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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 2011

2011Swap

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 2011, Italy has a population of 60.3 million and Japan 128.1 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 20.5% in Italy and 23.2% in Japan, 2.7 points higher in Japan. The median age is 43.7 years in Italy and 45.4 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.43 in Italy and 1.36 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 82.2 years in Italy and 82.7 years in Japan.

By 2050, the population of Italy is projected to shrink by 13.7% and that of Japan to shrink by 18.0% compared with 2011.

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

Key figures (2011)

ItalyJapan
Population60.3 million128.1 million
Aged 0–1414.0%13.3%
Aged 15–6465.4%63.5%
Aged 65+20.5%23.2%
Median age43.7 yrs45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency31.436.6
Total fertility rate1.431.36
Life expectancy82.2 yrs82.7 yrs
Population growth+0.25%-0.11%
Net migration (per year)+198,544+97,720
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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