In 2025, the average age of the population in Italy is estimated to be **** years. This figure constantly rose over the last decade. In 2010, the mean age was **** years, steadily growing in the following years. Recent studies indicate that the median age is projected to increase in the future as well. By 2050, it could reach **** years. Few births over the past years Italy has the highest share of the elderly population in Europe. In 2023, ** percent of the Italian inhabitants were aged 65 years and over. One of the main reasons for the population aging is the low number of births recorded in the past years. In fact, Italy counted about *** births every 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, the lowest figure recorded since 2002 at least. Longer lifespan In addition to a low birth rate, Italy is among the countries with the highest life expectancy worldwide. In 2024, life expectancy at birth for Italian women was **** years, whereas Italian men could expect to live up to **** years. A longer life expectancy combined with fewer births explain why the average age of Italian inhabitants has been rising recently.

The population of Italy is getting older every year, becoming one of the oldest ones in the world. In 2025, the average age of the Italian population was 46.8 years, 3.4 years more than the average age registered in 2010. However, the age differs significantly depending on the region. According to the most recent data for 2025, the “oldest” citizens of the Italian peninsula live in the region of Liguria, with an average age 49.6 years, whereas the youngest are in Campania, 44.5 years on average. Women live longer than men The difference in the average age of the population can be observed not only on a regional basis, but also between genders. In 2021, Italian women were on average roughly three years older than men. When it comes to the life expectancy, data confirm the longevity of Italian women. In fact, females in Italy are expected to live on average about four years longer than men. The Old Continent In 2024, Europe was the continent with the highest share of population older than 65 years. Whereas the worldwide percentage of the population over 65 years was of ten percent, the percentage of elderly people in the Old Continent reached 20 percent.

The statistic depicts the median age in Italy from 1950 to 2100. The median age of a population is an index that divides the population into two equal groups: half of the population is older than the median age and the other half younger. In 2020, the median age of Italy's population was 46.4 years.

In 2025, the youngest population lives in the south of Italy. Indeed, the average age in the southern regions stands at 45.9 years. On the contrary, Italians living in central Italy and in the north-west are the oldest nationwide. Regional data on births show that the southern regions record the highest birth rates in the country.

Italy life expectancy for 2025 is 84.26, a 0.15% increase from 2024.

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<li>Italy life expectancy for 2024 was <strong>84.13</strong>, a <strong>0.15% increase</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Italy life expectancy for 2023 was <strong>84.00</strong>, a <strong>0.17% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Italy life expectancy for 2022 was <strong>83.86</strong>, a <strong>0.17% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

The average age of mothers at childbirth in Italy stood at 32.6 years as of 2024. Sicily and Trentino-South Tyrol had the youngest mothers nationwide, while lazio, Basilicata, and Sardinia had the oldest.

In 2020, the median age of the Italian population tood at 47.3 years. The median age is the age that divides a population into two numerically equal groups. This means that in 2020 half the people were younger than 47.3 years old and half were older. Italy's median age has been increasing in the last decades. Currently, Italy ranks among the countries with the largest percentage of elderly population in the world.

Retirement Age Men in Italy remained unchanged at 67 Years in 2025 from 67 Years in 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Italy Retirement Age - Men - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The average age of Italy's population is around 45.7 years. More specifically, as of 2019, the average age for females was 47.05 years, whereas those of males was by almost three years lower (44.25 years).

In 2023, the average age of men in Italy at their first marriage was 36.9 years. In the north-Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, the average age of grooms was almost 40 years, the highest figure in the country. On the contrary, the mean age of men at their first marriage was the lowest in the southern regions of Campania, Sicily, and Calabria. Male residents in the south got married at 35.1 years on average.

This line chart displays median age (year) by date using the aggregation average, weighted by population in Italy. The data is about countries per year.

IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data was reported at 21.300 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.369 % for 2016. IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data is updated yearly, averaging 25.099 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.419 % in 1973 and a record low of 21.140 % in 2002. IT: Age Dependency Ratio: % of Working-Age Population: Young data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Italy – Table IT.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average;

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The dataset tabulates the Italy household income by age. The dataset can be utilized to understand the age-based income distribution of Italy income.

