Canada Population Pyramid 1959

Canada
1959
Population: 17,515,520

Year

-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

Country

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Canada in 1959

As of 1959, Canada counted 17,515,520 inhabitants. Half of the population was younger than 26.6 years; 33.5% were children under 15 and 7.6% were 65 or older. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.

Share of the population by age group, 1950–2100

Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.


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