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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Laos	Kuwait	Laos
1960	311,060	2,121,514	-	-
1961	345,945	2,169,796	11.2%	2.28%
1962	384,995	2,219,910	11.3%	2.31%
1963	427,694	2,271,061	11.1%	2.3%
1964	473,115	2,322,826	10.6%	2.28%
1965	521,174	2,376,200	10.2%	2.3%
1966	572,590	2,431,084	9.87%	2.31%
1967	628,089	2,487,715	9.69%	2.33%
1968	687,716	2,546,377	9.49%	2.36%
1969	749,452	2,606,959	8.98%	2.38%
1970	809,114	2,669,702	7.96%	2.41%
1971	865,076	2,734,628	6.92%	2.43%
1972	920,352	2,801,660	6.39%	2.45%
1973	977,654	2,870,573	6.23%	2.46%
1974	1,038,346	2,939,761	6.21%	2.41%
1975	1,104,863	3,005,521	6.41%	2.24%
1976	1,178,711	3,064,876	6.68%	1.97%
1977	1,258,023	3,118,923	6.73%	1.76%
1978	1,340,319	3,171,740	6.54%	1.69%
1979	1,423,514	3,228,202	6.21%	1.78%
1980	1,504,782	3,292,573	5.71%	1.99%
1981	1,583,426	3,366,631	5.23%	2.25%
1982	1,662,480	3,450,026	4.99%	2.48%
1983	1,744,295	3,541,001	4.92%	2.64%
1984	1,820,688	3,637,843	4.38%	2.73%
1985	1,894,242	3,739,985	4.04%	2.81%
1986	1,972,520	3,846,715	4.13%	2.85%
1987	2,052,994	3,957,612	4.08%	2.88%
1988	2,134,707	4,072,601	3.98%	2.91%
1989	2,217,468	4,190,974	3.88%	2.91%
1990	1,684,819	4,311,955	-24%	2.89%
1991	1,351,399	4,435,118	-19.8%	2.86%
1992	1,634,961	4,559,646	21%	2.81%
1993	1,672,151	4,685,060	2.27%	2.75%
1994	1,664,361	4,809,220	-0.47%	2.65%
1995	1,681,513	4,929,409	1.03%	2.5%
1996	1,730,246	5,045,678	2.9%	2.36%
1997	1,787,683	5,152,011	3.32%	2.11%
1998	1,844,302	5,248,266	3.17%	1.87%
1999	1,900,030	5,340,784	3.02%	1.76%
2000	1,954,709	5,431,212	2.88%	1.69%
2001	2,008,121	5,521,482	2.73%	1.66%
2002	2,059,974	5,610,889	2.58%	1.62%
2003	2,109,881	5,697,945	2.42%	1.55%
2004	2,157,320	5,781,626	2.25%	1.47%
2005	2,236,788	5,869,523	3.68%	1.52%
2006	2,364,733	5,963,200	5.72%	1.6%
2007	2,507,887	6,056,236	6.05%	1.56%
2008	2,651,421	6,148,969	5.72%	1.53%
2009	2,795,484	6,241,642	5.43%	1.51%
2010	2,943,372	6,334,194	5.29%	1.48%
2011	3,132,814	6,426,590	6.44%	1.46%
2012	3,337,109	6,518,978	6.52%	1.44%
2013	3,507,844	6,611,385	5.12%	1.42%
2014	3,665,876	6,703,172	4.51%	1.39%
2015	3,834,574	6,801,645	4.6%	1.47%
2016	4,004,096	6,908,802	4.42%	1.58%
2017	4,154,812	7,018,147	3.76%	1.58%
2018	4,323,515	7,128,045	4.06%	1.57%
2019	4,442,316	7,237,636	2.75%	1.54%
2020	4,400,267	7,346,533	-0.95%	1.5%
2021	4,360,865	7,453,194	-0.9%	1.45%
2022	4,589,643	7,559,007	5.25%	1.42%
2023	4,853,420	7,664,993	5.75%	1.4%
2024	4,973,861	7,769,819	2.48%	1.37%
2025	5,066,162	7,873,043	1.86%	1.33%
2026	5,143,465	7,974,020	1.53%	1.28%
2027	5,209,589	8,072,924	1.29%	1.24%
2028	5,266,597	8,169,794	1.09%	1.2%
2029	5,318,118	8,264,394	0.98%	1.16%
2030	5,366,659	8,357,024	0.91%	1.12%
2031	5,414,485	8,447,769	0.89%	1.09%
2032	5,463,178	8,536,450	0.9%	1.05%
2033	5,512,705	8,622,824	0.91%	1.01%
2034	5,563,035	8,706,826	0.91%	0.97%
2035	5,614,091	8,788,759	0.92%	0.94%
2036	5,665,789	8,868,880	0.92%	0.91%
2037	5,718,074	8,947,241	0.92%	0.88%
2038	5,770,901	9,023,864	0.92%	0.86%
2039	5,824,158	9,097,889	0.92%	0.82%
2040	5,877,719	9,168,998	0.92%	0.78%
2041	5,931,576	9,238,108	0.92%	0.75%
2042	5,985,681	9,305,405	0.91%	0.73%
2043	6,039,888	9,370,049	0.91%	0.69%
2044	6,094,155	9,432,310	0.9%	0.66%
2045	6,148,424	9,492,501	0.89%	0.64%
2046	6,202,560	9,550,341	0.88%	0.61%
2047	6,256,606	9,605,804	0.87%	0.58%
2048	6,310,637	9,659,037	0.86%	0.55%
2049	6,364,604	9,709,614	0.86%	0.52%
2050	6,418,538	9,757,279	0.85%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kuwait's population will grow by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people with a rank change from 127th to 117th. The population of Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.