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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Canada Syria
Current population
41972421
26304877
Population rank 38/197 57/197
Percent of world population 0.51% 0.32%
One net population change
26.2 seconds
29.3 seconds
One birth every
1.49 minutes
1.01 minutes
One death every
1.62 minutes
4.42 minutes
One migration net change every
1.43 minutes
57.7 seconds
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

Canada
Population

Growth rate
Syria
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Canada Syria Canada Syria
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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