What is the difference in population by level of education between Australia and Italy?

986,000 people, with Italy ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?

31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Italy: Population by level of education

Australia

21.16 million people

in 2100

Italy

22.15 million people

in 2100

Australia rank

35th

Italy rank

33rd

Population by level of education over time

Australia
Italy

How they compare

Italy currently reports 22.15 million people against 21.16 million people in Australia, a difference of 986,000 people.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 35th and Italy ranks 33rd of 200 countries.

Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 16 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Italy	Difference	Ahead
1950s	158,650 people	391,750 people	233,100 people	Italy
1960s	390,100 people	717,900 people	327,800 people	Italy
1970s	920,150 people	1.25 million people	331,300 people	Italy
1980s	1.79 million people	2.13 million people	333,800 people	Italy
1990s	2.95 million people	3.33 million people	373,600 people	Italy
2000s	4.29 million people	4.94 million people	652,550 people	Italy
2010s	6.27 million people	6.92 million people	657,000 people	Italy
2020s	8.38 million people	8.60 million people	225,400 people	Italy
2030s	10.38 million people	10.76 million people	377,200 people	Italy
2040s	12.42 million people	12.86 million people	435,750 people	Italy
2050s	14.31 million people	14.65 million people	337,500 people	Italy
2060s	16.15 million people	16.49 million people	336,900 people	Italy
2070s	17.92 million people	18.35 million people	423,000 people	Italy
2080s	19.41 million people	19.98 million people	560,300 people	Italy
2090s	20.51 million people	21.31 million people	799,700 people	Italy
2100s	21.16 million people	22.15 million people	986,000 people	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by level of education, Australia or Italy?: Italy, at 22.15 million people against 21.16 million people in Australia as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by level of education between Australia and Italy?: 986,000 people, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Italy?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Australia and Italy rank globally for population by level of education?: Australia ranks 35th and Italy ranks 33rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population by level of education
Unit: people
Source: Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

De facto population withpost_secondary education in a country or region.