Italy vs Japan: Fertility rate, total
Italy
1.18 births per woman
in 2024
Japan
1.15 births per woman
in 2024
Italy rank
201st
Japan rank
204th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Italy
- Japan
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1.18 births per woman against 1.15 births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 201st and Japan ranks 204th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.51 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman | 0.488 births per woman | Italy |
| 1970s | 2.14 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman | 0.168 births per woman | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.45 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 0.273 births per woman | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.24 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman | 0.204 births per woman | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 0.013 births per woman | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.37 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman | 0.045 births per woman | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.22 births per woman | 1.25 births per woman | 0.024 births per woman | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Italy or Japan?
- Italy, at 1.18 births per woman against 1.15 births per woman in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Italy and Japan?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Japan rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Italy ranks 201st and Japan ranks 204th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.