Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 10.9M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 88/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 153rd vs. 117th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 29/197 ($537B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($49,378).

Kuwait and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	UAE
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	$685,986,701
1971	$3,880,392,195	$939,893,600
1972	$4,450,537,925	$1,415,086,929
1973	$5,408,804,607	$4,231,243,616
1974	$13,006,948,296	$11,651,505,689
1975	$12,022,811,621	$14,720,728,249
1976	$13,132,252,802	$19,213,158,779
1977	$14,137,406,741	$24,871,775,165
1978	$15,503,557,496	$23,775,764,225
1979	$24,749,063,922	$31,225,659,621
1980	$28,638,868,356	$43,599,160,050
1981	$25,058,020,338	$49,333,424,135
1982	$21,577,153,356	$46,622,718,605
1983	$20,871,081,080	$42,803,323,345
1984	$21,700,082,753	$41,807,954,236
1985	$21,445,970,614	$40,603,650,232
1986	$17,903,989,745	$33,943,612,095
1987	$22,368,704,134	$36,384,908,744
1988	$20,690,322,153	$36,275,674,203
1989	$24,313,855,653	$41,464,995,914
1990	$18,427,777,778	$50,701,443,748
1991	$11,009,993,703	$51,552,165,622
1992	$19,858,555,215	$54,239,171,888
1993	$23,941,391,391	$55,625,170,253
1994	$24,848,483,838	$59,305,093,980
1995	$27,186,980,647	$65,743,666,576
1996	$31,492,373,309	$73,571,233,996
1997	$30,350,190,704	$78,839,008,445
1998	$25,943,705,784	$75,674,336,283
1999	$30,122,365,849	$84,445,473,111
2000	$37,718,743,480	$104,337,372,362
2001	$34,889,559,870	$103,311,640,572
2002	$38,135,788,414	$109,816,201,498
2003	$47,874,582,232	$124,346,358,067
2004	$59,439,090,601	$147,824,370,320
2005	$80,798,630,137	$180,617,467,965
2006	$101,557,330,723	$222,116,541,865
2007	$114,634,043,362	$257,916,133,424
2008	$147,379,737,230	$315,474,615,739
2009	$105,968,691,905	$253,547,358,747
2010	$115,416,245,238	$300,189,052,689
2011	$154,039,231,299	$360,832,739,551
2012	$174,047,662,555	$384,610,125,391
2013	$174,168,116,687	$400,218,529,748
2014	$162,650,450,785	$414,105,366,753
2015	$114,585,555,831	$370,275,469,571
2016	$109,406,674,088	$369,255,326,236
2017	$120,687,539,676	$390,516,804,030
2018	$138,646,316,322	$427,049,432,158
2019	$140,856,394,870	$417,989,721,743
2020	$111,045,470,461	$349,473,015,330
2021	$148,350,671,614	$415,178,792,757
2022	$183,502,046,669	$502,731,935,194
2023	$165,384,407,267	$514,130,432,648
2024	$160,227,273,001	$537,078,829,135

Kuwait and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	UAE
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	$2,394
1971	$4,486	$2,805
1972	$4,836	$3,675
1973	$5,532	$9,696
1974	$12,527	$23,823
1975	$10,882	$27,117
1976	$11,141	$31,197
1977	$11,238	$35,020
1978	$11,567	$29,379
1979	$17,386	$34,238
1980	$19,032	$42,925
1981	$15,825	$44,854
1982	$12,979	$39,972
1983	$11,965	$34,650
1984	$11,919	$32,012
1985	$11,322	$29,468
1986	$9,077	$23,132
1987	$10,896	$23,113
1988	$9,692	$21,570
1989	$10,965	$23,167
1990	$10,938	$26,710
1991	$8,147	$25,691
1992	$12,146	$25,648
1993	$14,318	$25,033
1994	$14,930	$25,473
1995	$16,168	$27,003
1996	$18,201	$28,323
1997	$16,977	$27,983
1998	$14,067	$24,889
1999	$15,854	$25,856
2000	$19,296	$29,866
2001	$17,374	$27,745
2002	$18,513	$27,754
2003	$22,691	$29,660
2004	$27,552	$33,377
2005	$36,123	$38,719
2006	$42,947	$44,343
2007	$45,709	$45,855
2008	$55,585	$50,054
2009	$37,907	$37,803
2010	$39,212	$43,697
2011	$49,170	$50,789
2012	$52,155	$52,034
2013	$49,651	$52,024
2014	$44,369	$51,381
2015	$29,882	$43,535
2016	$27,324	$41,326
2017	$29,048	$42,341
2018	$32,068	$45,690
2019	$31,708	$44,251
2020	$25,236	$37,174
2021	$34,019	$43,360
2022	$39,982	$49,899
2023	$34,076	$49,041
2024	$32,214	$49,378

