Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 35.3M in Saudi Arabia (ranked 45/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 830,000 sq mi for Saudi Arabia (ranked 153rd vs. 12th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Saudi Arabia ranks 18/197 ($1.24T). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Saudi Arabia ranks 32/197 ($35,057).

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1960	-	$1,748,124,064
1961	-	$1,920,811,284
1962	$1,828,107,503	$2,130,606,532
1963	$1,900,895,857	$2,207,393,172
1964	$2,071,668,533	$2,371,808,713
1965	$2,097,199,161	$2,647,955,558
1966	$2,391,199,044	$2,920,555,557
1967	$2,441,599,023	$3,257,022,223
1968	$2,662,798,935	$4,187,777,711
1969	$2,769,198,892	$4,485,777,644
1970	$2,873,638,851	$5,377,333,333
1971	$3,880,392,195	$7,184,806,909
1972	$4,450,537,925	$9,664,267,087
1973	$5,408,804,607	$14,947,435,499
1974	$13,006,948,296	$45,412,957,746
1975	$12,022,811,621	$46,773,208,643
1976	$13,132,252,802	$64,005,665,722
1977	$14,137,406,741	$74,188,986,586
1978	$15,503,557,496	$80,266,516,687
1979	$24,749,063,922	$111,858,444,786
1980	$28,638,868,356	$164,539,660,725
1981	$25,058,020,338	$184,291,360,139
1982	$21,577,153,356	$153,240,313,858
1983	$20,871,081,080	$129,171,635,311
1984	$21,700,082,753	$119,624,858,116
1985	$21,445,970,614	$103,897,846,494
1986	$17,903,989,745	$86,961,922,765
1987	$22,368,704,134	$85,695,861,148
1988	$20,690,322,153	$88,256,074,766
1989	$24,313,855,653	$95,344,459,279
1990	$18,427,777,778	$117,630,173,565
1991	$11,009,993,703	$132,223,230,975
1992	$19,858,555,215	$137,087,850,467
1993	$23,941,391,391	$132,967,957,276
1994	$24,848,483,838	$135,174,899,866
1995	$27,186,980,647	$143,343,124,166
1996	$31,492,373,309	$158,662,483,311
1997	$30,350,190,704	$165,963,684,913
1998	$25,943,705,784	$146,775,466,667
1999	$30,122,365,849	$161,717,066,667
2000	$37,718,743,480	$189,514,933,333
2001	$34,889,559,870	$184,137,600,000
2002	$38,135,788,414	$189,605,866,667
2003	$47,874,582,232	$215,807,733,333
2004	$59,439,090,601	$258,742,133,333
2005	$80,798,630,137	$328,459,608,764
2006	$101,557,330,723	$376,900,133,511
2007	$114,634,043,362	$415,964,509,673
2008	$147,379,737,230	$519,796,800,000
2009	$105,968,691,905	$429,097,866,667
2010	$115,416,245,238	$528,207,466,667
2011	$154,039,231,299	$680,660,800,000
2012	$174,047,662,555	$751,921,333,333
2013	$174,168,116,687	$769,755,733,333
2014	$162,650,450,785	$787,153,066,667
2015	$114,585,555,831	$693,414,400,000
2016	$109,406,674,088	$689,279,466,667
2017	$120,687,539,676	$741,266,133,333
2018	$138,646,316,322	$886,564,800,000
2019	$140,856,394,870	$888,890,133,333
2020	$111,045,470,461	$767,951,200,000
2021	$148,350,671,614	$982,661,066,667
2022	$183,502,046,669	$1,239,075,200,000
2023	$165,384,407,267	$1,218,584,533,333
2024	$160,227,273,001	$1,237,529,866,667

