Italy vs Japan statistics compared

Italy has a population of 59M (ranked 25/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Italy's land area is 114,178 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 72nd vs. 61st).

By GDP, Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Italy and Japan: Comparison Charts

Italy and Japan economies compared

GDP

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Italy	Japan
1960	$42,012,422,612	$47,419,238,274
1961	$46,649,487,320	$57,266,758,180
1962	$52,413,872,628	$64,987,857,542
1963	$60,035,924,618	$74,379,284,603
1964	$65,720,771,779	$87,490,590,818
1965	$70,717,012,186	$97,338,107,606
1966	$76,622,444,787	$113,046,784,179
1967	$84,401,995,573	$132,475,614,227
1968	$91,485,448,148	$156,897,496,759
1969	$100,996,667,239	$184,298,841,305
1970	$113,656,669,765	$217,223,652,719
1971	$124,959,712,859	$245,364,056,622
1972	$145,594,833,997	$324,933,841,269
1973	$175,896,529,392	$441,460,582,536
1974	$200,024,444,775	$490,035,789,970
1975	$228,220,643,535	$532,861,438,885
1976	$225,235,205,862	$598,883,902,156
1977	$258,190,019,750	$737,069,290,928
1978	$315,784,469,541	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$394,584,507,108	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$478,356,755,596	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$431,695,533,981	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$428,257,421,618	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$444,063,496,940	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$438,896,930,791	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$453,259,761,687	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$641,862,313,287	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$807,570,134,449	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$893,663,934,841	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$930,801,709,004	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$1,183,945,130,899	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$1,249,092,439,519	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$1,323,204,350,354	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$1,067,412,587,671	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$1,101,750,159,702	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$1,177,369,428,266	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$1,314,776,508,972	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$1,244,988,176,444	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$1,272,729,786,997	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$1,255,004,736,464	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$1,149,661,363,439	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$1,172,041,488,806	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$1,281,746,271,196	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$1,582,930,016,539	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$1,812,808,753,295	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$1,864,982,261,287	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$1,958,563,654,386	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$2,222,524,108,128	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$2,417,508,414,187	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$2,209,484,319,013	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$2,144,936,254,535	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$2,306,974,020,278	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$2,097,929,495,122	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$2,153,225,581,941	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$2,173,255,507,986	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$1,845,428,048,839	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$1,887,111,188,177	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$1,970,720,904,585	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$2,099,435,266,459	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$2,019,606,796,584	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$1,907,481,094,079	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$2,179,207,773,596	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$2,104,067,630,319	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$2,304,605,139,863	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$2,372,774,547,793	$4,026,210,821,147

Italy and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Italy	Japan
1960	$837	$509
1961	$923	$609
1962	$1,030	$685
1963	$1,171	$776
1964	$1,272	$903
1965	$1,357	$994
1966	$1,459	$1,144
1967	$1,595	$1,326
1968	$1,718	$1,553
1969	$1,886	$1,803
1970	$2,112	$2,101
1971	$2,311	$2,321
1972	$2,677	$3,031
1973	$3,213	$4,061
1974	$3,629	$4,448
1975	$4,116	$4,776
1976	$4,042	$5,310
1977	$4,614	$6,473
1978	$5,623	$9,012
1979	$7,006	$9,301
1980	$8,476	$9,669
1981	$7,640	$10,583
1982	$7,574	$9,780
1983	$7,851	$10,652
1984	$7,758	$11,207
1985	$8,009	$11,809
1986	$11,341	$17,452
1987	$14,268	$21,142
1988	$15,781	$25,500
1989	$16,424	$25,266
1990	$20,874	$25,801
1991	$22,007	$29,428
1992	$23,297	$31,993
1993	$18,782	$36,345
1994	$19,382	$39,934
1995	$20,712	$44,198
1996	$23,123	$39,150
1997	$21,884	$35,638
1998	$22,365	$32,424
1999	$22,050	$36,610
2000	$20,190	$39,169
2001	$20,570	$34,406
2002	$22,451	$32,821
2003	$27,578	$35,387
2004	$31,348	$38,299
2005	$32,063	$37,813
2006	$33,537	$35,992
2007	$37,826	$35,779
2008	$40,829	$39,876
2009	$37,100	$41,309
2010	$35,857	$44,968
2011	$38,432	$48,760
2012	$34,854	$49,145
2013	$35,702	$40,899
2014	$36,028	$38,475
2015	$30,640	$34,961
2016	$31,392	$39,375
2017	$32,844	$38,834
2018	$34,904	$39,751
2019	$33,813	$40,416
2020	$32,091	$40,029
2021	$36,853	$40,095
2022	$35,654	$34,066
2023	$39,065	$33,836
2024	$40,226	$32,476

