The pie charts reveal age distributions in Yemen and Italy in 2000 with projections for 2050.
Overall, while both countries’ populations are forecast to age, that of Yemen will continue to be younger than that of Italy.
About half of Yemen’s population was under the age of 14, whereas this proportion is projected to decline significantly to 37.0%. The share of those aged 15-59, in comparison, is anticipated to increase roughly 10 percentage points to just over 57% in 2050, making this group the largest that year. The segment of those over 60 is also forecast to climb, to 5.7%.
Moving on to Italy, around a quarter of its population was already in the highest age bracket, and this figure is projected to rise dramatically to 42,3%. Those in the lowest age group, by contrast, only accounted for a small proportion of Italy’s population, at 14,3%. This number is estimated to drop even further, to only 11.5%. The proportion of 15-to-59-year-olds is also expected to experience a fall, from 61.6% to 46,2%.