These pie charts compare the ages of the population in 2000 with that in 2050 of Yemen and Italy.
Overall, it is noticeable that people aged from 15 to 59 account for a big share in Yemen and Italy. Almost half of the population in Yemen was children under 14 years and by contrast, a large proportion of the population in Italy will be older people above 60 in 2050.
Looking at the details, the young adults between 15 and 59 years old accounted for a big share in Yemen and Italy in 2000 at 46.3% and 61.6, respectively. However, by 2050 there will be a increase of this figure to 57.3% for Yemen and conversely a decrease for Italy to 46.2%.
Older people above 60 years old took up a small share in Yemen, only 3.6% in 2000. By 2050 this figure will increase slightly to 5.7%. By contrast, 24.1% of the population of Italy was older people above 60 years old and this figure will climb to 42.3% in 2050. In 2000 nearly half of the population of Yemen was children under 14 whereas only 14.3% of the people in Italy was children. The figures of the two countries will both decrease, from 50.1% in 2000 to 37% in 2050 and from 14.3% in 2000 to 11.5% in 2050.
