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Population Growth (Annual %) for Canada, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.94%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -53.0% since 1961
Population growth for Canada was 0.94% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.98% in 2024. The lowest was 0.55% in 2021 (about 1.7× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.17% per year.
Canada ranks 104 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 48%. The median for North America is 0.52%, so Canada sits above it. It peaked in 2024 and has fallen 69% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.94%
First (1961)
2.00%
Change
-53.0%
Highest
2.98%
in 2024
Lowest
0.55%
in 2021
Average
1.30%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.17%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.94% |
| 2024 | 2.98% |
| 2023 | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 1.84% |
| 2021 | 0.55% |
| 2020 | 1.08% |
| 2019 | 1.46% |
| 2018 | 1.43% |
| 2017 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 0.76% |
| 2014 | 1% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.