Kuwait vs Singapore statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 153rd vs. 177th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

Kuwait and Singapore: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Singapore economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Singapore
1960	-	$704,751,700
1961	-	$764,629,788
1962	$1,828,107,503	$826,239,212
1963	$1,900,895,857	$917,608,012
1964	$2,071,668,533	$894,153,311
1965	$2,097,199,161	$974,644,096
1966	$2,391,199,044	$1,096,425,608
1967	$2,441,599,023	$1,238,035,816
1968	$2,662,798,935	$1,425,706,091
1969	$2,769,198,892	$1,659,893,768
1970	$2,873,638,851	$1,920,574,150
1971	$3,880,392,195	$2,263,785,444
1972	$4,450,537,925	$2,721,440,981
1973	$5,408,804,607	$3,696,213,333
1974	$13,006,948,296	$5,221,534,956
1975	$12,022,811,621	$5,633,673,930
1976	$13,132,252,802	$6,327,077,974
1977	$14,137,406,741	$6,618,585,074
1978	$15,503,557,496	$7,517,176,355
1979	$24,749,063,922	$9,296,921,724
1980	$28,638,868,356	$11,896,256,783
1981	$25,058,020,338	$14,175,228,844
1982	$21,577,153,356	$16,084,252,378
1983	$20,871,081,080	$17,784,112,150
1984	$21,700,082,753	$19,749,361,098
1985	$21,445,970,614	$19,156,532,746
1986	$17,903,989,745	$18,586,746,057
1987	$22,368,704,134	$20,919,215,578
1988	$20,690,322,153	$25,371,462,488
1989	$24,313,855,653	$30,465,364,739
1990	$18,427,777,778	$36,144,336,769
1991	$11,009,993,703	$45,466,164,978
1992	$19,858,555,215	$52,131,320,033
1993	$23,941,391,391	$60,603,815,716
1994	$24,848,483,838	$73,688,724,431
1995	$27,186,980,647	$87,812,540,788
1996	$31,492,373,309	$96,293,086,513
1997	$30,350,190,704	$100,123,787,215
1998	$25,943,705,784	$85,728,207,782
1999	$30,122,365,849	$86,286,849,755
2000	$37,718,743,480	$96,076,539,926
2001	$34,889,559,870	$89,793,790,670
2002	$38,135,788,414	$92,538,372,870
2003	$47,874,582,232	$97,646,401,096
2004	$59,439,090,601	$115,033,593,101
2005	$80,798,630,137	$127,807,848,728
2006	$101,557,330,723	$148,627,286,361
2007	$114,634,043,362	$180,941,701,358
2008	$147,379,737,230	$193,617,323,539
2009	$105,968,691,905	$194,150,283,772
2010	$115,416,245,238	$239,807,980,591
2011	$154,039,231,299	$279,356,499,090
2012	$174,047,662,555	$295,092,888,077
2013	$174,168,116,687	$307,576,360,585
2014	$162,650,450,785	$314,863,580,758
2015	$114,585,555,831	$307,998,545,269
2016	$109,406,674,088	$319,646,468,521
2017	$120,687,539,676	$343,673,334,902
2018	$138,646,316,322	$377,123,710,561
2019	$140,856,394,870	$376,161,998,830
2020	$111,045,470,461	$349,165,858,545
2021	$148,350,671,614	$436,591,382,250
2022	$183,502,046,669	$509,017,841,147
2023	$165,384,407,267	$505,439,514,078
2024	$160,227,273,001	$547,386,645,892

Kuwait and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Singapore
1960	-	$428
1961	-	$449
1962	$4,748	$472
1963	$4,445	$511
1964	$4,379	$486
1965	$4,024	$517
1966	$4,176	$567
1967	$3,887	$626
1968	$3,872	$709
1969	$3,695	$813
1970	$3,552	$926
1971	$4,486	$1,071
1972	$4,836	$1,264
1973	$5,532	$1,685
1974	$12,527	$2,342
1975	$10,882	$2,490
1976	$11,141	$2,759
1977	$11,238	$2,846
1978	$11,567	$3,194
1979	$17,386	$3,901
1980	$19,032	$4,928
1981	$15,825	$5,597
1982	$12,979	$6,078
1983	$11,965	$6,633
1984	$11,919	$7,228
1985	$11,322	$7,002
1986	$9,077	$6,800
1987	$10,896	$7,539
1988	$9,692	$8,914
1989	$10,965	$10,395
1990	$10,938	$11,862
1991	$8,147	$14,502
1992	$12,146	$16,136
1993	$14,318	$18,290
1994	$14,930	$21,552
1995	$16,168	$24,915
1996	$18,201	$26,233
1997	$16,977	$26,376
1998	$14,067	$21,829
1999	$15,854	$21,797
2000	$19,296	$23,853
2001	$17,374	$21,700
2002	$18,513	$22,160
2003	$22,691	$23,730
2004	$27,552	$27,608
2005	$36,123	$29,961
2006	$42,947	$33,768
2007	$45,709	$39,433
2008	$55,585	$40,009
2009	$37,907	$38,927
2010	$39,212	$47,237
2011	$49,170	$53,891
2012	$52,155	$55,548
2013	$49,651	$56,967
2014	$44,369	$57,565
2015	$29,882	$55,646
2016	$27,324	$57,006
2017	$29,048	$61,236
2018	$32,068	$66,882
2019	$31,708	$65,952
2020	$25,236	$61,410
2021	$34,019	$80,056
2022	$39,982	$90,299
2023	$34,076	$85,412
2024	$32,214	$90,674