Italy vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Italy	Japan
1950	65.7	59.3
1951	65.3	61
1952	65.9	63
1953	66.6	63.3
1954	67.9	64.5
1955	68.3	65.7
1956	67.6	65.6
1957	67.8	65.4
1958	68.9	67
1959	69.3	67.5
1960	69.2	67.7
1961	69.8	68.4
1962	69.2	68.7
1963	69.3	69.7
1964	70.4	70.2
1965	70.3	70.3
1966	71	71.1
1967	71	71.4
1968	70.9	71.7
1969	70.9	71.9
1970	71.6	72
1971	71.9	72.8
1972	72.1	73.3
1973	72.1	73.4
1974	72.8	73.8
1975	72.7	74.4
1976	73.1	74.8
1977	73.4	75.3
1978	73.8	75.7
1979	74.1	76.2
1980	74.1	76.1
1981	74.4	76.6
1982	74.9	77.1
1983	74.7	77.1
1984	75.5	77.5
1985	75.6	77.8
1986	75.9	78.2
1987	76.3	78.6
1988	76.5	78.5
1989	76.9	79
1990	77	79
1991	77	79.3
1992	77.4	79.3
1993	77.7	79.4
1994	77.9	79.8
1995	78.1	79.7
1996	78.4	80.4
1997	78.7	80.6
1998	78.8	80.6
1999	79.2	80.6
2000	79.6	81.2
2001	79.9	81.5
2002	80.1	81.8
2003	80.2	81.9
2004	81	82.1
2005	81	82
2006	81.4	82.4
2007	81.5	82.5
2008	81.6	82.6
2009	81.8	83
2010	82.1	82.9
2011	82.2	82.7
2012	82.3	83.2
2013	82.7	83.4
2014	82.9	83.6
2015	82.5	83.9
2016	83	84.1
2017	82.7	84.2
2018	83.2	84.3
2019	83.3	84.4
2020	82.2	84.7
2021	82.9	84.6
2022	82.1	84.1
2023	83.7	84.7
2024	83.9	84.9
2025	84	85

Italy and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Italy	Japan
1960	50,199,700	93,216,000
1961	50,536,350	94,055,000
1962	50,879,450	94,933,000
1963	51,252,000	95,900,000
1964	51,675,350	96,903,000
1965	52,112,350	97,952,000
1966	52,519,000	98,851,000
1967	52,900,500	99,879,000
1968	53,235,750	101,011,000
1969	53,537,950	102,219,000
1970	53,821,850	103,403,000
1971	54,073,490	105,697,000
1972	54,381,345	107,188,000
1973	54,751,406	108,707,000
1974	55,110,868	110,162,000
1975	55,441,001	111,573,000
1976	55,718,260	112,775,000
1977	55,955,411	113,872,000
1978	56,155,143	114,913,000
1979	56,317,749	115,890,000
1980	56,433,883	116,807,000
1981	56,501,675	117,661,000
1982	56,543,548	118,480,000
1983	56,564,074	119,307,000
1984	56,576,718	120,083,000
1985	56,593,071	120,837,000
1986	56,596,155	121,482,000
1987	56,601,931	122,069,000
1988	56,629,288	122,578,000
1989	56,671,781	123,069,000
1990	56,719,240	123,478,000
1991	56,758,521	123,964,000
1992	56,797,087	124,425,000
1993	56,831,821	124,829,000
1994	56,843,400	125,178,000
1995	56,844,303	125,472,000
1996	56,860,281	125,757,000
1997	56,890,372	126,057,000
1998	56,906,744	126,400,000
1999	56,916,317	126,631,000
2000	56,942,108	126,843,000
2001	56,976,981	127,149,000
2002	57,089,824	127,445,000
2003	57,399,184	127,718,000
2004	57,828,179	127,761,000
2005	58,166,682	127,773,000
2006	58,399,861	127,854,000
2007	58,756,247	128,001,000
2008	59,211,181	128,063,000
2009	59,555,454	128,047,000
2010	59,819,407	128,070,000
2011	60,026,841	127,833,000
2012	60,191,247	127,629,000
2013	60,311,613	127,445,000
2014	60,320,707	127,276,000
2015	60,229,605	127,141,000
2016	60,115,223	127,076,000
2017	60,002,252	126,972,000
2018	60,148,658	126,811,000
2019	59,729,081	126,633,000
2020	59,438,851	126,261,000
2021	59,133,173	125,681,593
2022	59,013,667	125,124,989
2023	58,993,475	124,516,650
2024	58,986,023	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Italy and Japan

