Home / Fact sheets / Canada / Population fact sheet

Country fact sheet: Canada- Nova Scotia (regional data)

Only national data are shown for this country on this page

Population

- Total population: 39 244 168
- Female population: 19 739 248
- Male population: 19 504 921
The World Bank (2023)

Health Expenditure

- Total per capita (US$): 5 619.0
- Out-of-pocket (% of total expenditure on health): 12.4
- UHC Service Coverage Index: 91.0
World Health Organization (2020)

Human Development Index

- HDI: 0.935
- Category: Very high
UNDP Human Development Report (2022)

Geography

Life Expectancy at Birth

- Total population (years): 82.2
- Female population (years): 84.1
- Male population (years): 80.4
World Health Organization (2019)

Cancer Burden

- Overall cancer incidence (rate per 100 000 persons per year): 345.9
- Overall cancer mortality (rate per 100 000 persons per year): 96.4
- Most common cancer site by incidence for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): Breast (88.6)
- Most common cancer site by mortality for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): Lung (19.1)
- Most common cancer site by incidence for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): Prostate (60.1)
- Most common cancer site by mortality for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): Lung (24.4)
- GLOBOCAN 2022 population fact sheet
GLOBOCAN (2022)

Check also the following factsheets: Breast, Cervical, Colorectal