Australia vs Canada
Canada has 1.5× the population of Australia: 41,651,653 vs 27,614,411, a gap of 14.0 million. Australia is growing faster (+1.53% vs +0.94% a year), adding about 423,354 people a year against +391,155. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Australia would overtake Canada in about 69 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2094) — a projection, not a forecast. Canada is the older society: 20.3% aged 65+ against 18.1% in Australia, while Australia has more children (17.7% under 15 vs 15.0%). Canada is 1.3× as densely populated (4.6 vs 3.5 people per km²).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Australia) and 2025 (Canada); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Australia vs Canada — side by side
 Australia |  Canada | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,614,4112025 | 41,651,6532025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.53%2025 | +0.94%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 10.72024 | 8.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.92024 | 7.92024 |
| Children per woman | 1.482024 | 1.252024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.1 yrs2024 | 82.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 17.7%2025 | 15.0%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 18.1%2025 | 20.3%2025 |
| Density | 3.5 /km²2023 | 4.6 /km²2023 |
| Area | 7,741,220 km²2023 | 9,140,380 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 87.7%2025 | 82.9%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +137,1092025 | +326,2042025 |
| GDP per capita | $65,1302025 | $55,6982025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #55 | #38 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.34% | 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). Australia: 2.7× 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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