Australia vs Italy
Australia vs Italy: Net migration rate
Net migration rate in 2023: 5.3 per 1,000 people in Australia and 2.5 per 1,000 people in Italy, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Australia, by 2.8 per 1,000 people, or 2.1 times that in Italy.
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- Australia has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Italy.
- In 2023, Australia ranked 37 and Italy ranked 60 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Australia at 4.4 per 1,000 people and Italy at 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2100.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Australia | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.3 | 2.5 |
| 2022 | 5.4 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 1.7 | 1.4 |
| 2019 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| 2018 | 9 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 10.3 | 1.6 |
| 2016 | 10.5 | 1.4 |
| 2015 | 8.9 | 0.7 |
| 2014 | 8.5 | 0.9 |
| 2013 | 9.3 | 2.6 |
| 2012 | 10.3 | 4.2 |
| 2011 | 8.8 | 3.3 |
| 2010 | 7.5 | 4.6 |
| 2009 | 10.8 | 4.7 |
| 2008 | 12.9 | 7.1 |
| 2007 | 11.9 | 8.4 |
| 2006 | 9.3 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 6.5 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| 2003 | 5.3 | 8.3 |
| 2002 | 5.6 | 3.9 |
| 2001 | 6.1 | 0.9 |
| 2000 | 5.8 | 1 |
| 1999 | 4.9 | 1 |
| 1998 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| 1997 | 3.7 | 0.9 |
| 1996 | 4.5 | 0.9 |
| 1995 | 4.4 | -8 |
| 1994 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
| 1993 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| 1992 | 2.3 | 0.9 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0.3 |
| 1990 | 5.8 | 0.6 |
| 1989 | 8.5 | 0.3 |
| 1988 | 9.2 | 0.3 |
| 1987 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| 1986 | 7 | -0.1 |
| 1985 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| 1984 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
| 1982 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| 1981 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| 1980 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 1979 | 3.6 | 0.8 |
| 1978 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| 1977 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| 1976 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| 1975 | 1.8 | 0.8 |
| 1974 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| 1973 | 4.7 | 0.8 |
| 1972 | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| 1971 | 17.2 | -1.1 |
| 1970 | 20.3 | -1.2 |
| 1969 | 8.9 | -0.9 |
| 1968 | 8.4 | -1 |
| 1967 | 6.9 | -0.7 |
| 1966 | 9.6 | -0.7 |
| 1965 | 10.5 | -0.7 |
| 1964 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| 1963 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| 1962 | 5.4 | -0.5 |
| 1961 | 6.1 | -2.6 |
| 1960 | 8.3 | -2.8 |
| 1959 | 8 | -3 |
| 1958 | 7.3 | -3 |
| 1957 | 7.8 | -2.9 |
| 1956 | 10 | -2.9 |
| 1955 | 10.3 | -2.8 |
| 1954 | 8 | -2.8 |
| 1953 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 1952 | 8.9 | -2.8 |
| 1951 | 13.9 | -2.1 |
