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Demographic Showdown

🇨🇦 Canada vs 🇦🇫 Afghanistan

Three centuries of comparative human progress from 1800 to the 2020s and projections through 2100. Sources: UN WPP, World Bank, Maddison Project.

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Canada

Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
95.7/100
Leads in 18 dimensions

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Afghanistan

Living Conditions Cohort Score (2020s)
74.0/100
Leads in 4 dimensions

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Full 25-Dimension Head-to-Head Comparison (2020s)

Every tracked demographic, economic, healthcare, and educational metric between Canada and Afghanistan.

Dimension 🇨🇦 Canada 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Leader Historical Trend
Life Expectancy at Birth years 81.6 64.0 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Income per Person (GDP per capita, PPP) intl-$ 57,213.9 2,168.8 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Child Mortality (under 5) per 1,000 births 5.3 56.8 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Years of Schooling years 13.4 6.5 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Children per Woman births 1.3 4.9 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Global map →
Living in Cities % 82.4 25.5 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Internet Access % 93.7 16.3 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Electricity at Home % 100.0 90.8 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Homicide Rate per 100,000 2.1 5.3 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Annual Working Hours hours/year 1,690.0 2,250.0 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Average Male Height cm 178.0 165.0 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Extreme Poverty % 0.2 10.0 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Suicide Rate per 100,000 10.5 3.5 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Global map →
Infant Mortality per 1,000 births 4.6 51.6 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Female Life Expectancy years 83.9 66.3 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Male Life Expectancy years 79.4 61.7 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Alcohol Consumption liters/year 9.9 0.0 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Global map →
Population 65+ % 19.1 2.4 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Adult Overweight % 59.1 47.0 🇦🇫 Afghanistan Global map →
Basic Drinking Water Access % 98.4 76.7 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Physicians per 1,000 people 2.6 0.3 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Electricity Use per Person kWh/year 14,647.0 — Tied Global map →
Adult Literacy % — 36.6 Tied Global map →
Smoking Prevalence % 12.0 22.8 🇨🇦 Canada Global map →
Primary School Completion % — 90.3 Tied Global map →

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