The four pie charts compare the proportion of populations in Yemen and Italy according to three different age groups in 2000, with the prediction of data for the year 2050.
Both countries’ average ages are expected to rise throughout time, with Italy having a significantly older population in both years. Yemen’s share of those aged 15 to 59 is predicted to increase dramatically, whilst Italy’s proportion of those aged 60 and more has grown the most.
In 2000, about half of the Yemeni population was under 14, compared to just 14% of Italians in the same age group. In Yemen, only 3.6% of the population was above the age of 60, compared to roughly one-quarter of the Italian population. The 15-59-year-old age group was the greatest in Italy, accounting for little more than 60%, while Yemen had 46.3% of its population in this category.
In 2050, it is anticipated that the number for the 60+ group in Italy would double to around 48% of the entire population, while the comparable proportion in Yemen will only rise significantly, reaching 5.7%. Meanwhile, the 15-59 age group in Italy is expected to decline from three-fifths to just over two-fifths, compared to a nearly 11% increase to 46.2% in Yemen. Following that, the proportion of Italians aged 14 and under will fall slightly to 11.5%, but it will drop dramatically in Yemen, by nearly a third to 37%.