Which has higher population ages 80 and above, male, Italy or Japan?

Japan, at 4.93 million against 1.80 million in Italy as of 2025.

What is the difference in population ages 80 and above, male between Italy and Japan?

3.13 million, with Japan ahead.

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

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

Where does this data come from?

World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as Population ages 80 and above, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Japan: Population ages 80 and above, male

Italy

1.80 million

in 2025

Japan

4.93 million

in 2025

Italy rank

6th

Japan rank

4th

Population ages 80 and above, male over time

Italy
Japan

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4.93 million against 1.80 million in Italy, a difference of 3.13 million.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.7 times Italy's.

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

Italy ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	324,408	256,633	67,775	Italy
1970s	380,364	424,640	44,276	Japan
1980s	479,427	780,908	301,481	Japan
1990s	717,643	1.27 million	548,229	Japan
2000s	948,362	2.04 million	1.09 million	Japan
2010s	1.41 million	3.45 million	2.04 million	Japan
2020s	1.73 million	4.67 million	2.94 million	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population ages 80 and above, male, Italy or Japan?: Japan, at 4.93 million against 1.80 million in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in population ages 80 and above, male between Italy and Japan?: 3.13 million, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Italy and Japan rank globally for population ages 80 and above, male?: Italy ranks 6th and Japan ranks 4th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, published as Population ages 80 and above, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Italy vs Japan: Population ages 80 and above, male. Statizoid, drawing on World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-80-and-above-male/italy/japan/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/population-ages-80-and-above-male/italy/japan/">Italy vs Japan: Population ages 80 and above, male</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population ages 80 and above, male
Source: World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 262 places, 17,262 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Male population between the ages 80 and above.