Kuwait vs Qatar statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 2.86M in Qatar (ranked 138/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 4,436 sq mi for Qatar (ranked 153rd vs. 158th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Qatar ranks 56/197 ($218B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Qatar ranks 11/197 ($76,276).

Kuwait and Qatar: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Qatar economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Qatar
1962	$1,828,107,503	-
1963	$1,900,895,857	-
1964	$2,071,668,533	-
1965	$2,097,199,161	-
1966	$2,391,199,044	-
1967	$2,441,599,023	-
1968	$2,662,798,935	-
1969	$2,769,198,892	-
1970	$2,873,638,851	$301,791,302
1971	$3,880,392,195	$387,703,106
1972	$4,450,537,925	$510,262,500
1973	$5,408,804,607	$793,885,560
1974	$13,006,948,296	$2,401,403,227
1975	$12,022,811,621	$2,512,773,166
1976	$13,132,252,802	$3,284,273,987
1977	$14,137,406,741	$3,617,564,638
1978	$15,503,557,496	$4,052,000,413
1979	$24,749,063,922	$5,632,962,997
1980	$28,638,868,356	$7,829,165,262
1981	$25,058,020,338	$8,661,263,764
1982	$21,577,153,356	$7,596,703,214
1983	$20,871,081,080	$6,467,582,308
1984	$21,700,082,753	$6,704,395,824
1985	$21,445,970,614	$6,153,296,456
1986	$17,903,989,745	$5,053,021,951
1987	$22,368,704,134	$5,446,428,681
1988	$20,690,322,153	$6,038,187,033
1989	$24,313,855,653	$6,487,912,088
1990	$18,427,777,778	$7,360,439,423
1991	$11,009,993,703	$6,883,516,484
1992	$19,858,555,215	$7,646,153,984
1993	$23,941,391,391	$7,156,593,654
1994	$24,848,483,838	$7,374,450,769
1995	$27,186,980,647	$8,137,911,978
1996	$31,492,373,309	$9,059,340,385
1997	$30,350,190,704	$11,297,802,115
1998	$25,943,705,784	$10,255,495,027
1999	$30,122,365,849	$12,393,131,868
2000	$37,718,743,480	$17,759,890,110
2001	$34,889,559,870	$17,538,461,538
2002	$38,135,788,414	$19,363,736,264
2003	$47,874,582,232	$23,533,791,209
2004	$59,439,090,601	$31,734,065,934
2005	$80,798,630,137	$44,530,494,505
2006	$101,557,330,723	$60,882,142,857
2007	$114,634,043,362	$79,712,087,912
2008	$147,379,737,230	$115,270,054,945
2009	$105,968,691,905	$97,798,351,648
2010	$115,416,245,238	$125,122,306,346
2011	$154,039,231,299	$167,775,268,626
2012	$174,047,662,555	$186,833,502,363
2013	$174,168,116,687	$198,727,642,967
2014	$162,650,450,785	$206,224,598,571
2015	$114,585,555,831	$161,739,955,577
2016	$109,406,674,088	$151,732,181,868
2017	$120,687,539,676	$161,099,122,225
2018	$138,646,316,322	$183,334,953,819
2019	$140,856,394,870	$176,371,267,692
2020	$111,045,470,461	$144,411,363,352
2021	$148,350,671,614	$179,732,009,560
2022	$183,502,046,669	$235,709,325,714
2023	$165,384,407,267	$213,002,809,341
2024	$160,227,273,001	$217,982,967,033

