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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Lebanon	Kuwait	Lebanon
1960	311,060	1,794,406	-	-
1961	345,945	1,850,084	11.2%	3.1%
1962	384,995	1,909,578	11.3%	3.22%
1963	427,694	1,970,316	11.1%	3.18%
1964	473,115	2,030,543	10.6%	3.06%
1965	521,174	2,088,831	10.2%	2.87%
1966	572,590	2,148,260	9.87%	2.85%
1967	628,089	2,206,731	9.69%	2.72%
1968	687,716	2,266,368	9.49%	2.7%
1969	749,452	2,328,159	8.98%	2.73%
1970	809,114	2,386,114	7.96%	2.49%
1971	865,076	2,446,314	6.92%	2.52%
1972	920,352	2,509,729	6.39%	2.59%
1973	977,654	2,572,935	6.23%	2.52%
1974	1,038,346	2,635,185	6.21%	2.42%
1975	1,104,863	2,693,191	6.41%	2.2%
1976	1,178,711	2,726,469	6.68%	1.24%
1977	1,258,023	2,762,155	6.73%	1.31%
1978	1,340,319	2,822,682	6.54%	2.19%
1979	1,423,514	2,882,635	6.21%	2.12%
1980	1,504,782	2,944,763	5.71%	2.16%
1981	1,583,426	3,008,981	5.23%	2.18%
1982	1,662,480	3,054,931	4.99%	1.53%
1983	1,744,295	3,094,996	4.92%	1.31%
1984	1,820,688	3,152,744	4.38%	1.87%
1985	1,894,242	3,217,376	4.04%	2.05%
1986	1,972,520	3,300,365	4.13%	2.58%
1987	2,052,994	3,385,555	4.08%	2.58%
1988	2,134,707	3,454,649	3.98%	2.04%
1989	2,217,468	3,525,285	3.88%	2.04%
1990	1,684,819	3,595,175	-24%	1.98%
1991	1,351,399	3,668,912	-19.8%	2.05%
1992	1,634,961	3,747,371	21%	2.14%
1993	1,672,151	3,820,647	2.27%	1.96%
1994	1,664,361	3,889,799	-0.47%	1.81%
1995	1,681,513	3,960,735	1.03%	1.82%
1996	1,730,246	4,034,781	2.9%	1.87%
1997	1,787,683	4,108,405	3.32%	1.82%
1998	1,844,302	4,181,281	3.17%	1.77%
1999	1,900,030	4,255,277	3.02%	1.77%
2000	1,954,709	4,329,340	2.88%	1.74%
2001	2,008,121	4,401,918	2.73%	1.68%
2002	2,059,974	4,463,504	2.58%	1.4%
2003	2,109,881	4,525,508	2.42%	1.39%
2004	2,157,320	4,599,279	2.25%	1.63%
2005	2,236,788	4,671,102	3.68%	1.56%
2006	2,364,733	4,751,136	5.72%	1.71%
2007	2,507,887	4,844,118	6.05%	1.96%
2008	2,651,421	4,925,354	5.72%	1.68%
2009	2,795,484	4,992,287	5.43%	1.36%
2010	2,943,372	5,041,288	5.29%	0.98%
2011	3,132,814	5,096,020	6.44%	1.09%
2012	3,337,109	5,235,742	6.52%	2.74%
2013	3,507,844	5,743,436	5.12%	9.7%
2014	3,665,876	6,346,990	4.51%	10.5%
2015	3,834,574	6,472,469	4.6%	1.98%
2016	4,004,096	6,323,060	4.42%	-2.31%
2017	4,154,812	6,160,128	3.76%	-2.58%
2018	4,323,515	5,984,119	4.06%	-2.86%
2019	4,442,316	5,794,594	2.75%	-3.17%
2020	4,400,267	5,702,398	-0.95%	-1.59%
2021	4,360,865	5,718,122	-0.9%	0.28%
2022	4,589,643	5,744,489	5.25%	0.46%
2023	4,853,420	5,773,493	5.75%	0.5%
2024	4,897,263	5,805,962	0.9%	0.56%
2025	4,988,142	5,849,420	1.86%	0.75%
2026	5,064,255	5,897,459	1.53%	0.82%
2027	5,129,360	5,947,070	1.29%	0.84%
2028	5,185,490	5,997,844	1.09%	0.85%
2029	5,236,219	6,050,384	0.98%	0.88%
2030	5,284,012	6,103,809	0.91%	0.88%
2031	5,331,101	6,158,003	0.89%	0.89%
2032	5,379,044	6,210,753	0.9%	0.86%
2033	5,427,808	6,259,744	0.91%	0.79%
2034	5,477,364	6,308,826	0.91%	0.78%
2035	5,527,633	6,357,723	0.92%	0.78%
2036	5,578,535	6,407,678	0.92%	0.79%
2037	5,630,015	6,461,872	0.92%	0.85%
2038	5,682,029	6,516,253	0.92%	0.84%
2039	5,734,465	6,569,272	0.92%	0.81%
2040	5,787,201	6,620,323	0.92%	0.78%
2041	5,840,229	6,669,091	0.92%	0.74%
2042	5,893,501	6,714,435	0.91%	0.68%
2043	5,946,873	6,754,071	0.91%	0.59%
2044	6,000,304	6,794,014	0.9%	0.59%
2045	6,053,738	6,834,985	0.89%	0.6%
2046	6,107,040	6,871,777	0.88%	0.54%
2047	6,160,254	6,909,022	0.87%	0.54%
2048	6,213,452	6,944,194	0.86%	0.51%
2049	6,266,588	6,972,877	0.86%	0.41%
2050	6,319,692	6,999,259	0.85%	0.38%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Lebanon gained 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Lebanon's population decreased by -425,059 (a 6.72% decline).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Lebanon was ranked 115th in 2006 and still ranked 115th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kuwait's population will grow by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people with a rank change from 127th to 117th. The population of Lebanon will increase by 18.7% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.