973	147,240,096	0.39%	0.31%
2046	46,768,120	147,654,160	0.37%	0.28%
2047	46,930,946	148,030,153	0.35%	0.25%
2048	47,092,745	148,372,233	0.34%	0.23%
2049	47,246,217	148,677,894	0.33%	0.21%
2050	47,396,788	148,946,272	0.32%	0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Canada's population will grow by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.