Kuwait and Qatar economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Qatar
1962	$4,748	-
1963	$4,445	-
1964	$4,379	-
1965	$4,024	-
1966	$4,176	-
1967	$3,887	-
1968	$3,872	-
1969	$3,695	-
1970	$3,552	$2,594
1971	$4,486	$2,952
1972	$4,836	$3,483
1973	$5,532	$4,905
1974	$12,527	$13,540
1975	$10,882	$13,014
1976	$11,141	$15,710
1977	$11,238	$16,058
1978	$11,567	$16,757
1979	$17,386	$21,777
1980	$19,032	$28,375
1981	$15,825	$29,505
1982	$12,979	$24,385
1983	$11,965	$19,616
1984	$11,919	$19,272
1985	$11,322	$16,815
1986	$9,077	$13,213
1987	$10,896	$13,719
1988	$9,692	$14,682
1989	$10,965	$15,243
1990	$10,938	$16,722
1991	$8,147	$15,133
1992	$12,146	$16,280
1993	$14,318	$14,770
1994	$14,930	$14,765
1995	$16,168	$15,823
1996	$18,201	$17,125
1997	$16,977	$20,523
1998	$14,067	$17,665
1999	$15,854	$20,234
2000	$19,296	$27,535
2001	$17,374	$25,871
2002	$18,513	$27,227
2003	$22,691	$31,602
2004	$27,552	$41,036
2005	$36,123	$53,950
2006	$42,947	$62,582
2007	$45,709	$65,954
2008	$55,585	$80,781
2009	$37,907	$60,786
2010	$39,212	$77,387
2011	$49,170	$103,262
2012	$52,155	$108,470
2013	$49,651	$103,697
2014	$44,369	$95,841
2015	$29,882	$68,985
2016	$27,324	$61,254
2017	$29,048	$63,280
2018	$32,068	$71,040
2019	$31,708	$66,841
2020	$25,236	$51,684
2021	$34,019	$71,752
2022	$39,982	$88,701
2023	$34,076	$80,196
2024	$32,214	$76,276

Kuwait vs. Qatar life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Qatar
1950	49.7	50.8
1951	50.6	51.5
1952	51.4	52.1
1953	52.3	52.8
1954	53.1	53.5
1955	54	54.2
1956	54.9	54.9
1957	55.9	55.6
1958	56.9	56.3
1959	57.9	57
1960	58.9	57.8
1961	60	58.5
1962	61	59.2
1963	62	60
1964	63	60.7
1965	63.9	61.4
1966	64.9	62.2
1967	65.8	62.9
1968	66.6	63.6
1969	67.3	64.2
1970	68	64.9
1971	68.5	65.5
1972	68.9	66.1
1973	69.2	66.6
1974	69.4	67.2
1975	69.7	67.7
1976	69.9	68.2
1977	70.2	68.6
1978	70.5	69.1
1979	70.8	69.5
1980	71.1	69.9
1981	71.5	70.3
1982	71.9	70.7
1983	72.4	71.1
1984	72.9	71.5
1985	73.3	71.8
1986	73.8	72.2
1987	74.2	72.5
1988	74.6	72.8
1989	75	73.1
1990	72.9	73.4
1991	73.3	73.7
1992	75.7	73.9
1993	75.8	74.1
1994	75.7	74.2
1995	75.7	74.4
1996	75.6	74.6
1997	75.6	74.7
1998	75.6	74.9
1999	75.7	75
2000	75.9	75.3
2001	76	75.5
2002	76.2	75.8
2003	76.3	76.1
2004	76.4	76.5
2005	76.5	76.9
2006	76.6	77.3
2007	76.7	77.7
2008	76.9	78.3
2009	77.2	78.8
2010	77.5	79.4
2011	77.9	80
2012	78.2	80.5
2013	78.6	81
2014	78.9	81.4
2015	79.2	81.8
2016	79.5	82.1
2017	79.7	82.5
2018	79.9	82.7
2019	80	82.9
2020	78.2	80.4
2021	77.6	81.1
2022	78.8	81.9
2023	80.4	82.4
2024	80.6	82.5
2025	80.8	82.7

Kuwait and Qatar population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Qatar
1960	311,060	36,010
1961	345,945	39,680
1962	384,995	44,630
1963	427,694	50,380
1964	473,115	56,867
1965	521,174	64,065
1966	572,590	72,192
1967	628,089	81,439
1968	687,716	91,749
1969	749,452	103,025
1970	809,114	116,350
1971	865,076	131,346
1972	920,352	146,506
1973	977,654	161,841
1974	1,038,346	177,362
1975	1,104,863	193,087
1976	1,178,711	209,052
1977	1,258,023	225,285
1978	1,340,319	241,808
1979	1,423,514	258,670
1980	1,504,782	275,913
1981	1,583,426	293,553
1982	1,662,480	311,537
1983	1,744,295	329,709
1984	1,820,688	347,878
1985	1,894,242	365,940
1986	1,972,520	382,422
1987	2,052,994	397,005
1988	2,134,707	411,264
1989	2,217,468	425,646
1990	1,684,819	440,175
1991	1,351,399	454,853
1992	1,634,961	469,657
1993	1,672,151	484,545
1994	1,664,361	499,459
1995	1,681,513	514,325
1996	1,730,246	529,019
1997	1,787,683	550,500
1998	1,844,302	580,540
1999	1,900,030	612,500
2000	1,954,709	644,989
2001	2,008,121	677,925
2002	2,059,974	711,205
2003	2,109,881	744,682
2004	2,157,320	773,332
2005	2,236,788	825,408
2006	2,364,733	972,831
2007	2,507,887	1,208,595
2008	2,651,421	1,426,938
2009	2,795,484	1,608,903
2010	2,943,372	1,616,832
2011	3,132,814	1,624,761
2012	3,337,109	1,722,438
2013	3,507,844	1,916,426
2014	3,665,876	2,151,745
2015	3,834,574	2,344,557
2016	4,004,096	2,477,113
2017	4,154,812	2,545,820
2018	4,323,515	2,580,734
2019	4,442,316	2,638,657
2020	4,400,267	2,794,148
2021	4,360,865	2,504,910
2022	4,589,643	2,657,333
2023	4,853,420	2,656,032
2024	4,973,861	2,857,822

