Canada vs Pakistan
Canada vs Pakistan: GDP per person
GDP per person in 2025: $45,420 in Canada and $1,669 in Pakistan, by World Bank estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Canada, by $43,751, or 27 times that in Pakistan.
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- In 2025, Canada ranked 17 and Pakistan ranked 149 of 186 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: $12,130 in 2025.
Every year
US dollars at 2015 prices · World Bank
| Year | Canada | Pakistan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,420 | $1,669 | $12,130 |
| 2024 | $45,060 | $1,635 | $11,890 |
| 2023 | $45,500 | $1,610 | $11,670 |
| 2022 | $45,880 | $1,642 | $11,450 |
| 2021 | $44,640 | $1,595 | $11,170 |
| 2020 | $42,370 | $1,526 | $10,580 |
| 2019 | $45,100 | $1,574 | $11,000 |
| 2018 | $44,910 | $1,562 | $10,820 |
| 2017 | $44,340 | $1,495 | $10,590 |
| 2016 | $43,550 | $1,452 | $10,360 |
| 2015 | $43,590 | $1,380 | $10,190 |
| 2014 | $43,640 | $1,343 | $10,000 |
| 2013 | $42,850 | $1,310 | $9,811 |
| 2012 | $42,320 | $1,275 | $9,654 |
| 2011 | $42,040 | $1,262 | $9,515 |
| 2010 | $41,160 | $1,257 | $9,322 |
| 2009 | $40,380 | $1,269 | $9,028 |
| 2008 | $42,070 | $1,258 | $9,266 |
| 2007 | $42,110 | $1,265 | $9,191 |
| 2006 | $41,660 | $1,244 | $8,913 |
| 2005 | $41,010 | $1,201 | $8,639 |
| 2004 | $40,110 | $1,147 | $8,409 |
| 2003 | $39,270 | $1,090 | $8,151 |
| 2002 | $38,920 | $1,059 | $8,011 |
| 2001 | $38,200 | $1,058 | $7,932 |
| 2000 | $37,910 | $1,050 | $7,880 |
| 1999 | $36,390 | $1,035 | $7,639 |
| 1998 | $34,890 | $1,027 | $7,479 |
| 1997 | $33,870 | $1,029 | $7,382 |
| 1996 | $32,800 | $1,048 | $7,203 |
| 1995 | $32,600 | $1,029 | $7,058 |
| 1994 | $32,070 | $1,009 | $6,944 |
| 1993 | $31,030 | $1,001 | $6,819 |
| 1992 | $30,560 | $1,012 | $6,801 |
| 1991 | $30,650 | $967 | $6,773 |
| 1990 | $31,700 | $951 | $6,804 |
| 1989 | $32,120 | $941 | $6,741 |
| 1988 | $31,950 | $927 | $6,620 |
| 1987 | $31,000 | $890 | $6,446 |
| 1986 | $30,180 | $865 | $6,326 |
| 1985 | $29,850 | $849 | $6,233 |
| 1984 | $28,760 | $814 | $6,120 |
| 1983 | $27,420 | $799 | $5,947 |
| 1982 | $27,000 | $775 | $5,903 |
| 1981 | $28,220 | $755 | $5,986 |
| 1980 | $27,620 | $730 | $5,980 |
| 1979 | $27,380 | $690 | $5,978 |
| 1978 | $26,660 | $688 | $5,843 |
| 1977 | $25,960 | $658 | $5,710 |
| 1976 | $25,370 | $653 | $5,591 |
| 1975 | $24,280 | $640 | $5,410 |
| 1974 | $24,260 | $633 | $5,467 |
| 1973 | $23,800 | $630 | $5,465 |
| 1972 | $22,570 | $605 | $5,236 |
| 1971 | $21,640 | $617 | $5,061 |
| 1970 | $21,430 | $632 | $4,964 |
| 1969 | $21,110 | $584 | $4,885 |
| 1968 | $20,370 | $569 | $4,707 |
| 1967 | $19,720 | $546 | $4,535 |
| 1966 | $19,480 | $533 | $4,461 |
| 1965 | $18,590 | $518 | $4,321 |
| 1964 | $17,800 | $482 | $4,176 |
| 1963 | $17,010 | $461 | $3,999 |
| 1962 | $16,460 | $435 | $3,889 |
| 1961 | $15,610 | $427 | $3,759 |
| 1960 | $15,430 | $414 | $3,667 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The value of everything produced in the country in a year, divided by its people, in 2015 US dollars so that years compare.
- Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
- Ranks count the 186 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Canada vs Pakistan
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Pakistan: 67.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Pakistan: 5.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Pakistan: 49.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Pakistan: 50.6% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Pakistan: 3.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Pakistan: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Pakistan: 248 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Pakistan: 1.48% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Pakistan: 3.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Pakistan: 39.5% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Pakistan: 20.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Pakistan: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Pakistan: -6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Pakistan: 2.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Pakistan: $11.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Pakistan: $47 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Pakistan: 13.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Pakistan: 943,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Pakistan: 1.77% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Pakistan: 1.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 706 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Pakistan: 127 million TIV in 2025