| 1950 | 17.7 | -0.6 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Australia | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.20.4–10.2 | 1.6-3.7–6.3 |
| 2025 | 5.1-1.4–11.4 | 1.3-4.7–6.9 |
| 2026 | 4.8-2.5–11.6 | 1-5.1–7 |
| 2027 | 4.9-3.2–12.4 | 0.9-5.2–7 |
| 2028 | 4.9-3.9–12.2 | 1-5.2–6.8 |
| 2029 | 4.7-4.5–13 | 1-5.2–6.9 |
| 2030 | 4.8-4.6–13.2 | 0.8-5.6–6.5 |
| 2031 | 4.8-5–13.5 | 0.7-5.8–6.7 |
| 2032 | 4.8-5.5–13.6 | 1-5.2–6.9 |
| 2033 | 4.8-5.6–13.2 | 0.9-5.2–6.9 |
| 2034 | 4.8-5.5–13.4 | 0.9-5.6–7.1 |
| 2035 | 4.9-5.8–13.6 | 0.8-5.4–7.2 |
| 2036 | 5-5.5–14 | 0.9-4.8–7.1 |
| 2037 | 4.8-5.6–13.5 | 0.8-5.5–7 |
| 2038 | 5-5.9–13.6 | 0.9-5.3–7 |
| 2039 | 4.8-6.3–13.7 | 0.7-5.4–6.9 |
| 2040 | 5-5.8–13.8 | 0.9-5.8–7 |
| 2041 | 5.1-5.7–13.4 | 1-5.1–6.8 |
| 2042 | 5.2-5.5–13.7 | 0.9-5.5–7.1 |
| 2043 | 5.2-5.7–14.3 | 0.7-5.4–7 |
| 2044 | 5.1-5.5–14.1 | 0.9-5.4–7.1 |
| 2045 | 5.3-5–14.7 | 0.8-5.2–6.9 |
| 2046 | 5.5-5.7–14.2 | 0.9-5.1–7.2 |
| 2047 | 5.1-6.3–14.1 | 0.8-5.2–7.1 |
| 2048 | 5.5-6.3–14.8 | 0.9-5.1–7 |
| 2049 | 5.2-6.2–14.6 | 0.9-5.2–6.8 |
| 2050 | 5.2-6.9–14.8 | 0.8-5.5–6.8 |
| 2051 | 5.2-6.3–14.3 | 1-5.5–7.3 |
| 2052 | 5.1-6.7–14 | 1.1-5.4–7.2 |
| 2053 | 5.1-6.7–13.8 | 1-5.7–7.3 |
| 2054 | 5.3-6.9–14.2 | 1-5.4–7 |
| 2055 | 5.3-6.7–14.7 | 1-5.3–7.4 |
| 2056 | 5.1-6.3–15.1 | 0.8-5.3–7.2 |
| 2057 | 5.2-7.3–14.7 | 0.9-5.5–7.7 |
| 2058 | 5.4-6–14.6 | 0.9-5.5–6.9 |
| 2059 | 5-6.8–13.7 | 0.9-5.1–6.7 |
| 2060 | 5-6.2–14.3 | 0.9-5.6–6.4 |
| 2061 | 5.2-6.5–13.8 | 0.9-5.3–6.8 |
| 2062 | 5.2-6.9–13.9 | 0.8-5.2–6.8 |
| 2063 | 5.3-6.6–14.3 | 1-5.6–7.4 |
| 2064 | 4.9-7.2–14.8 | 1-5.3–7.2 |
| 2065 | 5.1-6.7–14.6 | 0.9-5.7–7.5 |
| 2066 | 5.3-7.7–14.6 | 1-5.4–7.1 |
| 2067 | 5.3-6.9–15 | 1.1-5.5–7.5 |
| 2068 | 5.4-6.7–14.8 | 0.9-5.3–7.1 |
| 2069 | 5.3-6.8–14.9 | 0.8-5.8–7.5 |
| 2070 | 5.1-6.8–14.6 | 0.8-5.7–6.7 |
| 2071 | 4.9-7.1–14.2 | 0.8-5.1–7.2 |
| 2072 | 4.9-7.5–15 | 0.7-5.8–7 |
| 2073 | 5-7.7–13.9 | 0.8-6.1–7.1 |
| 2074 | 5.1-7.1–14.8 | 0.7-5.9–6.7 |
| 2075 | 5-7.2–14.5 | 0.9-6–7.2 |
| 2076 | 5-8.3–14.7 | 1-5.8–7.2 |
| 2077 | 5.2-7.2–14.2 | 1-5.9–7.2 |
| 2078 | 5.1-7.4–13.2 | 1-5.9–6.9 |
| 2079 | 5.1-7.4–13.7 | 0.9-5.5–7.1 |
| 2080 | 5-8.5–13.5 | 1-5.4–7.1 |
| 2081 | 5.3-8–15.1 | 1-5.5–7 |
| 2082 | 5.1-8.1–14.3 | 0.9-5.5–7.1 |
| 2083 | 5.2-7–14.8 | 1-5.6–7 |
| 2084 | 4.9-6.7–14.3 | 0.9-5.6–6.8 |
| 2085 | 4.9-6.7–14.3 | 0.9-5.7–7.6 |
| 2086 | 5-6.7–15.2 | 1-5.6–7.7 |
| 2087 | 5.1-6.7–14.9 | 0.9-5.9–7.2 |
| 2088 | 5.3-6.7–15 | 0.9-5.8–7.5 |
| 2089 | 5.1-7.2–14.4 | 0.8-5.9–6.9 |
| 2090 | 5.1-7.1–14.9 | 0.9-6–7.1 |
| 2091 | 5.1-6.7–15.1 | 0.9-6–7.2 |
| 2092 | 4.9-6.5–14.2 | 0.7-6.9–6.8 |
| 2093 | 4.8-6.7–14.6 | 0.9-6–6.6 |
| 2094 | 4.4-8.1–14.3 | 0.9-5.9–6.9 |
| 2095 | 4.5-7.8–13.7 | 0.7-5.8–6.9 |
| 2096 | 4.7-7.6–14.1 | 0.8-6–7.5 |
| 2097 | 4.8-7.8–14 | 0.7-6.6–6.9 |
| 2098 | 4.5-7.8–14.4 | 0.9-6.5–7 |
| 2099 | 4.4-7.9–14.4 | 0.7-6.4–7 |
| 2100 | 4.4-7.8–14.2 | 0.7-6.2–6.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustralia: 60,000 people in 2020Italy: 338,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025