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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 1975

1975Swap

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 1975, Italy has a population of 55 million and Japan 112.7 million; Japan is about 2.0 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 12.1% in Italy and 7.8% in Japan, 4.2 points higher in Italy. The median age is 33.5 years in Italy and 30.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 2.18 in Italy and 1.92 in Japan, so only Japan is below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 72.7 years in Italy and 74.4 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 5.4% and that of Japan to shrink by 6.8% compared with 1975.

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

Key figures (1975)

ItalyJapan
Population55 million112.7 million
Aged 0–1424.4%23.8%
Aged 15–6463.5%68.4%
Aged 65+12.1%7.8%
Median age33.5 yrs30.6 yrs
Old-age dependency19.011.4
Total fertility rate2.181.92
Life expectancy72.7 yrs74.4 yrs
Population growth+0.57%+1.10%
Net migration (per year)+43,051+107
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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