CANADA AND THE WORLD
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19602025
- Canada
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- France
- Japan
- Australia
Canada
41.65MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+132.6%
United States
341.8MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+89.18%
United Kingdom
69.49MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+32.61%
Germany
83.49MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+14.66%
France
68.72MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+44.94%
Japan
123.4MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+32.35%
Australia
27.61MLast shared year: 2025Change over these years+168.7%
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Data version: 2026-10-14-d4c41787a9e2
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| Year | Canada | United States | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 17,909,356 | 180,671,000 | 52,400,000 | 72,814,900 | 47,412,964 | 93,216,000 | 10,276,477 |
| 1961 | 18,271,000 | 183,691,000 | 52,800,000 | 73,377,632 | 47,905,982 | 94,055,000 | 10,483,000 |
| 1962 | 18,614,000 | 186,538,000 | 53,250,000 | 74,025,784 | 48,389,516 | 94,933,000 | 10,742,000 |
| 1963 | 18,964,000 | 189,242,000 | 53,650,000 | 74,714,353 | 48,877,567 | 95,900,000 | 10,950,000 |
| 1964 | 19,325,000 | 191,889,000 | 54,000,000 | 75,318,337 | 49,401,492 | 96,903,000 | 11,167,000 |
| 1965 | 19,678,000 | 194,303,000 | 54,348,050 | 75,963,695 | 49,877,725 | 97,952,000 | 11,388,000 |
| 1966 | 20,048,000 | 196,560,000 | 54,648,500 | 76,600,311 | 50,311,637 | 98,851,000 | 11,651,000 |
| 1967 | 20,412,000 | 198,712,000 | 54,943,600 | 76,951,336 | 50,722,791 | 99,879,000 | 11,799,000 |
| 1968 | 20,744,000 | 200,706,000 | 55,211,700 | 77,294,314 | 51,112,980 | 101,011,000 | 12,009,000 |
| 1969 | 21,028,000 | 202,677,000 | 55,441,750 | 77,909,682 | 51,536,014 | 102,219,000 | 12,263,000 |
| 1970 | 21,324,000 | 205,052,000 | 55,663,250 | 78,169,289 | 52,007,169 | 103,403,000 | 12,507,000 |
| 1971 | 21,962,032 | 207,661,000 | 55,896,223 | 78,312,842 | 52,499,553 | 105,697,000 | 12,937,000 |
| 1972 | 22,218,463 | 209,896,000 | 56,086,065 | 78,688,452 | 52,962,356 | 107,188,000 | 13,177,000 |
| 1973 | 22,491,777 | 211,909,000 | 56,194,527 | 78,936,666 | 53,392,161 | 108,707,000 | 13,380,000 |
| 1974 | 22,807,969 | 213,854,000 | 56,229,974 | 78,967,433 | 53,746,571 | 110,162,000 | 13,723,000 |
| 1975 | 23,143,275 | 215,973,000 | 56,225,800 | 78,673,554 | 54,002,853 | 111,573,000 | 13,893,000 |
| 1976 | 23,449,808 | 218,035,000 | 56,211,968 | 78,336,950 | 54,232,383 | 112,775,000 | 14,033,000 |
| 1977 | 23,725,843 | 220,239,000 | 56,193,492 | 78,159,814 | 54,486,467 | 113,872,000 | 14,192,000 |
| 1978 | 23,963,203 | 222,585,000 | 56,196,504 | 78,091,820 | 54,734,030 | 114,913,000 | 14,358,000 |
| 1979 | 24,201,544 | 225,055,000 | 56,246,951 | 78,126,350 | 54,979,851 | 115,890,000 | 14,514,000 |
| 1980 | 24,515,667 | 227,225,000 | 56,314,216 | 78,288,576 | 55,274,184 | 116,807,000 | 14,692,000 |
| 1981 | 24,819,915 | 229,466,000 | 56,333,829 | 78,407,907 | 55,603,353 | 117,661,000 | 14,923,260 |
| 1982 | 25,116,942 | 231,664,000 | 56,313,641 | 78,333,366 | 55,806,789 | 118,480,000 | 15,184,247 |
| 1983 | 25,366,451 | 233,792,000 | 56,332,848 | 78,128,282 | 56,108,330 | 119,307,000 | 15,393,472 |
| 1984 | 25,607,053 | 235,825,000 | 56,422,072 | 77,858,685 | 56,383,085 | 120,083,000 | 15,579,391 |
