Kuwait vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 153rd vs. 78th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Kuwait and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	-	$73,233,967,692
1961	-	$77,741,965,703
1962	$1,828,107,503	$81,247,564,157
1963	$1,900,895,857	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,071,668,533	$94,407,558,351
1965	$2,097,199,161	$101,824,755,079
1966	$2,391,199,044	$108,572,752,102
1967	$2,441,599,023	$113,116,888,211
1968	$2,662,798,935	$107,759,910,068
1969	$2,769,198,892	$116,464,702,803
1970	$2,873,638,851	$130,671,946,244
1971	$3,880,392,195	$148,113,896,325
1972	$4,450,537,925	$169,965,034,965
1973	$5,408,804,607	$192,537,971,583
1974	$13,006,948,296	$206,131,369,799
1975	$12,022,811,621	$241,756,637,168
1976	$13,132,252,802	$232,614,555,256
1977	$14,137,406,741	$263,066,457,352
1978	$15,503,557,496	$335,883,029,722
1979	$24,749,063,922	$438,994,070,309
1980	$28,638,868,356	$564,947,710,899
1981	$25,058,020,338	$540,765,675,241
1982	$21,577,153,356	$515,048,916,841
1983	$20,871,081,080	$489,618,008,186
1984	$21,700,082,753	$461,487,097,632
1985	$21,445,970,614	$489,285,164,271
1986	$17,903,989,745	$601,452,653,181
1987	$22,368,704,134	$745,162,608,269
1988	$20,690,322,153	$910,122,732,124
1989	$24,313,855,653	$926,884,816,754
1990	$18,427,777,778	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$11,009,993,703	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$19,858,555,215	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$23,941,391,391	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$24,848,483,838	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$27,186,980,647	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$31,492,373,309	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$30,350,190,704	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$25,943,705,784	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$30,122,365,849	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$37,718,743,480	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$34,889,559,870	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$38,135,788,414	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$47,874,582,232	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$59,439,090,601	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$80,798,630,137	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$101,557,330,723	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$114,634,043,362	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$147,379,737,230	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$105,968,691,905	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$115,416,245,238	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$154,039,231,299	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$174,047,662,555	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$174,168,116,687	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$162,650,450,785	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$114,585,555,831	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$109,406,674,088	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$120,687,539,676	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$138,646,316,322	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$140,856,394,870	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$111,045,470,461	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$148,350,671,614	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$183,502,046,669	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$165,384,407,267	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$160,227,273,001	$3,643,834,188,783

Kuwait and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	-	$1,398
1961	-	$1,472
1962	$4,748	$1,526
1963	$4,445	$1,613
1964	$4,379	$1,748
1965	$4,024	$1,874
1966	$4,176	$1,987
1967	$3,887	$2,059
1968	$3,872	$1,952
1969	$3,695	$2,101
1970	$3,552	$2,348
1971	$4,486	$2,650
1972	$4,836	$3,030
1973	$5,532	$3,426
1974	$12,527	$3,666
1975	$10,882	$4,300
1976	$11,141	$4,138
1977	$11,238	$4,681
1978	$11,567	$5,977
1979	$17,386	$7,805
1980	$19,032	$10,032
1981	$15,825	$9,599
1982	$12,979	$9,146
1983	$11,965	$8,692
1984	$11,919	$8,179
1985	$11,322	$8,652
1986	$9,077	$10,611
1987	$10,896	$13,119
1988	$9,692	$15,987
1989	$10,965	$16,239
1990	$10,938	$19,095
1991	$8,147	$19,901
1992	$12,146	$20,487
1993	$14,318	$18,389
1994	$14,930	$19,709
1995	$16,168	$23,169
1996	$18,201	$24,406
1997	$16,977	$26,766
1998	$14,067	$28,275
1999	$15,854	$28,762
2000	$19,296	$28,281
2001	$17,374	$27,907
2002	$18,513	$30,078
2003	$22,691	$34,443
2004	$27,552	$40,367
2005	$36,123	$42,105
2006	$42,947	$44,512
2007	$45,709	$50,398
2008	$55,585	$47,396
2009	$37,907	$38,744
2010	$39,212	$39,599
2011	$49,170	$42,110
2012	$52,155	$42,490
2013	$49,651	$43,419
2014	$44,369	$47,427
2015	$29,882	$44,984
2016	$27,324	$40,988
2017	$29,048	$40,629
2018	$32,068	$43,315
2019	$31,708	$42,794
2020	$25,236	$40,405
2021	$34,019	$46,926
2022	$39,982	$46,063
2023	$34,076	$49,201
2024	$32,214	$52,637

