Population in Italy compared to Portugal: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Italy and Portugal: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Portugal	Italy	Portugal
1960	50,199,700	8,857,716	-	-
1961	50,536,350	8,929,316	0.67%	0.81%
1962	50,879,450	8,993,985	0.68%	0.72%
1963	51,252,000	9,030,355	0.73%	0.4%
1964	51,675,350	9,035,365	0.83%	0.06%
1965	52,112,350	8,998,595	0.85%	-0.41%
1966	52,519,000	8,930,990	0.78%	-0.75%
1967	52,900,500	8,874,520	0.73%	-0.63%
1968	53,235,750	8,836,650	0.63%	-0.43%
1969	53,537,950	8,757,705	0.57%	-0.89%
1970	53,821,850	8,680,431	0.53%	-0.88%
1971	54,073,490	8,643,756	0.47%	-0.42%
1972	54,381,345	8,630,430	0.57%	-0.15%
1973	54,751,406	8,633,100	0.68%	0.03%
1974	55,110,868	8,754,365	0.66%	1.4%
1975	55,441,001	9,093,470	0.6%	3.87%
1976	55,718,260	9,355,810	0.5%	2.88%
1977	55,955,411	9,455,675	0.43%	1.07%
1978	56,155,143	9,558,250	0.36%	1.08%
1979	56,317,749	9,661,265	0.29%	1.08%
1980	56,433,883	9,766,312	0.21%	1.09%
1981	56,501,675	9,851,362	0.12%	0.87%
1982	56,543,548	9,911,771	0.07%	0.61%
1983	56,564,074	9,957,865	0.04%	0.47%
1984	56,576,718	9,996,232	0.02%	0.39%
1985	56,593,071	10,023,613	0.03%	0.27%
1986	56,596,155	10,032,734	0.005%	0.09%
1987	56,601,931	10,030,031	0.01%	-0.03%
1988	56,629,288	10,019,610	0.05%	-0.1%
1989	56,671,781	10,005,000	0.08%	-0.15%
1990	56,719,240	9,983,218	0.08%	-0.22%
1991	56,758,521	9,960,235	0.07%	-0.23%
1992	56,797,087	9,952,494	0.07%	-0.08%
1993	56,831,821	9,964,675	0.06%	0.12%
1994	56,843,400	9,991,525	0.02%	0.27%
1995	56,844,303	10,026,176	0.002%	0.35%
1996	56,860,281	10,063,945	0.03%	0.38%
1997	56,890,372	10,108,977	0.05%	0.45%
1998	56,906,744	10,160,196	0.03%	0.51%
1999	56,916,317	10,217,828	0.02%	0.57%
2000	56,942,108	10,289,898	0.05%	0.71%
2001	56,976,981	10,362,722	0.06%	0.71%
2002	57,089,824	10,419,631	0.2%	0.55%
2003	57,399,184	10,458,821	0.54%	0.38%
2004	57,828,179	10,483,861	0.75%	0.24%
2005	58,166,682	10,503,330	0.59%	0.19%
2006	58,399,861	10,522,288	0.4%	0.18%
2007	58,756,247	10,542,964	0.61%	0.2%
2008	59,211,181	10,558,177	0.77%	0.14%
2009	59,555,454	10,568,247	0.58%	0.1%
2010	59,819,407	10,573,100	0.44%	0.05%
2011	60,026,841	10,557,560	0.35%	-0.15%
2012	60,191,247	10,514,844	0.27%	-0.4%
2013	60,311,613	10,457,295	0.2%	-0.55%
2014	60,320,707	10,401,062	0.02%	-0.54%
2015	60,229,605	10,358,076	-0.15%	-0.41%
2016	60,115,223	10,325,452	-0.19%	-0.31%
2017	60,002,252	10,300,300	-0.19%	-0.24%
2018	60,148,658	10,283,822	0.24%	-0.16%
2019	59,729,081	10,286,263	-0.7%	0.02%
2020	59,438,851	10,297,081	-0.49%	0.11%
2021	59,133,173	10,361,831	-0.51%	0.63%
2022	59,013,667	10,434,332	-0.2%	0.7%
2023	58,984,216	10,578,174	-0.05%	1.38%
2024	58,952,704	10,694,681	-0.05%	1.1%
2025	58,757,388	10,680,873	-0.33%	-0.13%
2026	58,538,738	10,663,982	-0.37%	-0.16%
2027	58,302,912	10,646,150	-0.4%	-0.17%
2028	58,061,557	10,625,957	-0.41%	-0.19%
2029	57,818,364	10,604,587	-0.42%	-0.2%
2030	57,565,087	10,584,552	-0.44%	-0.19%
2031	57,300,892	10,564,548	-0.46%	-0.19%
2032	57,038,998	10,542,600	-0.46%	-0.21%
2033	56,780,656	10,519,640	-0.45%	-0.22%
2034	56,516,874	10,496,056	-0.46%	-0.22%
2035	56,247,746	10,472,033	-0.48%	-0.23%
2036	55,978,207	10,447,836	-0.48%	-0.23%
2037	55,705,993	10,423,350	-0.49%	-0.23%
2038	55,429,408	10,398,185	-0.5%	-0.24%
2039	55,146,340	10,371,223	-0.51%	-0.26%
2040	54,858,102	10,342,789	-0.52%	-0.27%
2041	54,570,785	10,314,869	-0.52%	-0.27%
2042	54,276,735	10,287,416	-0.54%	-0.27%
2043	53,966,605	10,257,925	-0.57%	-0.29%
2044	53,649,281	10,226,892	-0.59%	-0.3%
2045	53,327,530	10,195,202	-0.6%	-0.31%
2046	52,995,336	10,162,323	-0.62%	-0.32%
2047	52,650,393	10,128,572	-0.65%	-0.33%
2048	52,294,685	10,094,854	-0.68%	-0.33%
2049	51,929,700	10,059,522	-0.7%	-0.35%
2050	51,549,925	10,022,734	-0.73%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.