Population of Kuwait

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Dec 2024

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The current population of Kuwait is 4,997,602 as of February 14, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kuwait is projected at 4,934,507, or 4.93 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Kuwait is projected at 4,838,782, or 4.84 million people for the year 2023.

Kuwait ranks 128th 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	153,958	4,389	2.851	0.006
1951	156,152	158,450	4,595	2.900	0.006
1952	160,747	163,157	4,820	2.954	0.006
1953	165,567	168,089	5,045	3.002	0.006
1954	170,612	173,244	5,263	3.038	0.006
1955	175,875	186,114	20,479	11.015	0.007
1956	196,354	207,215	21,722	10.492	0.007
1957	218,076	227,042	17,931	7.902	0.008
1958	236,007	250,203	28,392	11.360	0.009
1959	264,399	279,525	30,252	10.833	0.009
1960	294,651	311,060	32,818	10.560	0.010
1961	327,469	345,945	36,951	10.691	0.011
1962	364,420	384,995	41,150	10.699	0.012
1963	405,570	427,694	44,248	10.355	0.013
1964	449,818	473,115	46,593	9.856	0.014
1965	496,411	521,174	49,527	9.510	0.016
1966	545,938	572,590	53,303	9.316	0.017
1967	599,241	628,089	57,696	9.192	0.018
1968	656,937	687,716	61,557	8.957	0.019
1969	718,494	749,452	61,917	8.266	0.021
1970	780,411	809,114	57,406	7.098	0.022
1971	837,817	865,076	54,518	6.304	0.023
1972	892,335	920,352	56,035	6.090	0.024
1973	948,370	977,654	58,567	5.992	0.025
1974	1,006,937	1,038,346	62,818	6.052	0.026
1975	1,069,755	1,104,863	70,216	6.357	0.027
1976	1,139,971	1,178,711	77,481	6.576	0.028
1977	1,217,452	1,258,023	81,142	6.452	0.030
1978	1,298,594	1,340,319	83,450	6.228	0.031
1979	1,382,044	1,423,514	82,941	5.828	0.033
1980	1,464,985	1,504,782	79,594	5.291	0.034
1981	1,544,579	1,583,426	77,694	4.908	0.035
1982	1,622,273	1,662,480	80,415	4.838	0.036
1983	1,702,688	1,744,295	83,215	4.772	0.037
1984	1,785,903	1,820,688	69,569	3.821	0.038
1985	1,855,472	1,894,242	77,540	4.094	0.039
1986	1,933,012	1,972,520	79,016	4.006	0.040
1987	2,012,028	2,052,994	81,933	3.991	0.041
1988	2,093,961	2,134,707	81,493	3.818	0.042
1989	2,175,454	2,217,468	84,029	3.790	0.042
1990	2,259,483	1,684,819	-1,149,329	-71.064	0.032
1991	1,110,154	1,351,399	482,489	36.090	0.025
1992	1,592,643	1,634,961	84,637	5.178	0.030
1993	1,677,280	1,672,151	-10,257	-0.613	0.030
1994	1,667,023	1,664,361	-5,324	-0.320	0.029
1995	1,661,699	1,681,513	39,628	2.357	0.029
1996	1,701,327	1,730,246	57,839	3.343	0.030
1997	1,759,166	1,787,683	57,034	3.191	0.030
1998	1,816,200	1,844,302	56,204	3.048	0.031
1999	1,872,404	1,900,030	55,251	2.908	0.031
2000	1,927,655	1,954,709	54,108	2.768	0.032
2001	1,981,763	2,008,121	52,717	2.625	0.032
2002	2,034,480	2,059,974	50,987	2.475	0.033
2003	2,085,467	2,109,881	48,828	2.314	0.033
2004	2,134,295	2,157,320	46,051	2.135	0.033
2005	2,180,346	2,236,788	112,884	5.048	0.034
2006	2,293,230	2,364,733	143,007	6.049	0.035
2007	2,436,237	2,507,887	143,299	5.715	0.037
2008	2,579,536	2,651,421	143,769	5.424	0.039
2009	2,723,305	2,795,484	144,358	5.165	0.040
2010	2,867,663	2,943,372	151,417	5.145	0.042
2011	3,019,080	3,132,814	227,469	7.264	0.044
2012	3,246,549	3,337,025	180,952	5.424	0.046
2013	3,427,501	3,507,746	160,490	4.576	0.048
2014	3,587,991	3,665,766	155,550	4.244	0.050
2015	3,743,541	3,834,454	181,826	4.743	0.051
2016	3,925,367	4,003,971	157,208	3.927	0.053
2017	4,082,575	4,154,685	144,219	3.472	0.054
2018	4,226,794	4,323,387	193,187	4.469	0.056
2019	4,419,981	4,442,194	44,425	1.000	0.057
2020	4,464,406	4,400,144	-128,524	-2.921	0.056
2021	4,335,882	4,360,742	49,719	1.140	0.055
2022	4,385,601	4,589,511	407,819	8.892	0.057
2023	4,793,420	4,838,782	90,723	1.875	0.060

