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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 1986

1986Swap

ItalyJapan

1%0.75%0.5%0.25%0%0.25%0.5%0.75%1%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 1986, Italy has a population of 56.9 million and Japan 121.1 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 13.3% in Italy and 10.5% in Japan, 2.9 points higher in Italy. The median age is 35.7 years in Italy and 35.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.35 in Italy and 1.70 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 75.9 years in Italy and 78.2 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 8.5% and that of Japan to shrink by 13.2% compared with 1986.

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

Key figures (1986)

ItalyJapan
Population56.9 million121.1 million
Aged 0–1419.0%21.4%
Aged 15–6467.6%68.1%
Aged 65+13.3%10.5%
Median age35.7 yrs35.7 yrs
Old-age dependency19.715.4
Total fertility rate1.351.70
Life expectancy75.9 yrs78.2 yrs
Population growth+0.01%+0.49%
Net migration (per year)-6,206+27,987
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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