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Canada vs Ukraine

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Canada

41,651,653#38 · +0.94%/yr
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Ukraine

38,980,376#40 · +2.92%/yr

Canada has 7% more people than Ukraine: 41,651,653 vs 38,980,376, a gap of 2.7 million. Ukraine is growing faster (+2.92% vs +0.94% a year), adding about 1,136,565 people a year against +391,155. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Ukraine 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 19.0% in Ukraine. Ukraine is 14.3× as densely populated (65.1 vs 4.6 people per km²). People in Canada live 7.4 years longer on average (82.1 vs 74.7). GDP per capita is 9.5× higher in Canada ($55,698 vs $5,866).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Canada) and 2025 (Ukraine); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Canada vs Ukraine — side by side

Flag of Canada CanadaFlag of Ukraine Ukraine
Population41,651,653202538,980,3762025
Growth rate / yr+0.94%2025+2.92%2025
Births per 1,0008.920245.52024
Deaths per 1,0007.9202413.62024
Children per woman1.2520240.992024
Life expectancy82.1 yrs202474.7 yrs2024
Aged 0–1415.0%202513.7%2025
Aged 65+20.3%202519.0%2025
Density4.6 /km²202365.1 /km²2023
Area9,140,380 km²2023603,550 km²2023
Urban population82.9%202569.6%2025
Net migration / yr+326,2042025+1,702,3582025
GDP per capita$55,6982025$5,8662025
Country population rank (available records)#38#40
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.51%0.47%

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). Canada: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025; Ukraine: 0.9× 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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