Fertility rate

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Italy	Japan
1960	2.4	2
1961	2.44	1.96
1962	2.46	1.98
1963	2.51	2
1964	2.66	2.05
1965	2.6	2.14
1966	2.58	1.58
1967	2.5	2.23
1968	2.46	2.13
1969	2.47	2.13
1970	2.38	2.13
1971	2.4	2.16
1972	2.35	2.14
1973	2.3	2.14
1974	2.28	2.05
1975	2.17	1.91
1976	2.04	1.85
1977	1.93	1.8
1978	1.84	1.79
1979	1.73	1.77
1980	1.64	1.75
1981	1.58	1.74
1982	1.56	1.77
1983	1.51	1.8
1984	1.46	1.81
1985	1.42	1.76
1986	1.35	1.72
1987	1.33	1.69
1988	1.36	1.66
1989	1.33	1.57
1990	1.33	1.54
1991	1.3	1.53
1992	1.3	1.5
1993	1.25	1.46
1994	1.21	1.5
1995	1.19	1.42
1996	1.2	1.43
1997	1.22	1.39
1998	1.22	1.38
1999	1.23	1.34
2000	1.26	1.36
2001	1.25	1.33
2002	1.27	1.32
2003	1.29	1.29
2004	1.34	1.29
2005	1.33	1.26
2006	1.37	1.32
2007	1.39	1.34
2008	1.44	1.37
2009	1.44	1.37
2010	1.44	1.39
2011	1.42	1.39
2012	1.42	1.41
2013	1.39	1.43
2014	1.38	1.42
2015	1.36	1.45
2016	1.36	1.44
2017	1.34	1.43
2018	1.31	1.42
2019	1.27	1.36
2020	1.24	1.33
2021	1.25	1.3
2022	1.24	1.26
2023	1.2	1.2

Italy and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Italy

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Italy	Japan
1960	31.6	25.8
1961	31.8	26.2
1962	32	26.5
1963	32.1	26.9
1964	32.2	27.2
1965	32.3	27.6
1966	32.4	28
1967	32.5	28.4
1968	32.7	28.6
1969	32.8	28.9
1970	33	29.2
1971	33.1	29.6
1972	33.2	29.9
1973	33.3	30.2
1974	33.4	30.4
1975	33.5	30.6
1976	33.6	30.9
1977	33.7	31.5
1978	33.9	32
1979	34	32.4
1980	34.1	32.8
1981	34.3	33.1
1982	34.6	33.7
1983	34.9	34.3
1984	35.3	34.9
1985	35.6	35.4
1986	35.8	35.9
1987	36.1	36.3
1988	36.4	36.8
1989	36.8	37.2
1990	37.1	37.7
1991	37.5	38.2
1992	37.9	38.7
1993	38.2	39.2
1994	38.6	39.6
1995	38.9	40
1996	39.1	40.3
1997	39.4	40.7
1998	39.6	41
1999	39.9	41.4
2000	40.3	41.8
2001	40.6	42.1
2002	41	42.5
2003	41.3	42.8
2004	41.6	43.2
2005	41.9	43.6
2006	42.3	43.9
2007	42.6	44.2
2008	42.8	44.6
2009	43.1	44.9
2010	43.5	45.2
2011	43.9	45.5
2012	44.2	45.8
2013	44.6	46.2
2014	45	46.6
2015	45.4	47
2016	45.8	47.3
2017	46.2	47.6
2018	46.6	48
2019	47	48.3
2020	47.4	48.7
2021	47.7	49.1
2022	48.1	49.5
2023	48.4	50
2024	48.8	50.4

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Italy and Japan.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size