Population in Canada compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Canada and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	United Kingdom	Canada	United Kingdom
1960	17,909,356	52,400,000	-	-
1961	18,271,000	52,800,000	2.02%	0.76%
1962	18,614,000	53,250,000	1.88%	0.85%
1963	18,964,000	53,650,000	1.88%	0.75%
1964	19,325,000	54,000,000	1.9%	0.65%
1965	19,678,000	54,348,050	1.83%	0.64%
1966	20,048,000	54,648,500	1.88%	0.55%
1967	20,412,000	54,943,600	1.82%	0.54%
1968	20,744,000	55,211,700	1.63%	0.49%
1969	21,028,000	55,441,750	1.37%	0.42%
1970	21,324,000	55,663,250	1.41%	0.4%
1971	21,962,032	55,896,223	2.99%	0.42%
1972	22,218,463	56,086,065	1.17%	0.34%
1973	22,491,777	56,194,527	1.23%	0.19%
1974	22,807,969	56,229,974	1.41%	0.06%
1975	23,143,275	56,225,800	1.47%	-0.007%
1976	23,449,808	56,211,968	1.32%	-0.02%
1977	23,725,843	56,193,492	1.18%	-0.03%
1978	23,963,203	56,196,504	1%	0.005%
1979	24,201,544	56,246,951	0.99%	0.09%
1980	24,515,667	56,314,216	1.3%	0.12%
1981	24,819,915	56,333,829	1.24%	0.03%
1982	25,116,942	56,313,641	1.2%	-0.04%
1983	25,366,451	56,332,848	0.99%	0.03%
1984	25,607,053	56,422,072	0.95%	0.16%
1985	25,842,116	56,550,268	0.92%	0.23%
1986	26,100,278	56,681,396	1%	0.23%
1987	26,446,601	56,802,050	1.33%	0.21%
1988	26,791,747	56,928,327	1.31%	0.22%
1989	27,276,781	57,076,711	1.81%	0.26%
1990	27,691,138	57,247,586	1.52%	0.3%
1991	28,037,420	57,424,897	1.25%	0.31%
1992	28,371,264	57,580,402	1.19%	0.27%
1993	28,684,764	57,718,614	1.1%	0.24%
1994	29,000,663	57,865,745	1.1%	0.25%
1995	29,302,311	58,019,030	1.04%	0.26%
1996	29,610,218	58,166,950	1.05%	0.25%
1997	29,905,948	58,316,954	1%	0.26%
1998	30,155,173	58,487,141	0.83%	0.29%
1999	30,401,286	58,682,466	0.82%	0.33%
2000	30,685,730	58,892,514	0.94%	0.36%
2001	31,020,855	59,119,673	1.09%	0.39%
2002	31,359,199	59,370,479	1.09%	0.42%
2003	31,642,461	59,647,577	0.9%	0.47%
2004	31,938,807	59,987,905	0.94%	0.57%
2005	32,242,732	60,401,206	0.95%	0.69%
2006	32,571,193	60,846,820	1.02%	0.74%
2007	32,888,886	61,322,463	0.98%	0.78%
2008	33,247,298	61,806,995	1.09%	0.79%
2009	33,630,069	62,276,270	1.15%	0.76%
2010	34,005,902	62,766,365	1.12%	0.79%
2011	34,339,221	63,258,810	0.98%	0.78%
2012	34,713,395	63,711,000	1.09%	0.71%
2013	35,080,992	64,139,000	1.06%	0.67%
2014	35,434,066	64,620,000	1.01%	0.75%
2015	35,704,498	65,088,000	0.76%	0.72%
2016	36,110,803	65,607,000	1.14%	0.8%
2017	36,545,075	65,966,000	1.2%	0.55%
2018	37,072,620	66,289,000	1.44%	0.49%
2019	37,618,495	66,631,000	1.47%	0.52%
2020	38,028,638	66,744,000	1.09%	0.17%
2021	38,239,864	66,984,000	0.56%	0.36%
2022	38,935,934	67,604,000	1.82%	0.93%
2023	40,083,484	68,492,000	2.95%	1.31%
2024	41,288,599	69,226,000	3.01%	1.07%
2025	41,687,850	69,639,673	0.97%	0.6%
2026	42,042,113	70,020,350	0.85%	0.55%
2027	42,368,857	70,382,853	0.78%	0.52%
2028	42,683,927	70,732,699	0.74%	0.5%
2029	42,986,030	71,061,482	0.71%	0.46%
2030	43,276,190	71,377,535	0.68%	0.44%
2031	43,559,839	71,678,351	0.66%	0.42%
2032	43,833,228	71,959,934	0.63%	0.39%
2033	44,089,067	72,234,509	0.58%	0.38%
2034	44,336,794	72,497,650	0.56%	0.36%
2035	44,574,481	72,749,096	0.54%	0.35%
2036	44,802,196	72,990,847	0.51%	0.33%
2037	45,029,252	73,218,850	0.51%	0.31%
2038	45,250,482	73,441,349	0.49%	0.3%
2039	45,461,809	73,658,392	0.47%	0.3%
2040	45,661,339	73,868,334	0.44%	0.29%
2041	45,855,081	74,074,316	0.42%	0.28%
2042	46,046,286	74,275,779	0.42%	0.27%
2043	46,232,447	74,475,035	0.4%	0.27%
2044	46,413,908	74,667,284	0.39%	0.26%
2045	46,594,973	74,848,605	0.39%	0.24%
2046	46,768,120	75,020,949	0.37%	0.23%
2047	46,930,946	75,184,478	0.35%	0.22%
2048	47,092,745	75,337,543	0.34%	0.2%
2049	47,246,217	75,476,141	0.33%	0.18%
2050	47,396,788	75,600,588	0.32%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.