Kuwait vs Netherlands statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 153rd vs. 134th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Kuwait and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1960	-	$13,282,979,015
1961	-	$14,599,836,396
1962	$1,828,107,503	$15,847,582,341
1963	$1,900,895,857	$17,193,744,109
1964	$2,071,668,533	$20,232,048,553
1965	$2,097,199,161	$22,721,869,808
1966	$2,391,199,044	$24,741,480,717
1967	$2,441,599,023	$27,143,828,099
1968	$2,662,798,935	$30,097,635,751
1969	$2,769,198,892	$34,086,038,090
1970	$2,873,638,851	$38,220,884,519
1971	$3,880,392,195	$44,644,730,576
1972	$4,450,537,925	$54,787,070,173
1973	$5,408,804,607	$71,946,639,603
1974	$13,006,948,296	$87,371,810,804
1975	$12,022,811,621	$100,397,061,694
1976	$13,132,252,802	$109,329,386,564
1977	$14,137,406,741	$127,203,923,857
1978	$15,503,557,496	$156,089,077,205
1979	$24,749,063,922	$179,933,827,310
1980	$28,638,868,356	$195,439,301,707
1981	$25,058,020,338	$164,375,775,854
1982	$21,577,153,356	$158,712,765,536
1983	$20,871,081,080	$153,671,294,109
1984	$21,700,082,753	$144,124,462,912
1985	$21,445,970,614	$144,057,523,222
1986	$17,903,989,745	$201,157,708,221
1987	$22,368,704,134	$245,406,949,521
1988	$20,690,322,153	$262,295,966,105
1989	$24,313,855,653	$258,716,904,292
1990	$18,427,777,778	$318,799,003,994
1991	$11,009,993,703	$327,982,316,124
1992	$19,858,555,215	$363,497,050,125
1993	$23,941,391,391	$354,070,495,966
1994	$24,848,483,838	$379,688,232,232
1995	$27,186,980,647	$452,967,334,614
1996	$31,492,373,309	$451,372,549,020
1997	$30,350,190,704	$417,506,211,882
1998	$25,943,705,784	$438,612,530,549
1999	$30,122,365,849	$447,778,514,140
2000	$37,718,743,480	$417,649,282,154
2001	$34,889,559,870	$432,536,219,669
2002	$38,135,788,414	$475,529,972,123
2003	$47,874,582,232	$582,435,617,082
2004	$59,439,090,601	$661,224,886,143
2005	$80,798,630,137	$688,133,699,636
2006	$101,557,330,723	$737,593,995,289
2007	$114,634,043,362	$853,499,460,873
2008	$147,379,737,230	$957,901,566,041
2009	$105,968,691,905	$878,954,223,140
2010	$115,416,245,238	$852,464,982,433
2011	$154,039,231,299	$913,140,741,333
2012	$174,047,662,555	$845,689,017,066
2013	$174,168,116,687	$883,951,539,007
2014	$162,650,450,785	$901,556,501,756
2015	$114,585,555,831	$775,743,675,303
2016	$109,406,674,088	$797,163,949,290
2017	$120,687,539,676	$848,233,537,846
2018	$138,646,316,322	$929,733,599,797
2019	$140,856,394,870	$928,903,005,576
2020	$111,045,470,461	$932,560,861,701
2021	$148,350,671,614	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$183,502,046,669	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$165,384,407,267	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$160,227,273,001	$1,227,543,925,316

Kuwait and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1960	-	$1,156
1961	-	$1,254
1962	$4,748	$1,342
1963	$4,445	$1,437
1964	$4,379	$1,668
1965	$4,024	$1,848
1966	$4,176	$1,986
1967	$3,887	$2,155
1968	$3,872	$2,364
1969	$3,695	$2,647
1970	$3,552	$2,931
1971	$4,486	$3,384
1972	$4,836	$4,110
1973	$5,532	$5,353
1974	$12,527	$6,450
1975	$10,882	$7,346
1976	$11,141	$7,937
1977	$11,238	$9,180
1978	$11,567	$11,196
1979	$17,386	$12,817
1980	$19,032	$13,812
1981	$15,825	$11,537
1982	$12,979	$11,089
1983	$11,965	$10,696
1984	$11,919	$9,992
1985	$11,322	$9,941
1986	$9,077	$13,804
1987	$10,896	$16,734
1988	$9,692	$17,771
1989	$10,965	$17,423
1990	$10,938	$21,322
1991	$8,147	$21,764
1992	$12,146	$23,939
1993	$14,318	$23,156
1994	$14,930	$24,683
1995	$16,168	$29,301
1996	$18,201	$29,064
1997	$16,977	$26,745
1998	$14,067	$27,924
1999	$15,854	$28,319
2000	$19,296	$26,225
2001	$17,374	$26,956
2002	$18,513	$29,447
2003	$22,691	$35,897
2004	$27,552	$40,611
2005	$36,123	$42,165
2006	$42,947	$45,124
2007	$45,709	$52,101
2008	$55,585	$58,247
2009	$37,907	$53,172
2010	$39,212	$51,306
2011	$49,170	$54,702
2012	$52,155	$50,474
2013	$49,651	$52,602
2014	$44,369	$53,457
2015	$29,882	$45,794
2016	$27,324	$46,809
2017	$29,048	$49,514
2018	$32,068	$53,955
2019	$31,708	$53,555
2020	$25,236	$53,468
2021	$34,019	$60,142
2022	$39,982	$59,123
2023	$34,076	$64,572
2024	$32,214	$68,219

