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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 1968

1968Swap

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 1968, Italy has a population of 52.5 million and Japan 103.6 million; Japan is about 2.0 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 10.6% in Italy and 6.8% in Japan, 3.8 points higher in Italy. The median age is 32.6 years in Italy and 28.4 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.49 in Italy and 2.07 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 70.9 years in Italy and 71.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 1.0% and that of Japan to grow by 1.4% compared with 1968.

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

Key figures (1968)

ItalyJapan
Population52.5 million103.6 million
Aged 0–1424.6%23.6%
Aged 15–6464.8%69.6%
Aged 65+10.6%6.8%
Median age32.6 yrs28.4 yrs
Old-age dependency16.39.7
Total fertility rate2.492.07
Life expectancy70.9 yrs71.7 yrs
Population growth+0.67%+1.19%
Net migration (per year)-50,149+43,593
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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