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1960	-	$718
1961	-	$760
1962	$4,748	$813
1963	$4,445	$812
1964	$4,379	$840
1965	$4,024	$904
1966	$4,176	$961
1967	$3,887	$1,032
1968	$3,872	$1,276
1969	$3,695	$1,313
1970	$3,552	$1,509
1971	$4,486	$1,929
1972	$4,836	$2,474
1973	$5,532	$3,640
1974	$12,527	$10,503
1975	$10,882	$10,266
1976	$11,141	$13,313
1977	$11,238	$14,595
1978	$11,567	$14,914
1979	$17,386	$19,612
1980	$19,032	$27,206
1981	$15,825	$28,703
1982	$12,979	$22,454
1983	$11,965	$17,810
1984	$11,919	$15,541
1985	$11,322	$12,745
1986	$9,077	$10,078
1987	$10,896	$9,386
1988	$9,692	$9,165
1989	$10,965	$9,414
1990	$10,938	$11,055
1991	$8,147	$11,847
1992	$12,146	$11,730
1993	$14,318	$10,885
1994	$14,930	$10,602
1995	$16,168	$10,786
1996	$18,201	$11,472
1997	$16,977	$11,545
1998	$14,067	$9,836
1999	$15,854	$10,452
2000	$19,296	$11,715
2001	$17,374	$10,805
2002	$18,513	$10,586
2003	$22,691	$11,487
2004	$27,552	$13,154
2005	$36,123	$15,976
2006	$42,947	$17,564
2007	$45,709	$18,596
2008	$55,585	$22,320
2009	$37,907	$17,718
2010	$39,212	$22,028
2011	$49,170	$27,127
2012	$52,155	$28,733
2013	$49,651	$27,865
2014	$44,369	$27,805
2015	$29,882	$23,256
2016	$27,324	$22,268
2017	$29,048	$23,929
2018	$32,068	$29,360
2019	$31,708	$29,567
2020	$25,236	$24,339
2021	$34,019	$31,921
2022	$39,982	$38,510
2023	$34,076	$36,157
2024	$32,214	$35,057

Kuwait vs. Saudi Arabia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1950	49.7	40
1951	50.6	40.6
1952	51.4	41.1
1953	52.3	41.6
1954	53.1	42.1
1955	54	42.6
1956	54.9	43.1
1957	55.9	43.7
1958	56.9	44.2
1959	57.9	44.8
1960	58.9	45.3
1961	60	45.9
1962	61	46.5
1963	62	47.1
1964	63	47.7
1965	63.9	48.4
1966	64.9	49.2
1967	65.8	50
1968	66.6	50.9
1969	67.3	51.8
1970	68	52.7
1971	68.5	53.7
1972	68.9	54.7
1973	69.2	55.8
1974	69.4	56.8
1975	69.7	57.8
1976	69.9	58.8
1977	70.2	59.7
1978	70.5	60.7
1979	70.8	61.5
1980	71.1	62.4
1981	71.5	63.3
1982	71.9	64
1983	72.4	64.7
1984	72.9	65.4
1985	73.3	66
1986	73.8	66.6
1987	74.2	67.2
1988	74.6	67.8
1989	75	68.4
1990	72.9	68.9
1991	73.3	69.3
1992	75.7	69.8
1993	75.8	70.2
1994	75.7	70.6
1995	75.7	70.9
1996	75.6	71.3
1997	75.6	71.6
1998	75.6	72
1999	75.7	72.3
2000	75.9	72.6
2001	76	73
2002	76.2	73.3
2003	76.3	73.7
2004	76.4	74
2005	76.5	74.4
2006	76.6	74.8
2007	76.7	75.1
2008	76.9	75.3
2009	77.2	75.4
2010	77.5	75.6
2011	77.9	75.8
2012	78.2	76.1
2013	78.6	76.5
2014	78.9	77.1
2015	79.2	77.8
2016	79.5	78.4
2017	79.7	78.7
2018	79.9	78.7
2019	80	78.3
2020	78.2	77.6
2021	77.6	77.1
2022	78.8	77.3
2023	80.4	78.7
2024	80.6	79
2025	80.8	79.2

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1960	311,060	2,435,403
1961	345,945	2,526,347
1962	384,995	2,620,910
1963	427,694	2,719,341
1964	473,115	2,821,968
1965	521,174	2,928,771
1966	572,590	3,039,887
1967	628,089	3,157,242
1968	687,716	3,282,711
1969	749,452	3,417,114
1970	809,114	3,562,470
1971	865,076	3,724,031
1972	920,352	3,905,722
1973	977,654	4,106,344
1974	1,038,346	4,323,632
1975	1,104,863	4,556,287
1976	1,178,711	4,807,933
1977	1,258,023	5,083,048
1978	1,340,319	5,381,902
1979	1,423,514	5,703,698
1980	1,504,782	6,047,997
1981	1,583,426	6,420,551
1982	1,662,480	6,824,486
1983	1,744,295	7,252,941
1984	1,820,688	7,697,307
1985	1,894,242	8,151,779
1986	1,972,520	8,628,639
1987	2,052,994	9,130,194
1988	2,134,707	9,629,165
1989	2,217,468	10,128,394
1990	1,684,819	10,640,691
1991	1,351,399	11,160,744
1992	1,634,961	11,686,676
1993	1,672,151	12,215,862
1994	1,664,361	12,750,040
1995	1,681,513	13,289,245
1996	1,730,246	13,831,009
1997	1,787,683	14,374,943
1998	1,844,302	14,922,185
1999	1,900,030	15,472,075
2000	1,954,709	16,177,722
2001	2,008,121	17,041,397
2002	2,059,974	17,910,910
2003	2,109,881	18,786,767
2004	2,157,320	19,669,480
2005	2,236,788	20,559,890
2006	2,364,733	21,459,144
2007	2,507,887	22,368,313
2008	2,651,421	23,287,877
2009	2,795,484	24,217,654
2010	2,943,372	23,978,487
2011	3,132,814	25,091,867
2012	3,337,109	26,168,861
2013	3,507,844	27,624,004
2014	3,665,876	28,309,273
2015	3,834,574	29,816,382
2016	4,004,096	30,954,198
2017	4,154,812	30,977,355
2018	4,323,515	30,196,281
2019	4,442,316	30,063,799
2020	4,400,267	31,552,510
2021	4,360,865	30,784,383
2022	4,589,643	32,175,224
2023	4,853,420	33,702,731
2024	4,973,861	35,300,280