Kuwait vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	UAE
1950	49.7	42.1
1951	50.6	42.9
1952	51.4	43.6
1953	52.3	44.4
1954	53.1	45.2
1955	54	46
1956	54.9	46.9
1957	55.9	47.8
1958	56.9	48.8
1959	57.9	49.7
1960	58.9	50.7
1961	60	51.6
1962	61	52.5
1963	62	53.5
1964	63	54.5
1965	63.9	55.5
1966	64.9	56.6
1967	65.8	57.6
1968	66.6	58.7
1969	67.3	59.8
1970	68	60.8
1971	68.5	61.8
1972	68.9	62.7
1973	69.2	63.5
1974	69.4	64.4
1975	69.7	65.1
1976	69.9	65.8
1977	70.2	66.5
1978	70.5	67.1
1979	70.8	67.6
1980	71.1	68.2
1981	71.5	68.6
1982	71.9	69.1
1983	72.4	69.4
1984	72.9	69.8
1985	73.3	70.1
1986	73.8	70.4
1987	74.2	70.6
1988	74.6	70.8
1989	75	71
1990	72.9	71.1
1991	73.3	71.1
1992	75.7	71.2
1993	75.8	71.2
1994	75.7	71.2
1995	75.7	71.4
1996	75.6	71.8
1997	75.6	72.6
1998	75.6	73.7
1999	75.7	75
2000	75.9	76.3
2001	76	77.6
2002	76.2	78.7
2003	76.3	79.6
2004	76.4	80.3
2005	76.5	80.8
2006	76.6	81.2
2007	76.7	81.4
2008	76.9	81.6
2009	77.2	81.7
2010	77.5	81.9
2011	77.9	81.9
2012	78.2	81.9
2013	78.6	82
2014	78.9	82
2015	79.2	82.1
2016	79.5	82.2
2017	79.7	82.4
2018	79.9	82.4
2019	80	82.6
2020	78.2	81.9
2021	77.6	79.1
2022	78.8	80.5
2023	80.4	82.9
2024	80.6	83.1
2025	80.8	83.2

Kuwait and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	UAE
1960	311,060	131,334
1961	345,945	137,989
1962	384,995	144,946
1963	427,694	152,211
1964	473,115	159,692
1965	521,174	167,103
1966	572,590	173,976
1967	628,089	179,700
1968	687,716	199,416
1969	749,452	239,660
1970	809,114	286,536
1971	865,076	335,027
1972	920,352	385,014
1973	977,654	436,399
1974	1,038,346	489,087
1975	1,104,863	542,856
1976	1,178,711	615,866
1977	1,258,023	710,209
1978	1,340,319	809,274
1979	1,423,514	912,010
1980	1,504,782	1,015,700
1981	1,583,426	1,099,855
1982	1,662,480	1,166,370
1983	1,744,295	1,235,305
1984	1,820,688	1,305,996
1985	1,894,242	1,377,911
1986	1,972,520	1,467,383
1987	2,052,994	1,574,244
1988	2,134,707	1,681,788
1989	2,217,468	1,789,851
1990	1,684,819	1,898,220
1991	1,351,399	2,006,626
1992	1,634,961	2,114,730
1993	1,672,151	2,222,093
1994	1,664,361	2,328,188
1995	1,681,513	2,434,662
1996	1,730,246	2,597,564
1997	1,787,683	2,817,410
1998	1,844,302	3,040,421
1999	1,900,030	3,266,009
2000	1,954,709	3,493,575
2001	2,008,121	3,723,590
2002	2,059,974	3,956,826
2003	2,109,881	4,192,457
2004	2,157,320	4,428,967
2005	2,236,788	4,664,790
2006	2,364,733	5,009,100
2007	2,507,887	5,624,635
2008	2,651,421	6,302,664
2009	2,795,484	6,707,058
2010	2,943,372	6,869,838
2011	3,132,814	7,104,538
2012	3,337,109	7,391,448
2013	3,507,844	7,693,031
2014	3,665,876	8,059,440
2015	3,834,574	8,505,237
2016	4,004,096	8,935,095
2017	4,154,812	9,223,225
2018	4,323,515	9,346,701
2019	4,442,316	9,445,785
2020	4,400,267	9,401,038
2021	4,360,865	9,575,152
2022	4,589,643	10,074,977
2023	4,853,420	10,483,751
2024	4,973,861	10,876,981

