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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 1952

1952Swap

ItalyJapan

1.5%1%0.5%0%0.5%1%1.5%0102030405060708090100MaleFemale

Each bar is the share of the total population at that single year of age (men left, women right), so countries of different sizes can be compared.

Italy and Japan compared

In 1952, Italy has a population of 46.9 million and Japan 88.5 million; Japan is about 1.9 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 8.3% in Italy and 5.0% in Japan, 3.3 points higher in Italy. The median age is 29.0 years in Italy and 22.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.32 in Italy and 2.95 in Japan, both above the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 65.9 years in Italy and 63.0 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to grow by 10.9% and that of Japan to grow by 18.7% compared with 1952.

GDP per person is $43K in Italy (2025) and $36K in Japan (2025).

Key figures (1952)

ItalyJapan
Population46.9 million88.5 million
Aged 0–1426.3%34.7%
Aged 15–6465.4%60.3%
Aged 65+8.3%5.0%
Median age29.0 yrs22.6 yrs
Old-age dependency12.68.2
Total fertility rate2.322.95
Life expectancy65.9 yrs63.0 yrs
Population growth+0.52%+1.40%
Net migration (per year)-129,937-57,653
GDP$2.55T (2025)$4.44T (2025)
GDP per person$43K (2025)$36K (2025)
Unemployment6.4% (2025)2.5% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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