Population of Kuwait

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	09 Jun 2024

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The current population of Kuwait is 4,962,733 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kuwait is projected at 4,349,380, or 4.35 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Kuwait is projected at 4,310,108, or 4.31 million people for the year 2023.

Kuwait ranks 129th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Kuwait is ranked 40th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Kuwait population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	151,763	153,738	3,949	2.569	0.006
1951	155,712	157,764	4,104	2.602	0.006
1952	159,816	161,988	4,343	2.681	0.006
1953	164,159	166,439	4,560	2.740	0.006
1954	168,719	171,095	4,751	2.777	0.006
1955	173,470	183,458	19,976	10.899	0.007
1956	193,446	204,028	21,163	10.382	0.007
1957	214,609	223,274	17,330	7.766	0.008
1958	231,939	245,827	27,775	11.311	0.008
1959	259,714	274,514	29,601	10.794	0.009
1960	289,315	305,415	32,200	10.553	0.010
1961	321,515	339,697	36,363	10.715	0.011
1962	357,878	378,190	40,625	10.752	0.012
1963	398,503	420,494	43,982	10.469	0.013
1964	442,485	465,748	46,525	9.998	0.014
1965	489,010	513,840	49,660	9.672	0.015
1966	538,670	565,463	53,587	9.484	0.017
1967	592,257	621,242	57,971	9.338	0.018
1968	650,228	681,117	61,778	9.076	0.019
1969	712,006	743,044	62,077	8.359	0.021
1970	774,083	802,786	57,406	7.154	0.022
1971	831,489	858,734	54,490	6.348	0.023
1972	885,979	913,785	55,613	6.088	0.024
1973	941,592	970,527	57,869	5.964	0.025
1974	999,461	1,030,426	61,930	6.012	0.026
1975	1,061,391	1,095,998	69,215	6.317	0.027
1976	1,130,606	1,168,791	76,369	6.536	0.028
1977	1,206,975	1,247,225	80,500	6.457	0.030
1978	1,287,475	1,329,074	83,198	6.262	0.031
1979	1,370,673	1,412,266	83,186	5.892	0.032
1980	1,453,859	1,493,870	80,022	5.358	0.034
1981	1,533,881	1,573,026	78,291	4.978	0.035
1982	1,612,172	1,652,921	81,498	4.932	0.036
1983	1,693,670	1,736,028	84,716	4.881	0.037
1984	1,778,386	1,813,986	71,200	3.926	0.038
1985	1,849,586	1,888,975	78,778	4.171	0.039
1986	1,928,364	1,968,093	79,459	4.038	0.040
1987	2,007,823	2,048,477	81,308	3.970	0.041
1988	2,089,131	2,129,153	80,044	3.760	0.041
1989	2,169,175	2,210,013	81,676	3.696	0.042
1990	2,250,851	1,674,938	-1,151,827	-71.689	0.032
1991	1,099,024	1,339,500	480,952	36.299	0.025
1992	1,579,976	1,620,633	81,314	5.018	0.030
1993	1,661,290	1,653,645	-15,291	-0.925	0.030
1994	1,645,999	1,641,106	-9,786	-0.596	0.029
1995	1,636,213	1,655,222	38,017	2.297	0.029
1996	1,674,230	1,703,318	58,175	3.416	0.029
1997	1,732,405	1,761,468	58,127	3.300	0.030
1998	1,790,532	1,819,544	58,025	3.189	0.030
1999	1,848,557	1,877,427	57,740	3.076	0.031
2000	1,906,297	1,934,901	57,209	2.957	0.031
2001	1,963,506	1,991,674	56,336	2.829	0.032
2002	2,019,842	2,047,364	55,044	2.689	0.032
2003	2,074,886	2,101,506	53,240	2.534	0.033
2004	2,128,126	2,153,481	50,709	2.355	0.033
2005	2,178,835	2,235,403	113,135	5.062	0.034
2006	2,291,970	2,363,409	142,878	6.047	0.036
2007	2,434,848	2,506,769	143,842	5.740	0.037
2008	2,578,690	2,650,930	144,481	5.452	0.039
2009	2,723,171	2,795,550	144,758	5.179	0.041
2010	2,867,929	2,943,356	150,855	5.126	0.042
2011	3,018,784	3,143,825	250,081	7.959	0.044
2012	3,268,865	3,394,663	251,596	7.415	0.047
2013	3,520,461	3,646,518	252,114	6.917	0.050
2014	3,772,575	3,761,584	-21,983	-0.584	0.051
2015	3,750,592	3,908,743	316,302	8.097	0.053
2016	4,066,894	4,048,085	-37,618	-0.929	0.054
2017	4,029,276	4,124,904	191,257	4.637	0.054
2018	4,220,533	4,317,185	193,305	4.478	0.056
2019	4,413,838	4,441,100	54,523	1.228	0.057
2020	4,468,361	4,360,444	-215,833	-4.951	0.056
2021	4,252,528	4,250,114	-4,828	-0.114	0.054

