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Italy vs Japan: population pyramids in 2099

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ItalyJapan

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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 2099, Italy has a population of 35.6 million and Japan 76.6 million; Japan is about 2.2 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 37.2% in Italy and 36.8% in Japan, almost the same. The median age is 54.2 years in Italy and 53.5 years in Japan.

The total fertility rate is 1.48 in Italy and 1.47 in Japan, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 92.7 years in Italy and 94.3 years in Japan.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2099)

ItalyJapan
Population35.6 million76.6 million
Aged 0–1411.1%11.6%
Aged 15–6451.7%51.6%
Aged 65+37.2%36.8%
Median age54.2 yrs53.5 yrs
Old-age dependency72.071.2
Total fertility rate1.481.47
Life expectancy92.7 yrs94.3 yrs
Population growth-0.67%-0.50%
Net migration (per year)+25,167+75,526
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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