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North America

A life that begins in Canada

One in every 362 babies in the world is born here: about 370,700 a year, 0.7 a minute.

Population
41,651,653
Births a year
370,700
Life expectancy
82.2
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
5.4

Health and survival

  • Life expectancy, women (years)

    84.3

    World: 75.9

  • Life expectancy, men (years)

    80

    World: 71

  • Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)

    4.7

    World: 27.8

  • Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

    5.4

    World: 37.6

  • Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)

    12

    World: 189

  • Adults living with HIV (%)

    0.1

    World: 0.7

  • Adults who smoke (%)

    11

    World: 20

  • Alcohol per adult (litres a year)

    9.9

    World: 4.6

  • Road deaths (per 100,000)

    5.3

    World: 17

  • Homicides (per 100,000)

    2

    World: 4.7

Family and school

  • Children per woman

    1.25

    World: 2.85

  • Women married before 18 (%)

    ≈ 17

    World: 18

  • Children in primary school (%)

    100

    World: 89

  • Secondary school enrolment (%)

    100

    World: 81

  • Higher education enrolment (%)

    76

    World: 48

  • Children aged 7–14 who work (%)

    ≈ 14.3

    World: 11.9

Money and work

  • Income per person (PPP)

    $57,990

    World: $21,797

  • Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)

    32

    World: 34

  • Living on under $3 a day (%)

    0.3

    World: 9.9

  • Unemployment (%)

    6.9

    World: 5.1

  • Jobs in farming (%)

    1

    World: 27

  • Women in the workforce (%)

    60

    World: 48

  • Health costs paid out of pocket (%)

    15

    World: 37

Home and connection

  • Living in cities (%)

    83

    World: 58

  • Access to electricity (%)

    100

    World: 92

  • Safe drinking water (%)

    98

    World: 91

  • Internet users (%)

    94

    World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction (0–10)

    6.74

    World: 5.4

  • Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)

    0

    World: 2.43

  • Refugees abroad (% of population)

    0

    World: 0.34

≈ Estimated from the region

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy
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1960: 71.2 → 2026: 82.8 → 2050: 86.2

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
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1960: 33 → 2026: 5 → 2050: 5

World

Children per woman
036196020002050

1960: 3.8 → 2026: 1.4 → 2050: 1.4

World

Living in cities (%)
050100196020002050

1960: 69 → 2026: 83 → 2050: 87

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Canada comes up about once in every 362 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.