Canada - Total population

39,244,168 (persons) in 2023

In 2023, population for Canada was 39.2 million persons. Population of Canada increased from 22.8 million persons in 1974 to 39.2 million persons in 2023 growing at an average annual rate of 1.11%.

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Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.