The latest officially reported population of Canada was 41,288,599 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Canada's population is 42,045,683 people compared to 259,345,872 in Pakistan.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 6.17 times bigger than Canada's.
- Canada is ranked the 38th most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
- The countries together account for 3.64% of the world: 0.51% for Canada vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
- For the last 10 years, Canada has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
- Since 2006, the population of Canada has increased from 32.6M people to 42M (29.1% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 180M to 259M (44.3% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people compared to the peak of 511M people in 2100 for Pakistan.
Canada vs Pakistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
42045683
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259345872
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| Population rank | 38/197 | 5/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.51% | 3.13% |
| One net population change |
26.2 seconds
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8.38 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.49 minutes
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4.58 seconds
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| One death every |
1.62 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.43 minutes
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22.5 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +368,599 | -1,401,173 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,302 | +10,314 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,205,115 | +3,764,669 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.01% | +1.52% |
| Population growth rate rank | 14/197 | 71/197 |
Canada and Pakistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 17,909,356 | 45,709,310 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,271,000 | 46,921,277 | 2.02% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 18,614,000 | 48,156,128 | 1.88% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 18,964,000 | 49,447,776 | 1.88% | 2.68% |
| 1964 | 19,325,000 | 50,799,999 | 1.9% | 2.73% |
| 1965 | 19,678,000 | 52,209,010 | 1.83% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 20,048,000 | 53,678,667 | 1.88% | 2.81% |
| 1967 | 20,412,000 | 55,214,768 | 1.82% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 20,744,000 | 56,810,507 | 1.63% | 2.89% |
| 1969 | 21,028,000 | 58,460,939 | 1.37% | 2.91% |
| 1970 | 21,324,000 | 60,166,719 | 1.41% | 2.92% |
| 1971 | 21,962,032 | 61,847,899 | 2.99% | 2.79% |
| 1972 | 22,218,463 | 63,583,194 | 1.17% | 2.81% |
| 1973 | 22,491,777 | 65,461,912 | 1.23% | 2.95% |
| 1974 | 22,807,969 | 67,415,487 | 1.41% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 23,143,275 | 69,461,175 | 1.47% | 3.03% |
| 1976 | 23,449,808 | 71,620,254 | 1.32% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 23,725,843 | 73,901,827 | 1.18% | 3.19% |
| 1978 | 23,963,203 | 76,307,379 | 1% | 3.26% |
| 1979 | 24,201,544 | 78,997,039 | 0.99% | 3.52% |
| 1980 | 24,515,667 | 82,291,010 | 1.3% | 4.17% |
| 1981 | 24,819,915 | 85,802,049 | 1.24% | 4.27% |
| 1982 | 25,116,942 | 89,089,246 | 1.2% | 3.83% |
| 1983 | 25,366,451 | 92,227,711 | 0.99% | 3.52% |
| 1984 | 25,607,053 | 95,164,936 | 0.95% | 3.18% |
| 1985 | 25,842,116 | 98,229,285 | 0.92% | 3.22% |
| 1986 | 26,100,278 | 101,606,764 | 1% | 3.44% |
| 1987 | 26,446,601 | 105,130,717 | 1.33% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 26,791,747 | 108,724,739 | 1.31% | 3.42% |
| 1989 | 27,276,781 | 112,336,629 | 1.81% | 3.32% |
| 1990 | 27,691,138 | 116,155,576 | 1.52% | 3.4% |
| 1991 | 28,037,420 | 120,060,406 | 1.25% | 3.36% |
| 1992 | 28,371,264 | 123,546,848 | 1.19% | 2.9% |
| 1993 | 28,684,764 | 127,020,117 | 1.1% | 2.81% |
| 1994 | 29,000,663 | 130,748,083 | 1.1% | 2.93% |
| 1995 | 29,302,311 | 134,582,253 | 1.04% | 2.93% |
| 1996 | 29,610,218 | 138,557,092 | 1.05% | 2.95% |
| 1997 | 29,905,948 | 142,531,804 | 1% | 2.87% |