Fertility rates in Kuwait and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	UAE
1960	7.22	6.5
1961	7.25	6.49
1962	7.25	6.49
1963	7.28	6.5
1964	7.29	6.49
1965	7.31	6.5
1966	7.34	6.5
1967	7.33	6.51
1968	7.28	6.53
1969	7.18	6.52
1970	7.03	6.52
1971	6.84	6.52
1972	6.64	6.5
1973	6.43	6.46
1974	6.23	6.41
1975	6.06	6.35
1976	5.9	6.29
1977	5.71	6.22
1978	5.52	6.15
1979	5.33	6.06
1980	5.18	5.95
1981	5.02	5.81
1982	4.85	5.66
1983	4.66	5.48
1984	4.45	5.3
1985	4.22	5.13
1986	4	5
1987	3.83	4.88
1988	3.7	4.77
1989	3.59	4.65
1990	3.49	4.51
1991	3.4	4.25
1992	3.35	4.09
1993	3.31	3.82
1994	3.27	3.76
1995	3.25	3.28
1996	3.22	3.06
1997	3.14	2.83
1998	3.04	2.77
1999	2.95	2.79
2000	2.89	2.73
2001	2.84	2.62
2002	2.8	2.54
2003	2.77	2.49
2004	2.76	2.38
2005	2.73	2.23
2006	2.59	1.96
2007	2.41	1.79
2008	2.27	1.52
2009	2.15	1.58
2010	2.04	1.57
2011	1.96	1.54
2012	1.99	1.53
2013	1.97	1.53
2014	2.06	1.48
2015	2.03	1.42
2016	2.06	1.37
2017	2.16	1.35
2018	2.12	1.29
2019	2.08	1.25
2020	2.03	1.29
2021	2.15	1.16
2022	1.55	1.15
2023	1.52	1.2

Kuwait and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	UAE
1960	22	19.6
1961	21.8	20.1
1962	21.5	20.6
1963	21	21
1964	20.7	21.5
1965	20.4	22
1966	20	22.6
1967	19.6	23.3
1968	19.2	23.5
1969	18.8	23.1
1970	18.5	23
1971	18.3	23.2
1972	18.3	23.6
1973	18.3	24.1
1974	18.4	24.7
1975	18.4	25.4
1976	18.7	25.6
1977	19.2	25.4
1978	19.6	25.5
1979	20.1	25.8
1980	20.5	26.2
1981	20.9	26.4
1982	21.3	26.4
1983	21.7	26.4
1984	22.1	26.4
1985	22.4	26.6
1986	22.7	26.5
1987	22.8	26.1
1988	23	25.9
1989	23.2	25.8
1990	23.4	25.8
1991	23.6	26
1992	23.8	26.4
1993	24.2	26.8
1994	25.1	27.4
1995	25.5	28
1996	25.5	28.1
1997	25.5	27.9
1998	25.5	27.9
1999	25.6	28
2000	25.9	28.2
2001	26.3	28.6
2002	26.8	29.1
2003	27.3	29.6
2004	27.9	30.3
2005	28.3	30.9
2006	28.5	31.4
2007	28.6	31.6
2008	28.8	31.6
2009	29.2	31.6
2010	29.6	31.7
2011	30.5	31.7
2012	31.5	31.7
2013	32.3	31.7
2014	33	31.8
2015	33.8	31.8
2016	34.7	31.8
2017	35.6	31.8
2018	36.4	31.8
2019	37.1	31.8
2020	37.7	31.8
2021	35.8	31.9
2022	34.4	31.9
2023	35.5	32.2
2024	35.8	32.6

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