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Japan vs Italy: population pyramids in 2027

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JapanItaly

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.

Japan and Italy compared

In 2027, Japan has a population of 122 million and Italy 58.8 million; Japan is about 2.1 times the size of Italy.

The share aged 65 and over is 30.2% in Japan and 25.8% in Italy, 4.4 points higher in Japan. The median age is 51.3 years in Japan and 49.8 years in Italy.

The total fertility rate is 1.24 in Japan and 1.23 in Italy, both below the replacement level of about 2.1. Life expectancy at birth is 85.3 years in Japan and 84.3 years in Italy.

By 2050, the population of Japan is projected to shrink by 13.9% and that of Italy to shrink by 11.5% compared with 2027.

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

Figures from 2024 are UN medium-variant projections.

Key figures (2027)

JapanItaly
Population122 million58.8 million
Aged 0–1411.0%11.3%
Aged 15–6458.8%62.9%
Aged 65+30.2%25.8%
Median age51.3 yrs49.8 yrs
Old-age dependency51.441.1
Total fertility rate1.241.23
Life expectancy85.3 yrs84.3 yrs
Population growth-0.58%-0.41%
Net migration (per year)+127,401+51,097
GDP$4.44T (2025)$2.55T (2025)
GDP per person$36K (2025)$43K (2025)
Unemployment2.5% (2025)6.4% (2025)

Economic figures are the latest year published for each country.

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