The latest officially reported population of Italy was 58,986,023 in 2024 vs 4,973,861 people in Kuwait in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Italy's population is 58,790,597 people compared to 5,128,257 in Kuwait.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 11.5 times bigger than Kuwait's.
- Italy is ranked the 25th most populous country in the world, while Kuwait is the 127th.
- The countries together account for 0.77% of the world: 0.71% for Italy vs 0.06% for Kuwait.
- For the last 10 years, Italy has had an average growth rate of -0.2% per year vs +3.25% in Kuwait.
- Since 2005, the population of Italy has increased from 58.2M people to 58.8M (1.07% growth), while Kuwait has grown from 2.24M to 5.13M (129.3% growth).
- Kuwait is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 9.68M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Italy vs Kuwait: live population counter
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| Current population |
58790597
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5128257
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| Population rank | 25/197 | 127/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.71% | 0.06% |
| One net population change |
1.18 hours
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4.36 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.39 minutes
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10.5 minutes
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| One death every |
47.7 seconds
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1.18 hours
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| One migration net change every |
5.52 minutes
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8.53 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +95,246 | +61,624 |
| Daily growth/decline | -20 | +330 |
| Annual growth/decline | -7,452 | +120,441 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.01% | +2.48% |
| Population growth rate rank | 166/197 | 29/197 |
Italy and Kuwait: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 50,199,700 | 311,060 | - | - |
| 1961 | 50,536,350 | 345,945 | 0.67% | 11.2% |
| 1962 | 50,879,450 | 384,995 | 0.68% | 11.3% |
| 1963 | 51,252,000 | 427,694 | 0.73% | 11.1% |
| 1964 | 51,675,350 | 473,115 | 0.83% | 10.6% |
| 1965 | 52,112,350 | 521,174 | 0.85% | 10.2% |
| 1966 | 52,519,000 | 572,590 | 0.78% | 9.87% |
| 1967 | 52,900,500 | 628,089 | 0.73% | 9.69% |
| 1968 | 53,235,750 | 687,716 | 0.63% | 9.49% |
| 1969 | 53,537,950 | 749,452 | 0.57% | 8.98% |
| 1970 | 53,821,850 | 809,114 | 0.53% | 7.96% |
| 1971 | 54,073,490 | 865,076 | 0.47% | 6.92% |
| 1972 | 54,381,345 | 920,352 | 0.57% | 6.39% |
| 1973 | 54,751,406 | 977,654 | 0.68% | 6.23% |
| 1974 | 55,110,868 | 1,038,346 | 0.66% | 6.21% |
| 1975 | 55,441,001 | 1,104,863 | 0.6% | 6.41% |
| 1976 | 55,718,260 | 1,178,711 | 0.5% | 6.68% |
| 1977 | 55,955,411 | 1,258,023 | 0.43% | 6.73% |
| 1978 | 56,155,143 | 1,340,319 | 0.36% | 6.54% |
| 1979 | 56,317,749 | 1,423,514 | 0.29% | 6.21% |
| 1980 | 56,433,883 | 1,504,782 | 0.21% | 5.71% |
| 1981 | 56,501,675 | 1,583,426 | 0.12% | 5.23% |
| 1982 | 56,543,548 | 1,662,480 | 0.07% | 4.99% |
| 1983 | 56,564,074 | 1,744,295 | 0.04% | 4.92% |
| 1984 | 56,576,718 | 1,820,688 | 0.02% | 4.38% |
| 1985 | 56,593,071 | 1,894,242 | 0.03% | 4.04% |
| 1986 | 56,596,155 | 1,972,520 | 0.005% | 4.13% |
| 1987 | 56,601,931 | 2,052,994 | 0.01% | 4.08% |
| 1988 | 56,629,288 | 2,134,707 | 0.05% | 3.98% |
| 1989 | 56,671,781 | 2,217,468 | 0.08% | 3.88% |
| 1990 | 56,719,240 | 1,684,819 | 0.08% | -24% |
| 1991 | 56,758,521 | 1,351,399 | 0.07% | -19.8% |
| 1992 | 56,797,087 | 1,634,961 | 0.07% | 21% |
| 1993 | 56,831,821 | 1,672,151 | 0.06% | 2.27% |
| 1994 | 56,843,400 | 1,664,361 | 0.02% | -0.47% |
| 1995 | 56,844,303 | 1,681,513 | 0.002% | 1.03% |
| 1996 | 56,860,281 | 1,730,246 | 0.03% | 2.9% |
| 1997 | 56,890,372 | 1,787,683 | 0.05% | 3.32% |
| 1998 | 56,906,744 | 1,844,302 | 0.03% | 3.17% |
| 1999 | 56,916,317 | 1,900,030 | 0.02% | 3.02% |