Kuwait vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Singapore
1950	49.7	54.1
1951	50.6	55.3
1952	51.4	56.4
1953	52.3	57.5
1954	53.1	59.4
1955	54	61.2
1956	54.9	62.6
1957	55.9	63.4
1958	56.9	64
1959	57.9	64.8
1960	58.9	65.3
1961	60	65.7
1962	61	66.1
1963	62	66.5
1964	63	66.7
1965	63.9	66.9
1966	64.9	67.2
1967	65.8	67.3
1968	66.6	67.7
1969	67.3	68.1
1970	68	68.5
1971	68.5	68.8
1972	68.9	69
1973	69.2	69.4
1974	69.4	69.7
1975	69.7	70.2
1976	69.9	70.6
1977	70.2	70.9
1978	70.5	71.2
1979	70.8	71.4
1980	71.1	71.5
1981	71.5	71.7
1982	71.9	72
1983	72.4	72.4
1984	72.9	72.6
1985	73.3	73.1
1986	73.8	73.6
1987	74.2	74
1988	74.6	74
1989	75	74.3
1990	72.9	74.6
1991	73.3	75.1
1992	75.7	75.3
1993	75.8	75.5
1994	75.7	75.6
1995	75.7	75.7
1996	75.6	76.1
1997	75.6	76.4
1998	75.6	76.9
1999	75.7	77.3
2000	75.9	77.8
2001	76	78.3
2002	76.2	78.7
2003	76.3	79.2
2004	76.4	79.7
2005	76.5	80.3
2006	76.6	80.6
2007	76.7	80.9
2008	76.9	81.1
2009	77.2	81.4
2010	77.5	81.6
2011	77.9	81.9
2012	78.2	82.2
2013	78.6	82.5
2014	78.9	82.6
2015	79.2	82.7
2016	79.5	82.9
2017	79.7	83.1
2018	79.9	83.4
2019	80	83.7
2020	78.2	83.7
2021	77.6	83.5
2022	78.8	82.9
2023	80.4	83.7
2024	80.6	83.9
2025	80.8	84

Kuwait and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Singapore
1960	311,060	1,646,400
1961	345,945	1,702,400
1962	384,995	1,750,200
1963	427,694	1,795,000
1964	473,115	1,841,600
1965	521,174	1,886,900
1966	572,590	1,934,400
1967	628,089	1,977,600
1968	687,716	2,012,000
1969	749,452	2,042,500
1970	809,114	2,074,507
1971	865,076	2,112,900
1972	920,352	2,152,400
1973	977,654	2,193,000
1974	1,038,346	2,229,800
1975	1,104,863	2,262,600
1976	1,178,711	2,293,300
1977	1,258,023	2,325,300
1978	1,340,319	2,353,600
1979	1,423,514	2,383,500
1980	1,504,782	2,413,945
1981	1,583,426	2,532,835
1982	1,662,480	2,646,466
1983	1,744,295	2,681,061
1984	1,820,688	2,732,221
1985	1,894,242	2,735,957
1986	1,972,520	2,733,373
1987	2,052,994	2,774,789
1988	2,134,707	2,846,108
1989	2,217,468	2,930,901
1990	1,684,819	3,047,132
1991	1,351,399	3,135,083
1992	1,634,961	3,230,698
1993	1,672,151	3,313,471
1994	1,664,361	3,419,048
1995	1,681,513	3,524,506
1996	1,730,246	3,670,704
1997	1,787,683	3,796,038
1998	1,844,302	3,927,213
1999	1,900,030	3,958,723
2000	1,954,709	4,027,887
2001	2,008,121	4,138,012
2002	2,059,974	4,175,950
2003	2,109,881	4,114,826
2004	2,157,320	4,166,664
2005	2,236,788	4,265,762
2006	2,364,733	4,401,365
2007	2,507,887	4,588,599
2008	2,651,421	4,839,396
2009	2,795,484	4,987,573
2010	2,943,372	5,076,732
2011	3,132,814	5,183,688
2012	3,337,109	5,312,437
2013	3,507,844	5,399,162
2014	3,665,876	5,469,724
2015	3,834,574	5,535,002
2016	4,004,096	5,607,283
2017	4,154,812	5,612,253
2018	4,323,515	5,638,676
2019	4,442,316	5,703,569
2020	4,400,267	5,685,807
2021	4,360,865	5,453,566
2022	4,589,643	5,637,022
2023	4,853,420	5,917,648
2024	4,973,861	6,036,860

