The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,986,023 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,790,597 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 172.4 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
- Italy is ranked the 25th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
- The countries together account for 0.72% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.2% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
- Since 2005, the population of Italy has increased from 58.2M people to 58.8M (1.07% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
- Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Italy vs Vanuatu: live population counter
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| Current population |
58790597
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341110
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| Population rank | 25/197 | 174/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 0.004% |
| One net population change |
1.18 hours
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1.19 hours
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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58.5 minutes
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| One death every |
47.7 seconds
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5.38 hours
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| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
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1.21 weeks
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| Annual migration change | +95,246 | -43 |
| Daily growth/decline | -20 | +20 |
| Annual growth/decline | -7,452 | +7,368 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.01% | +2.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 166/197 | 40/197 |
Italy and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 64,431 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 66,264 | 0.67% | 2.84% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 68,174 | 0.68% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 70,159 | 0.73% | 2.91% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 72,219 | 0.83% | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 74,358 | 0.85% | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 76,590 | 0.78% | 3% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 78,921 | 0.73% | 3.04% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 81,314 | 0.63% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 83,755 | 0.57% | 3% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 86,266 | 0.53% | 3% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 88,862 | 0.47% | 3.01% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 91,562 | 0.57% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 94,362 | 0.68% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 97,260 | 0.66% | 3.07% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 100,269 | 0.6% | 3.09% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 103,388 | 0.5% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 106,618 | 0.43% | 3.12% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 109,963 | 0.36% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 113,040 | 0.29% | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 115,660 | 0.21% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 118,249 | 0.12% | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 121,035 | 0.07% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 123,998 | 0.04% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 127,109 | 0.02% | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 130,356 | 0.03% | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 133,720 | 0.005% | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 137,187 | 0.01% | 2.59% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 140,756 | 0.05% | 2.6% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 144,393 | 0.08% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 148,063 | 0.08% | 2.54% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 151,793 | 0.07% | 2.52% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 155,608 | 0.07% | 2.51% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 159,463 | 0.06% | 2.48% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 163,314 | 0.02% | 2.41% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 167,137 | 0.002% | 2.34% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 170,911 | 0.03% | 2.26% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 174,626 | 0.05% | 2.17% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 178,313 | 0.03% | 2.11% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 182,048 | 0.02% | 2.09% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 186,281 | 0.05% | 2.33% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 191,031 | 0.06% | 2.55% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 195,863 | 0.2% | 2.53% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 200,746 | 0.54% | 2.49% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 205,711 | 0.75% | 2.47% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 210,760 | 0.59% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 215,923 | 0.4% | 2.45% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 221,276 | 0.61% | 2.48% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 226,896 | 0.77% | 2.54% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 232,731 | 0.58% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 238,248 | 0.44% | 2.37% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 243,474 | 0.35% | 2.19% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 248,883 | 0.27% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 254,482 | 0.2% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 260,240 | 0.02% | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 266,101 | -0.15% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 272,087 | -0.19% | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 278,507 | -0.19% | 2.36% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 285,259 | 0.24% | 2.42% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 291,985 | -0.7% | 2.36% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 298,858 | -0.49% | 2.35% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 305,868 | -0.51% | 2.35% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 313,046 | -0.2% | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 58,993,475 | 320,409 | -0.03% | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 58,986,023 | 327,777 | -0.01% | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 58,790,597 | 335,169 | -0.33% | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 58,571,823 | 342,565 | -0.37% | 2.21% |
| 2027 | 58,335,864 | 349,970 | -0.4% | 2.16% |
| 2028 | 58,094,373 | 357,397 | -0.41% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 57,851,042 | 364,883 | -0.42% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 57,597,622 | 372,429 | -0.44% | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 57,333,277 | 380,015 | -0.46% | 2.04% |
| 2032 | 57,071,235 | 387,657 | -0.46% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 56,812,747 | 395,366 | -0.45% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 56,548,816 | 403,188 | -0.46% | 1.98% |
| 2035 | 56,279,536 | 411,061 | -0.48% | 1.95% |
| 2036 | 56,009,844 | 419,006 | -0.48% | 1.93% |
| 2037 | 55,737,477 | 427,031 | -0.49% | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 55,460,735 | 435,150 | -0.5% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 55,177,508 | 443,311 | -0.51% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 54,889,107 | 451,509 | -0.52% | 1.85% |
| 2041 | 54,601,628 | 459,733 | -0.52% | 1.82% |
| 2042 | 54,307,412 | 468,003 | -0.54% | 1.8% |
| 2043 | 53,997,106 | 476,308 | -0.57% | 1.77% |
| 2044 | 53,679,603 | 484,636 | -0.59% | 1.75% |
| 2045 | 53,357,669 | 492,989 | -0.6% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 53,025,288 | 501,316 | -0.62% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 52,680,150 | 509,621 | -0.65% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 52,324,241 | 517,889 | -0.68% | 1.62% |
| 2049 | 51,959,050 | 526,138 | -0.7% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 51,579,060 | 534,374 | -0.73% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.
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Population differences between Italy and Vanuatu
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| Life expectancy | 84 years | 71.8 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 21.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.6 births per woman |
| Population density | 517 ppl/mi² | 69.6 ppl/mi² |
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