---
title: "Canada vs Saudi Arabia — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Saudi Arabia is 2,149,690 km² with 36,973,555. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-saudi-arabia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Saudi Arabia

**Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Canada is larger; Canada has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 2,149,690 km² · 41,651,653 vs 36,973,555

Canada is 4.6 times larger than Saudi Arabia — 9,984,670 against 2,149,690 km². Canada is 1.1 times more populous than Saudi Arabia — 41,651,653 against 36,973,555 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Saudi Arabia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Riyadh |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 2,149,690 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 36,973,555 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 17.2 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Saudi riyal (SAR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Arabic |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+03:00 |
| Calling code | +1 | +966 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | SA / SAU |

## Population density

Saudi Arabia is 4.1 times more densely populated than Canada — 17 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 Saudi riyal.
- 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.

## Saudi Arabia

The Rub' al Khali, the Empty Quarter, is the largest continuous sand desert in the world at about 650,000 km² — bigger than France. Saudi Arabia has no permanent rivers or lakes at all, which is true of only a handful of countries. It holds roughly a sixth of the world's proven oil reserves.

> 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 Saudi Arabia?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 2,149,690 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Saudi Arabia?

Canada, with 41,651,653 against 36,973,555.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Saudi Arabia?

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

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://atoneplace.net/country/saudi-arabia/)
- [India vs Saudi Arabia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-saudi-arabia/)
- [China vs Saudi Arabia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-saudi-arabia/)
- [Japan vs Saudi Arabia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-saudi-arabia/)
- [Canada vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-states/)
- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
- [Canada vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-germany/)
- [Canada vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-italy/)

## 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]