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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Jordan	Kuwait	Jordan	Kuwait
1960	853,471	311,060	-	-
1961	897,591	345,945	5.17%	11.2%
1962	940,554	384,995	4.79%	11.3%
1963	984,714	427,694	4.7%	11.1%
1964	1,035,640	473,115	5.17%	10.6%
1965	1,099,440	521,174	6.16%	10.2%
1966	1,178,360	572,590	7.18%	9.87%
1967	1,271,183	628,089	7.88%	9.69%
1968	1,372,460	687,716	7.97%	9.49%
1969	1,473,100	749,452	7.33%	8.98%
1970	1,565,163	809,114	6.25%	7.96%
1971	1,645,145	865,076	5.11%	6.92%
1972	1,714,555	920,352	4.22%	6.39%
1973	1,778,094	977,654	3.71%	6.23%
1974	1,839,182	1,038,346	3.44%	6.21%
1975	1,899,055	1,104,863	3.26%	6.41%
1976	1,958,177	1,178,711	3.11%	6.68%
1977	2,019,002	1,258,023	3.11%	6.73%
1978	2,083,595	1,340,319	3.2%	6.54%
1979	2,153,882	1,423,514	3.37%	6.21%
1980	2,234,186	1,504,782	3.73%	5.71%
1981	2,325,517	1,583,426	4.09%	5.23%
1982	2,426,927	1,662,480	4.36%	4.99%
1983	2,537,307	1,744,295	4.55%	4.92%
1984	2,654,688	1,820,688	4.63%	4.38%
1985	2,778,810	1,894,242	4.68%	4.04%
1986	2,909,887	1,972,520	4.72%	4.13%
1987	3,047,634	2,052,994	4.73%	4.08%
1988	3,193,039	2,134,707	4.77%	3.98%
1989	3,349,627	2,217,468	4.9%	3.88%
1990	3,621,908	1,684,819	8.13%	-24%
1991	3,915,149	1,351,399	8.1%	-19.8%
1992	4,127,693	1,634,961	5.43%	21%
1993	4,348,020	1,672,151	5.34%	2.27%
1994	4,561,406	1,664,361	4.91%	-0.47%
1995	4,752,096	1,681,513	4.18%	1.03%
1996	4,912,516	1,730,246	3.38%	2.9%
1997	5,046,285	1,787,683	2.72%	3.32%
1998	5,164,284	1,844,302	2.34%	3.17%
1999	5,276,444	1,900,030	2.17%	3.02%
2000	5,386,945	1,954,709	2.09%	2.88%
2001	5,498,894	2,008,121	2.08%	2.73%
2002	5,616,066	2,059,974	2.13%	2.58%
2003	5,741,828	2,109,881	2.24%	2.42%
2004	5,882,061	2,157,320	2.44%	2.25%
2005	6,029,587	2,236,788	2.51%	3.68%
2006	6,427,371	2,364,733	6.6%	5.72%
2007	6,827,227	2,507,887	6.22%	6.05%
2008	6,989,866	2,651,421	2.38%	5.72%
2009	7,141,753	2,795,484	2.17%	5.43%
2010	7,297,043	2,943,372	2.17%	5.29%
2011	7,480,424	3,132,814	2.51%	6.44%
2012	7,587,127	3,337,109	1.43%	6.52%
2013	7,991,809	3,507,844	5.33%	5.12%
2014	8,791,710	3,665,876	10%	4.51%
2015	9,544,729	3,834,574	8.57%	4.6%
2016	10,006,367	4,004,096	4.84%	4.42%
2017	10,234,226	4,154,812	2.28%	3.76%
2018	10,462,306	4,323,515	2.23%	4.06%
2019	10,671,891	4,442,316	2%	2.75%
2020	10,865,228	4,400,267	1.81%	-0.95%
2021	11,066,356	4,360,865	1.85%	-0.9%
2022	11,256,263	4,589,643	1.72%	5.25%
2023	11,439,213	4,853,420	1.63%	5.75%
2024	11,552,876	4,897,263	0.99%	0.9%
2025	11,520,678	4,988,142	-0.28%	1.86%
2026	11,589,528	5,064,255	0.6%	1.53%
2027	11,819,454	5,129,360	1.98%	1.29%
2028	12,034,459	5,185,490	1.82%	1.09%
2029	12,245,726	5,236,219	1.76%	0.98%
2030	12,448,772	5,284,012	1.66%	0.91%
2031	12,652,545	5,331,101	1.64%	0.89%
2032	12,854,926	5,379,044	1.6%	0.9%
2033	13,050,713	5,427,808	1.52%	0.91%
2034	13,245,158	5,477,364	1.49%	0.91%
2035	13,440,821	5,527,633	1.48%	0.92%
2036	13,638,248	5,578,535	1.47%	0.92%
2037	13,840,237	5,630,015	1.48%	0.92%
2038	14,048,303	5,682,029	1.5%	0.92%
2039	14,256,684	5,734,465	1.48%	0.92%
2040	14,471,288	5,787,201	1.51%	0.92%
2041	14,684,501	5,840,229	1.47%	0.92%
2042	14,883,641	5,893,501	1.36%	0.91%
2043	15,077,789	5,946,873	1.3%	0.91%
2044	15,273,526	6,000,304	1.3%	0.9%
2045	15,471,971	6,053,738	1.3%	0.89%
2046	15,662,312	6,107,040	1.23%	0.88%
2047	15,841,619	6,160,254	1.14%	0.87%
2048	16,021,374	6,213,452	1.13%	0.86%
2049	16,197,518	6,266,588	1.1%	0.86%
2050	16,367,341	6,319,692	1.05%	0.85%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Jordan increased by 3,578,996 people (a 55.7% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Jordan gained 1,585,673 (a 15.8% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2006 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.2% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Kuwait will increase by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.