One in every 377 babies born in the world today is born in Canada. Canada has about 350,000 births a year, around 0.3% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 350,000
- Share of world births
- 0.3%
- Birth odds
- 1/377
- Life expectancy
- 82 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.5%
- Income per person, PPP
- US$58,000
- Children per woman
- 1.3
- Urban population
- 82%
Life expectancy in Canada is 82 years, which is 9 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 5 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about US$58,000 in purchasing power. That is 2.5 times the world average.
On average a woman has 1.3 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 82% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 18% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Christianity60%
- No religion29%
- Islam4%
- Hinduism2%
- Other beliefs5%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Liam · Noah · Oliver · James · Olivia · Emma · Ava · Amelia
What would your life look like if you were reborn in Canada?
Roll the dice. Country, family and luck are drawn from real birth data. Live a whole life in about an hour, year by year, and share the result.
🎲 Roll the diceCountries with a similar number of births
Birth odds for every country →
Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.