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1960	7.22	7.63
1961	7.25	7.63
1962	7.25	7.64
1963	7.28	7.65
1964	7.29	7.67
1965	7.31	7.66
1966	7.34	7.66
1967	7.33	7.66
1968	7.28	7.63
1969	7.18	7.6
1970	7.03	7.58
1971	6.84	7.56
1972	6.64	7.54
1973	6.43	7.48
1974	6.23	7.43
1975	6.06	7.37
1976	5.9	7.33
1977	5.71	7.3
1978	5.52	7.26
1979	5.33	7.23
1980	5.18	7.15
1981	5.02	7.07
1982	4.85	6.98
1983	4.66	6.88
1984	4.45	6.78
1985	4.22	6.65
1986	4	6.52
1987	3.83	6.34
1988	3.7	6.15
1989	3.59	5.98
1990	3.49	5.8
1991	3.4	5.64
1992	3.35	5.49
1993	3.31	5.33
1994	3.27	5.16
1995	3.25	4.99
1996	3.22	4.81
1997	3.14	4.66
1998	3.04	4.52
1999	2.95	4.35
2000	2.89	4.21
2001	2.84	3.96
2002	2.8	3.71
2003	2.77	3.47
2004	2.76	3.26
2005	2.73	3.16
2006	2.59	3.18
2007	2.41	3.19
2008	2.27	3.07
2009	2.15	2.95
2010	2.04	2.81
2011	1.96	2.8
2012	1.99	2.78
2013	1.97	2.67
2014	2.06	2.68
2015	2.03	2.63
2016	2.06	2.65
2017	2.16	2.67
2018	2.12	2.67
2019	2.08	2.49
2020	2.03	2.27
2021	2.15	2.17
2022	1.55	2.14
2023	1.52	2.28

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Saudi Arabia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1960	22	18.6
1961	21.8	18.5
1962	21.5	18.4
1963	21	18.2
1964	20.7	18
1965	20.4	17.9
1966	20	17.7
1967	19.6	17.6
1968	19.2	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.5	17.4
1971	18.3	17.4
1972	18.3	17.4
1973	18.3	17.5
1974	18.4	17.6
1975	18.4	17.7
1976	18.7	17.8
1977	19.2	17.9
1978	19.6	18
1979	20.1	18.1
1980	20.5	18.2
1981	20.9	18.3
1982	21.3	18.4
1983	21.7	18.5
1984	22.1	18.6
1985	22.4	18.7
1986	22.7	18.7
1987	22.8	18.8
1988	23	18.9
1989	23.2	19
1990	23.4	19
1991	23.6	19.2
1992	23.8	19.3
1993	24.2	19.4
1994	25.1	19.6
1995	25.5	19.7
1996	25.5	19.9
1997	25.5	20.2
1998	25.5	20.4
1999	25.6	20.7
2000	25.9	20.8
2001	26.3	20.7
2002	26.8	20.8
2003	27.3	21.1
2004	27.9	21.4
2005	28.3	21.9
2006	28.5	22.3
2007	28.6	22.8
2008	28.8	23.4
2009	29.2	23.9
2010	29.6	24.5
2011	30.5	25.2
2012	31.5	25.9
2013	32.3	26.6
2014	33	27.2
2015	33.8	27.9
2016	34.7	28.6
2017	35.6	29
2018	36.4	29.3
2019	37.1	29.3
2020	37.7	29.4
2021	35.8	29.5
2022	34.4	29.7
2023	35.5	30.2
2024	35.8	30.5

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