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Please note: The 2020 1-Year ACS estimates data was not reported by the Census Bureau due to the impact on survey collection and analysis caused by COVID-19. Consequently, median household income data for 2020 is unavailable for large cities (population 65,000 and above).

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Italy - Youth employment rate, age group 20-29 was 49.20% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Italy - Youth employment rate, age group 20-29 - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Italy - Youth employment rate, age group 20-29 reached a record high of 54.30% in December of 2006 and a record low of 40.00% in December of 2014.

In 2023, the average age of Italian women at first marriage was ***years. From a regional perspective, the highest average age was recorded in Emilia-Romagna, where the average age of the bride reached around ** years. Emilia-Romagna was also the region with the oldest grooms in the country. A male inhabitant of the region could get married at the average age of almost ** years. On the contrary, women from the southern regions got married earlier, at ***5 years. Every year less marriages Over the last decade, the marriage rate in Italy has steadily decreased. In 2006, there were about *** marriages celebrated per 1,000 inhabitants, more than one wedding more in comparison with the figures from 2023. Why do not Italians get married? When asked about the cause of not getting married, about ** percent of the Italian respondents who already lived with their partner replied that they do not believe in marriage. Roughly ** percent of them never felt the need to walk down the aisle. On the other hand, around ** percent of the interviewees declared that they would get married in the near future.

This scatter chart displays median age (year) against male population (people) in Italy. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

In 2024, the estimated average age of mothers at childbirth in Italy was 32.6 years. According to data, the average age of mothers at childbirth was 33 years in central Italy, the highest in the country. Instead, in the southern regions, mothers gave birth to their first child when aged about 32.4 years.

In 2025, 24.7 percent of the total population in Italy is estimated to be 65 years and older. According to data, the share of elderly people in the Italian society has been growing constantly since 2009. Consequently, the share of young population experienced a decrease in the last years. As a result, the average age of Italians has risen. In 2011, it was 43.6 years, whereas in 2024 it was estimated to be 46.8 years. The oldest country in Europe Italy and Portugal are the European countries with the largest percentage of elderly citizens. In 2024, 24 percent of the total population was aged 65 years and older. Bulgaria and Finland followed in the ranking, while Azerbaijan had the lowest share of elder population, less than ten percent. An increasingly longer lifespan might provide an explanation for such a high share of citizens over 65 years in Italy. The Republic ranks among the countries with the highest life expectancy worldwide. In Europe, only people in Switzerland and Spain can expect to live longer. Fewer babies than ever The share of young people is getting slimmer, not only because the elderly are living longer than ever before. In fact, Italians are having fewer children compared to previous years. The birth rate in the country has been constantly decreasing: in 2024, only 6.3 babies were born per 1,000 inhabitants, three children less than in 2010. In the south of Italy, in 2023 the birth rate stood at 6.7 infants per 1,000 inhabitants, whereas in central Italy this figure reached only 5.8, the highest and lowest rates in the country, respectively.

In 2023, approximately 273 thousand individuals were treated in mental health wards in Italy for the first time during that year. This statistic shows the average age of new patients diagnosed with severe mental health problems, by diagnosis. The average age for all disorders was over 39 years. In particular, new patients diagnosed with depression were on average 52.6 years old. It comes with no surprise that the most represented age group among new mental health patients was the one comprising people between 45 and 54 years old.

Monaco is the country with the highest median age in the world. The population has a median age of around 57 years, which is around six years more than in Japan and Saint Pierre and Miquelon – the other countries that make up the top three. Southern European countries make up a large part of the top 20, with Italy, Slovenia, Greece, San Marino, Andorra, and Croatia all making the list. Low infant mortality means higher life expectancy Monaco and Japan also have the lowest infant mortality rates in the world, which contributes to the calculation of a higher life expectancy because fewer people are dying in the first years of life. Indeed, many of the nations with a high median age also feature on the list of countries with the highest average life expectancy, such as San Marino, Japan, Italy, and Lichtenstein. Demographics of islands and small countries Many smaller countries and island nations have populations with a high median age, such as Guernsey and the Isle of Man, which are both island territories within the British Isles. An explanation for this could be that younger people leave to seek work or education opportunities, while others choose to relocate there for retirement.