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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Maldives	Kuwait	Maldives
1960	311,060	91,189	-	-
1961	345,945	93,450	11.2%	2.48%
1962	384,995	95,802	11.3%	2.52%
1963	427,694	98,222	11.1%	2.53%
1964	473,115	100,662	10.6%	2.48%
1965	521,174	104,102	10.2%	3.42%
1966	572,590	108,507	9.87%	4.23%
1967	628,089	112,528	9.69%	3.71%
1968	687,716	116,075	9.49%	3.15%
1969	749,452	119,564	8.98%	3.01%
1970	809,114	123,219	7.96%	3.06%
1971	865,076	127,035	6.92%	3.1%
1972	920,352	130,968	6.39%	3.1%
1973	977,654	134,952	6.23%	3.04%
1974	1,038,346	138,978	6.21%	2.98%
1975	1,104,863	143,158	6.41%	3.01%
1976	1,178,711	147,525	6.68%	3.05%
1977	1,258,023	151,930	6.73%	2.99%
1978	1,340,319	156,159	6.54%	2.78%
1979	1,423,514	160,360	6.21%	2.69%
1980	1,504,782	164,835	5.71%	2.79%
1981	1,583,426	169,532	5.23%	2.85%
1982	1,662,480	174,333	4.99%	2.83%
1983	1,744,295	179,128	4.92%	2.75%
1984	1,820,688	184,198	4.38%	2.83%
1985	1,894,242	190,169	4.04%	3.24%
1986	1,972,520	196,935	4.13%	3.56%
1987	2,052,994	203,944	4.08%	3.56%
1988	2,134,707	210,885	3.98%	3.4%
1989	2,217,468	217,738	3.88%	3.25%
1990	1,684,819	224,762	-24%	3.23%
1991	1,351,399	231,802	-19.8%	3.13%
1992	1,634,961	238,543	21%	2.91%
1993	1,672,151	244,884	2.27%	2.66%
1994	1,664,361	250,822	-0.47%	2.42%
1995	1,681,513	256,649	1.03%	2.32%
1996	1,730,246	262,347	2.9%	2.22%
1997	1,787,683	267,707	3.32%	2.04%
1998	1,844,302	272,723	3.17%	1.87%
1999	1,900,030	277,412	3.02%	1.72%
2000	1,954,709	282,019	2.88%	1.66%
2001	2,008,121	286,767	2.73%	1.68%
2002	2,059,974	291,616	2.58%	1.69%
2003	2,109,881	296,491	2.42%	1.67%
2004	2,157,320	301,413	2.25%	1.66%
2005	2,236,788	306,429	3.68%	1.66%
2006	2,364,733	313,851	5.72%	2.42%
2007	2,507,887	324,479	6.05%	3.39%
2008	2,651,421	336,170	5.72%	3.6%
2009	2,795,484	348,275	5.43%	3.6%
2010	2,943,372	360,792	5.29%	3.59%
2011	3,132,814	373,674	6.44%	3.57%
2012	3,337,109	386,818	6.52%	3.52%
2013	3,507,844	400,070	5.12%	3.43%
2014	3,665,876	413,617	4.51%	3.39%
2015	3,834,574	428,154	4.6%	3.51%
2016	4,004,096	443,308	4.42%	3.54%
2017	4,154,812	458,287	3.76%	3.38%
2018	4,323,515	473,099	4.06%	3.23%
2019	4,442,316	487,731	2.75%	3.09%
2020	4,400,267	502,118	-0.95%	2.95%
2021	4,360,865	516,154	-0.9%	2.8%
2022	4,589,643	524,106	5.25%	1.54%
2023	4,853,420	525,994	5.75%	0.36%
2024	4,897,263	527,799	0.9%	0.34%
2025	4,988,142	529,677	1.86%	0.36%
2026	5,064,255	531,514	1.53%	0.35%
2027	5,129,360	533,433	1.29%	0.36%
2028	5,185,490	535,502	1.09%	0.39%
2029	5,236,219	537,574	0.98%	0.39%
2030	5,284,012	539,667	0.91%	0.39%
2031	5,331,101	541,929	0.89%	0.42%
2032	5,379,044	544,288	0.9%	0.44%
2033	5,427,808	546,723	0.91%	0.45%
2034	5,477,364	549,162	0.91%	0.45%
2035	5,527,633	551,599	0.92%	0.44%
2036	5,578,535	554,092	0.92%	0.45%
2037	5,630,015	556,637	0.92%	0.46%
2038	5,682,029	559,231	0.92%	0.47%
2039	5,734,465	561,958	0.92%	0.49%
2040	5,787,201	564,800	0.92%	0.51%
2041	5,840,229	567,606	0.92%	0.5%
2042	5,893,501	570,381	0.91%	0.49%
2043	5,946,873	573,138	0.91%	0.48%
2044	6,000,304	575,811	0.9%	0.47%
2045	6,053,738	578,459	0.89%	0.46%
2046	6,107,040	581,026	0.88%	0.44%
2047	6,160,254	583,393	0.87%	0.41%
2048	6,213,452	585,720	0.86%	0.4%
2049	6,266,588	587,988	0.86%	0.39%
2050	6,319,692	589,960	0.85%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.