Kuwait vs Turkey statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 153rd vs. 36th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Kuwait and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	-	$7,566,666,667
1961	-	$7,988,888,889
1962	$1,828,107,503	$8,922,222,222
1963	$1,900,895,857	$10,355,555,556
1964	$2,071,668,533	$11,177,777,778
1965	$2,097,199,161	$11,966,666,667
1966	$2,391,199,044	$14,100,000,000
1967	$2,441,599,023	$15,644,444,444
1968	$2,662,798,935	$17,500,000,000
1969	$2,769,198,892	$19,466,666,667
1970	$2,873,638,851	$17,863,636,364
1971	$3,880,392,195	$16,166,666,667
1972	$4,450,537,925	$20,650,000,000
1973	$5,408,804,607	$26,000,000,000
1974	$13,006,948,296	$35,414,285,714
1975	$12,022,811,621	$46,042,857,143
1976	$13,132,252,802	$51,450,000,000
1977	$14,137,406,741	$58,683,333,333
1978	$15,503,557,496	$65,912,500,000
1979	$24,749,063,922	$89,616,129,032
1980	$28,638,868,356	$68,823,684,211
1981	$25,058,020,338	$71,180,180,180
1982	$21,577,153,356	$64,369,325,153
1983	$20,871,081,080	$61,803,555,556
1984	$21,700,082,753	$59,937,602,180
1985	$21,445,970,614	$67,232,758,621
1986	$17,903,989,745	$75,673,037,037
1987	$22,368,704,134	$87,190,081,680
1988	$20,690,322,153	$90,875,175,809
1989	$24,313,855,653	$107,127,191,329
1990	$18,427,777,778	$150,655,500,192
1991	$11,009,993,703	$151,034,731,544
1992	$19,858,555,215	$159,104,772,992
1993	$23,941,391,391	$180,415,757,852
1994	$24,848,483,838	$130,650,447,499
1995	$27,186,980,647	$169,319,579,016
1996	$31,492,373,309	$181,464,408,820
1997	$30,350,190,704	$189,878,399,895
1998	$25,943,705,784	$275,941,990,764
1999	$30,122,365,849	$256,395,932,738
2000	$37,718,743,480	$274,294,623,164
2001	$34,889,559,870	$201,753,123,807
2002	$38,135,788,414	$240,249,071,871
2003	$47,874,582,232	$314,595,572,146
2004	$59,439,090,601	$408,865,430,220
2005	$80,798,630,137	$506,314,717,662
2006	$101,557,330,723	$557,076,157,773
2007	$114,634,043,362	$681,321,124,296
2008	$147,379,737,230	$770,449,132,861
2009	$105,968,691,905	$649,289,324,628
2010	$115,416,245,238	$776,967,266,306
2011	$154,039,231,299	$838,785,289,694
2012	$174,047,662,555	$880,555,885,492
2013	$174,168,116,687	$957,799,120,008
2014	$162,650,450,785	$938,934,609,297
2015	$114,585,555,831	$864,313,810,469
2016	$109,406,674,088	$869,682,881,593
2017	$120,687,539,676	$858,988,492,854
2018	$138,646,316,322	$778,972,108,041
2019	$140,856,394,870	$761,005,915,751
2020	$111,045,470,461	$720,338,490,327
2021	$148,350,671,614	$819,865,223,976
2022	$183,502,046,669	$907,118,434,654
2023	$165,384,407,267	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	$160,227,273,001	$1,323,254,808,059

Kuwait and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	-	$267.1
1961	-	$274.4
1962	$4,748	$298.2
1963	$4,445	$337
1964	$4,379	$354
1965	$4,024	$370
1966	$4,176	$425
1967	$3,887	$459
1968	$3,872	$501
1969	$3,695	$544
1970	$3,552	$488
1971	$4,486	$431
1972	$4,836	$537
1973	$5,532	$661
1974	$12,527	$881
1975	$10,882	$1,122
1976	$11,141	$1,228
1977	$11,238	$1,372
1978	$11,567	$1,510
1979	$17,386	$2,013
1980	$19,032	$1,516
1981	$15,825	$1,537
1982	$12,979	$1,360
1983	$11,965	$1,276
1984	$11,919	$1,209
1985	$11,322	$1,326
1986	$9,077	$1,461
1987	$10,896	$1,650
1988	$9,692	$1,686
1989	$10,965	$1,949
1990	$10,938	$2,690
1991	$8,147	$2,649
1992	$12,146	$2,744
1993	$14,318	$3,058
1994	$14,930	$2,176
1995	$16,168	$2,775
1996	$18,201	$2,929
1997	$16,977	$3,021
1998	$14,067	$4,330
1999	$15,854	$3,969
2000	$19,296	$4,192
2001	$17,374	$3,046
2002	$18,513	$3,583
2003	$22,691	$4,638
2004	$27,552	$5,961
2005	$36,123	$7,303
2006	$42,947	$7,953
2007	$45,709	$9,711
2008	$55,585	$10,844
2009	$37,907	$9,013
2010	$39,212	$10,623
2011	$49,170	$11,301
2012	$52,155	$11,713
2013	$49,651	$12,578
2014	$44,369	$12,165
2015	$29,882	$11,050
2016	$27,324	$10,970
2017	$29,048	$10,696
2018	$32,068	$9,569
2019	$31,708	$9,215
2020	$25,236	$8,639
2021	$34,019	$9,743
2022	$39,982	$10,675
2023	$34,076	$13,106
2024	$32,214	$15,473