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Qatar

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Qatar
1960	7.22	6.53
1961	7.25	6.53
1962	7.25	6.53
1963	7.28	6.53
1964	7.29	6.53
1965	7.31	6.53
1966	7.34	6.52
1967	7.33	6.46
1968	7.28	6.39
1969	7.18	6.31
1970	7.03	6.23
1971	6.84	6.15
1972	6.64	6.07
1973	6.43	6.01
1974	6.23	5.94
1975	6.06	5.86
1976	5.9	5.78
1977	5.71	5.69
1978	5.52	5.58
1979	5.33	5.46
1980	5.18	5.33
1981	5.02	5.2
1982	4.85	5.04
1983	4.66	4.9
1984	4.45	4.76
1985	4.22	4.64
1986	4	4.57
1987	3.83	4.54
1988	3.7	4.51
1989	3.59	4.41
1990	3.49	4.23
1991	3.4	3.99
1992	3.35	3.85
1993	3.31	3.77
1994	3.27	3.67
1995	3.25	3.56
1996	3.22	3.44
1997	3.14	3.33
1998	3.04	3.21
1999	2.95	3.12
2000	2.89	3.07
2001	2.84	3.08
2002	2.8	3.01
2003	2.77	2.93
2004	2.76	2.79
2005	2.73	2.64
2006	2.59	2.51
2007	2.41	2.44
2008	2.27	2.37
2009	2.15	2.25
2010	2.04	2.14
2011	1.96	2.07
2012	1.99	2.04
2013	1.97	2.03
2014	2.06	2.03
2015	2.03	1.98
2016	2.06	1.86
2017	2.16	1.83
2018	2.12	1.76
2019	2.08	1.73
2020	2.03	1.68
2021	2.15	1.61
2022	1.55	1.74
2023	1.52	1.73

Kuwait and Qatar demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Qatar

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Qatar
1960	22	18
1961	21.8	19
1962	21.5	20.1
1963	21	21.1
1964	20.7	21.8
1965	20.4	22.5
1966	20	23
1967	19.6	23.5
1968	19.2	24
1969	18.8	24.4
1970	18.5	23.7
1971	18.3	22.2
1972	18.3	21.3
1973	18.3	20.9
1974	18.4	20.8
1975	18.4	21
1976	18.7	21.3
1977	19.2	21.8
1978	19.6	22.3
1979	20.1	22.9
1980	20.5	23.5
1981	20.9	24.1
1982	21.3	24.8
1983	21.7	25.6
1984	22.1	26.3
1985	22.4	27
1986	22.7	27.4
1987	22.8	27.5
1988	23	27.5
1989	23.2	27.6
1990	23.4	27.7
1991	23.6	27.9
1992	23.8	28.1
1993	24.2	28.4
1994	25.1	28.7
1995	25.5	29.1
1996	25.5	29.6
1997	25.5	29.9
1998	25.5	29.8
1999	25.6	29.8
2000	25.9	29.9
2001	26.3	30.1
2002	26.8	30.5
2003	27.3	30.9
2004	27.9	31
2005	28.3	30.9
2006	28.5	30.6
2007	28.6	30.1
2008	28.8	30.1
2009	29.2	30.8
2010	29.6	31.3
2011	30.5	31.2
2012	31.5	31
2013	32.3	30.9
2014	33	31.1
2015	33.8	31.2
2016	34.7	31.4
2017	35.6	31.6
2018	36.4	31.9
2019	37.1	32.3
2020	37.7	32.6
2021	35.8	32.9
2022	34.4	33.4
2023	35.5	34.1
2024	35.8	34.5

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