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

0.0017 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.

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

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 Puerto Rico: Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita

Italy

0.251 units per person

in 2025

Puerto Rico

0.2527 units per person

in 2025

Italy rank

4th

Puerto Rico rank

3rd

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

Italy
Puerto Rico

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 0.2527 units per person against 0.251 units per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0017 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 4th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 217 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Puerto Rico	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.1013 units per person	0.0582 units per person	0.0431 units per person	Italy
1970s	0.1206 units per person	0.0741 units per person	0.0465 units per person	Italy
1980s	0.1351 units per person	0.0846 units per person	0.0504 units per person	Italy
1990s	0.1657 units per person	0.1035 units per person	0.0623 units per person	Italy
2000s	0.1941 units per person	0.135 units per person	0.0592 units per person	Italy
2010s	0.218 units per person	0.1828 units per person	0.0351 units per person	Italy
2020s	0.2415 units per person	0.2395 units per person	0.002 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 Puerto Rico?: Puerto Rico, at 0.2527 units per person against 0.251 units per person in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 65 and above, total, per capita between Italy and Puerto Rico?: 0.0017 units per person, with Puerto Rico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Puerto Rico?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Italy and Puerto Rico rank globally for population ages 65 and above, total, per capita?: Italy ranks 4th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd 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.