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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 2008

2008Swap

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 2008, Italy has a population of 59.3 million and Japan 128.1 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 20.1% in Italy and 21.9% in Japan, 1.8 points higher in Japan. The median age is 42.7 years in Italy and 44.4 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.44 in Italy and 1.33 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 81.7 years in Italy and 82.6 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 12.3% and that of Japan to shrink by 18.0% compared with 2008.

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

Key figures (2008)

ItalyJapan
Population59.3 million128.1 million
Aged 0–1414.0%13.6%
Aged 15–6465.8%64.5%
Aged 65+20.1%21.9%
Median age42.7 yrs44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency30.634.0
Total fertility rate1.441.33
Life expectancy81.7 yrs82.6 yrs
Population growth+0.70%+0.04%
Net migration (per year)+422,534+142,605
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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