What is the difference in population ages 65 and above, total, per capita between Italy and Portugal?

0.0016 units per person, with Italy ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Portugal: Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita

Italy

0.251 units per person

in 2025

Portugal

0.2494 units per person

in 2025

Italy rank

4th

Portugal rank

5th

Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita over time

Italy
Portugal

How they compare

Italy currently reports 0.251 units per person against 0.2494 units per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0016 units per person.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 5th of 217 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1013 units per person	0.0849 units per person	0.0164 units per person	Italy
1970s	0.1206 units per person	0.1027 units per person	0.0179 units per person	Italy
1980s	0.1351 units per person	0.1205 units per person	0.0146 units per person	Italy
1990s	0.1657 units per person	0.1479 units per person	0.0178 units per person	Italy
2000s	0.1941 units per person	0.1714 units per person	0.0227 units per person	Italy
2010s	0.218 units per person	0.2037 units per person	0.0142 units per person	Italy
2020s	0.2415 units per person	0.239 units per person	0.0025 units per person	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 65 and above, total, per capita, Italy or Portugal?: Italy, at 0.251 units per person against 0.2494 units per person in Portugal as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 65 and above, total, per capita between Italy and Portugal?: 0.0016 units per person, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Portugal?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Italy and Portugal rank globally for population ages 65 and above, total, per capita?: Italy ranks 4th and Portugal ranks 5th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 265 places, 17,460 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Population ages 65 and above, total divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.