Population in India compared to Kuwait: Trends, Charts, Rankings

India and Kuwait: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Kuwait	India	Kuwait
1960	435,990,338	311,060	-	-
1961	446,564,729	345,945	2.43%	11.2%
1962	457,283,090	384,995	2.4%	11.3%
1963	468,138,575	427,694	2.37%	11.1%
1964	479,229,598	473,115	2.37%	10.6%
1965	490,140,146	521,174	2.28%	10.2%
1966	500,740,247	572,590	2.16%	9.87%
1967	511,606,372	628,089	2.17%	9.69%
1968	522,716,889	687,716	2.17%	9.49%
1969	533,880,544	749,452	2.14%	8.98%
1970	545,864,268	809,114	2.24%	7.96%
1971	558,096,387	865,076	2.24%	6.92%
1972	570,482,142	920,352	2.22%	6.39%
1973	583,465,598	977,654	2.28%	6.23%
1974	597,041,391	1,038,346	2.33%	6.21%
1975	611,309,535	1,104,863	2.39%	6.41%
1976	625,861,883	1,178,711	2.38%	6.68%
1977	640,801,103	1,258,023	2.39%	6.73%
1978	655,728,229	1,340,319	2.33%	6.54%
1979	671,155,747	1,423,514	2.35%	6.21%
1980	687,354,025	1,504,782	2.41%	5.71%
1981	703,696,250	1,583,426	2.38%	5.23%
1982	720,313,473	1,662,480	2.36%	4.99%
1983	737,372,681	1,744,295	2.37%	4.92%
1984	754,875,449	1,820,688	2.37%	4.38%
1985	772,647,793	1,894,242	2.35%	4.04%
1986	790,689,978	1,972,520	2.34%	4.13%
1987	808,931,270	2,052,994	2.31%	4.08%
1988	827,342,990	2,134,707	2.28%	3.98%
1989	846,039,529	2,217,468	2.26%	3.88%
1990	864,972,221	1,684,819	2.24%	-24%
1991	883,927,600	1,351,399	2.19%	-19.8%
1992	902,957,070	1,634,961	2.15%	21%
1993	922,118,387	1,672,151	2.12%	2.27%
1994	941,163,767	1,664,361	2.07%	-0.47%
1995	960,301,044	1,681,513	2.03%	1.03%
1996	979,678,458	1,730,246	2.02%	2.9%
1997	999,133,762	1,787,683	1.99%	3.32%
1998	1,018,665,080	1,844,302	1.95%	3.17%
1999	1,038,225,823	1,900,030	1.92%	3.02%
2000	1,057,922,733	1,954,709	1.9%	2.88%
2001	1,077,898,575	2,008,121	1.89%	2.73%
2002	1,097,600,380	2,059,974	1.83%	2.58%
2003	1,116,803,006	2,109,881	1.75%	2.42%
2004	1,135,991,513	2,157,320	1.72%	2.25%
2005	1,154,676,322	2,236,788	1.64%	3.68%
2006	1,172,878,890	2,364,733	1.58%	5.72%
2007	1,190,676,021	2,507,887	1.52%	6.05%
2008	1,207,930,964	2,651,421	1.45%	5.72%
2009	1,225,524,753	2,795,484	1.46%	5.43%
2010	1,243,481,564	2,943,372	1.47%	5.29%
2011	1,261,224,954	3,132,814	1.43%	6.44%
2012	1,278,674,502	3,337,109	1.38%	6.52%
2013	1,295,829,511	3,507,844	1.34%	5.12%
2014	1,312,277,191	3,665,876	1.27%	4.51%
2015	1,328,024,498	3,834,574	1.2%	4.6%
2016	1,343,944,296	4,004,096	1.2%	4.42%
2017	1,359,657,400	4,154,812	1.17%	3.76%
2018	1,374,659,064	4,323,515	1.1%	4.06%
2019	1,389,030,312	4,442,316	1.05%	2.75%
2020	1,402,617,695	4,400,267	0.98%	-0.95%
2021	1,414,203,896	4,360,865	0.83%	-0.9%
2022	1,425,423,212	4,589,643	0.79%	5.25%
2023	1,438,069,596	4,853,420	0.89%	5.75%
2024	1,450,935,791	4,897,263	0.89%	0.9%
2025	1,463,865,531	4,988,142	0.89%	1.86%
2026	1,476,625,576	5,064,255	0.87%	1.53%
2027	1,489,164,679	5,129,360	0.85%	1.29%
2028	1,501,432,748	5,185,490	0.82%	1.09%
2029	1,513,423,737	5,236,219	0.8%	0.98%
2030	1,525,138,852	5,284,012	0.77%	0.91%
2031	1,536,540,604	5,331,101	0.75%	0.89%
2032	1,547,607,126	5,379,044	0.72%	0.9%
2033	1,558,324,087	5,427,808	0.69%	0.91%
2034	1,568,688,356	5,477,364	0.67%	0.91%
2035	1,578,694,799	5,527,633	0.64%	0.92%
2036	1,588,325,366	5,578,535	0.61%	0.92%
2037	1,597,537,009	5,630,015	0.58%	0.92%
2038	1,606,300,646	5,682,029	0.55%	0.92%
2039	1,614,639,243	5,734,465	0.52%	0.92%
2040	1,622,580,052	5,787,201	0.49%	0.92%
2041	1,630,119,374	5,840,229	0.46%	0.92%
2042	1,637,235,363	5,893,501	0.44%	0.91%
2043	1,643,915,269	5,946,873	0.41%	0.91%
2044	1,650,186,610	6,000,304	0.38%	0.9%
2045	1,656,067,585	6,053,738	0.36%	0.89%
2046	1,661,548,400	6,107,040	0.33%	0.88%
2047	1,666,628,151	6,160,254	0.31%	0.87%
2048	1,671,309,727	6,213,452	0.28%	0.86%
2049	1,675,619,893	6,266,588	0.26%	0.86%
2050	1,679,589,268	6,319,692	0.24%	0.85%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Kuwait was ranked 139th in 2006 and ranked 127th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Kuwait will increase by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.