| 2000 | 56,942,108 | 1,954,709 | 0.05% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 56,976,981 | 2,008,121 | 0.06% | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 57,089,824 | 2,059,974 | 0.2% | 2.58% |
| 2003 | 57,399,184 | 2,109,881 | 0.54% | 2.42% |
| 2004 | 57,828,179 | 2,157,320 | 0.75% | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 58,166,682 | 2,236,788 | 0.59% | 3.68% |
| 2006 | 58,399,861 | 2,364,733 | 0.4% | 5.72% |
| 2007 | 58,756,247 | 2,507,887 | 0.61% | 6.05% |
| 2008 | 59,211,181 | 2,651,421 | 0.77% | 5.72% |
| 2009 | 59,555,454 | 2,795,484 | 0.58% | 5.43% |
| 2010 | 59,819,407 | 2,943,372 | 0.44% | 5.29% |
| 2011 | 60,026,841 | 3,132,814 | 0.35% | 6.44% |
| 2012 | 60,191,247 | 3,337,109 | 0.27% | 6.52% |
| 2013 | 60,311,613 | 3,507,844 | 0.2% | 5.12% |
| 2014 | 60,320,707 | 3,665,876 | 0.02% | 4.51% |
| 2015 | 60,229,605 | 3,834,574 | -0.15% | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 60,115,223 | 4,004,096 | -0.19% | 4.42% |
| 2017 | 60,002,252 | 4,154,812 | -0.19% | 3.76% |
| 2018 | 60,148,658 | 4,323,515 | 0.24% | 4.06% |
| 2019 | 59,729,081 | 4,442,316 | -0.7% | 2.75% |
| 2020 | 59,438,851 | 4,400,267 | -0.49% | -0.95% |
| 2021 | 59,133,173 | 4,360,865 | -0.51% | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 59,013,667 | 4,589,643 | -0.2% | 5.25% |
| 2023 | 58,993,475 | 4,853,420 | -0.03% | 5.75% |
| 2024 | 58,986,023 | 4,973,861 | -0.01% | 2.48% |
| 2025 | 58,790,597 | 5,066,162 | -0.33% | 1.86% |
| 2026 | 58,571,823 | 5,143,465 | -0.37% | 1.53% |
| 2027 | 58,335,864 | 5,209,589 | -0.4% | 1.29% |
| 2028 | 58,094,373 | 5,266,597 | -0.41% | 1.09% |
| 2029 | 57,851,042 | 5,318,118 | -0.42% | 0.98% |
| 2030 | 57,597,622 | 5,366,659 | -0.44% | 0.91% |
| 2031 | 57,333,277 | 5,414,485 | -0.46% | 0.89% |
| 2032 | 57,071,235 | 5,463,178 | -0.46% | 0.9% |
| 2033 | 56,812,747 | 5,512,705 | -0.45% | 0.91% |
| 2034 | 56,548,816 | 5,563,035 | -0.46% | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 56,279,536 | 5,614,091 | -0.48% | 0.92% |
| 2036 | 56,009,844 | 5,665,789 | -0.48% | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 55,737,477 | 5,718,074 | -0.49% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 55,460,735 | 5,770,901 | -0.5% | 0.92% |
| 2039 | 55,177,508 | 5,824,158 | -0.51% | 0.92% |
| 2040 | 54,889,107 | 5,877,719 | -0.52% | 0.92% |
| 2041 | 54,601,628 | 5,931,576 | -0.52% | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 54,307,412 | 5,985,681 | -0.54% | 0.91% |
| 2043 | 53,997,106 | 6,039,888 | -0.57% | 0.91% |
| 2044 | 53,679,603 | 6,094,155 | -0.59% | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 53,357,669 | 6,148,424 | -0.6% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 53,025,288 | 6,202,560 | -0.62% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 52,680,150 | 6,256,606 | -0.65% | 0.87% |
| 2048 | 52,324,241 | 6,310,637 | -0.68% | 0.86% |
| 2049 | 51,959,050 | 6,364,604 | -0.7% | 0.86% |
| 2050 | 51,579,060 | 6,418,538 | -0.73% | 0.85% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Italy increased by 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Italy lost -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth).
Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2005 and is 25th in 2025. Kuwait was ranked 140th in 2005 and ranked 127th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Italy's population will shrink by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people with a rank change from 25th to 40th. The population of Kuwait will increase by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.
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Population differences between Italy and Kuwait
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| Life expectancy | 84 years | 80.8 years |
| Average age | 46.5 years | 34.1 years |
| Median age | 48.8 years | 35.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.9:51.1 | 61.1:38.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman |
| Population density | 517 ppl/mi² | 723 ppl/mi² |
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