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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Spain	Italy	Spain
1960	50,199,700	30,455,000	-	-
1961	50,536,350	30,739,250	0.67%	0.93%
1962	50,879,450	31,023,366	0.68%	0.92%
1963	51,252,000	31,296,651	0.73%	0.88%
1964	51,675,350	31,609,195	0.83%	1%
1965	52,112,350	31,954,292	0.85%	1.09%
1966	52,519,000	32,283,194	0.78%	1.03%
1967	52,900,500	32,682,947	0.73%	1.24%
1968	53,235,750	33,113,134	0.63%	1.32%
1969	53,537,950	33,441,054	0.57%	0.99%
1970	53,821,850	33,814,531	0.53%	1.12%
1971	54,073,490	34,224,490	0.47%	1.21%
1972	54,381,345	34,604,469	0.57%	1.11%
1973	54,751,406	34,988,947	0.68%	1.11%
1974	55,110,868	35,373,335	0.66%	1.1%
1975	55,441,001	35,757,900	0.6%	1.09%
1976	55,718,260	36,137,812	0.5%	1.06%
1977	55,955,411	36,511,638	0.43%	1.03%
1978	56,155,143	36,864,898	0.36%	0.97%
1979	56,317,749	37,191,330	0.29%	0.89%
1980	56,433,883	37,491,165	0.21%	0.81%
1981	56,501,675	37,758,631	0.12%	0.71%
1982	56,543,548	37,986,012	0.07%	0.6%
1983	56,564,074	38,171,525	0.04%	0.49%
1984	56,576,718	38,330,364	0.02%	0.42%
1985	56,593,071	38,469,512	0.03%	0.36%
1986	56,596,155	38,584,624	0.005%	0.3%
1987	56,601,931	38,684,815	0.01%	0.26%
1988	56,629,288	38,766,939	0.05%	0.21%
1989	56,671,781	38,827,764	0.08%	0.16%
1990	56,719,240	38,867,322	0.08%	0.1%
1991	56,758,521	38,966,376	0.07%	0.25%
1992	56,797,087	39,157,685	0.07%	0.49%
1993	56,831,821	39,361,262	0.06%	0.52%
1994	56,843,400	39,549,108	0.02%	0.48%
1995	56,844,303	39,724,050	0.002%	0.44%
1996	56,860,281	39,889,852	0.03%	0.42%
1997	56,890,372	40,057,389	0.05%	0.42%
1998	56,906,744	40,223,509	0.03%	0.41%
1999	56,916,317	40,386,875	0.02%	0.41%
2000	56,942,108	40,567,864	0.05%	0.45%
2001	56,976,981	40,850,412	0.06%	0.7%
2002	57,089,824	41,431,558	0.2%	1.42%
2003	57,399,184	42,187,645	0.54%	1.82%
2004	57,828,179	42,921,895	0.75%	1.74%
2005	58,166,682	43,653,155	0.59%	1.7%
2006	58,399,861	44,397,319	0.4%	1.7%
2007	58,756,247	45,226,803	0.61%	1.87%
2008	59,211,181	45,954,106	0.77%	1.61%
2009	59,555,454	46,362,946	0.58%	0.89%
2010	59,819,407	46,576,897	0.44%	0.46%
2011	60,026,841	46,742,697	0.35%	0.36%
2012	60,191,247	46,773,055	0.27%	0.06%
2013	60,311,613	46,604,197	0.2%	-0.36%
2014	60,320,707	46,460,733	0.02%	-0.31%
2015	60,229,605	46,422,303	-0.15%	-0.08%
2016	60,115,223	46,458,139	-0.19%	0.08%
2017	60,002,252	46,571,232	-0.19%	0.24%
2018	60,148,658	46,782,011	0.24%	0.45%
2019	59,729,081	47,118,501	-0.7%	0.72%
2020	59,438,851	47,359,424	-0.49%	0.51%
2021	59,133,173	47,443,821	-0.51%	0.18%
2022	59,013,667	47,786,102	-0.2%	0.72%
2023	58,993,475	48,347,910	-0.03%	1.18%
2024	58,986,023	48,807,137	-0.01%	0.95%
2025	58,790,597	48,786,181	-0.33%	-0.04%
2026	58,571,823	48,746,279	-0.37%	-0.08%
2027	58,335,864	48,696,847	-0.4%	-0.1%
2028	58,094,373	48,642,132	-0.41%	-0.11%
2029	57,851,042	48,578,166	-0.42%	-0.13%
2030	57,597,622	48,501,513	-0.44%	-0.16%
2031	57,333,277	48,412,854	-0.46%	-0.18%
2032	57,071,235	48,321,195	-0.46%	-0.19%
2033	56,812,747	48,230,054	-0.45%	-0.19%
2034	56,548,816	48,136,421	-0.46%	-0.19%
2035	56,279,536	48,036,650	-0.48%	-0.21%
2036	56,009,844	47,929,957	-0.48%	-0.22%
2037	55,737,477	47,819,257	-0.49%	-0.23%
2038	55,460,735	47,706,580	-0.5%	-0.24%
2039	55,177,508	47,588,878	-0.51%	-0.25%
2040	54,889,107	47,463,597	-0.52%	-0.26%
2041	54,601,628	47,332,618	-0.52%	-0.28%
2042	54,307,412	47,194,588	-0.54%	-0.29%
2043	53,997,106	47,052,293	-0.57%	-0.3%
2044	53,679,603	46,902,636	-0.59%	-0.32%
2045	53,357,669	46,738,565	-0.6%	-0.35%
2046	53,025,288	46,564,383	-0.62%	-0.37%
2047	52,680,150	46,381,681	-0.65%	-0.39%
2048	52,324,241	46,190,642	-0.68%	-0.41%
2049	51,959,050	45,985,428	-0.7%	-0.44%
2050	51,579,060	45,769,362	-0.73%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.