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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Canada was 41,288,599 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Canada's population is 41,972,421 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 1.26 times bigger than Canada's.
  • Canada is ranked the 38th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
  • The countries together account for 1.15% of the world: 0.51% for Canada vs 0.64% for Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Canada has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Canada has increased from 32.2M people to 42M (30.2% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
  • Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.

Canada vs Sudan: live population counter

Canada Sudan
Current population
41972421
52963918
Population rank 38/197 29/197
Percent of world population 0.51% 0.64%
One net population change
26.2 seconds
1.29 minutes
One birth every
1.49 minutes
18.7 seconds
One death every
1.62 minutes
1.64 minutes
One migration net change every
1.43 minutes
57.9 seconds
Annual migration change +368,599 -544,257
Daily growth/decline +3,302 +1,113
Annual growth/decline +1,205,115 +406,172
Annual growth/decline rate +3.01% +0.81%
Population growth rate rank 15/197 118/197

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

Canada
Population

Growth rate
Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Canada Sudan Canada Sudan
1960 17,909,356 8,364,489 - -
1961 18,271,000 8,634,941 2.02% 3.23%
1962 18,614,000 8,919,028 1.88% 3.29%
1963 18,964,000 9,218,077 1.88% 3.35%
1964 19,325,000 9,531,109 1.9% 3.4%
1965 19,678,000 9,858,030 1.83% 3.43%
1966 20,048,000 10,197,578 1.88% 3.44%
1967 20,412,000 10,550,597 1.82% 3.46%
1968 20,744,000 10,917,999 1.63% 3.48%
1969 21,028,000 11,298,936 1.37% 3.49%
1970 21,324,000 11,695,771 1.41% 3.51%
1971 21,962,032 12,105,539 2.99% 3.5%
1972 22,218,463 12,527,856 1.17% 3.49%
1973 22,491,777 13,049,315 1.23% 4.16%
1974 22,807,969 13,580,723 1.41% 4.07%
1975 23,143,275 14,064,798 1.47% 3.56%
1976 23,449,808 14,569,716 1.32% 3.59%
1977 23,725,843 15,086,614 1.18% 3.55%
1978 23,963,203 15,695,003 1% 4.03%
1979 24,201,544 16,355,352 0.99% 4.21%
1980 24,515,667 17,058,905 1.3% 4.3%
1981 24,819,915 17,780,572 1.24% 4.23%
1982 25,116,942 18,486,645 1.2% 3.97%
1983 25,366,451 19,109,770 0.99% 3.37%
1984 25,607,053 19,546,528 0.95% 2.29%
1985 25,842,116 19,905,872 0.92% 1.84%
1986 26,100,278 20,288,238 1% 1.92%
1987 26,446,601 20,704,904 1.33% 2.05%
1988 26,791,747 21,138,431 1.31% 2.09%
1989 27,276,781 21,578,022 1.81% 2.08%
1990 27,691,138 22,021,481 1.52% 2.06%
1991 28,037,420 22,470,676 1.25% 2.04%
1992 28,371,264 22,927,355 1.19% 2.03%
1993 28,684,764 23,445,592 1.1% 2.26%
1994 29,000,663 24,043,948 1.1% 2.55%
1995 29,302,311 24,672,143 1.04% 2.61%
1996 29,610,218 25,231,528 1.05% 2.27%
1997 29,905,948 25,799,821 1% 2.25%
1998 30,155,173 26,458,999 0.83% 2.55%
1999 30,401,286 27,130,613 0.82% 2.54%
2000 30,685,730 27,816,745 0.94% 2.53%
2001 31,020,855 28,516,770 1.09% 2.52%
2002 31,359,199 29,228,727 1.09% 2.5%
2003 31,642,461 29,896,035 0.9% 2.28%
2004 31,938,807 30,556,637 0.94% 2.21%
2005 32,242,732 31,262,444 0.95% 2.31%
2006 32,571,193 31,992,435 1.02% 2.34%
2007 32,888,886 32,764,135 0.98% 2.41%
2008 33,247,298 33,623,980 1.09% 2.62%
2009 33,630,069 34,569,113 1.15% 2.81%
2010 34,005,902 35,414,399 1.12% 2.45%
2011 34,339,221 36,140,806 0.98% 2.05%
2012 34,713,395 36,923,178 1.09% 2.16%
2013 35,080,992 37,785,849 1.06% 2.34%
2014 35,434,066 38,823,318 1.01% 2.75%
2015 35,704,498 40,024,431 0.76% 3.09%
2016 36,110,803 41,259,892 1.14% 3.09%
2017 36,545,075 42,714,306 1.2% 3.53%
2018 37,072,620 44,230,596 1.44% 3.55%
2019 37,618,495 45,548,175 1.47% 2.98%
2020 38,028,638 46,789,231 1.09% 2.72%
2021 38,239,864 48,066,924 0.56% 2.73%
2022 38,935,934 49,383,346 1.82% 2.74%
2023 40,083,484 50,042,791 2.95% 1.34%
2024 41,288,599 50,448,963 3.01% 0.81%
2025 41,687,850 51,662,152 0.97% 2.4%
2026 42,042,113 53,282,718 0.85% 3.14%
2027 42,368,857 54,724,215 0.78% 2.71%
2028 42,683,927 55,993,833 0.74% 2.32%
2029 42,986,030 57,275,443 0.71% 2.29%
2030 43,276,190 58,571,624 0.68% 2.26%
2031 43,559,839 59,872,936 0.66% 2.22%
2032 43,833,228 61,179,476 0.63% 2.18%
2033 44,089,067 62,497,205 0.58% 2.15%
2034 44,336,794 63,822,356 0.56% 2.12%
2035 44,574,481 65,148,317 0.54% 2.08%
2036 44,802,196 66,470,018 0.51% 2.03%
2037 45,029,252 67,791,240 0.51% 1.99%
2038 45,250,482 69,107,712 0.49% 1.94%
2039 45,461,809 70,416,631 0.47% 1.89%
2040 45,661,339 71,730,604 0.44% 1.87%
2041 45,855,081 73,056,213 0.42% 1.85%
2042 46,046,286 74,387,562 0.42% 1.82%
2043 46,232,447 75,723,670 0.4% 1.8%
2044 46,413,908 77,066,454 0.39% 1.77%
2045 46,594,973 78,415,205 0.39% 1.75%
2046 46,768,120 79,767,271 0.37% 1.72%
2047 46,930,946 81,115,241 0.35% 1.69%
2048 47,092,745 82,463,202 0.34% 1.66%
2049 47,246,217 83,828,356 0.33% 1.66%
2050 47,396,788 85,206,384 0.32% 1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.

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