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Canada vs Israel

Canada vs Israel
Canada is larger; Canada has more people
9,984,670 km² vs 21,937 km² · 41,651,653 vs 10,122,800

Canada is 455 times larger than Israel — 9,984,670 against 21,937 km². Canada is 4.1 times more populous than Israel — 41,651,653 against 10,122,800 people.

Side by side

Canada Israel
Capital Ottawa Jerusalem
Area 9,984,670 km² 21,937 km²
Population 41,651,653 (2025) 10,122,800 (2025)
Density 4.2 /km² 461.4 /km²
Currency Canadian dollar (CAD) Israeli new shekel (ILS)
Official languages English, French Arabic, Hebrew
Time zones UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 UTC+02:00
Calling code +1 +972
Drives on the right right
Continent North America Asia
ISO codes CA / CAN IL / ISR

Population density

Israel is 111 times more densely populated than Canada — 461 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

  • Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Israeli new shekel.
  • Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
  • Different continents — North America and Asia.

Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

Israel

The Dead Sea shore is the lowest exposed land on Earth, about 430 m below sea level, and the water is around ten times saltier than the ocean. Israel recycles a higher share of its wastewater than any other country — roughly 85 percent — and most drinking water now comes from Mediterranean desalination.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

Common questions

Is Canada bigger than Israel?
Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 21,937 km².
Which has more people, Canada or Israel?
Canada, with 41,651,653 against 10,122,800.
What is the time difference between Canada and Israel?
Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Israel is UTC+02:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked