The latest officially reported population of Canada was 41,288,599 in 2024 vs 24,672,760 people in Syria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Canada's population is 41,972,421 people compared to 26,304,877 in Syria.
Population statistics:
- Canada's population is 1.6 times bigger than Syria's.
- Canada is ranked the 38th most populous country in the world, while Syria is the 57th.
- The countries together account for 0.83% of the world: 0.51% for Canada vs 0.32% for Syria.
- For the last 10 years, Canada has had an average growth rate of +1.5% per year vs +1.25% in Syria.
- Since 2005, the population of Canada has increased from 32.2M people to 42M (30.2% growth), while Syria has grown from 18.8M to 26.3M (39.8% growth).
- Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M people compared to the peak of 44.1M people in 2086 for Syria.
Canada vs Syria: live population counter
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| Current population |
41972421
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26304877
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| Population rank | 38/197 | 57/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.51% | 0.32% |
| One net population change |
26.2 seconds
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29.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.49 minutes
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1.01 minutes
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| One death every |
1.62 minutes
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4.42 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.43 minutes
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57.7 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +368,599 | +546,494 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,302 | +2,954 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,205,115 | +1,078,137 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.01% | +4.57% |
| Population growth rate rank | 15/197 | 5/197 |
Canada and Syria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 17,909,356 | 4,673,500 | - | - |
| 1961 | 18,271,000 | 4,815,466 | 2.02% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 18,614,000 | 4,959,340 | 1.88% | 2.99% |
| 1963 | 18,964,000 | 5,110,467 | 1.88% | 3.05% |
| 1964 | 19,325,000 | 5,269,087 | 1.9% | 3.1% |
| 1965 | 19,678,000 | 5,435,267 | 1.83% | 3.15% |
| 1966 | 20,048,000 | 5,609,047 | 1.88% | 3.2% |
| 1967 | 20,412,000 | 5,790,198 | 1.82% | 3.23% |
| 1968 | 20,744,000 | 5,978,742 | 1.63% | 3.26% |
| 1969 | 21,028,000 | 6,175,166 | 1.37% | 3.29% |
| 1970 | 21,324,000 | 6,380,609 | 1.41% | 3.33% |
| 1971 | 21,962,032 | 6,598,094 | 2.99% | 3.41% |
| 1972 | 22,218,463 | 6,826,024 | 1.17% | 3.45% |
| 1973 | 22,491,777 | 7,060,321 | 1.23% | 3.43% |
| 1974 | 22,807,969 | 7,302,160 | 1.41% | 3.43% |
| 1975 | 23,143,275 | 7,554,364 | 1.47% | 3.45% |
| 1976 | 23,449,808 | 7,817,320 | 1.32% | 3.48% |
| 1977 | 23,725,843 | 8,090,501 | 1.18% | 3.49% |
| 1978 | 23,963,203 | 8,372,759 | 1% | 3.49% |
| 1979 | 24,201,544 | 8,661,909 | 0.99% | 3.45% |
| 1980 | 24,515,667 | 8,957,663 | 1.3% | 3.41% |
| 1981 | 24,819,915 | 9,260,189 | 1.24% | 3.38% |
| 1982 | 25,116,942 | 9,572,511 | 1.2% | 3.37% |
| 1983 | 25,366,451 | 9,904,809 | 0.99% | 3.47% |
| 1984 | 25,607,053 | 10,258,398 | 0.95% | 3.57% |
| 1985 | 25,842,116 | 10,625,672 | 0.92% | 3.58% |
| 1986 | 26,100,278 | 11,002,844 | 1% | 3.55% |
| 1987 | 26,446,601 | 11,388,923 | 1.33% | 3.51% |
| 1988 | 26,791,747 | 11,782,264 | 1.31% | 3.45% |
| 1989 | 27,276,781 | 12,179,060 | 1.81% | 3.37% |
| 1990 | 27,691,138 | 12,579,208 | 1.52% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 28,037,420 | 12,980,821 | 1.25% | 3.19% |
| 1992 | 28,371,264 | 13,385,571 | 1.19% | 3.12% |
| 1993 | 28,684,764 | 13,795,686 | 1.1% | 3.06% |