Kuwait vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1950	49.7	68.6
1951	50.6	68.2
1952	51.4	69.5
1953	52.3	69.8
1954	53.1	70.2
1955	54	70.1
1956	54.9	70.4
1957	55.9	70.5
1958	56.9	70.7
1959	57.9	70.8
1960	58.9	71
1961	60	70.8
1962	61	70.9
1963	62	70.8
1964	63	71.5
1965	63.9	71.5
1966	64.9	71.4
1967	65.8	72.1
1968	66.6	71.7
1969	67.3	71.7
1970	68	71.9
1971	68.5	72.2
1972	68.9	72
1973	69.2	72.2
1974	69.4	72.4
1975	69.7	72.7
1976	69.9	72.6
1977	70.2	73.1
1978	70.5	73
1979	70.8	73.2
1980	71.1	73.6
1981	71.5	73.9
1982	71.9	74
1983	72.4	74.3
1984	72.9	74.7
1985	73.3	74.5
1986	73.8	74.8
1987	74.2	75.1
1988	74.6	75.3
1989	75	75.4
1990	72.9	75.7
1991	73.3	75.9
1992	75.7	76.3
1993	75.8	76.2
1994	75.7	76.7
1995	75.7	76.6
1996	75.6	76.9
1997	75.6	77.1
1998	75.6	77.3
1999	75.7	77.4
2000	75.9	77.8
2001	76	78.1
2002	76.2	78.2
2003	76.3	78.3
2004	76.4	78.9
2005	76.5	79.1
2006	76.6	79.3
2007	76.7	79.5
2008	76.9	79.7
2009	77.2	80.2
2010	77.5	80.4
2011	77.9	80.8
2012	78.2	80.9
2013	78.6	80.9
2014	78.9	81.2
2015	79.2	80.9
2016	79.5	81.1
2017	79.7	81.2
2018	79.9	81.1
2019	80	81.4
2020	78.2	80.4
2021	77.6	80.7
2022	78.8	81.1
2023	80.4	81.3
2024	80.6	81.4
2025	80.8	81.6

