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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Malta	Kuwait	Malta
1960	311,060	326,550	-	-
1961	345,945	325,250	11.2%	-0.4%
1962	384,995	323,900	11.3%	-0.42%
1963	427,694	322,550	11.1%	-0.42%
1964	473,115	321,250	10.6%	-0.4%
1965	521,174	318,800	10.2%	-0.76%
1966	572,590	315,200	9.87%	-1.13%
1967	628,089	311,550	9.69%	-1.16%
1968	687,716	307,900	9.49%	-1.17%
1969	749,452	304,300	8.98%	-1.17%
1970	809,114	302,650	7.96%	-0.54%
1971	865,076	302,700	6.92%	0.02%
1972	920,352	302,450	6.39%	-0.08%
1973	977,654	302,200	6.23%	-0.08%
1974	1,038,346	301,996	6.21%	-0.07%
1975	1,104,863	304,222	6.41%	0.74%
1976	1,178,711	305,774	6.68%	0.51%
1977	1,258,023	306,970	6.73%	0.39%
1978	1,340,319	310,182	6.54%	1.05%
1979	1,423,514	313,342	6.21%	1.02%
1980	1,504,782	316,645	5.71%	1.05%
1981	1,583,426	318,982	5.23%	0.74%
1982	1,662,480	325,898	4.99%	2.17%
1983	1,744,295	330,524	4.92%	1.42%
1984	1,820,688	330,593	4.38%	0.02%
1985	1,894,242	336,452	4.04%	1.77%
1986	1,972,520	342,121	4.13%	1.68%
1987	2,052,994	344,485	4.08%	0.69%
1988	2,134,707	347,325	3.98%	0.82%
1989	2,217,468	350,722	3.88%	0.98%
1990	1,684,819	354,170	-24%	0.98%
1991	1,351,399	363,845	-19.8%	2.73%
1992	1,634,961	367,618	21%	1.04%
1993	1,672,151	371,308	2.27%	1%
1994	1,664,361	374,797	-0.47%	0.94%
1995	1,681,513	377,419	1.03%	0.7%
1996	1,730,246	379,905	2.9%	0.66%
1997	1,787,683	382,791	3.32%	0.76%
1998	1,844,302	385,287	3.17%	0.65%
1999	1,900,030	387,578	3.02%	0.59%
2000	1,954,709	390,087	2.88%	0.65%
2001	2,008,121	393,028	2.73%	0.75%
2002	2,059,974	395,969	2.58%	0.75%
2003	2,109,881	398,582	2.42%	0.66%
2004	2,157,320	401,268	2.25%	0.67%
2005	2,236,788	403,834	3.68%	0.64%
2006	2,364,733	405,308	5.72%	0.37%
2007	2,507,887	406,724	6.05%	0.35%
2008	2,651,421	409,379	5.72%	0.65%
2009	2,795,484	412,477	5.43%	0.76%
2010	2,943,372	414,508	5.29%	0.49%
2011	3,132,814	416,268	6.44%	0.42%
2012	3,337,109	420,028	6.52%	0.9%
2013	3,507,844	424,810	5.12%	1.14%
2014	3,665,876	433,481	4.51%	2.04%
2015	3,834,574	444,220	4.6%	2.48%
2016	4,004,096	454,505	4.42%	2.32%
2017	4,154,812	467,106	3.76%	2.77%
2018	4,323,515	483,903	4.06%	3.6%
2019	4,442,316	503,912	2.75%	4.13%
2020	4,400,267	515,490	-0.95%	2.3%
2021	4,360,865	518,150	-0.9%	0.52%
2022	4,589,643	531,113	5.25%	2.5%
2023	4,853,420	552,747	5.75%	4.07%
2024	4,973,861	574,346	2.48%	3.91%
2025	5,066,162	580,514	1.86%	1.07%
2026	5,143,465	584,351	1.53%	0.66%
2027	5,209,589	586,444	1.29%	0.36%
2028	5,266,597	588,290	1.09%	0.31%
2029	5,318,118	589,776	0.98%	0.25%
2030	5,366,659	590,973	0.91%	0.2%
2031	5,414,485	591,921	0.89%	0.16%
2032	5,463,178	592,622	0.9%	0.12%
2033	5,512,705	592,974	0.91%	0.06%
2034	5,563,035	592,827	0.91%	-0.02%
2035	5,614,091	592,332	0.92%	-0.08%
2036	5,665,789	591,668	0.92%	-0.11%
2037	5,718,074	590,830	0.92%	-0.14%
2038	5,770,901	589,771	0.92%	-0.18%
2039	5,824,158	588,528	0.92%	-0.21%
2040	5,877,719	587,256	0.92%	-0.22%
2041	5,931,576	585,895	0.92%	-0.23%
2042	5,985,681	584,467	0.91%	-0.24%
2043	6,039,888	582,966	0.91%	-0.26%
2044	6,094,155	581,355	0.9%	-0.28%
2045	6,148,424	579,693	0.89%	-0.29%
2046	6,202,560	577,954	0.88%	-0.3%
2047	6,256,606	576,050	0.87%	-0.33%
2048	6,310,637	574,050	0.86%	-0.35%
2049	6,364,604	572,187	0.86%	-0.32%
2050	6,418,538	570,210	0.85%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.