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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 2006

2006Swap

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 2006, Italy has a population of 58.6 million and Japan 127.9 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 19.8% in Italy and 20.6% in Japan, 0.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 42.0 years in Italy and 43.7 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.36 in Italy and 1.28 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.4 years in Italy and 82.4 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 11.3% and that of Japan to shrink by 17.9% compared with 2006.

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

Key figures (2006)

ItalyJapan
Population58.6 million127.9 million
Aged 0–1414.1%13.7%
Aged 15–6466.1%65.7%
Aged 65+19.8%20.6%
Median age42.0 yrs43.7 yrs
Old-age dependency29.931.4
Total fertility rate1.361.28
Life expectancy81.4 yrs82.4 yrs
Population growth+0.38%+0.08%
Net migration (per year)+215,995+130,065
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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