Italy vs Japan: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Italy
1.24 births per woman
in 2022
Japan
1.2 births per woman
in 2023
Italy rank
30th
Japan rank
31st
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Italy
- Japan
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1.24 births per woman against 1.2 births per woman in Japan, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Japan ahead.
Italy ranks 30th and Japan ranks 31st of 34 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 4 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.36 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman | 0.1098 births per woman | Italy |
| 1960s | 2.57 births per woman | 2.03 births per woman | 0.539 births per woman | Italy |
| 1970s | 2.2 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman | 0.2253 births per woman | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.48 births per woman | 1.72 births per woman | 0.2396 births per woman | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.26 births per woman | 1.46 births per woman | 0.1993 births per woman | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 0.015 births per woman | Italy |
| 2010s | 1.37 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman | 0.0313 births per woman | Japan |
| 2020s | 1.25 births per woman | 1.29 births per woman | 0.0447 births per woman | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Italy or Japan?
- Italy, at 1.24 births per woman against 1.2 births per woman in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Italy and Japan?
- 0.04 births per woman, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2022.
- How do Italy and Japan rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Italy ranks 30th and Japan ranks 31st of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.