Kuwait Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Kuwait vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Kuwait	World
1960	22	22.5
1961	21.8	22.5
1962	21.5	22.4
1963	21	22.2
1964	20.7	22
1965	20.4	21.8
1966	20	21.7
1967	19.6	21.6
1968	19.2	21.5
1969	18.8	21.5
1970	18.5	21.4
1971	18.3	21.4
1972	18.3	21.5
1973	18.3	21.5
1974	18.4	21.6
1975	18.4	21.7
1976	18.7	21.9
1977	19.2	22
1978	19.6	22.2
1979	20.1	22.3
1980	20.5	22.5
1981	20.9	22.6
1982	21.3	22.7
1983	21.7	22.9
1984	22.1	23
1985	22.4	23.2
1986	22.7	23.3
1987	22.8	23.4
1988	23	23.6
1989	23.2	23.8
1990	23.4	23.9
1991	23.6	24.1
1992	23.8	24.3
1993	24.2	24.5
1994	25.1	24.7
1995	25.5	25
1996	25.5	25.2
1997	25.5	25.4
1998	25.5	25.7
1999	25.6	25.9
2000	25.9	26.1
2001	26.3	26.3
2002	26.8	26.5
2003	27.3	26.7
2004	27.9	27
2005	28.3	27.2
2006	28.5	27.4
2007	28.6	27.6
2008	28.8	27.8
2009	29.2	28
2010	29.6	28.2
2011	30.5	28.4
2012	31.5	28.6
2013	32.3	28.9
2014	33	29.1
2015	33.8	29.3
2016	34.7	29.5
2017	35.6	29.8
2018	36.4	30
2019	37.1	30.3
2020	37.7	30.6
2021	35.8	30.8
2022	34.4	31
2023	35.5	31.3
2024	35.8	31.6
2025	35.8	31.9
2026	35.8	32.1
2027	35.8	32.3
2028	35.9	32.6
2029	35.9	32.8
2030	35.9	33
2031	36	33.2
2032	36	33.4
2033	36	33.6
2034	35.9	33.8
2035	35.9	34
2036	35.9	34.2
2037	35.9	34.4
2038	35.9	34.6
2039	35.9	34.8
2040	36	35
2041	36.1	35.2
2042	36.1	35.4
2043	36.2	35.6
2044	36.3	35.8
2045	36.3	36
2046	36.4	36.2
2047	36.4	36.4
2048	36.5	36.6
2049	36.5	36.8
2050	36.6	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Kuwait was 22 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 35.8 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 63rd for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Kuwait ranks 71st currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Kuwait is expected to increase to around 36.6 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Kuwait demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Kuwait
	Male	Female
0-4	2.72%	2.64%
5-9	3.21%	3.08%
10-14	3.38%	3.19%
15-19	2.95%	2.8%
20-24	2.56%	2.32%
25-29	5.7%	2.98%
30-34	6.96%	3.59%
35-39	8.26%	4.43%
40-44	8.08%	4.06%
45-49	6.15%	3.25%
50-54	4.6%	2.44%
55-59	3.15%	1.64%
60-64	1.73%	1.03%
65-69	0.88%	0.64%
70-74	0.42%	0.38%
75-79	0.2%	0.23%
80+	0.16%	0.2%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Kuwait has low demographic potential with 48.1% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 127/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Kuwait			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	65.8%	62.1%	3.75%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	66.7%	63%	3.72%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	68.1%	64.4%	3.66%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	69.7%	66.1%	3.55%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	71.1%	67.7%	3.44%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	72.3%	69%	3.34%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	74.2%	70.9%	3.3%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	76.8%	73.4%	3.33%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	79.2%	75.8%	3.35%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	81.4%	78%	3.34%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	83.3%	80%	3.33%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	84%	80.8%	3.29%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	83.5%	80.3%	3.21%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	82.8%	79.7%	3.14%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	81.9%	78.8%	3.09%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	80.7%	77.7%	3.04%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	78.4%	75.5%	2.91%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	75.4%	72.7%	2.71%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	72.7%	70.2%	2.53%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	70.4%	68%	2.39%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	68.6%	66.3%	2.29%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	66.9%	64.7%	2.21%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	