Angola vs Canada
Canada has 7% more people than Angola: 41,651,653 vs 39,040,039, a gap of 2.6 million. Angola is growing faster (+3.00% vs +0.94% a year), adding about 1,171,595 people a year against +391,155. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Angola would overtake Canada in about 3 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2028) — a projection, not a forecast. Canada is the older society: 20.3% aged 65+ against 2.9% in Angola, while Angola has more children (44.1% under 15 vs 15.0%). Angola is 6.5× as densely populated (29.5 vs 4.6 people per km²). People in Canada live 17.3 years longer on average (82.1 vs 64.8). GDP per capita is 17.8× higher in Canada ($55,698 vs $3,129).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Angola) and 2025 (Canada); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Angola vs Canada — side by side
 Angola |  Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 39,040,0392025 | 41,651,6532025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +3.00%2025 | +0.94%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 37.22024 | 8.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.82024 | 7.92024 |
| Children per woman | 5.052024 | 1.252024 |
| Life expectancy | 64.8 yrs2024 | 82.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 44.1%2025 | 15.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 2.9%2025 | 20.3%2025 |
| Density | 29.5 /km²2023 | 4.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 1,246,700 km²2023 | 9,140,380 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 71.5%2025 | 82.9%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -3,5242025 | +326,2042025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,1292025 | $55,6982025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #39 | #38 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.48% | 0.51% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Angola: 7.5× from 1960 to 2025; Canada: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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