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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Malaysia	Kuwait	Malaysia
1960	311,060	7,956,197	-	-
1961	345,945	8,164,443	11.2%	2.62%
1962	384,995	8,380,172	11.3%	2.64%
1963	427,694	8,602,160	11.1%	2.65%
1964	473,115	8,828,406	10.6%	2.63%
1965	521,174	9,056,408	10.2%	2.58%
1966	572,590	9,284,688	9.87%	2.52%
1967	628,089	9,507,099	9.69%	2.4%
1968	687,716	9,725,281	9.49%	2.29%
1969	749,452	9,947,597	8.98%	2.29%
1970	809,114	10,178,802	7.96%	2.32%
1971	865,076	10,423,453	6.92%	2.4%
1972	920,352	10,676,835	6.39%	2.43%
1973	977,654	10,935,621	6.23%	2.42%
1974	1,038,346	11,200,906	6.21%	2.43%
1975	1,104,863	11,471,914	6.41%	2.42%
1976	1,178,711	11,750,097	6.68%	2.42%
1977	1,258,023	12,035,713	6.73%	2.43%
1978	1,340,319	12,328,157	6.54%	2.43%
1979	1,423,514	12,627,862	6.21%	2.43%
1980	1,504,782	12,983,363	5.71%	2.82%
1981	1,583,426	13,399,203	5.23%	3.2%
1982	1,662,480	13,832,798	4.99%	3.24%
1983	1,744,295	14,285,907	4.92%	3.28%
1984	1,820,688	14,759,009	4.38%	3.31%
1985	1,894,242	15,252,258	4.04%	3.34%
1986	1,972,520	15,760,419	4.13%	3.33%
1987	2,052,994	16,276,737	4.08%	3.28%
1988	2,134,707	16,796,605	3.98%	3.19%
1989	2,217,468	17,314,997	3.88%	3.09%
1990	1,684,819	17,833,171	-24%	2.99%
1991	1,351,399	18,342,464	-19.8%	2.86%
1992	1,634,961	18,834,572	21%	2.68%
1993	1,672,151	19,322,664	2.27%	2.59%
1994	1,664,361	19,820,446	-0.47%	2.58%
1995	1,681,513	20,330,599	1.03%	2.57%
1996	1,730,246	20,850,087	2.9%	2.56%
1997	1,787,683	21,375,218	3.32%	2.52%
1998	1,844,302	21,906,713	3.17%	2.49%
1999	1,900,030	22,435,531	3.02%	2.41%
2000	1,954,709	22,967,816	2.88%	2.37%
2001	2,008,121	23,526,538	2.73%	2.43%
2002	2,059,974	24,102,477	2.58%	2.45%
2003	2,109,881	24,679,602	2.42%	2.39%
2004	2,157,320	25,256,772	2.25%	2.34%
2005	2,236,788	25,836,071	3.68%	2.29%
2006	2,364,733	26,417,909	5.72%	2.25%
2007	2,507,887	26,998,389	6.05%	2.2%
2008	2,651,421	27,570,059	5.72%	2.12%
2009	2,795,484	28,124,778	5.43%	2.01%
2010	2,943,372	28,655,776	5.29%	1.89%
2011	3,132,814	29,162,039	6.44%	1.77%
2012	3,337,109	29,662,831	6.52%	1.72%
2013	3,507,844	30,174,265	5.12%	1.72%
2014	3,665,876	30,696,137	4.51%	1.73%
2015	3,834,574	31,232,798	4.6%	1.75%
2016	4,004,096	31,789,685	4.42%	1.78%
2017	4,154,812	32,355,644	3.76%	1.78%
2018	4,323,515	32,910,967	4.06%	1.72%
2019	4,442,316	33,440,596	2.75%	1.61%
2020	4,400,267	33,889,558	-0.95%	1.34%
2021	4,360,865	34,282,399	-0.9%	1.16%
2022	4,589,643	34,695,493	5.25%	1.2%
2023	4,853,420	35,126,298	5.75%	1.24%
2024	4,973,861	35,557,673	2.48%	1.23%
2025	5,066,162	35,977,838	1.86%	1.18%
2026	5,143,465	36,385,119	1.53%	1.13%
2027	5,209,589	36,785,089	1.29%	1.1%
2028	5,266,597	37,182,773	1.09%	1.08%
2029	5,318,118	37,574,292	0.98%	1.05%
2030	5,366,659	37,961,722	0.91%	1.03%
2031	5,414,485	38,347,786	0.89%	1.02%
2032	5,463,178	38,728,383	0.9%	0.99%
2033	5,512,705	39,097,871	0.91%	0.95%
2034	5,563,035	39,457,849	0.91%	0.92%
2035	5,614,091	39,814,834	0.92%	0.9%
2036	5,665,789	40,166,904	0.92%	0.88%
2037	5,718,074	40,512,289	0.92%	0.86%
2038	5,770,901	40,853,318	0.92%	0.84%
2039	5,824,158	41,185,892	0.92%	0.81%
2040	5,877,719	41,509,646	0.92%	0.79%
2041	5,931,576	41,828,594	0.92%	0.77%
2042	5,985,681	42,144,474	0.91%	0.76%
2043	6,039,888	42,455,952	0.91%	0.74%
2044	6,094,155	42,754,140	0.9%	0.7%
2045	6,148,424	43,038,205	0.89%	0.66%
2046	6,202,560	43,313,754	0.88%	0.64%
2047	6,256,606	43,580,459	0.87%	0.62%
2048	6,310,637	43,831,577	0.86%	0.58%
2049	6,364,604	44,065,538	0.86%	0.53%
2050	6,418,538	44,289,765	0.85%	0.51%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,396,727 people (a 20.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 5,072,200 (a 16.2% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2005 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 22% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.