Kuwait population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	4,247,700	4,268,873	42,346	0.992	0.054
2023	4,290,046	4,310,108	40,123	0.931	0.054
2024	4,330,169	4,349,380	38,422	0.883	0.054
2025	4,368,591	4,387,109	37,036	0.844	0.054
2026	4,405,627	4,423,726	36,199	0.818	0.054
2027	4,441,826	4,459,526	35,400	0.794	0.053
2028	4,477,226	4,494,733	35,013	0.779	0.053
2029	4,512,239	4,529,698	34,917	0.771	0.053
2030	4,547,156	4,564,570	34,829	0.763	0.053
2031	4,581,985	4,599,596	35,223	0.766	0.053
2032	4,617,208	4,635,015	35,613	0.768	0.053
2033	4,652,821	4,670,915	36,188	0.775	0.053
2034	4,689,009	4,707,382	36,746	0.781	0.053
2035	4,725,755	4,744,328	37,145	0.783	0.053
2036	4,762,900	4,781,662	37,523	0.785	0.053
2037	4,800,423	4,819,257	37,667	0.782	0.054
2038	4,838,090	4,856,708	37,235	0.767	0.054
2039	4,875,325	4,893,652	36,654	0.749	0.054
2040	4,911,979	4,929,743	35,527	0.721	0.054
2041	4,947,506	4,964,524	34,036	0.686	0.054
2042	4,981,542	4,997,633	32,183	0.644	0.054
2043	5,013,725	5,028,536	29,622	0.589	0.054
2044	5,043,347	5,056,669	26,644	0.527	0.054
2045	5,069,991	5,081,806	23,629	0.465	0.054
2046	5,093,620	5,103,734	20,228	0.396	0.054
2047	5,113,848	5,122,198	16,700	0.326	0.054
2048	5,130,548	5,137,002	12,907	0.251	0.053
2049	5,143,455	5,148,056	9,203	0.179	0.053
2050	5,152,658	5,155,414	5,512	0.107	0.053
2051	5,158,170	5,159,217	2,094	0.041	0.053
2052	5,160,264	5,159,644	-1,240	-0.024	0.053
2053	5,159,024	5,156,842	-4,365	-0.085	0.052
2054	5,154,659	5,151,047	-7,223	-0.140	0.052
2055	5,147,436	5,142,593	-9,685	-0.188	0.052
2056	5,137,751	5,131,748	-12,006	-0.234	0.052
2057	5,125,745	5,118,765	-13,960	-0.273	0.051
2058	5,111,785	5,104,076	-15,418	-0.302	0.051
2059	5,096,367	5,088,056	-16,622	-0.327	0.051
2060	5,079,745	5,070,904	-17,682	-0.349	0.050
2061	5,062,063	5,052,894	-18,338	-0.363	0.050
2062	5,043,725	5,034,360	-18,729	-0.372	0.050
2063	5,024,996	5,015,538	-18,916	-0.377	0.049
2064	5,006,080	4,996,829	-18,502	-0.370	0.049
2065	4,987,578	4,978,484	-18,189	-0.365	0.049
2066	4,969,389	4,960,627	-17,525	-0.353	0.049
2067	4,951,864	4,943,337	-17,053	-0.345	0.048
2068	4,934,811	4,926,694	-16,235	-0.330	0.048
2069	4,918,576	4,910,975	-15,201	-0.310	0.048
2070	4,903,375	4,896,178	-14,393	-0.294	0.048
2071	4,888,982	4,882,308	-13,348	-0.273	0.047
2072	4,875,634	4,869,470	-12,329	-0.253	0.047
2073	4,863,305	4,857,764	-11,083	-0.228	0.047
2074	4,852,222	4,847,268	-9,908	-0.204	0.047
2075	4,842,314	4,837,854	-8,920	-0.184	0.047
2076	4,833,394	4,829,556	-7,676	-0.159	0.047
2077	4,825,718	4,822,523	-6,390	-0.133	0.046
2078	4,819,328	4,816,838	-4,980	-0.103	0.046
2079	4,814,348	4,812,624	-3,448	-0.072	0.046
2080	4,810,900	4,809,828	-2,143	-0.045	0.046
2081	4,808,757	4,808,350	-813	-0.017	0.046
2082	4,807,944	4,808,230	573	0.012	0.046
2083	4,808,517	4,809,471	1,907	0.040	0.046
2084	4,810,424	4,812,029	3,211	0.067	0.046
2085	4,813,635	4,815,733	4,195	0.087	0.046
2086	4,817,830	4,820,408	5,155	0.107	0.046
2087	4,822,985	4,825,947	5,923	0.123	0.046
2088	4,828,908	4,832,175	6,534	0.135	0.046
2089	4,835,442	4,838,886	6,888	0.142	0.046
2090	4,842,330	4,845,914	7,169	0.148	0.046
2091	4,849,499	4,853,115	7,233	0.149	0.047
2092	4,856,732	4,860,350	7,235	0.149	0.047
2093	4,863,967	4,867,289	6,644	0.137	0.047
2094	4,870,611	4,873,698	6,173	0.127	0.047
2095	4,876,784	4,879,515	5,461	0.112	0.047
2096	4,882,245	4,884,611	4,732	0.097	0.047
2097	4,886,977	4,888,842	3,730	0.076	0.047
2098	4,890,707	4,892,100	2,787	0.057	0.047
2099	4,893,494	4,894,440	1,892	0.039	0.047
2100	4,895,386	4,895,806	841	0.017	0.047