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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 1997

1997Swap

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 1997, Italy has a population of 57.2 million and Japan 126.1 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 17.2% in Italy and 15.5% in Japan, 1.7 points higher in Italy. The median age is 39.2 years in Italy and 40.6 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.21 in Italy and 1.38 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 78.7 years in Italy and 80.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 9.0% and that of Japan to shrink by 16.7% compared with 1997.

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

Key figures (1997)

ItalyJapan
Population57.2 million126.1 million
Aged 0–1414.5%15.2%
Aged 15–6468.3%69.3%
Aged 65+17.2%15.5%
Median age39.2 yrs40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency25.222.3
Total fertility rate1.211.38
Life expectancy78.7 yrs80.6 yrs
Population growth+0.04%+0.23%
Net migration (per year)+50,539+43,366
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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