Canada vs Spain
Canada vs Spain: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 94.4% in Canada and 95.8% in Spain, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 1.4 percentage points, or 1.01 times that in Canada.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Spain has been higher since 2022, when it overtook Canada.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Canada | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 94.4 | 95.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 94.2 | 95.5 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 94 | 94.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 93.9 | 93.9 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 92.3 | 93.2 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 91.9 | 90.7 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 94.6 | 86.1 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 92.7 | 84.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 91.2 | 80.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 90 | 78.7 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 87.1 | 76.2 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 85.8 | 71.6 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 83 | 69.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 83 | 67.1 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 80.3 | 65.8 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 80.3 | 62.4 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 76.7 | 59.6 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 73.2 | 55.1 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 72.4 | 50.4 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 71.7 | 47.9 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 66 | 44 | – |
| 2003 | 64.2 | 39.9 | – |
| 2002 | 61.6 | 20.4 | – |
| 2001 | 60.2 | 18.2 | – |
| 2000 | 51.3 | 13.6 | – |
| 1999 | 36.2 | 7.1 | – |
| 1998 | 24.9 | 4.4 | – |
| 1997 | 15.1 | 2.8 | – |
| 1996 | 6.8 | 1.3 | – |
| 1995 | 4.2 | 0.4 | – |
| 1994 | 2.4 | 0.3 | – |
| 1993 | 1.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 1992 | 0.9 | 0.1 | – |
| 1991 | 0.6 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0.4 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, 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 Spain
Health
- Life expectancyCanada: 82.6 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCanada: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCanada: 4.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCanada: 99% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionCanada: 3.99% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateCanada: 10.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCanada: 39.3 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthCanada: 1.22% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCanada: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCanada: 82.9% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageCanada: 40.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCanada: 19.4% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCanada: 11 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCanada: 1.63% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCanada: $37.5B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personCanada: $939 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCanada: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCanada: 72,000 people in 2020Spain: 199,000 people in 2020
- National powerCanada: 0.81% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCanada: 0.35% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCanada: 83 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCanada: 312 million TIV in 2025Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025