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Belgium vs Canada
How Belgium and Canada compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Canada was higher: 82.6 years against 82.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Canada was higher: $45,420 against $45,150
- Population · In 2023, Canada was higher: 39.3 million people against 11.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Belgium was higher: 2.01% of GDP against 1.63% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Canada was higher: 14.01 tonnes against 7.31 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Canada: 82.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Canada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Canada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelgium: 99.7% in 2022Canada: 99% in 2022
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Canada: 3.99% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Canada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Canada: 39.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Canada: 1.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Canada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Canada: 82.9% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Canada: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Canada: 19.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Canada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Canada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Canada: $37.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Canada: $939 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Canada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelgium: 24,000 people in 2020Canada: 72,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Canada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Canada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Canada: 83 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Canada: 312 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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