Kuwait vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1950	49.7	71.4
1951	50.6	71.5
1952	51.4	72.1
1953	52.3	71.7
1954	53.1	72.4
1955	54	72.5
1956	54.9	72.5
1957	55.9	73
1958	56.9	73.1
1959	57.9	73.2
1960	58.9	73.4
1961	60	73.6
1962	61	73.2
1963	62	73.4
1964	63	73.7
1965	63.9	73.6
1966	64.9	73.6
1967	65.8	73.8
1968	66.6	73.6
1969	67.3	73.6
1970	68	73.6
1971	68.5	73.9
1972	68.9	73.8
1973	69.2	74.2
1974	69.4	74.6
1975	69.7	74.6
1976	69.9	74.7
1977	70.2	75.3
1978	70.5	75.2
1979	70.8	75.6
1980	71.1	75.8
1981	71.5	76
1982	71.9	76.1
1983	72.4	76.3
1984	72.9	76.3
1985	73.3	76.4
1986	73.8	76.4
1987	74.2	76.8
1988	74.6	77
1989	75	76.8
1990	72.9	77
1991	73.3	77.2
1992	75.7	77.4
1993	75.8	77
1994	75.7	77.5
1995	75.7	77.6
1996	75.6	77.6
1997	75.6	77.9
1998	75.6	78
1999	75.7	78
2000	75.9	78.1
2001	76	78.3
2002	76.2	78.4
2003	76.3	78.7
2004	76.4	79.2
2005	76.5	79.5
2006	76.6	79.8
2007	76.7	80.3
2008	76.9	80.4
2009	77.2	80.7
2010	77.5	80.8
2011	77.9	81.1
2012	78.2	81.1
2013	78.6	81.3
2014	78.9	81.7
2015	79.2	81.5
2016	79.5	81.6
2017	79.7	81.7
2018	79.9	81.8
2019	80	82.1
2020	78.2	81.4
2021	77.6	81.4
2022	78.8	81.9
2023	80.4	82.2
2024	80.6	82.3
2025	80.8	82.4

