The current population of Kuwait is 5,128,257 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 4,973,861 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Kuwait has had an average growth rate of 6.46% per year.
- Kuwait accounts for 0.06% of the world's population.
- Kuwait is projected to reach 9.68M people in 2100.
- Kuwait is ranked 127/197 by population and was ranked 140th in 2005.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 2.24M people to 5.13M (129.3% growth in 20 years).
Kuwait population clock
Kuwait
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
5128257
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 127/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.36 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
10.5 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
1.18 hours
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +330 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +120,441 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.48% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 29/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
8.53 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +61,624 | N/A |
Kuwait population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 311,060 | - |
| 1961 | 345,945 | 11.2% |
| 1962 | 384,995 | 11.3% |
| 1963 | 427,694 | 11.1% |
| 1964 | 473,115 | 10.6% |
| 1965 | 521,174 | 10.2% |
| 1966 | 572,590 | 9.87% |
| 1967 | 628,089 | 9.69% |
| 1968 | 687,716 | 9.49% |
| 1969 | 749,452 | 8.98% |
| 1970 | 809,114 | 7.96% |
| 1971 | 865,076 | 6.92% |
| 1972 | 920,352 | 6.39% |
| 1973 | 977,654 | 6.23% |
| 1974 | 1,038,346 | 6.21% |
| 1975 | 1,104,863 | 6.41% |
| 1976 | 1,178,711 | 6.68% |
| 1977 | 1,258,023 | 6.73% |
| 1978 | 1,340,319 | 6.54% |
| 1979 | 1,423,514 | 6.21% |
| 1980 | 1,504,782 | 5.71% |
| 1981 | 1,583,426 | 5.23% |
| 1982 | 1,662,480 | 4.99% |
| 1983 | 1,744,295 | 4.92% |
| 1984 | 1,820,688 | 4.38% |
| 1985 | 1,894,242 | 4.04% |
| 1986 | 1,972,520 | 4.13% |
| 1987 | 2,052,994 | 4.08% |
| 1988 | 2,134,707 | 3.98% |
| 1989 | 2,217,468 | 3.88% |
| 1990 | 1,684,819 | -24% |
| 1991 | 1,351,399 | -19.8% |
| 1992 | 1,634,961 | 21% |
| 1993 | 1,672,151 | 2.27% |
| 1994 | 1,664,361 | -0.47% |
| 1995 | 1,681,513 | 1.03% |
| 1996 | 1,730,246 | 2.9% |
| 1997 | 1,787,683 | 3.32% |
| 1998 | 1,844,302 | 3.17% |
| 1999 | 1,900,030 | 3.02% |
| 2000 | 1,954,709 | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 2,008,121 | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 2,059,974 | 2.58% |
| 2003 | 2,109,881 | 2.42% |
| 2004 | 2,157,320 | 2.25% |
| 2005 | 2,236,788 | 3.68% |
| 2006 | 2,364,733 | 5.72% |
| 2007 | 2,507,887 | 6.05% |
| 2008 | 2,651,421 | 5.72% |
| 2009 | 2,795,484 | 5.43% |
| 2010 | 2,943,372 | 5.29% |
| 2011 | 3,132,814 | 6.44% |
| 2012 | 3,337,109 | 6.52% |
| 2013 | 3,507,844 | 5.12% |
| 2014 | 3,665,876 | 4.51% |
| 2015 | 3,834,574 | 4.6% |
| 2016 | 4,004,096 | 4.42% |
| 2017 | 4,154,812 | 3.76% |
| 2018 | 4,323,515 | 4.06% |
| 2019 | 4,442,316 | 2.75% |
| 2020 | 4,400,267 | -0.95% |
| 2021 | 4,360,865 | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 4,589,643 | 5.25% |
| 2023 | 4,853,420 | 5.75% |
| 2024 | 4,973,861 | 2.48% |
| 2025 | 5,066,162 | 1.86% |
| 2026 | 5,143,465 | 1.53% |
| 2027 | 5,209,589 | 1.29% |
| 2028 | 5,266,597 | 1.09% |
| 2029 | 5,318,118 | 0.98% |
| 2030 | 5,366,659 | 0.91% |
| 2031 | 5,414,485 | 0.89% |
| 2032 | 5,463,178 | 0.9% |
| 2033 | 5,512,705 | 0.91% |
| 2034 | 5,563,035 | 0.91% |
| 2035 | 5,614,091 | 0.92% |
| 2036 | 5,665,789 | 0.92% |
| 2037 | 5,718,074 | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 5,770,901 | 0.92% |
| 2039 | 5,824,158 | 0.92% |
| 2040 | 5,877,719 | 0.92% |
| 2041 | 5,931,576 | 0.92% |
| 2042 | 5,985,681 | 0.91% |
| 2043 | 6,039,888 | 0.91% |
| 2044 | 6,094,155 | 0.9% |
| 2045 | 6,148,424 | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 6,202,560 | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 6,256,606 | 0.87% |
| 2048 | 6,310,637 | 0.86% |
| 2049 | 6,364,604 | 0.86% |
| 2050 | 6,418,538 | 0.85% |
Kuwait has a population of 5.13M as of 2025, compared to 3.83M in 2015, 2.24M in 2005, and 1.68M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 3.37% per year. Kuwait is ranked 14th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Kuwait will have 6,148,424 people (19.9% growth) with a rank change from 127th to 118th.
By the year 2100, Kuwait's population is projected to grow by 88.7% to 9.68M people.
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Kuwait population statistics
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Kuwait
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 80.8 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 34.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 35.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 61.1:38.9 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.52 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 723 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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