| 1985 | 25,842,116 | 237,924,000 | 56,550,268 | 77,684,873 | 56,665,619 | 120,837,000 | 15,788,312 |
| 1986 | 26,100,278 | 240,133,000 | 56,681,396 | 77,720,436 | 56,956,002 | 121,482,000 | 16,018,350 |
| 1987 | 26,446,601 | 242,289,000 | 56,802,050 | 77,839,920 | 57,266,167 | 122,069,000 | 16,263,874 |
| 1988 | 26,791,747 | 244,499,000 | 56,928,327 | 78,144,619 | 57,598,186 | 122,578,000 | 16,532,164 |
| 1989 | 27,276,781 | 246,819,000 | 57,076,711 | 78,751,283 | 57,943,062 | 123,069,000 | 16,814,416 |
| 1990 | 27,691,138 | 249,623,000 | 57,247,586 | 79,433,029 | 58,261,012 | 123,478,000 | 17,065,128 |
| 1991 | 28,037,420 | 252,981,000 | 57,424,897 | 80,013,896 | 58,554,242 | 123,964,000 | 17,284,036 |
| 1992 | 28,371,264 | 256,514,000 | 57,580,402 | 80,624,598 | 58,846,584 | 124,425,000 | 17,478,635 |
| 1993 | 28,684,764 | 259,919,000 | 57,718,614 | 81,156,363 | 59,103,094 | 124,829,000 | 17,634,808 |
| 1994 | 29,000,663 | 263,126,000 | 57,865,745 | 81,438,348 | 59,324,863 | 125,178,000 | 17,805,468 |
| 1995 | 29,302,311 | 266,278,000 | 58,019,030 | 81,678,051 | 59,541,294 | 125,472,000 | 18,004,882 |
| 1996 | 29,610,218 | 269,394,000 | 58,166,950 | 81,914,831 | 59,754,504 | 125,757,000 | 18,224,767 |
| 1997 | 29,905,948 | 272,657,000 | 58,316,954 | 82,034,771 | 59,968,066 | 126,057,000 | 18,423,037 |
| 1998 | 30,155,173 | 275,854,000 | 58,487,141 | 82,047,195 | 60,190,684 | 126,400,000 | 18,607,584 |
| 1999 | 30,401,286 | 279,040,000 | 58,682,466 | 82,100,243 | 60,501,986 | 126,631,000 | 18,812,264 |
| 2000 | 30,685,730 | 282,162,411 | 58,892,514 | 82,211,508 | 60,918,661 | 126,843,000 | 19,028,802 |
| 2001 | 31,020,855 | 284,968,955 | 59,119,673 | 82,349,925 | 61,364,377 | 127,149,000 | 19,274,701 |
| 2002 | 31,359,199 | 287,625,193 | 59,370,479 | 82,488,495 | 61,812,142 | 127,445,000 | 19,495,210 |
| 2003 | 31,642,461 | 290,107,933 | 59,647,577 | 82,534,176 | 62,249,855 | 127,718,000 | 19,720,737 |
| 2004 | 31,938,807 | 292,805,298 | 59,987,905 | 82,516,260 | 62,707,588 | 127,761,000 | 19,932,722 |
| 2005 | 32,242,732 | 295,516,599 | 60,401,206 | 82,469,422 | 63,180,854 | 127,773,000 | 20,176,844 |
| 2006 | 32,571,193 | 298,379,912 | 60,846,820 | 82,376,451 | 63,622,342 | 127,854,000 | 20,450,966 |
| 2007 | 32,888,886 | 301,231,207 | 61,322,463 | 82,266,372 | 64,016,890 | 128,001,000 | 20,827,622 |
| 2008 | 33,247,298 | 304,093,966 | 61,806,995 | 82,110,097 | 64,375,116 | 128,063,000 | 21,249,199 |
| 2009 | 33,630,069 | 306,771,529 | 62,276,270 | 81,902,307 | 64,706,436 | 128,047,000 | 21,691,653 |
| 2010 | 34,005,902 | 309,378,227 | 62,766,365 | 81,776,930 | 65,026,211 | 128,070,000 | 22,031,750 |
| 2011 | 34,339,221 | 311,839,461 | 63,258,810 | 80,274,983 | 65,340,830 | 127,833,000 | 22,340,024 |
| 2012 | 34,713,395 | 314,339,099 | 63,711,000 | 80,425,823 | 65,657,659 | 127,629,000 | 22,733,465 |
| 2013 | 35,080,992 | 316,726,282 | 64,138,000 | 80,645,605 | 65,997,932 | 127,445,000 | 23,128,129 |
| 2014 | 35,434,066 | 319,257,560 | 64,619,000 | 80,982,500 | 66,312,067 | 127,276,000 | 23,475,686 |
| 2015 | 35,704,498 | 321,815,121 | 65,087,000 | 81,686,611 | 66,548,272 | 127,141,000 | 23,815,995 |
| 2016 | 36,110,803 | 324,353,340 | 65,606,000 | 82,348,669 | 66,724,104 | 127,076,000 | 24,190,907 |
| 2017 | 36,545,075 | 326,608,609 | 65,964,000 | 82,657,002 | 66,918,020 | 126,972,000 | 24,592,588 |
| 2018 | 37,072,620 | 328,529,577 | 66,287,000 | 82,905,782 | 67,158,348 | 126,811,000 | 24,963,258 |
| 2019 | 37,618,495 | 330,226,227 | 66,628,000 | 83,092,962 | 67,382,061 | 126,633,000 | 25,334,826 |
