Manitoba and Saskatchewan are remarkably similar to Ukraine, hence the large population of Ukrainian settlers in those areas. Weird that Ukraine doesn’t make it on the list
This website called Objective Lists has a Country Similarity Index that measures how similar or dissimilar one country is from another, and one of the main categories is demographics, which is given a score out of 20 for each country based on the rubric listed above.
**The 10 Most Demographically Similar Countries to Canada are:**
1. Australia (18/20)
2. United Kingdom (17.3/20)
3. United States (17.2/20)
4. New Zealand (17.1/20)
5. Switzerland (17/20)
6. Belgium (16.8/20)
7. Ireland (16.7/20)
8. Sweden (16.4/20)
9. Norway (16.3/20)
10. France (16.1/20)
**The 10 Least Demographically Similar Countries to Canada are:**
1. Niger (4.1/20)
2. Mali (4.4/20)
3. Senegal (4.5/20)
4. Guinea (4.81/20)
5. Burkina Faso (5/20)
6. Somalia (5.1/20)
7. Laos (5.2/20)
8. Yemen (5.4/20)
9. Sierra Leone (5.5/20)
10. Guinea Bissau (5.6/20)
bigorangemachine on
lil confused how USA is like Canada…
_crazyboyhere_ on
Kinda interested as to why you chose specifically “demographically” and not overall, because demographics is simply one of the 5 pillars used to determine similarity here.
tinny66666 on
Yes, us kiwis see you as brothers from another mother. Not too much of a fan of your neighbours though.
Hannibal_Barca_ on
Is it just me or are we demographically least similar to countries that are almost all pretty unstable/in outright conflicts?
Olibirus on
The US still considered a democracy under the supreme orange leader ?
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Manitoba and Saskatchewan are remarkably similar to Ukraine, hence the large population of Ukrainian settlers in those areas. Weird that Ukraine doesn’t make it on the list
[https://objectivelists.com/canada/](https://objectivelists.com/canada/)
This website called Objective Lists has a Country Similarity Index that measures how similar or dissimilar one country is from another, and one of the main categories is demographics, which is given a score out of 20 for each country based on the rubric listed above.
**The 10 Most Demographically Similar Countries to Canada are:**
1. Australia (18/20)
2. United Kingdom (17.3/20)
3. United States (17.2/20)
4. New Zealand (17.1/20)
5. Switzerland (17/20)
6. Belgium (16.8/20)
7. Ireland (16.7/20)
8. Sweden (16.4/20)
9. Norway (16.3/20)
10. France (16.1/20)
**The 10 Least Demographically Similar Countries to Canada are:**
1. Niger (4.1/20)
2. Mali (4.4/20)
3. Senegal (4.5/20)
4. Guinea (4.81/20)
5. Burkina Faso (5/20)
6. Somalia (5.1/20)
7. Laos (5.2/20)
8. Yemen (5.4/20)
9. Sierra Leone (5.5/20)
10. Guinea Bissau (5.6/20)
lil confused how USA is like Canada…
Kinda interested as to why you chose specifically “demographically” and not overall, because demographics is simply one of the 5 pillars used to determine similarity here.
Yes, us kiwis see you as brothers from another mother. Not too much of a fan of your neighbours though.
Is it just me or are we demographically least similar to countries that are almost all pretty unstable/in outright conflicts?
The US still considered a democracy under the supreme orange leader ?