| 1998 | 30,155,173 | 146,522,356 | 0.83% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 30,401,286 | 150,565,377 | 0.82% | 2.76% |
| 2000 | 30,685,730 | 154,879,127 | 0.94% | 2.87% |
| 2001 | 31,020,855 | 159,270,907 | 1.09% | 2.84% |
| 2002 | 31,359,199 | 163,222,549 | 1.09% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 31,642,461 | 167,110,248 | 0.9% | 2.38% |
| 2004 | 31,938,807 | 171,286,000 | 0.94% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 32,242,732 | 175,453,212 | 0.95% | 2.43% |
| 2006 | 32,571,193 | 179,682,690 | 1.02% | 2.41% |
| 2007 | 32,888,886 | 184,493,231 | 0.98% | 2.68% |
| 2008 | 33,247,298 | 189,499,113 | 1.09% | 2.71% |
| 2009 | 33,630,069 | 194,376,534 | 1.15% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 34,005,902 | 199,239,047 | 1.12% | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 34,339,221 | 203,746,065 | 0.98% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 34,713,395 | 207,667,125 | 1.09% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 35,080,992 | 211,073,978 | 1.06% | 1.64% |
| 2014 | 35,434,066 | 214,264,647 | 1.01% | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 35,704,498 | 217,290,883 | 0.76% | 1.41% |
| 2016 | 36,110,803 | 220,138,869 | 1.14% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 36,545,075 | 223,273,967 | 1.2% | 1.42% |
| 2018 | 37,072,620 | 226,928,892 | 1.44% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 37,618,495 | 230,800,899 | 1.47% | 1.71% |
| 2020 | 38,028,638 | 235,001,746 | 1.09% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 38,239,864 | 239,477,801 | 0.56% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 38,935,934 | 243,700,667 | 1.82% | 1.76% |
| 2023 | 40,083,484 | 247,504,495 | 2.95% | 1.56% |
| 2024 | 41,288,599 | 251,269,164 | 3.01% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 41,687,850 | 255,219,564 | 0.97% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 42,042,113 | 259,299,796 | 0.85% | 1.6% |
| 2027 | 42,368,857 | 263,515,827 | 0.78% | 1.63% |
| 2028 | 42,683,927 | 267,881,923 | 0.74% | 1.66% |
| 2029 | 42,986,030 | 272,337,520 | 0.71% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 43,276,190 | 276,883,261 | 0.68% | 1.67% |
| 2031 | 43,559,839 | 281,528,070 | 0.66% | 1.68% |
| 2032 | 43,833,228 | 286,241,141 | 0.63% | 1.67% |
| 2033 | 44,089,067 | 291,012,268 | 0.58% | 1.67% |
| 2034 | 44,336,794 | 295,820,153 | 0.56% | 1.65% |
| 2035 | 44,574,481 | 300,643,518 | 0.54% | 1.63% |
| 2036 | 44,802,196 | 305,491,504 | 0.51% | 1.61% |
| 2037 | 45,029,252 | 310,353,293 | 0.51% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 45,250,482 | 315,227,709 | 0.49% | 1.57% |
| 2039 | 45,461,809 | 320,105,882 | 0.47% | 1.55% |
| 2040 | 45,661,339 | 324,937,703 | 0.44% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 45,855,081 | 329,746,478 | 0.42% | 1.48% |
| 2042 | 46,046,286 | 334,551,874 | 0.42% | 1.46% |
| 2043 | 46,232,447 | 339,334,851 | 0.4% | 1.43% |
| 2044 | 46,413,908 | 344,095,467 | 0.39% | 1.4% |
| 2045 | 46,594,973 | 348,837,732 | 0.39% | 1.38% |
| 2046 | 46,768,120 | 353,552,859 | 0.37% | 1.35% |
| 2047 | 46,930,946 | 358,207,159 | 0.35% | 1.32% |
| 2048 | 47,092,745 | 362,796,532 | 0.34% | 1.28% |
| 2049 | 47,246,217 | 367,344,429 | 0.33% | 1.25% |
| 2050 | 47,396,788 | 371,863,804 | 0.32% | 1.23% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Pakistan gained 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth).
Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th in 2026. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2006 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.
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 |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Canada and Pakistan
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| Life expectancy | 83.1 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 42.1 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 41.5 years | 21.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 births per woman | 3.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 12.2 ppl/mi² | 844 ppl/mi² |
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