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	4,973,861	527,799	2.48%	0.34%
2025	5,066,162	529,677	1.86%	0.36%
2026	5,143,465	531,514	1.53%	0.35%
2027	5,209,589	533,433	1.29%	0.36%
2028	5,266,597	535,502	1.09%	0.39%
2029	5,318,118	537,574	0.98%	0.39%
2030	5,366,659	539,667	0.91%	0.39%
2031	5,414,485	541,929	0.89%	0.42%
2032	5,463,178	544,288	0.9%	0.44%
2033	5,512,705	546,723	0.91%	0.45%
2034	5,563,035	549,162	0.91%	0.45%
2035	5,614,091	551,599	0.92%	0.44%
2036	5,665,789	554,092	0.92%	0.45%
2037	5,718,074	556,637	0.92%	0.46%
2038	5,770,901	559,231	0.92%	0.47%
2039	5,824,158	561,958	0.92%	0.49%
2040	5,877,719	564,800	0.92%	0.51%
2041	5,931,576	567,606	0.92%	0.5%
2042	5,985,681	570,381	0.91%	0.49%
2043	6,039,888	573,138	0.91%	0.48%
2044	6,094,155	575,811	0.9%	0.47%
2045	6,148,424	578,459	0.89%	0.46%
2046	6,202,560	581,026	0.88%	0.44%
2047	6,256,606	583,393	0.87%	0.41%
2048	6,310,637	585,720	0.86%	0.4%
2049	6,364,604	587,988	0.86%	0.39%
2050	6,418,538	589,960	0.85%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.