Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kuwait was 1.52 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kuwait vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	7.22	2.69
1961	7.25	2.78
1962	7.25	2.86
1963	7.28	2.88
1964	7.29	2.93
1965	7.31	2.86
1966	7.34	2.78
1967	7.33	2.68
1968	7.28	2.6
1969	7.18	2.51
1970	7.03	2.44
1971	6.84	2.41
1972	6.64	2.2
1973	6.43	2.04
1974	6.23	1.92
1975	6.06	1.81
1976	5.9	1.74
1977	5.71	1.69
1978	5.52	1.75
1979	5.33	1.86
1980	5.18	1.9
1981	5.02	1.82
1982	4.85	1.78
1983	4.66	1.77
1984	4.45	1.77
1985	4.22	1.79
1986	4	1.78
1987	3.83	1.81
1988	3.7	1.82
1989	3.59	1.79
1990	3.49	1.83
1991	3.4	1.82
1992	3.35	1.79
1993	3.31	1.76
1994	3.27	1.74
1995	3.25	1.71
1996	3.22	1.73
1997	3.14	1.72
1998	3.04	1.71
1999	2.95	1.68
2000	2.89	1.64
2001	2.84	1.63
2002	2.8	1.63
2003	2.77	1.7
2004	2.76	1.75
2005	2.73	1.76
2006	2.59	1.82
2007	2.41	1.86
2008	2.27	1.91
2009	2.15	1.89
2010	2.04	1.92
2011	1.96	1.91
2012	1.99	1.92
2013	1.97	1.83
2014	2.06	1.81
2015	2.03	1.8
2016	2.06	1.79
2017	2.16	1.74
2018	2.12	1.68
2019	2.08	1.63
2020	2.03	1.57
2021	2.15	1.58
2022	1.55	1.56
2023	1.52	1.56
2024	1.51	1.55
2025	1.5	1.54
2026	1.49	1.53
2027	1.48	1.53
2028	1.48	1.53
2029	1.48	1.52
2030	1.48	1.52
2031	1.48	1.52
2032	1.48	1.53
2033	1.48	1.53
2034	1.48	1.53
2035	1.48	1.53
2036	1.48	1.53
2037	1.48	1.53
2038	1.48	1.53
2039	1.48	1.53
2040	1.48	1.53
2041	1.49	1.54
2042	1.49	1.54
2043	1.49	1.54
2044	1.5	1.54
2045	1.5	1.54
2046	1.5	1.54
2047	1.5	1.54
2048	1.5	1.54
2049	1.5	1.55
2050	1.5	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	37.4%	23.3%
1961	37.8%	23.3%
1962	38.3%	23.2%
1963	39%	23.2%
1964	39.5%	23.3%
1965	40%	23.4%
1966	40.7%	23.5%
1967	41.5%	23.7%
1968	42.3%	23.9%
1969	43%	24%
1970	43.6%	24.1%
1971	43.9%	24.1%
1972	43.8%	24%
1973	43.6%	23.9%
1974	43.3%	23.6%
1975	43%	23.3%
1976	42.3%	22.9%
1977	41.4%	22.4%
1978	40.6%	21.9%
1979	39.9%	21.4%
1980	39.3%	21%
1981	38.8%	20.6%
1982	38.1%	20.2%
1983	37.5%	19.8%
1984	37.1%	19.5%
1985	36.8%	19.3%
1986	36.6%	19.1%
1987	36.7%	18.9%
1988	36.6%	18.9%
1989	36.5%	19.1%
1990	36%	19.1%
1991	35.1%	19.3%
1992	34.6%	19.4%
1993	33.8%	19.5%
1994	33.4%	19.6%
1995	33.4%	19.5%
1996	33%	19.4%
1997	32.3%	19.3%
1998	31.4%	19.3%
1999	30.4%	19.2%
2000	29.4%	18.9%
2001	28.3%	18.7%
2002	27.4%	18.5%
2003	26.4%	18.4%
2004	25.6%	18.3%
2005	24.9%	18.2%
2006	24.5%	18%
2007	24.1%	17.9%
2008	23.7%	17.8%
2009	23.3%	17.8%
2010	23%	17.8%
2011	22.5%	17.7%
2012	22.1%	17.8%
2013	22%	17.8%
2014	21.9%	17.8%
2015	21.8%	17.9%
2016	21.6%	18%
2017	21.4%	18%
2018	21.1%	18.1%
2019	20.8%	18%
2020	20.6%	18%
2021	20.1%	17.8%
2022	19.2%	17.6%
2023	18.6%	17.4%
2024	18.2%	17.2%
2025	18%	17%
2026	17.8%	16.7%
2027	17.6%	16.5%
2028	17.4%	16.2%
2029	17.3%	16%
2030	17.2%	15.7%
2031	17.1%	15.5%
2032	17.1%	15.3%
2033	17.1%	15.2%
2034	17.1%	15.1%
2035	17.2%	15%
2036	17.3%	14.9%
2037	17.3%	14.9%
2038	17.4%	14.8%
2039	17.4%	14.8%
2040	17.5%	14.8%
2041	17.5%	14.8%
2042	17.6%	14.8%
2043	17.6%	14.9%
2044	17.7%	14.9%
2045	17.7%	14.9%
2046	17.7%	15%
2047	17.7%	15%