Kuwait and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	311,060	52,400,000
1961	345,945	52,800,000
1962	384,995	53,250,000
1963	427,694	53,650,000
1964	473,115	54,000,000
1965	521,174	54,348,050
1966	572,590	54,648,500
1967	628,089	54,943,600
1968	687,716	55,211,700
1969	749,452	55,441,750
1970	809,114	55,663,250
1971	865,076	55,896,223
1972	920,352	56,086,065
1973	977,654	56,194,527
1974	1,038,346	56,229,974
1975	1,104,863	56,225,800
1976	1,178,711	56,211,968
1977	1,258,023	56,193,492
1978	1,340,319	56,196,504
1979	1,423,514	56,246,951
1980	1,504,782	56,314,216
1981	1,583,426	56,333,829
1982	1,662,480	56,313,641
1983	1,744,295	56,332,848
1984	1,820,688	56,422,072
1985	1,894,242	56,550,268
1986	1,972,520	56,681,396
1987	2,052,994	56,802,050
1988	2,134,707	56,928,327
1989	2,217,468	57,076,711
1990	1,684,819	57,247,586
1991	1,351,399	57,424,897
1992	1,634,961	57,580,402
1993	1,672,151	57,718,614
1994	1,664,361	57,865,745
1995	1,681,513	58,019,030
1996	1,730,246	58,166,950
1997	1,787,683	58,316,954
1998	1,844,302	58,487,141
1999	1,900,030	58,682,466
2000	1,954,709	58,892,514
2001	2,008,121	59,119,673
2002	2,059,974	59,370,479
2003	2,109,881	59,647,577
2004	2,157,320	59,987,905
2005	2,236,788	60,401,206
2006	2,364,733	60,846,820
2007	2,507,887	61,322,463
2008	2,651,421	61,806,995
2009	2,795,484	62,276,270
2010	2,943,372	62,766,365
2011	3,132,814	63,258,810
2012	3,337,109	63,711,000
2013	3,507,844	64,139,000
2014	3,665,876	64,620,000
2015	3,834,574	65,088,000
2016	4,004,096	65,607,000
2017	4,154,812	65,966,000
2018	4,323,515	66,289,000
2019	4,442,316	66,631,000
2020	4,400,267	66,744,000
2021	4,360,865	66,984,000
2022	4,589,643	67,604,000
2023	4,853,420	68,492,000
2024	4,973,861	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Kuwait and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	7.22	2.69
1961	7.25	2.78
1962	7.25	2.86
1963	7.28	2.88
1964	7.29	2.93
1965	7.31	2.86
1966	7.34	2.78
1967	7.33	2.68
1968	7.28	2.6
1969	7.18	2.51
1970	7.03	2.44
1971	6.84	2.41
1972	6.64	2.2
1973	6.43	2.04
1974	6.23	1.92
1975	6.06	1.81
1976	5.9	1.74
1977	5.71	1.69
1978	5.52	1.75
1979	5.33	1.86
1980	5.18	1.9
1981	5.02	1.82
1982	4.85	1.78
1983	4.66	1.77
1984	4.45	1.77
1985	4.22	1.79
1986	4	1.78
1987	3.83	1.81
1988	3.7	1.82
1989	3.59	1.79
1990	3.49	1.83
1991	3.4	1.82
1992	3.35	1.79
1993	3.31	1.76
1994	3.27	1.74
1995	3.25	1.71
1996	3.22	1.73
1997	3.14	1.72
1998	3.04	1.71
1999	2.95	1.68
2000	2.89	1.64
2001	2.84	1.63
2002	2.8	1.63
2003	2.77	1.7
2004	2.76	1.75
2005	2.73	1.76
2006	2.59	1.82
2007	2.41	1.86
2008	2.27	1.91
2009	2.15	1.89
2010	2.04	1.92
2011	1.96	1.91
2012	1.99	1.92
2013	1.97	1.83
2014	2.06	1.81
2015	2.03	1.8
2016	2.06	1.79
2017	2.16	1.74
2018	2.12	1.68
2019	2.08	1.63
2020	2.03	1.57
2021	2.15	1.58
2022	1.55	1.56
2023	1.52	1.56

Kuwait and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	United Kingdom
1960	22	35.5
1961	21.8	35.4
1962	21.5	35.3
1963	21	35.3
1964	20.7	35.2
1965	20.4	35.1
1966	20	34.9
1967	19.6	34.8
1968	19.2	34.6
1969	18.8	34.4
1970	18.5	34.2
1971	18.3	34.1
1972	18.3	34
1973	18.3	34
1974	18.4	34
1975	18.4	34
1976	18.7	34
1977	19.2	34.1
1978	19.6	34.2
1979	20.1	34.3
1980	20.5	34.4
1981	20.9	34.5
1982	21.3	34.8
1983	21.7	35
1984	22.1	35.2
1985	22.4	35.3
1986	22.7	35.4
1987	22.8	35.4
1988	23	35.7
1989	23.2	35.9
1990	23.4	36
1991	23.6	36.1
1992	23.8	36.2
1993	24.2	36.3
1994	25.1	36.5
1995	25.5	36.6
1996	25.5	36.8
1997	25.5	37
1998	25.5	37.2
1999	25.6	37.4
2000	25.9	37.7
2001	26.3	37.9
2002	26.8	38.1
2003	27.3	38.2
2004	27.9	38.4
2005	28.3	38.5
2006	28.5	38.6
2007	28.6	38.8
2008	28.8	38.9
2009	29.2	39
2010	29.6	39.2
2011	30.5	39.3
2012	31.5	39.5
2013	32.3	39.6
2014	33	39.7
2015	33.8	39.8
2016	34.7	39.8
2017	35.6	39.9
2018	36.4	40
2019	37.1	40.1
2020	37.7	40.2
2021	35.8	40.3
2022	34.4	40.5
2023	35.5	40.8
2024	35.8	41

Interactive Maps

Use the buttons below to switch between world maps comparing statistics for Kuwait and the United Kingdom.

Relevant pages:

• Facts World

By topic vs comparisons:

• Birth rate
• Demographics
• Economy
• Life expectancy
• Population
• Population density
• Size