Kuwait and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1960	311,060	11,486,631
1961	345,945	11,638,712
1962	384,995	11,805,689
1963	427,694	11,965,966
1964	473,115	12,127,120
1965	521,174	12,294,732
1966	572,590	12,456,251
1967	628,089	12,598,201
1968	687,716	12,729,721
1969	749,452	12,877,984
1970	809,114	13,038,526
1971	865,076	13,194,497
1972	920,352	13,328,593
1973	977,654	13,439,322
1974	1,038,346	13,545,056
1975	1,104,863	13,666,335
1976	1,178,711	13,774,037
1977	1,258,023	13,856,185
1978	1,340,319	13,941,700
1979	1,423,514	14,038,270
1980	1,504,782	14,149,800
1981	1,583,426	14,247,208
1982	1,662,480	14,312,690
1983	1,744,295	14,367,070
1984	1,820,688	14,424,211
1985	1,894,242	14,491,632
1986	1,972,520	14,572,278
1987	2,052,994	14,665,037
1988	2,134,707	14,760,094
1989	2,217,468	14,848,907
1990	1,684,819	14,951,510
1991	1,351,399	15,069,798
1992	1,634,961	15,184,166
1993	1,672,151	15,290,368
1994	1,664,361	15,382,838
1995	1,681,513	15,459,006
1996	1,730,246	15,530,498
1997	1,787,683	15,610,650
1998	1,844,302	15,707,209
1999	1,900,030	15,812,088
2000	1,954,709	15,925,513
2001	2,008,121	16,046,180
2002	2,059,974	16,148,929
2003	2,109,881	16,225,302
2004	2,157,320	16,281,779
2005	2,236,788	16,319,868
2006	2,364,733	16,346,101
2007	2,507,887	16,381,696
2008	2,651,421	16,445,593
2009	2,795,484	16,530,388
2010	2,943,372	16,615,394
2011	3,132,814	16,693,074
2012	3,337,109	16,754,962
2013	3,507,844	16,804,432
2014	3,665,876	16,865,008
2015	3,834,574	16,939,923
2016	4,004,096	17,030,314
2017	4,154,812	17,131,296
2018	4,323,515	17,231,624
2019	4,442,316	17,344,874
2020	4,400,267	17,441,500
2021	4,360,865	17,533,044
2022	4,589,643	17,700,982
2023	4,853,420	17,877,117
2024	4,973,861	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1960	7.22	3.12
1961	7.25	3.22
1962	7.25	3.18
1963	7.28	3.19
1964	7.29	3.17
1965	7.31	3.04
1966	7.34	2.9
1967	7.33	2.81
1968	7.28	2.72
1969	7.18	2.75
1970	7.03	2.57
1971	6.84	2.36
1972	6.64	2.15
1973	6.43	1.9
1974	6.23	1.77
1975	6.06	1.66
1976	5.9	1.63
1977	5.71	1.58
1978	5.52	1.58
1979	5.33	1.56
1980	5.18	1.6
1981	5.02	1.56
1982	4.85	1.5
1983	4.66	1.47
1984	4.45	1.49
1985	4.22	1.51
1986	4	1.55
1987	3.83	1.56
1988	3.7	1.55
1989	3.59	1.55
1990	3.49	1.62
1991	3.4	1.61
1992	3.35	1.59
1993	3.31	1.57
1994	3.27	1.57
1995	3.25	1.53
1996	3.22	1.53
1997	3.14	1.56
1998	3.04	1.63
1999	2.95	1.65
2000	2.89	1.72
2001	2.84	1.71
2002	2.8	1.73
2003	2.77	1.75
2004	2.76	1.72
2005	2.73	1.71
2006	2.59	1.72
2007	2.41	1.72
2008	2.27	1.77
2009	2.15	1.79
2010	2.04	1.79
2011	1.96	1.76
2012	1.99	1.72
2013	1.97	1.68
2014	2.06	1.71
2015	2.03	1.66
2016	2.06	1.66
2017	2.16	1.62
2018	2.12	1.59
2019	2.08	1.57
2020	2.03	1.54
2021	2.15	1.62
2022	1.55	1.49
2023	1.52	1.43

Kuwait and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Netherlands
1960	22	28.8
1961	21.8	28.8
1962	21.5	28.7
1963	21	28.7
1964	20.7	28.6
1965	20.4	28.6
1966	20	28.6
1967	19.6	28.5
1968	19.2	28.6
1969	18.8	28.6
1970	18.5	28.6
1971	18.3	28.7
1972	18.3	28.9
1973	18.3	29
1974	18.4	29.3
1975	18.4	29.4
1976	18.7	29.8
1977	19.2	30.3
1978	19.6	30.7
1979	20.1	31
1980	20.5	31.3
1981	20.9	31.6
1982	21.3	31.9
1983	21.7	32.3
1984	22.1	32.6
1985	22.4	32.9
1986	22.7	33.2
1987	22.8	33.5
1988	23	33.8
1989	23.2	34.1
1990	23.4	34.3
1991	23.6	34.6
1992	23.8	34.8
1993	24.2	35.1
1994	25.1	35.4
1995	25.5	35.7
1996	25.5	36.1
1997	25.5	36.4
1998	25.5	36.7
1999	25.6	37
2000	25.9	37.3
2001	26.3	37.5
2002	26.8	37.8
2003	27.3	38.1
2004	27.9	38.5
2005	28.3	38.9
2006	28.5	39.3
2007	28.6	39.7
2008	28.8	40
2009	29.2	40.3
2010	29.6	40.7
2011	30.5	41
2012	31.5	41.3
2013	32.3	41.6
2014	33	41.8
2015	33.8	42
2016	34.7	42.2
2017	35.6	42.3
2018	36.4	42.4
2019	37.1	42.5
2020	37.7	42.5
2021	35.8	42.6
2022	34.4	42.5
2023	35.5	42.4
2024	35.8	42.4

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