65.1%	63%	2.15%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	63.5%	61.4%	2.09%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	62.4%	60.3%	2.08%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	61.4%	59.3%	2.09%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	61.1%	58.9%	2.16%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	61.5%	59.2%	2.32%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	61.7%	59.2%	2.49%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	61.6%	58.9%	2.68%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	60.9%	58%	2.91%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	59.1%	55.9%	3.25%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	58.1%	54.7%	3.43%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	56%	52.8%	3.26%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	54%	51.4%	2.59%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	53.2%	51.1%	2.08%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	52.3%	50.3%	1.99%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	50.7%	48.7%	2.05%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	48.9%	46.8%	2.11%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	46.8%	44.7%	2.18%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	44.8%	42.5%	2.23%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	42.7%	40.4%	2.28%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	40.8%	38.5%	2.3%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	39.1%	36.8%	2.31%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	37.5%	35.2%	2.3%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	36.2%	33.9%	2.3%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	35.5%	33.1%	2.31%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	34.8%	32.5%	2.33%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	34.2%	31.8%	2.36%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	33.5%	31.1%	2.38%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	33%	30.6%	2.41%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	32.2%	29.7%	2.47%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	31.6%	29%	2.57%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	31.7%	29%	2.73%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	31.8%	28.9%	2.92%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	32%	28.8%	3.18%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	32%	28.5%	3.48%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	32.1%	28.2%	3.85%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	32.1%	27.8%	4.29%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	32.2%	27.5%	4.77%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	32.7%	27.4%	5.3%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	30.7%	26.3%	4.48%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	28.1%	24.6%	3.52%	54%	39%	15%
2023	27.5%	23.7%	3.76%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	27.1%	23.2%	3.95%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Kuwait decreased from 37.5% to 27.1% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Kuwait working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Kuwait	World
1960	60.3%	57.6%
1961	60%	57.5%
1962	59.5%	57.4%
1963	58.9%	57.2%
1964	58.4%	57%
1965	58%	56.9%
1966	57.4%	56.8%
1967	56.6%	56.9%
1968	55.8%	56.9%
1969	55.1%	56.9%
1970	54.5%	57%
1971	54.3%	57.1%
1972	54.5%	57.2%
1973	54.7%	57.3%
1974	55%	57.3%
1975	55.3%	57.4%
1976	56%	57.5%
1977	57%	57.7%
1978	57.9%	58%
1979	58.7%	58.4%
1980	59.3%	58.7%
1981	59.9%	59%
1982	60.6%	59.3%
1983	61.2%	59.6%
1984	61.6%	59.9%
1985	62%	60.1%
1986	62.1%	60.4%
1987	61.9%	60.5%
1988	61.8%	60.7%
1989	61.9%	60.8%
1990	62.2%	60.9%
1991	62.8%	61%
1992	63.2%	61.1%
1993	64.1%	61.2%
1994	64.9%	61.3%
1995	65.3%	61.5%
1996	65.7%	61.7%
1997	66.3%	61.9%
1998	67.2%	62.2%
1999	68.1%	62.5%
2000	69.1%	62.8%
2001	70.1%	63.1%
2002	71%	63.4%
2003	71.9%	63.7%
2004	72.7%	64%
2005	73.4%	64.3%
2006	73.8%	64.5%
2007	74.2%	64.7%
2008	74.5%	64.9%
2009	74.9%	65%
2010	75.2%	65.1%
2011	75.7%	65.2%
2012	76%	65.2%
2013	75.9%	65.2%