Kuwait vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Turkey

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Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Turkey
1950	49.7	47.3
1951	50.6	47.6
1952	51.4	48.1
1953	52.3	48.2
1954	53.1	48.8
1955	54	49.1
1956	54.9	49.5
1957	55.9	49.2
1958	56.9	49.2
1959	57.9	50.1
1960	58.9	50.8
1961	60	51.6
1962	61	52.3
1963	62	53.1
1964	63	53.6
1965	63.9	54.1
1966	64.9	54.6
1967	65.8	55.2
1968	66.6	55.6
1969	67.3	56.2
1970	68	56.7
1971	68.5	57.2
1972	68.9	58
1973	69.2	58.5
1974	69.4	59
1975	69.7	59.5
1976	69.9	60
1977	70.2	60.8
1978	70.5	61.6
1979	70.8	62.2
1980	71.1	62.7
1981	71.5	63.2
1982	71.9	63.7
1983	72.4	64.3
1984	72.9	64.8
1985	73.3	65.3
1986	73.8	65.9
1987	74.2	66.4
1988	74.6	66.9
1989	75	67.4
1990	72.9	67.8
1991	73.3	68.3
1992	75.7	68.6
1993	75.8	69
1994	75.7	69.4
1995	75.7	69.7
1996	75.6	70.2
1997	75.6	70.7
1998	75.6	71.1
1999	75.7	70.8
2000	75.9	71.9
2001	76	72.3
2002	76.2	72.6
2003	76.3	72.9
2004	76.4	73.2
2005	76.5	73.5
2006	76.6	73.8
2007	76.7	74.1
2008	76.9	74.4
2009	77.2	74.7
2010	77.5	75
2011	77.9	74.8
2012	78.2	75.6
2013	78.6	76.2
2014	78.9	76.5
2015	79.2	76.5
2016	79.5	76.6
2017	79.7	77
2018	79.9	77.5
2019	80	77.7
2020	78.2	76.5
2021	77.6	75.7
2022	78.8	77.6
2023	80.4	77.2
2024	80.6	77.4
2025	80.8	77.8

Kuwait and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	311,060	28,329,898
1961	345,945	29,119,238
1962	384,995	29,916,147
1963	427,694	30,726,841
1964	473,115	31,543,072
1965	521,174	32,345,220
1966	572,590	33,177,672
1967	628,089	34,050,421
1968	687,716	34,921,684
1969	749,452	35,787,774
1970	809,114	36,638,465
1971	865,076	37,518,611
1972	920,352	38,430,221
1973	977,654	39,329,533
1974	1,038,346	40,210,234
1975	1,104,863	41,053,126
1976	1,178,711	41,899,984
1977	1,258,023	42,773,298
1978	1,340,319	43,645,306
1979	1,423,514	44,510,429
1980	1,504,782	45,408,815
1981	1,583,426	46,321,190
1982	1,662,480	47,322,096
1983	1,744,295	48,447,410
1984	1,820,688	49,574,069
1985	1,894,242	50,687,115
1986	1,972,520	51,777,772
1987	2,052,994	52,843,670
1988	2,134,707	53,909,626
1989	2,217,468	54,976,723
1990	1,684,819	56,015,628
1991	1,351,399	57,009,887
1992	1,634,961	57,990,118
1993	1,672,151	58,999,167
1994	1,664,361	60,033,836
1995	1,681,513	61,024,503
1996	1,730,246	61,951,134
1997	1,787,683	62,852,966
1998	1,844,302	63,734,383
1999	1,900,030	64,591,923
2000	1,954,709	65,425,961
2001	2,008,121	66,245,128
2002	2,059,974	67,048,795
2003	2,109,881	67,831,730
2004	2,157,320	68,592,617
2005	2,236,788	69,329,557
2006	2,364,733	70,045,349
2007	2,507,887	70,158,112
2008	2,651,421	71,051,678
2009	2,795,484	72,039,206
2010	2,943,372	73,142,150
2011	3,132,814	74,223,629
2012	3,337,109	75,175,827
2013	3,507,844	76,147,624
2014	3,665,876	77,181,884
2015	3,834,574	78,218,479
2016	4,004,096	79,277,962
2017	4,154,812	80,312,698
2018	4,323,515	81,407,204
2019	4,442,316	82,579,440
2020	4,400,267	83,384,680
2021	4,360,865	84,147,318
2022	4,589,643	84,979,913
2023	4,853,420	85,325,965
2024	4,973,861	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Turkey