| 1994 | 29,000,663 | 14,208,583 | 1.1% | 2.99% |
| 1995 | 29,302,311 | 14,616,801 | 1.04% | 2.87% |
| 1996 | 29,610,218 | 15,018,104 | 1.05% | 2.75% |
| 1997 | 29,905,948 | 15,417,542 | 1% | 2.66% |
| 1998 | 30,155,173 | 15,820,413 | 0.83% | 2.61% |
| 1999 | 30,401,286 | 16,228,061 | 0.82% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 30,685,730 | 16,637,888 | 0.94% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 31,020,855 | 17,051,338 | 1.09% | 2.48% |
| 2002 | 31,359,199 | 17,468,332 | 1.09% | 2.45% |
| 2003 | 31,642,461 | 17,889,296 | 0.9% | 2.41% |
| 2004 | 31,938,807 | 18,336,875 | 0.94% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 32,242,732 | 18,814,091 | 0.95% | 2.6% |
| 2006 | 32,571,193 | 19,637,022 | 1.02% | 4.37% |
| 2007 | 32,888,886 | 20,884,125 | 0.98% | 6.35% |
| 2008 | 33,247,298 | 21,636,564 | 1.09% | 3.6% |
| 2009 | 33,630,069 | 21,976,969 | 1.15% | 1.57% |
| 2010 | 34,005,902 | 22,482,421 | 1.12% | 2.3% |
| 2011 | 34,339,221 | 22,878,098 | 0.98% | 1.76% |
| 2012 | 34,713,395 | 22,759,763 | 1.09% | -0.52% |
| 2013 | 35,080,992 | 21,666,917 | 1.06% | -4.8% |
| 2014 | 35,434,066 | 20,273,659 | 1.01% | -6.43% |
| 2015 | 35,704,498 | 19,424,618 | 0.76% | -4.19% |
| 2016 | 36,110,803 | 19,193,834 | 1.14% | -1.19% |
| 2017 | 36,545,075 | 19,224,668 | 1.2% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 37,072,620 | 19,577,845 | 1.44% | 1.84% |
| 2019 | 37,618,495 | 20,353,534 | 1.47% | 3.96% |
| 2020 | 38,028,638 | 21,049,429 | 1.09% | 3.42% |
| 2021 | 38,239,864 | 21,628,839 | 0.56% | 2.75% |
| 2022 | 38,935,934 | 22,462,173 | 1.82% | 3.85% |
| 2023 | 40,083,484 | 23,594,623 | 2.95% | 5.04% |
| 2024 | 41,288,599 | 24,672,760 | 3.01% | 4.57% |
| 2025 | 41,687,850 | 25,620,422 | 0.97% | 3.84% |
| 2026 | 42,042,113 | 26,472,499 | 0.85% | 3.33% |
| 2027 | 42,368,857 | 27,261,544 | 0.78% | 2.98% |
| 2028 | 42,683,927 | 28,006,558 | 0.74% | 2.73% |
| 2029 | 42,986,030 | 28,719,309 | 0.71% | 2.54% |
| 2030 | 43,276,190 | 29,395,545 | 0.68% | 2.35% |
| 2031 | 43,559,839 | 30,029,824 | 0.66% | 2.16% |
| 2032 | 43,833,228 | 30,633,661 | 0.63% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 44,089,067 | 31,212,478 | 0.58% | 1.89% |
| 2034 | 44,336,794 | 31,768,138 | 0.56% | 1.78% |
| 2035 | 44,574,481 | 32,294,792 | 0.54% | 1.66% |
| 2036 | 44,802,196 | 32,788,153 | 0.51% | 1.53% |
| 2037 | 45,029,252 | 33,258,407 | 0.51% | 1.43% |
| 2038 | 45,250,482 | 33,710,718 | 0.49% | 1.36% |
| 2039 | 45,461,809 | 34,131,238 | 0.47% | 1.25% |
| 2040 | 45,661,339 | 34,533,185 | 0.44% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 45,855,081 | 34,916,936 | 0.42% | 1.11% |
| 2042 | 46,046,286 | 35,279,863 | 0.42% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 46,232,447 | 35,623,325 | 0.4% | 0.97% |
| 2044 | 46,413,908 | 35,944,394 | 0.39% | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 46,594,973 | 36,265,295 | 0.39% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 46,768,120 | 36,583,260 | 0.37% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 46,930,946 | 36,878,640 | 0.35% | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 47,092,745 | 37,171,029 | 0.34% | 0.79% |
| 2049 | 47,246,217 | 37,477,690 | 0.33% | 0.83% |
| 2050 | 47,396,788 | 37,793,378 | 0.32% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).
Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.
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Population differences between Canada and Syria
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| Life expectancy | 82.9 years | 73 years |
| Average age | 42.1 years | 27.8 years |
| Median age | 41.5 years | 23.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50:50 |
| Fertility rate | 1.26 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 12.2 ppl/mi² | 348 ppl/mi² |
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