The charts below show the age distributions of Yemen’s and Italy’s populations in 2000 and those expected in 2050.
While children and adults took up a major proportion of population in Yemen in 2000, a considerable part of population in Italy was elderly in the same year. In Yemen, the percentages of children who aged under 14 and of adults who aged between 15 and 59 were 50.1% and 46.3% respectively, with the figure for elderly people over the age of 60 remaining only 3.6%. In contrast, the percentage of elderly people was remarkably higher (24.1%) and that of the children was significantly lower (14.3%) in Italy.
This pattern will even reinforce itself according to the projections for 2050, as there will be a larger portion of population entering the stages of adulthood in Yemen and old age in Italy. In 2050, it is predicted that the population in their adulthood will increase steadily to 57.3% in Yemen, and the proportion of children will drop to 37.0%. Meanwhile, Italy will see the percentage of elderly people expanding drastically to 42.3% in 2050, when those of adults and children will decline further to 46.2% and 11.5% respectively.
Overall, although adults took up the largest part of population in both countries in 2000, it is projected that in 2050 the population will age more severely in Italy than that of Yemen.