| 2020 | 38,028,638 | 331,578,104 | 66,740,000 | 83,160,871 | 67,601,110 | 126,261,000 | 25,649,248 |
| 2021 | 38,239,864 | 332,100,166 | 66,978,000 | 83,196,078 | 67,842,811 | 125,681,593 | 25,685,412 |
| 2022 | 38,950,132 | 333,996,304 | 67,636,000 | 83,177,813 | 68,184,457 | 125,124,989 | 26,018,721 |
| 2023 | 40,049,088 | 336,755,052 | 68,526,000 | 83,287,273 | 68,372,286 | 124,516,650 | 26,659,922 |
| 2024 | 41,262,329 | 340,003,797 | 69,281,000 | 83,516,593 | 68,551,653 | 123,975,371 | 27,194,286 |
| 2025 | 41,651,653 | 341,784,857 | 69,487,000 | 83,491,249 | 68,720,337 | 123,366,734 | 27,614,411 |
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| Place | First year | Last year | Missing years in this view |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| United States | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| United Kingdom | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| Germany | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| France | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| Japan | 1960 | 2025 | — |
| Australia | 1960 | 2025 | — |
All places at the shared year
This list uses the last year shown above. Missing places stay visible. 2025 · People
| Place | Names used by the source | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Argentina | 45,851,378 |
| Australia | Australia | 27,614,411 |
| Austria | Austria | 9,208,163 |
| Belgium | Belgium | 11,941,781 |
| Brazil | Brazil | 212,812,405 |
| Canada | Canada | 41,651,653 |
| Switzerland | Switzerland | 9,092,436 |
| Chile | Chile | 19,859,921 |
| China | China | 1,406,585,000 |
| Colombia | Colombia | 53,425,635 |
| Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 5,152,950 |
| Czechia | Czechia | 10,886,878 |
| Germany | Germany | 83,491,249 |
| Denmark | Denmark | 6,009,169 |
| Euro area | Euro area | No data |
| Spain | Spain | 49,355,143 |
| Estonia | Estonia | 1,366,475 |
| Finland | Finland | 5,646,436 |
| France | France | 68,720,337 |
| United Kingdom | United Kingdom | 69,487,000 |
| Greece | Greece | 10,413,962 |
| Hungary | Hungary | 9,514,251 |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 285,721,236 |
| India | India | 1,463,865,525 |
| Ireland | Ireland | 5,484,367 |
| Iceland | Iceland | 392,404 |
| Israel | Israel | 10,122,800 |
| Italy | Italy | 58,915,656 |
| Japan | Japan | 123,366,734 |
| South Korea | Korea, Rep. | 51,684,564 |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 2,888,774 |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 686,970 |
| Latvia | Latvia | 1,847,785 |
| Mexico | Mexico | 131,946,900 |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 18,087,633 |
| Norway | Norway | 5,610,870 |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 5,324,700 |
| Poland | Poland | 36,435,861 |
| Portugal | Portugal | 10,804,871 |
| Russia | Russian Federation | 143,513,328 |
| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 36,973,555 |
| Slovakia | Slovak Republic | 5,413,813 |
| Slovenia | Slovenia | 2,130,986 |
| Sweden | Sweden | 10,596,620 |
| Türkiye | Turkiye | 85,878,556 |
| United States | United States | 341,784,857 |
| South Africa | South Africa | 64,747,319 |
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Source snapshot: 2026-10-14-d4c41787a9e2 · Checked:
- Population, total ↗World Bank · Source document in English
- SP.POP.TOTL metadata ↗World Bank · Source document in English
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