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	7.22	6.38
1961	7.25	6.42
1962	7.25	6.38
1963	7.28	6.34
1964	7.29	6.29
1965	7.31	6.22
1966	7.34	6.15
1967	7.33	6.06
1968	7.28	5.96
1969	7.18	5.87
1970	7.03	5.78
1971	6.84	5.67
1972	6.64	5.55
1973	6.43	5.41
1974	6.23	5.24
1975	6.06	5.09
1976	5.9	4.93
1977	5.71	4.78
1978	5.52	4.69
1979	5.33	4.58
1980	5.18	4.45
1981	5.02	4.35
1982	4.85	4.21
1983	4.66	4.06
1984	4.45	3.91
1985	4.22	3.78
1986	4	3.66
1987	3.83	3.54
1988	3.7	3.45
1989	3.59	3.34
1990	3.49	3.11
1991	3.4	3
1992	3.35	2.94
1993	3.31	2.92
1994	3.27	2.87
1995	3.25	2.84
1996	3.22	2.78
1997	3.14	2.74
1998	3.04	2.71
1999	2.95	2.63
2000	2.89	2.49
2001	2.84	2.39
2002	2.8	2.27
2003	2.77	2.2
2004	2.76	2.2
2005	2.73	2.2
2006	2.59	2.19
2007	2.41	2.16
2008	2.27	2.15
2009	2.15	2.1
2010	2.04	2.08
2011	1.96	2.05
2012	1.99	2.11
2013	1.97	2.11
2014	2.06	2.19
2015	2.03	2.16
2016	2.06	2.11
2017	2.16	2.08
2018	2.12	2
2019	2.08	1.89
2020	2.03	1.77
2021	2.15	1.71
2022	1.55	1.63
2023	1.52	1.51

Kuwait and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	22	19.4
1961	21.8	19.3
1962	21.5	19.1
1963	21	19
1964	20.7	18.9
1965	20.4	18.9
1966	20	18.8
1967	19.6	18.7
1968	19.2	18.6
1969	18.8	18.6
1970	18.5	18.6
1971	18.3	18.7
1972	18.3	18.8
1973	18.3	18.9
1974	18.4	19
1975	18.4	19.1
1976	18.7	19.3
1977	19.2	19.4
1978	19.6	19.5
1979	20.1	19.7
1980	20.5	19.8
1981	20.9	19.9
1982	21.3	20
1983	21.7	20.2
1984	22.1	20.4
1985	22.4	20.6
1986	22.7	20.9
1987	22.8	21.1
1988	23	21.3
1989	23.2	21.6
1990	23.4	21.8
1991	23.6	22.1
1992	23.8	22.4
1993	24.2	22.7
1994	25.1	23
1995	25.5	23.3
1996	25.5	23.6
1997	25.5	24
1998	25.5	24.3
1999	25.6	24.7
2000	25.9	25
2001	26.3	25.4
2002	26.8	25.8
2003	27.3	26.2
2004	27.9	26.6
2005	28.3	27
2006	28.5	27.5
2007	28.6	27.9
2008	28.8	28.3
2009	29.2	28.6
2010	29.6	29.1
2011	30.5	29.5
2012	31.5	29.8
2013	32.3	30.1
2014	33	30.4
2015	33.8	30.6
2016	34.7	30.9
2017	35.6	31.2
2018	36.4	31.5
2019	37.1	31.8
2020	37.7	32.3
2021	35.8	32.7
2022	34.4	33.1
2023	35.5	33.5
2024	35.8	34

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