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Canada vs United Kingdom: Compare Statistics

Side-by-side comparison of 112 key metrics across economy, population, geography, and more — latest data through 2026.

Canada
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Leads on 58 of 112 metrics
United Kingdom
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Leads on 42 of 112 metrics

Summary

Comparing Canada and United Kingdom: United Kingdom leads on Refined Petroleum Products Exports (613,800) against Canada (1.11); Canada leads on Dam capacity per capita (20,790 cubic meters per inhabitant) against United Kingdom (75.83 cubic meters per inhabitant); United Kingdom leads on Natural Gas Proved Reserves (176) against Canada (2.06). Across 112 compared metrics, Canada wins on 58 and United Kingdom wins on 42.

  • Communications: 6 metrics compared
  • Economy: 45 metrics compared
  • Environment: 6 metrics compared
  • Geography: 6 metrics compared
  • Government: 4 metrics compared
  • Health: 10 metrics compared
  • Military and Security: 1 metric compared
  • People and Society: 29 metrics compared
  • Transportation: 5 metrics compared

Communications

6 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Internet Usage Rate by Country (% of Population)93.96 %96.3 %★
Internet Userspercent of population: 94% (2023 est.)percent of population: 96% (2023 est.)
Press Freedom Index Score78.75 points78.89 points★
Radios32.384.5★
Televisions21.530.5★
Waterways6363,200★

Economy

45 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Agriculture Value Added as a Share of GDP by Country47.01B $★31.15B $
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country in Current US Dollars2.59T $4.10T $★
Central Bank Discount Rate (%)1 %★0.25 %
Coal Revenue0.08★0
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate (%)3.2 %4.38 %★
Current Health Expenditure (% of GDP)10.8 % of GDP★10 % of GDP
Ease of Doing Business Index79.693.8★
Electricity Consumption522.2★309.2
Electricity Exports73.35★2.15
Electricity from Fossil Fuels2350★
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants56★2
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels99
Electricity from Other Renewables1239★
Electricity Imports2.6819.7★
Electricity Installed Capacity143.5★97.06
Electricity Production649.6★318.2
Energy Consumption per Capita (USD)311.6 USD per capita★94.28 USD per capita
Gini Index Coefficient29.932.4★
Gross Fixed Investment23.7★13.9
Gross National Saving20.8★13.6
Industrial Production Growth Rate (%)0 %★-0.5 %
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)2.4 %★3.3 %
Military Expenditures (% of GDP)2 % of GDP2.4 % of GDP★
Natural Gas Consumption124.4★79.17
Natural Gas Exports83.96★11.27
Natural Gas Imports26.3647★
Natural Gas Production159.1★42.11
Natural Gas Proved Reserves2.06176★
Oil Consumption2.21★1.62
Oil Exports1.93★1.31
Oil Imports1.091.45★
Oil Production3.48★1.39
Oil Proved Reserves175.2★2.86
Population Below Poverty Line9.4 people★18.6 people
Public Debt61.3★138.6
Real GDP Growth Rate (USD)1.5 USD★1.1 USD
Refined Petroleum Products Consumption2.45★1.58
Refined Petroleum Products Exports1.12613,800★
Refined Petroleum Products Imports405,700907,500★
Refined Petroleum Products Production2.01★1.29
Remittances00.1★
Revenue from Forest Resources0.08★0.01
Share of population in poverty ($3 a day)0.25★0.5
Taxes and Other Revenues13.827.4★
Unemployment Rate6.5 %4.2 %★

Environment

6 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Annual CO₂ Emissions Growth (abs)-12.14M★5.08M
Carbon Dioxide Emissions585.85340.94★
Continental Shelf200200
Population Distributionvast majority of the population lives in a discontinuous band within approximately 300 km (186 mi) of the southern border with the United States; the most populated province is Ontario, followed by Quebec and British Columbiathe core of the population lies in and around London, with significant clusters found in central Britain around Manchester and Liverpool, in the Scottish lowlands between Edinburgh and Glasgow, in southern Wales in and around Cardiff, and in far-eastern N
Total Renewable Groundwater Resources by Country370 Cubic meters per year★9.8 Cubic meters per year
Total Renewable Water Resources2.9147★

Geography

6 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Percentage of land area by degree of urbanization0.16 %9.75 %★
Above-Ground Biomass in Forest (tonnes/ha)90.43115★
Agricultural land559,597.6 sq. km★172,448.2 sq. km
Coastline Length (km)202,080 km★12,429 km
Dam capacity per capita20,790.38 cubic meters per inhabitant★75.83 cubic meters per inhabitant
Irrigated Land9,045★718

Government

4 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Rule of Law Index by Country87.73 %★86.77 %
Administrative Divisions10England: 24 two-tier counties, 32 London boroughs and 1 City of London or Greater London, 36 metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities (including 4 single-tier counties*) two-tier counties: Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Ess
Independence1no official date of independence: 927 (minor English kingdoms unite); 3 March 1284 (enactment of the Statute of Rhuddlan uniting England and Wales); 1536 (Act of Union incorporates England and Wales); 1 May 1707 (Acts of Union unite England, Scotland, and
Suffrage Participation Rate1818

Health

10 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Diabetes Deaths Per 100,000 (Age-Std)13.588.38★
Diabetes Prevalence (% of Population)7.7★7.4
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)11.2 % of GDP11.3 % of GDP★
HIV/AIDS Adult Prevalence RateNANA
Hospital Bed Density2.6 people/sq km★2.4 people/sq km
Maternal Mortality Ratio (%)12 %8 %★
Mean Age at First Birth29.4★29
Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate (%)29.4 %27.8 %★
People Living With HIV/AIDSNANA
Underweight Children Under 5NANA

Military and Security

1 metric
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Total Armed Forces Personnel (PPP)72,000153,000★

People and Society

29 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Currently married (Percent)50.95 %★46.59 %
Human Capital Index0.82★0.79
Life expectancy at birth85.29 years★83.69 years
Median age of population40.75 years★40.33 years
Population Change437,571 persons★377,688.2 persons
Population density4.46 per sq. km★288.63 per sq. km
Total population40.51M persons69.96M persons★
Academic Freedom Index0.85★0.67
Average Female Breast Size by Country: Worldwide Data & RankingsB-CC★
Birth Rate (%)9.12 %10.76 %★
Contraceptive Prevalence RateNA76.1 %
Death Rate (%)7.75 %★9.25 %
Education Expenditure (% of GDP)4.9 % of GDP5.9 % of GDP★
Female population of reproductive age9.19M persons15.28M persons★
Labor Force Participation Rate22.8735.36★
Learning-adjusted years of school12.01 years★11.65 years
Length of paid parental leave for mother94.5 days★0 days
Major Urban Areas Population6.37 people9.65 people★
Mean Male Height (cm)178.09★177.49
Military Service Age and Obligation17★16
Percentage of population by degree of urbanization76.27 %86.48 %★
Physician Density2.82 people/sq km3.3 people/sq km★
Population Growth Rate0.73 %★0.4 %
Population living in slums1.2 %★0.16 %
Total deaths326,297.8 persons★675,626.2 persons
Total demand for family planning (Percent)75.87 %★75.07 %
Total fertility rate1.3 per woman1.53 per woman★
Total net-migration406,485.5 persons★375,700.7 persons
Under-five mortality rate4.43 per live births4.03 per live births★

Transportation

5 metrics
Metric🇨🇦 Canada🇬🇧 United KingdomShare
Air Travel Trips Per Capita (PPP)1.962.25★
Airports1,459★1,057
Annual Human Space Visits (Total)00
Civil Air Travel636★618
Heliports506★139

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