2014	75.8%	65.2%
2015	75.8%	65.1%
2016	75.8%	65.1%
2017	75.7%	65%
2018	75.7%	64.9%
2019	75.6%	64.9%
2020	75.4%	64.8%
2021	76.5%	64.9%
2022	78%	64.9%
2023	78.4%	65%
2024	78.7%	65.1%
2025	78.9%	65.2%
2026	79%	65.3%
2027	79.1%	65.4%
2028	79.1%	65.4%
2029	79.1%	65.4%
2030	79.1%	65.4%
2031	79%	65.4%
2032	78.9%	65.4%
2033	78.8%	65.4%
2034	78.6%	65.3%
2035	78.4%	65.2%
2036	78.2%	65%
2037	78%	64.9%
2038	77.8%	64.7%
2039	77.6%	64.6%
2040	77.4%	64.5%
2041	77.2%	64.4%
2042	77%	64.3%
2043	76.8%	64.2%
2044	76.6%	64.1%
2045	76.4%	63.9%
2046	76.3%	63.8%
2047	76.1%	63.7%
2048	76%	63.6%
2049	75.8%	63.4%
2050	75.7%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Kuwait changed from 72.7% to 78.7% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	World
1960	37.4%	37.4%
1961	37.8%	37.5%
1962	38.3%	37.6%
1963	39%	37.8%
1964	39.5%	38%
1965	40%	38%
1966	40.7%	38%
1967	41.5%	38%
1968	42.3%	37.9%
1969	43%	37.8%
1970	43.6%	37.7%
1971	43.9%	37.6%
1972	43.8%	37.5%
1973	43.6%	37.3%
1974	43.3%	37.2%
1975	43%	37.1%
1976	42.3%	36.9%
1977	41.4%	36.7%
1978	40.6%	36.3%
1979	39.9%	35.9%
1980	39.3%	35.5%
1981	38.8%	35.2%
1982	38.1%	34.9%
1983	37.5%	34.6%
1984	37.1%	34.3%
1985	36.8%	34%
1986	36.6%	33.8%
1987	36.7%	33.6%
1988	36.6%	33.4%
1989	36.5%	33.2%
1990	36%	33%
1991	35.1%	32.9%
1992	34.6%	32.7%
1993	33.8%	32.5%
1994	33.4%	32.3%
1995	33.4%	32.1%
1996	33%	31.8%
1997	32.3%	31.5%
1998	31.4%	31.1%
1999	30.4%	30.8%
2000	29.4%	30.4%
2001	28.3%	30%
2002	27.4%	29.6%
2003	26.4%	29.2%
2004	25.6%	28.8%
2005	24.9%	28.5%
2006	24.5%	28.1%
2007	24.1%	27.9%
2008	23.7%	27.6%
2009	23.3%	27.5%
2010	23%	27.3%
2011	22.5%	27.1%
2012	22.1%	27%
2013	22%	26.9%
2014	21.9%	26.8%
2015	21.8%	26.6%
2016	21.6%	26.5%
2017	21.4%	26.4%
2018	21.1%	26.2%
2019	20.8%	26%
2020	20.6%	25.8%
2021	20.1%	25.6%
2022	19.2%	25.3%
2023	18.6%	25%
2024	18.2%	24.7%
2025	18%	24.4%
2026	17.8%	24.1%
2027	17.6%	23.8%
2028	17.4%	23.4%
2029	17.3%	23.1%
2030	17.2%	22.8%
2031	17.1%	22.6%
2032	17.1%	22.3%
2033	17.1%	22.1%
2034	17.1%	21.9%
2035	17.2%	21.7%
2036	17.3%	21.6%
2037	17.3%	21.5%
2038	17.4%	21.4%
2039	17.4%	21.3%
2040	17.5%	21.2%
2041	17.5%	21.1%
2042	17.6%	21%
2043	17.6%	21%
2044	17.7%	20.9%
2045	17.7%	20.8%
2046	17.7%	20.7%
2047	17.7%	20.7%
2048	17.7%	20.6%
2049	17.7%	20.5%
2050	17.7%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Kuwait decreased from 25.6% to 18.2% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Kuwait	World
1960	2.26%	4.97%
1961	2.23%	4.99%
1962	2.18%	5.01%
1963	2.09%	5.02%
1964	2.01%	5.04%
1965	1.94%	5.08%
1966	1.9%	5.12%
1967	1.88%	5.16%
1968	1.87%	5.2%
1969	1.84%	5.24%
1970	1.82%	5.28%
1971	1.79%	5.32%
1972	1.75%	5.37%
1973	1.72%	5.42%
1974	1.7%	5.47%
1975	1.68%	5.53%
1976	1.63%	5.59%
1977	1.54%	5.65%
1978	1.47%	5.71%
1979	1.4%	5.77%
1980	1.36%	5.81%
1981	1.32%	5.81%
1982	1.3%	5.8%
1983	1.28%	5.79%
1984	1.28%	5.8%
1985	1.29%	5.82%
1986	1.34%	5.86%
1987	1.44%	5.91%
1988	1.54%	5.95%
1989	1.66%	6.01%
1990	1.81%	6.07%
1991	2.04%	6.14%
1992	2.17%	6.21%
1993	2.09%	6.29%
1994	1.68%	6.37%
1995	1.36%	6.45%
1996	1.31%	6.53%
1997	1.36%	6.61%
1998	1.42%	6.68%
1999	1.48%	6.76%
2000	1.54%	6.84%
2001	1.6%	6.92%
2002	1.64%	7.01%
2003	1.66%	7.1%
2004	1.68%	7.18%
2005	1.69%	7.26%
2006	1.71%	7.34%
2007	1.73%	7.41%
2008	1.76%	7.47%
2009	1.78%	7.52%
2010	1.81%	7.58%
2011	1.87%	7.66%
2012	1.95%	7.78%
2013	2.07%	7.92%
2014	2.22%	8.08%
2015	2.41%	8.26%
2016	2.64%	8.45%
2017	2.92%	8.65%
2018	3.24%	8.88%
2019	3.6%	9.1%
2020	4%	9.33%
2021	3.42%	9.53%
2022	2.75%	9.74%
2023	2.95%	9.98%
2024	3.1%	10.2%
2025	3.17%	10.4%
2026	3.26%	10.6%
2027	3.36%	10.8%
2028	3.47%	11.1%
2029	3.6%	11.5%
2030	3.73%	11.7%
2031	3.87%	12%
2032	4.01%	12.3%
2033	4.15%	12.6%
2034	4.29%	12.8%
2035	4.43%	13.1%
2036	4.57%	13.4%
2037	4.71%	13.7%
2038	4.85%	13.9%
2039	4.98%	14.1%
2040	5.12%	14.3%
2041	5.27%	14.5%
2042	5.41%	14.7%
2043	5.56%	14.9%
2044	5.71%	15%
2045	5.86%	15.2%
2046	6.02%	15.4%
2047	6.18%	15.7%
2048	6.34%	15.9%
2049	6.5%	16.1%
2050	6.63%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Kuwait increased from 1.68% to 3.1% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.