Kuwait population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	4,884,143	4,934,507	100,729	2.041	0.060
2025	4,984,872	5,026,078	82,411	1.640	0.061
2026	5,067,283	5,102,773	70,980	1.391	0.061
2027	5,138,263	5,168,368	60,211	1.165	0.062
2028	5,198,474	5,224,930	52,912	1.013	0.062
2029	5,251,386	5,276,042	49,311	0.935	0.062
2030	5,300,697	5,324,198	47,001	0.883	0.062
2031	5,347,698	5,371,643	47,890	0.892	0.062
2032	5,395,588	5,419,949	48,723	0.899	0.062
2033	5,444,311	5,469,088	49,555	0.906	0.062
2034	5,493,866	5,519,021	50,310	0.912	0.063
2035	5,544,176	5,569,671	50,989	0.915	0.063
2036	5,595,165	5,620,963	51,596	0.918	0.063
2037	5,646,761	5,672,832	52,142	0.919	0.063
2038	5,698,903	5,725,241	52,676	0.920	0.063
2039	5,751,579	5,778,074	52,990	0.917	0.063
2040	5,804,569	5,831,211	53,283	0.914	0.064
2041	5,857,852	5,884,640	53,576	0.910	0.064
2042	5,911,428	5,938,323	53,789	0.906	0.064
2043	5,965,217	5,992,102	53,771	0.897	0.064
2044	6,018,988	6,045,936	53,896	0.891	0.064
2045	6,072,884	6,099,774	53,779	0.882	0.065
2046	6,126,663	6,153,488	53,650	0.872	0.065
2047	6,180,313	6,207,109	53,592	0.863	0.065
2048	6,233,905	6,260,705	53,600	0.856	0.065
2049	6,287,505	6,314,251	53,491	0.847	0.066
2050	6,340,996	6,367,756	53,519	0.840	0.066
2051	6,394,515	6,421,239	53,449	0.832	0.066
2052	6,447,964	6,474,693	53,457	0.826	0.066
2053	6,501,421	6,528,197	53,551	0.820	0.067
2054	6,554,972	6,581,811	53,679	0.816	0.067
2055	6,608,651	6,635,639	53,975	0.813	0.067
2056	6,662,626	6,689,769	54,286	0.811	0.068
2057	6,716,912	6,744,315	54,807	0.813	0.068
2058	6,771,719	6,799,337	55,236	0.812	0.068
2059	6,826,955	6,854,810	55,710	0.813	0.069
2060	6,882,665	6,910,769	56,207	0.813	0.069
2061	6,938,872	6,967,287	56,830	0.816	0.070
2062	6,995,702	7,024,427	57,451	0.818	0.070
2063	7,053,153	7,082,175	58,043	0.820	0.070
2064	7,111,196	7,140,418	58,444	0.819	0.071
2065	7,169,640	7,199,169	59,058	0.820	0.071
2066	7,228,698	7,258,526	59,656	0.822	0.072
2067	7,288,354	7,318,519	60,329	0.824	0.072
2068	7,348,683	7,379,175	60,984	0.826	0.073
2069	7,409,667	7,440,494	61,654	0.829	0.073
2070	7,471,321	7,502,414	62,187	0.829	0.074
2071	7,533,508	7,564,954	62,893	0.831	0.074
2072	7,596,401	7,628,232	63,662	0.835	0.075
2073	7,660,063	7,692,171	64,216	0.835	0.075
2074	7,724,279	7,756,643	64,728	0.834	0.076
2075	7,789,007	7,821,658	65,301	0.835	0.076
2076	7,854,308	7,887,248	65,880	0.835	0.077
2077	7,920,188	7,953,386	66,395	0.835	0.077
2078	7,986,583	8,020,025	66,885	0.834	0.078
2079	8,053,468	8,087,145	67,354	0.833	0.079
2080	8,120,822	8,154,798	67,953	0.833	0.079
2081	8,188,775	8,222,975	68,399	0.832	0.080
2082	8,257,174	8,291,581	68,814	0.830	0.081
2083	8,325,988	8,360,632	69,289	0.829	0.081
2084	8,395,277	8,430,151	69,748	0.827	0.082
2085	8,465,025	8,500,148	70,247	0.826	0.083
2086	8,535,272	8,570,636	70,728	0.825	0.083
2087	8,606,000	8,641,627	71,254	0.825	0.084
2088	8,677,254	8,713,128	71,748	0.823	0.085
2089	8,749,002	8,785,097	72,191	0.822	0.085
2090	8,821,193	8,857,425	72,464	0.818	0.086
2091	8,893,657	8,930,123	72,933	0.817	0.087
2092	8,966,590	9,003,274	73,368	0.815	0.088
2093	9,039,958	9,076,844	73,771	0.813	0.089
2094	9,113,729	9,150,786	74,114	0.810	0.089
2095	9,187,843	9,225,082	74,477	0.807	0.090
2096	9,262,320	9,299,732	74,824	0.805	0.091
2097	9,337,144	9,374,691	75,094	0.801	0.092
2098	9,412,238	9,449,952	75,428	0.798	0.093
2099	9,487,666	9,525,708	76,084	0.799	0.093
2100	9,563,750	9,602,014	76,529	0.797	0.094