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title: "Canada vs Peru — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Peru is 1,285,216 km² with 34,576,665. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-peru/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Peru

**Canada vs Peru: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 1,285,216 km² · 41,651,653 vs 34,576,665

Canada is 7.8 times larger than Peru — 9,984,670 against 1,285,216 km². Canada is 1.2 times more populous than Peru — 41,651,653 against 34,576,665 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Peru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Lima |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 1,285,216 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 34,576,665 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 26.9 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Peruvian sol (PEN) |
| Official languages | English, French | Aymara, Quechua, Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +51 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | South America |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | PE / PER |

## Population density

Peru is 6.4 times more densely populated than Canada — 27 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 Peruvian sol.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and South America.

## 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.

## Peru

Peru holds the source of the Amazon and about sixty percent of its territory is Amazon basin, but most people live on the dry Pacific coast. Cotahuasi and Colca are among the deepest canyons in the world, both over 3,000 m. The Nazca lines, drawn on the coastal desert between about 500 BC and AD 500, cover some 450 km² and are only legible from the air or the surrounding hills.

> 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 Peru?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 1,285,216 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Peru?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 34,576,665.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Peru?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Peru is UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Peru](https://atoneplace.net/country/peru/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]