India vs Canada population
In 2025 India has 35.1× as many people as Canada: 1.46 billion against 41.7 million. The difference is 1.42 billion.
Canada would fit inside India 35 times over.
How the two compare
In 2025 India has 35.1× as many people as Canada: 1.46 billion against 41.7 million. The difference is 1.42 billion. Canada would fit inside India 35 times over. Together they hold 18.4% of the 8.19 billion counted here.
Then and now
In 1960 the order was India ahead, 436 million to 17.9 million, a ratio of 24.3×. Since then India has grown 3.36× and Canada 2.33×, averaging 1.88% and 1.31% a year.
The lines never cross between 1960 and 2050: India stays ahead throughout, and the gap widens by 2050.
Towards 2050
Projected to 2050, India reaches 1.68 billion (14.7% more than today) and Canada reaches 46.6 million (11.9% more). By then the ratio is 36× in favour of India.
Land and people
Land changes the picture: India has 2,973,190 km² and 492 people per km², Canada has 8,788,700 km² and 5 per km². India is 104× more densely settled.
Behind the totals, fertility is 1.96 in India and 1.25 in Canada; life expectancy is 72.2 against 82.1 years; 7.4% against 20.3% of people are 65 or older. The younger the population, the longer it keeps growing after birth rates fall.
Where the numbers come from
Figures are the World Bank's "Population estimates and projections" series, built from United Nations and national statistics. Values up to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that assume current fertility, mortality and migration trends continue, so they are not forecasts of events such as wars or policy changes. Territories are listed as the World Bank lists them, and a small number of places have gaps in some years.
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.