Population in Italy compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Italy and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	United States	Italy	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	50,199,700	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	50,536,350	183,691,481	0.67%	1.67%
1962	50,879,450	186,537,737	0.68%	1.55%
1963	51,252,000	189,241,798	0.73%	1.45%
1964	51,675,350	191,888,791	0.83%	1.4%
1965	52,112,350	194,302,963	0.85%	1.26%
1966	52,519,000	196,560,338	0.78%	1.16%
1967	52,900,500	198,712,056	0.73%	1.09%
1968	53,235,750	200,706,052	0.63%	1%
1969	53,537,950	202,676,946	0.57%	0.98%
1970	53,821,850	205,052,174	0.53%	1.17%
1971	54,073,490	207,660,677	0.47%	1.27%
1972	54,381,345	209,896,021	0.57%	1.08%
1973	54,751,406	211,908,788	0.68%	0.96%
1974	55,110,868	213,853,928	0.66%	0.92%
1975	55,441,001	215,973,199	0.6%	0.99%
1976	55,718,260	218,035,164	0.5%	0.95%
1977	55,955,411	220,239,425	0.43%	1.01%
1978	56,155,143	222,584,545	0.36%	1.06%
1979	56,317,749	225,055,487	0.29%	1.11%
1980	56,433,883	226,542,250	0.21%	0.66%
1981	56,501,675	229,465,744	0.12%	1.29%
1982	56,543,548	231,664,432	0.07%	0.96%
1983	56,564,074	233,792,014	0.04%	0.92%
1984	56,576,718	235,824,908	0.02%	0.87%
1985	56,593,071	237,923,734	0.03%	0.89%
1986	56,596,155	240,132,831	0.005%	0.93%
1987	56,601,931	242,288,936	0.01%	0.9%
1988	56,629,288	244,499,004	0.05%	0.91%
1989	56,671,781	246,819,222	0.08%	0.95%
1990	56,719,240	250,131,894	0.08%	1.34%
1991	56,758,521	253,492,503	0.07%	1.34%
1992	56,797,087	256,894,189	0.07%	1.34%
1993	56,831,821	260,255,352	0.06%	1.31%
1994	56,843,400	263,435,673	0.02%	1.22%
1995	56,844,303	266,557,091	0.002%	1.18%
1996	56,860,281	269,667,391	0.03%	1.17%
1997	56,890,372	272,911,760	0.05%	1.2%
1998	56,906,744	276,115,288	0.03%	1.17%
1999	56,916,317	279,294,713	0.02%	1.15%
2000	56,942,108	282,162,411	0.05%	1.03%
2001	56,976,981	284,968,955	0.06%	0.99%
2002	57,089,824	287,625,193	0.2%	0.93%
2003	57,399,184	290,107,933	0.54%	0.86%
2004	57,828,179	292,805,298	0.75%	0.93%
2005	58,166,682	295,516,599	0.59%	0.93%
2006	58,399,861	298,379,912	0.4%	0.97%
2007	58,756,247	301,231,207	0.61%	0.96%
2008	59,211,181	304,093,966	0.77%	0.95%
2009	59,555,454	306,771,529	0.58%	0.88%
2010	59,819,407	309,327,143	0.44%	0.83%
2011	60,026,841	311,583,481	0.35%	0.73%
2012	60,191,247	313,877,662	0.27%	0.74%
2013	60,311,613	316,059,947	0.2%	0.7%
2014	60,320,707	318,386,329	0.02%	0.74%
2015	60,229,605	320,738,994	-0.15%	0.74%
2016	60,115,223	323,071,755	-0.19%	0.73%
2017	60,002,252	325,122,128	-0.19%	0.63%
2018	60,148,658	326,838,199	0.24%	0.53%
2019	59,729,081	328,329,953	-0.7%	0.46%
2020	59,438,851	331,526,933	-0.49%	0.97%
2021	59,133,173	331,893,745	-0.51%	0.11%
2022	59,013,667	333,271,411	-0.2%	0.42%
2023	58,993,475	334,914,895	-0.03%	0.49%
2024	58,986,023	340,110,988	-0.01%	1.55%
2025	58,790,597	341,931,772	-0.33%	0.54%
2026	58,571,823	343,664,369	-0.37%	0.51%
2027	58,335,864	345,331,185	-0.4%	0.49%
2028	58,094,373	346,981,137	-0.41%	0.48%
2029	57,851,042	348,601,982	-0.42%	0.47%
2030	57,597,622	350,176,974	-0.44%	0.45%
2031	57,333,277	351,725,612	-0.46%	0.44%
2032	57,071,235	353,249,060	-0.46%	0.43%
2033	56,812,747	354,749,644	-0.45%	0.42%
2034	56,548,816	356,234,239	-0.46%	0.42%
2035	56,279,536	357,694,316	-0.48%	0.41%
2036	56,009,844	359,119,002	-0.48%	0.4%
2037	55,737,477	360,517,853	-0.49%	0.39%
2038	55,460,735	361,895,407	-0.5%	0.38%
2039	55,177,508	363,229,908	-0.51%	0.37%
2040	54,889,107	364,512,364	-0.52%	0.35%
2041	54,601,628	365,753,139	-0.52%	0.34%
2042	54,307,412	366,969,419	-0.54%	0.33%
2043	53,997,106	368,146,925	-0.57%	0.32%
2044	53,679,603	369,258,123	-0.59%	0.3%
2045	53,357,669	370,318,770	-0.6%	0.29%
2046	53,025,288	371,328,255	-0.62%	0.27%
2047	52,680,150	372,299,116	-0.65%	0.26%
2048	52,324,241	373,230,539	-0.68%	0.25%
2049	51,959,050	374,119,803	-0.7%	0.24%
2050	51,579,060	374,986,259	-0.73%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.