The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,952,704 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,538,738 people compared to 122,647,678 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 2.1 times bigger than Italy's.
- Italy is ranked the 26th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 2.19% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 1.48% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.21% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2006, the population of Italy has increased from 58.4M people to 58.5M (0.24% growth), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (4.07% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 29.8% of the population in Italy and 29.1% in Japan.
Italy vs Japan: live population counter
Italy
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
58538738
|
122647678
|
| Population rank | 26/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 1.48% |
| One net population change |
16.7 minutes
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58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
47.7 seconds
|
19.5 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
|
3.43 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +95,246 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,512 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.05% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 171/197 | 185/197 |
Italy and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Italy
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Italy
|
Japan
|
Italy
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 94,055,000 | 0.67% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 94,933,000 | 0.68% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 95,900,000 | 0.73% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 96,903,000 | 0.83% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 97,952,000 | 0.85% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 98,851,000 | 0.78% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 99,879,000 | 0.73% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 101,011,000 | 0.63% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 102,219,000 | 0.57% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 103,403,000 | 0.53% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 105,697,000 | 0.47% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 107,188,000 | 0.57% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 108,707,000 | 0.68% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 110,162,000 | 0.66% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 111,573,000 | 0.6% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 112,775,000 | 0.5% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 113,872,000 | 0.43% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 114,913,000 | 0.36% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 115,890,000 | 0.29% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 116,807,000 | 0.21% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 117,661,000 | 0.12% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 118,480,000 | 0.07% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 119,307,000 | 0.04% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 120,083,000 | 0.02% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 120,837,000 | 0.03% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 121,482,000 | 0.005% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 122,069,000 | 0.01% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 122,578,000 | 0.05% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 123,069,000 | 0.08% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 123,478,000 | 0.08% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 123,964,000 | 0.07% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 124,425,000 | 0.07% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 124,829,000 | 0.06% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 125,178,000 | 0.02% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 125,472,000 | 0.002% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 125,757,000 | 0.03% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 126,057,000 | 0.05% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 126,400,000 | 0.03% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 126,631,000 | 0.02% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 126,843,000 | 0.05% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 127,149,000 | 0.06% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 127,445,000 | 0.2% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 127,718,000 | 0.54% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 127,761,000 | 0.75% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 127,773,000 | 0.59% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 127,854,000 | 0.4% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 128,001,000 | 0.61% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 128,063,000 | 0.77% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 128,047,000 | 0.58% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 128,070,000 | 0.44% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 127,833,000 | 0.35% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 127,629,000 | 0.27% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 127,445,000 | 0.2% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 127,276,000 | 0.02% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 127,141,000 | -0.15% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 127,076,000 | -0.19% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 126,972,000 | -0.19% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 126,811,000 | 0.24% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 126,633,000 | -0.7% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 126,261,000 | -0.49% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 125,681,593 | -0.51% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 125,124,989 | -0.2% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 58,984,216 | 124,516,650 | -0.05% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 58,952,704 | 123,975,371 | -0.05% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 58,757,388 | 123,324,642 | -0.33% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 58,538,738 | 122,647,678 | -0.37% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 58,302,912 | 121,951,038 | -0.4% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 58,061,557 | 121,241,776 | -0.41% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 57,818,364 | 120,524,230 | -0.42% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 57,565,087 | 119,798,959 | -0.44% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 57,300,892 | 119,065,610 | -0.46% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 57,038,998 | 118,326,333 | -0.46% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 56,780,656 | 117,583,337 | -0.45% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 56,516,874 | 116,836,274 | -0.46% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 56,247,746 | 116,084,328 | -0.48% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 55,978,207 | 115,332,395 | -0.48% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 55,705,993 | 114,582,890 | -0.49% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 55,429,408 | 113,837,760 | -0.5% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 55,146,340 | 113,097,352 | -0.51% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 54,858,102 | 112,359,802 | -0.52% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 54,570,785 | 111,622,622 | -0.52% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 54,276,735 | 110,891,223 | -0.54% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 53,966,605 | 110,169,955 | -0.57% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 53,649,281 | 109,455,823 | -0.59% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 53,327,530 | 108,747,012 | -0.6% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 52,995,336 | 108,044,346 | -0.62% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 52,650,393 | 107,350,486 | -0.65% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 52,294,685 | 106,665,616 | -0.68% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 51,929,700 | 105,986,908 | -0.7% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 51,549,925 | 105,312,022 | -0.73% | -0.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Italy and Japan
|
Italy
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 84.2 years | 85.1 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 516 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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