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Singapore

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Singapore
1960	7.22	5.76
1961	7.25	5.41
1962	7.25	5.21
1963	7.28	5.16
1964	7.29	4.97
1965	7.31	4.66
1966	7.34	4.46
1967	7.33	3.91
1968	7.28	3.53
1969	7.18	3.22
1970	7.03	3.07
1971	6.84	3.02
1972	6.64	3.04
1973	6.43	2.79
1974	6.23	2.35
1975	6.06	2.07
1976	5.9	2.11
1977	5.71	1.82
1978	5.52	1.79
1979	5.33	1.79
1980	5.18	1.82
1981	5.02	1.78
1982	4.85	1.74
1983	4.66	1.61
1984	4.45	1.62
1985	4.22	1.61
1986	4	1.43
1987	3.83	1.62
1988	3.7	1.96
1989	3.59	1.75
1990	3.49	1.83
1991	3.4	1.73
1992	3.35	1.72
1993	3.31	1.74
1994	3.27	1.71
1995	3.25	1.67
1996	3.22	1.66
1997	3.14	1.61
1998	3.04	1.48
1999	2.95	1.47
2000	2.89	1.6
2001	2.84	1.41
2002	2.8	1.37
2003	2.77	1.27
2004	2.76	1.26
2005	2.73	1.26
2006	2.59	1.28
2007	2.41	1.29
2008	2.27	1.28
2009	2.15	1.22
2010	2.04	1.15
2011	1.96	1.2
2012	1.99	1.29
2013	1.97	1.19
2014	2.06	1.25
2015	2.03	1.24
2016	2.06	1.2
2017	2.16	1.16
2018	2.12	1.14
2019	2.08	1.14
2020	2.03	1.1
2021	2.15	1.12
2022	1.55	1.04
2023	1.52	0.97

Kuwait and Singapore demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Singapore

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Singapore
1960	22	18.2
1961	21.8	18.1
1962	21.5	18
1963	21	18
1964	20.7	18.1
1965	20.4	18.2
1966	20	18.4
1967	19.6	18.6
1968	19.2	18.9
1969	18.8	19.3
1970	18.5	19.7
1971	18.3	20.1
1972	18.3	20.6
1973	18.3	21
1974	18.4	21.5
1975	18.4	22
1976	18.7	22.6
1977	19.2	23.1
1978	19.6	23.6
1979	20.1	24.2
1980	20.5	24.7
1981	20.9	25.3
1982	21.3	25.9
1983	21.7	26.4
1984	22.1	26.9
1985	22.4	27.3
1986	22.7	27.8
1987	22.8	28.3
1988	23	28.7
1989	23.2	29.1
1990	23.4	29.5
1991	23.6	29.8
1992	23.8	30.1
1993	24.2	30.4
1994	25.1	30.7
1995	25.5	31
1996	25.5	31.2
1997	25.5	31.4
1998	25.5	31.6
1999	25.6	31.9
2000	25.9	32.2
2001	26.3	32.5
2002	26.8	32.7
2003	27.3	33
2004	27.9	33.3
2005	28.3	33.5
2006	28.5	33.6
2007	28.6	33.6
2008	28.8	33.5
2009	29.2	33.6
2010	29.6	33.7
2011	30.5	33.9
2012	31.5	34
2013	32.3	34.1
2014	33	34.2
2015	33.8	34.4
2016	34.7	34.5
2017	35.6	34.8
2018	36.4	35
2019	37.1	35.2
2020	37.7	35.5
2021	35.8	35.8
2022	34.4	35.9
2023	35.5	36.2
2024	35.8	36.8

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