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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Libya	Kuwait	Libya
1960	311,060	1,492,890	-	-
1961	345,945	1,555,699	11.2%	4.21%
1962	384,995	1,621,960	11.3%	4.26%
1963	427,694	1,690,457	11.1%	4.22%
1964	473,115	1,753,691	10.6%	3.74%
1965	521,174	1,804,015	10.2%	2.87%
1966	572,590	1,849,063	9.87%	2.5%
1967	628,089	1,898,199	9.69%	2.66%
1968	687,716	1,952,781	9.49%	2.88%
1969	749,452	2,014,293	8.98%	3.15%
1970	809,114	2,082,589	7.96%	3.39%
1971	865,076	2,153,534	6.92%	3.41%
1972	920,352	2,226,091	6.39%	3.37%
1973	977,654	2,314,193	6.23%	3.96%
1974	1,038,346	2,432,211	6.21%	5.1%
1975	1,104,863	2,571,556	6.41%	5.73%
1976	1,178,711	2,721,237	6.68%	5.82%
1977	1,258,023	2,881,533	6.73%	5.89%
1978	1,340,319	3,052,526	6.54%	5.93%
1979	1,423,514	3,233,846	6.21%	5.94%
1980	1,504,782	3,424,378	5.71%	5.89%
1981	1,583,426	3,621,486	5.23%	5.76%
1982	1,662,480	3,724,765	4.99%	2.85%
1983	1,744,295	3,718,961	4.92%	-0.16%
1984	1,820,688	3,773,633	4.38%	1.47%
1985	1,894,242	3,898,745	4.04%	3.32%
1986	1,972,520	4,017,403	4.13%	3.04%
1987	2,052,994	4,129,739	4.08%	2.8%
1988	2,134,707	4,237,755	3.98%	2.62%
1989	2,217,468	4,342,920	3.88%	2.48%
1990	1,684,819	4,445,239	-24%	2.36%
1991	1,351,399	4,544,400	-19.8%	2.23%
1992	1,634,961	4,640,352	21%	2.11%
1993	1,672,151	4,733,045	2.27%	2%
1994	1,664,361	4,822,037	-0.47%	1.88%
1995	1,681,513	4,906,843	1.03%	1.76%
1996	1,730,246	4,987,393	2.9%	1.64%
1997	1,787,683	5,064,639	3.32%	1.55%
1998	1,844,302	5,140,704	3.17%	1.5%
1999	1,900,030	5,218,038	3.02%	1.5%
2000	1,954,709	5,305,021	2.88%	1.67%
2001	2,008,121	5,403,639	2.73%	1.86%
2002	2,059,974	5,508,410	2.58%	1.94%
2003	2,109,881	5,619,398	2.42%	2.01%
2004	2,157,320	5,736,693	2.25%	2.09%
2005	2,236,788	5,858,798	3.68%	2.13%
2006	2,364,733	5,980,211	5.72%	2.07%
2007	2,507,887	6,104,380	6.05%	2.08%
2008	2,651,421	6,235,430	5.72%	2.15%
2009	2,795,484	6,366,686	5.43%	2.11%
2010	2,943,372	6,497,839	5.29%	2.06%
2011	3,132,814	6,343,203	6.44%	-2.38%
2012	3,337,109	6,179,328	6.52%	-2.58%
2013	3,507,844	6,304,628	5.12%	2.03%
2014	3,665,876	6,427,252	4.51%	1.94%
2015	3,834,574	6,531,819	4.6%	1.63%
2016	4,004,096	6,632,126	4.42%	1.54%
2017	4,154,812	6,738,770	3.76%	1.61%
2018	4,323,515	6,849,055	4.06%	1.64%
2019	4,442,316	6,951,033	2.75%	1.49%
2020	4,400,267	7,045,399	-0.95%	1.36%
2021	4,360,865	7,135,175	-0.9%	1.27%
2022	4,589,643	7,223,805	5.25%	1.24%
2023	4,853,420	7,305,659	5.75%	1.13%
2024	4,973,861	7,381,023	2.48%	1.03%
2025	5,066,162	7,458,547	1.86%	1.05%
2026	5,143,465	7,539,842	1.53%	1.09%
2027	5,209,589	7,627,487	1.29%	1.16%
2028	5,266,597	7,716,839	1.09%	1.17%
2029	5,318,118	7,802,209	0.98%	1.11%
2030	5,366,659	7,885,801	0.91%	1.07%
2031	5,414,485	7,969,103	0.89%	1.06%
2032	5,463,178	8,048,491	0.9%	1%
2033	5,512,705	8,126,634	0.91%	0.97%
2034	5,563,035	8,206,611	0.91%	0.98%
2035	5,614,091	8,283,950	0.92%	0.94%
2036	5,665,789	8,357,480	0.92%	0.89%
2037	5,718,074	8,431,722	0.92%	0.89%
2038	5,770,901	8,506,595	0.92%	0.89%
2039	5,824,158	8,579,849	0.92%	0.86%
2040	5,877,719	8,651,409	0.92%	0.83%
2041	5,931,576	8,719,609	0.92%	0.79%
2042	5,985,681	8,786,619	0.91%	0.77%
2043	6,039,888	8,854,384	0.91%	0.77%
2044	6,094,155	8,920,015	0.9%	0.74%
2045	6,148,424	8,983,943	0.89%	0.72%
2046	6,202,560	9,043,667	0.88%	0.66%
2047	6,256,606	9,098,399	0.87%	0.61%
2048	6,310,637	9,154,058	0.86%	0.61%
2049	6,364,604	9,208,602	0.86%	0.6%
2050	6,418,538	9,260,603	0.85%	0.56%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Libya gained 673,021 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Libya's population increased by 992,030 (a 15.2% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Libya was ranked 104th in 2005 and ranked 105th 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 Libya will increase by 23.1% to 9,260,603 people and will still be ranked 105th.