2048	17.7%	15%
2049	17.7%	15%
2050	17.7%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 36% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	11,054	314,400
1961	12,327	311,519
1962	13,730	340,800
1963	15,357	337,995
1964	17,064	405,000
1965	18,952	364,132
1966	20,914	333,356
1967	23,520	346,145
1968	26,161	292,622
1969	28,774	260,577
1970	30,789	244,918
1971	32,339	257,123
1972	34,045	162,650
1973	35,741	112,389
1974	37,425	67,476
1975	39,295	33,735
1976	41,439	-5,621
1977	42,922	0
1978	44,277	16,859
1979	45,569	61,872
1980	47,096	95,734
1981	48,098	73,234
1982	49,981	56,314
1983	51,460	61,966
1984	52,539	84,633
1985	51,772	79,170
1986	51,824	90,690
1987	50,690	136,325
1988	50,037	136,628
1989	49,390	119,861
1990	46,720	154,569
1991	21,867	143,562
1992	32,016	149,709
1993	33,239	103,893
1994	36,533	127,304
1995	39,198	87,028
1996	39,920	98,884
1997	39,581	99,138
1998	39,324	87,730
1999	39,342	64,551
2000	39,811	70,671
2001	40,662	65,032
2002	41,651	65,308
2003	42,934	89,471
2004	44,341	131,974
2005	45,243	144,963
2006	45,911	176,455
2007	46,539	196,232
2008	47,505	216,325
2009	48,879	230,422
2010	49,838	251,066
2011	50,733	259,361
2012	53,181	248,473
2013	52,666	198,830
2014	54,673	206,784
2015	52,127	175,738
2016	51,397	177,139
2017	51,498	145,125
2018	47,222	119,321
2019	46,268	108,342
2020	41,083	-4,272
2021	42,057	30,612
2022	41,752	39,751
2023	42,568	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kuwait, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1985	11	2
1986	11	2
1987	10	3
1988	10	4
1989	10	5
1990	16	6
1991	8	7
1992	10	7
1993	10	8
1994	10	9
1995	10	9
1996	11	8
1997	11	9
1998	11	10
1999	11	11
2000	11	12
2001	11	13
2002	11	13
2003	11	14
2004	11	13
2005	10	12
2006	10	12
2007	10	11
2008	9	11
2009	9	11
2010	9	10
2011	8	10
2012	8	9
2013	8	9
2014	8	9
2015	8	9
2016	8	9
2017	8	9
2018	8	9
2019	7	9
2020	33	14
2021	75	13
2022	8	15
2023	8	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	14.2%	2.66%
1961	13.2%	2.61%
1962	12.3%	2.56%
1963	11.4%	2.49%
1964	10.6%	2.42%
1965	9.86%	2.34%
1966	9.17%	2.28%
1967	8.55%	2.22%
1968	7.98%	2.18%
1969	7.47%	2.14%
1970	7%	2.1%
1971	6.57%	2.06%
1972	6.17%	2%
1973	5.8%	1.94%
1974	5.45%	1.87%
1975	5.12%	1.8%
1976	4.8%	1.72%
1977	4.49%	1.64%
1978	4.19%	1.57%
1979	3.89%	1.49%
1980	3.59%	1.41%
1981	3.29%	1.34%
1982	3%	1.27%
1983	2.72%	1.22%
1984	2.48%	1.17%
1985	2.3%	1.14%
1986	2.16%	1.11%
1987	2.04%	1.08%
1988	1.93%	1.04%
1989	1.83%	0.99%
1990	1.73%	0.93%
1991	1.64%	0.87%
1992	1.57%	0.82%
1993	1.52%	0.77%
1994	1.49%	0.74%
1995	1.46%	0.72%
1996	1.42%	0.7%
1997	1.38%	0.69%
1998	1.34%	0.68%
1999	1.3%	0.67%
2000	1.27%	0.65%
2001	1.25%	0.64%
2002	1.23%	0.63%
2003	1.21%	0.63%
2004	1.19%	0.61%
2005	1.17%	0.6%
2006	1.16%	0.59%
2007	1.14%	0.58%
2008	1.12%	0.56%
2009	1.1%	0.54%
2010	1.07%	0.52%
2011	1.03%	0.5%
2012	0.99%	0.48%
2013	0.96%	0.46%
2014	0.93%	0.45%
2015	0.91%	0.45%
2016	0.9%	0.44%
2017	0.89%	0.44%
2018	0.89%	0.44%
2019	0.89%	0.44%
2020	0.89%	0.44%
2021	0.89%	0.44%
2022	0.88%	0.45%
2023	0.88%	0.45%