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Canada

At a glance

  • Canada has a population of about 41.7M; its total GDP of $2.3T ranks #10 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 9,986,046 km² is about 53× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Surface area stands out most against the median: 9,986,046 km² — rank #3 of 176 countries with data.

Canada: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 41.7M (2025) #38 / 169 median 11.5M · 3.6×
Population growth 0.9% (2025) #93 / 169 median 1.1% · 85%
Urban population share 82.9% (2025) #32 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 20.3% (2025) #28 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.7×
Fertility rate 1.3 (2024) #151 / 169 median 2.1 · 60%
Birth rate 8.9‰ (2024) #138 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 56%
Death rate 7.9‰ (2024) #66 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.1×
Net migration 326.2K (2025) #5 / 169 N/A
Surface area 9,986,046 km² #3 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 53×
Population density derived 4.2/km² (2025) #163 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 6%
Economy
GDP (total) $2.3T (2025) #10 / 168 median $80.7B · 29×
GDP per capita $55,698 (2025) #19 / 168 median $6,834 · 8.1×
GNI per capita $56,420 (2025) #15 / 168 median $6,350 · 8.9×
GDP growth (annual) 1.7% (2025) #121 / 168 median 3.1% · 57%
Inflation rate 2.1% (2025) #114 / 162 median 3.3% · 63%
Unemployment rate 6.9% (2025) #57 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.3×
Gini index 31.5 (2022) #112 / 153 median 35.3 · 89%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.3% (2022) #121 / 153 median 2.5% · 12%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 31.3% (2025) #96 / 163 median 35.0% · 90%
Imports share of GDP 32.2% (2025) #104 / 163 median 40.2% · 80%
Agriculture share of GDP 1.9% (2022) #135 / 168 median 7.2% · 27%
Manufacturing share of GDP 9.3% (2022) #104 / 165 median 11.2% · 83%
International tourist arrivals 32.4M (2019) #9 / 162 median 1.1M · 29×
Tourism receipts $20B (2011) #10 / 165 median $705M · 28×
Health & education
Life expectancy 82.1 years (2024) #22 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 4.7‰ (2024) #125 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 36%
Under-five mortality 5.4‰ (2024) #129 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 34%
DPT immunization 92.0% (2024) #67 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 2.5 per 1,000 (2022) #65 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.3×
Health spending share of GDP 11.3% (2024) #10 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.7×
Secondary school enrollment 104.3% (2023) #35 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.2×
Education spending share of GDP 4.8% (2022) #57 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.939 (2023) #14 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.2×
Internet users 94.4% (2024) #25 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 94.1 per 100 (2024) #122 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 81%
Fixed broadband 42.5 per 100 (2024) #13 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 3.5×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #14 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 14.0 t (2024) #10 / 165 median 2.6 t · 5.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 578 Mt (2024) #11 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 27×
Renewable electricity share 67.0% (2021) #44 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.0×
Renewable energy consumption 23.8% (2021) #91 / 169 median 26.9% · 88%
Forest area 39.5% (2023) #61 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.2×
Agricultural land 6.5% (2023) #156 / 169 median 41.7% · 16%
Arable land 4.3% (2023) #122 / 168 median 11.0% · 39%
PM2.5 exposure 6.6 µg/m³ (2023) #159 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 33%
Military spending 1.3% (2024) #99 / 157 median 1.8% · 73%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Canada's true-shape outline

Canada's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 9,986,046 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).