WHILE Canada is the second largest country in the world after Russia, in 2015, it had a relatively small population of 35.8 million people, ranking at the 222nd spot for population density out of 233 countries (the least densely populated area was Greenland).
It’s understandable that Canada’s population density is low: Most of the country’s large landmass is very far north where the climate is bitterly cold most of the year, making is inhospitable. That said, if you check out the map below, you’ll notice that there are people who do live in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Northern Quebec, but Canada’s population is mostly concentrated in a strip of land within 160 km of the border with the United States, explains Geopolitical Futures.
