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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Luxembourg	Kuwait	Luxembourg
1960	311,060	313,970	-	-
1961	345,945	316,845	11.2%	0.92%
1962	384,995	320,750	11.3%	1.23%
1963	427,694	324,100	11.1%	1.04%
1964	473,115	327,750	10.6%	1.13%
1965	521,174	331,500	10.2%	1.14%
1966	572,590	333,895	9.87%	0.72%
1967	628,089	334,995	9.69%	0.33%
1968	687,716	335,850	9.49%	0.26%
1969	749,452	337,500	8.98%	0.49%
1970	809,114	339,171	7.96%	0.5%
1971	865,076	342,421	6.92%	0.96%
1972	920,352	346,600	6.39%	1.22%
1973	977,654	350,450	6.23%	1.11%
1974	1,038,346	355,050	6.21%	1.31%
1975	1,104,863	358,950	6.41%	1.1%
1976	1,178,711	360,731	6.68%	0.5%
1977	1,258,023	361,358	6.73%	0.17%
1978	1,340,319	362,007	6.54%	0.18%
1979	1,423,514	362,856	6.21%	0.23%
1980	1,504,782	364,150	5.71%	0.36%
1981	1,583,426	365,225	5.23%	0.3%
1982	1,662,480	365,525	4.99%	0.08%
1983	1,744,295	365,622	4.92%	0.03%
1984	1,820,688	365,998	4.38%	0.1%
1985	1,894,242	366,706	4.04%	0.19%
1986	1,972,520	368,355	4.13%	0.45%
1987	2,052,994	370,750	4.08%	0.65%
1988	2,134,707	373,450	3.98%	0.73%
1989	2,217,468	377,100	3.88%	0.98%
1990	1,684,819	381,850	-24%	1.26%
1991	1,351,399	387,000	-19.8%	1.35%
1992	1,634,961	392,175	21%	1.34%
1993	1,672,151	397,475	2.27%	1.35%
1994	1,664,361	402,925	-0.47%	1.37%
1995	1,681,513	408,625	1.03%	1.41%
1996	1,730,246	414,225	2.9%	1.37%
1997	1,787,683	419,450	3.32%	1.26%
1998	1,844,302	424,700	3.17%	1.25%
1999	1,900,030	430,475	3.02%	1.36%
2000	1,954,709	436,300	2.88%	1.35%
2001	2,008,121	441,525	2.73%	1.2%
2002	2,059,974	446,175	2.58%	1.05%
2003	2,109,881	451,630	2.42%	1.22%
2004	2,157,320	458,095	2.25%	1.43%
2005	2,236,788	465,158	3.68%	1.54%
2006	2,364,733	472,637	5.72%	1.61%
2007	2,507,887	479,993	6.05%	1.56%
2008	2,651,421	488,650	5.72%	1.8%
2009	2,795,484	497,783	5.43%	1.87%
2010	2,943,372	506,953	5.29%	1.84%
2011	3,132,814	518,347	6.44%	2.25%
2012	3,337,109	530,946	6.52%	2.43%
2013	3,507,844	543,360	5.12%	2.34%
2014	3,665,876	556,319	4.51%	2.38%
2015	3,834,574	569,604	4.6%	2.39%
2016	4,004,096	582,014	4.42%	2.18%
2017	4,154,812	596,336	3.76%	2.46%
2018	4,323,515	607,950	4.06%	1.95%
2019	4,442,316	620,001	2.75%	1.98%
2020	4,400,267	630,419	-0.95%	1.68%
2021	4,360,865	640,064	-0.9%	1.53%
2022	4,589,643	653,103	5.25%	2.04%
2023	4,853,420	666,430	5.75%	2.04%
2024	4,973,861	677,717	2.48%	1.69%
2025	5,066,162	685,180	1.86%	1.1%
2026	5,143,465	692,217	1.53%	1.03%
2027	5,209,589	699,102	1.29%	0.99%
2028	5,266,597	705,956	1.09%	0.98%
2029	5,318,118	712,502	0.98%	0.93%
2030	5,366,659	718,627	0.91%	0.86%
2031	5,414,485	724,433	0.89%	0.81%
2032	5,463,178	730,118	0.9%	0.78%
2033	5,512,705	735,604	0.91%	0.75%
2034	5,563,035	740,767	0.91%	0.7%
2035	5,614,091	745,776	0.92%	0.68%
2036	5,665,789	750,596	0.92%	0.65%
2037	5,718,074	755,119	0.92%	0.6%
2038	5,770,901	759,551	0.92%	0.59%
2039	5,824,158	763,923	0.92%	0.58%
2040	5,877,719	767,972	0.92%	0.53%
2041	5,931,576	771,757	0.92%	0.49%
2042	5,985,681	775,418	0.91%	0.47%
2043	6,039,888	778,811	0.91%	0.44%
2044	6,094,155	781,936	0.9%	0.4%
2045	6,148,424	784,957	0.89%	0.39%
2046	6,202,560	787,788	0.88%	0.36%
2047	6,256,606	790,356	0.87%	0.33%
2048	6,310,637	792,821	0.86%	0.31%
2049	6,364,604	795,064	0.86%	0.28%
2050	6,418,538	796,958	0.85%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.