Canada vs China

This page compares Canada and China across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	Canada	China	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	7.90	7.76	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	8.90	6.77	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	3.05M	105.24M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	49.66	50.94	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	17.30	34.11	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	95.49	111.02	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	80.03	75.25	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	3.17	0.43	Compare →
Population, male	20.50M	717.75M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	26.87M	976.80M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	30.42	21.15	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	18.43	12.96	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	65.09	69.33	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	3.78M	93.04M	Compare →
Urban population	34.15M	928.44M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	54.89	55.97	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	50.34	49.06	Compare →
Rural population	7.14M	480.54M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	8.17M	206.63M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	23.22	23.09	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	66.00	70.28	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	14.66	15.23	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.06	1.10	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	87.77	81.66	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	84.29	80.97	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.25	1.01	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	82.70	65.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	6.24M	225.55M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	21.15	16.43	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	92.50	90.38	Compare →
Population, total	41.29M	$1.41B	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	53.64	44.24	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	2.96	-0.12	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	64.20	68.34	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	15.57	16.76	Compare →
Population, female	20.79M	691.22M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	4.40M	113.59M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	13.34M	472.39M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	82.11	78.02	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	3.19M	120.30M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	4.50	5.20	Compare →
Net migration	326,204.00	-268,126.00	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	13.53M	504.40M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	19.80	14.67	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	15.11	16.01	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	22.20	0.10	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	Canada	China	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	4.56	150.26	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	Canada	China	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	15.63M	9.56M	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	59,244.93	42,639.94	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	0.64	0.46	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.