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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Mauritania	Kuwait	Mauritania
1960	311,060	824,298	-	-
1961	345,945	846,167	11.2%	2.65%
1962	384,995	869,184	11.3%	2.72%
1963	427,694	893,423	11.1%	2.79%
1964	473,115	918,955	10.6%	2.86%
1965	521,174	945,838	10.2%	2.93%
1966	572,590	974,157	9.87%	2.99%
1967	628,089	1,003,843	9.69%	3.05%
1968	687,716	1,034,739	9.49%	3.08%
1969	749,452	1,066,754	8.98%	3.09%
1970	809,114	1,099,806	7.96%	3.1%
1971	865,076	1,133,702	6.92%	3.08%
1972	920,352	1,168,355	6.39%	3.06%
1973	977,654	1,203,838	6.23%	3.04%
1974	1,038,346	1,240,188	6.21%	3.02%
1975	1,104,863	1,277,330	6.41%	2.99%
1976	1,178,711	1,315,336	6.68%	2.98%
1977	1,258,023	1,353,768	6.73%	2.92%
1978	1,340,319	1,392,713	6.54%	2.88%
1979	1,423,514	1,432,758	6.21%	2.88%
1980	1,504,782	1,474,043	5.71%	2.88%
1981	1,583,426	1,516,877	5.23%	2.91%
1982	1,662,480	1,561,176	4.99%	2.92%
1983	1,744,295	1,606,746	4.92%	2.92%
1984	1,820,688	1,653,693	4.38%	2.92%
1985	1,894,242	1,702,107	4.04%	2.93%
1986	1,972,520	1,751,835	4.13%	2.92%
1987	2,052,994	1,803,014	4.08%	2.92%
1988	2,134,707	1,855,859	3.98%	2.93%
1989	2,217,468	1,903,048	3.88%	2.54%
1990	1,684,819	1,951,878	-24%	2.57%
1991	1,351,399	2,009,738	-19.8%	2.96%
1992	1,634,961	2,088,135	21%	3.9%
1993	1,672,151	2,174,328	2.27%	4.13%
1994	1,664,361	2,249,454	-0.47%	3.46%
1995	1,681,513	2,312,017	1.03%	2.78%
1996	1,730,246	2,358,188	2.9%	2%
1997	1,787,683	2,411,306	3.32%	2.25%
1998	1,844,302	2,474,651	3.17%	2.63%
1999	1,900,030	2,541,698	3.02%	2.71%
2000	1,954,709	2,613,441	2.88%	2.82%
2001	2,008,121	2,678,760	2.73%	2.5%
2002	2,059,974	2,738,655	2.58%	2.24%
2003	2,109,881	2,802,046	2.42%	2.31%
2004	2,157,320	2,868,664	2.25%	2.38%
2005	2,236,788	2,939,059	3.68%	2.45%
2006	2,364,733	3,013,660	5.72%	2.54%
2007	2,507,887	3,093,059	6.05%	2.63%
2008	2,651,421	3,183,269	5.72%	2.92%
2009	2,795,484	3,284,448	5.43%	3.18%
2010	2,943,372	3,390,965	5.29%	3.24%
2011	3,132,814	3,502,811	6.44%	3.3%
2012	3,337,109	3,619,034	6.52%	3.32%
2013	3,507,844	3,734,318	5.12%	3.19%
2014	3,665,876	3,848,514	4.51%	3.06%
2015	3,834,574	3,965,959	4.6%	3.05%
2016	4,004,096	4,086,657	4.42%	3.04%
2017	4,154,812	4,210,600	3.76%	3.03%
2018	4,323,515	4,337,685	4.06%	3.02%
2019	4,442,316	4,467,708	2.75%	3%
2020	4,400,267	4,600,131	-0.95%	2.96%
2021	4,360,865	4,734,874	-0.9%	2.93%
2022	4,589,643	4,875,637	5.25%	2.97%
2023	4,853,420	5,022,441	5.75%	3.01%
2024	4,973,861	5,169,395	2.48%	2.93%
2025	5,066,162	5,315,063	1.86%	2.82%
2026	5,143,465	5,461,313	1.53%	2.75%
2027	5,209,589	5,608,785	1.29%	2.7%
2028	5,266,597	5,757,952	1.09%	2.66%
2029	5,318,118	5,909,186	0.98%	2.63%
2030	5,366,659	6,062,523	0.91%	2.59%
2031	5,414,485	6,217,791	0.89%	2.56%
2032	5,463,178	6,374,839	0.9%	2.53%
2033	5,512,705	6,533,828	0.91%	2.49%
2034	5,563,035	6,694,445	0.91%	2.46%
2035	5,614,091	6,856,314	0.92%	2.42%
2036	5,665,789	7,019,227	0.92%	2.38%
2037	5,718,074	7,183,105	0.92%	2.33%
2038	5,770,901	7,348,357	0.92%	2.3%
2039	5,824,158	7,514,734	0.92%	2.26%
2040	5,877,719	7,681,907	0.92%	2.22%
2041	5,931,576	7,850,210	0.92%	2.19%
2042	5,985,681	8,020,480	0.91%	2.17%
2043	6,039,888	8,192,542	0.91%	2.15%
2044	6,094,155	8,365,171	0.9%	2.11%
2045	6,148,424	8,538,521	0.89%	2.07%
2046	6,202,560	8,713,247	0.88%	2.05%
2047	6,256,606	8,888,466	0.87%	2.01%
2048	6,310,637	9,064,207	0.86%	1.98%
2049	6,364,604	9,240,169	0.86%	1.94%
2050	6,418,538	9,415,589	0.85%	1.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Mauritania gained 1,026,900 people (a 34.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Mauritania's population increased by 1,466,583 (a 37% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Mauritania was ranked 133rd in 2005 and ranked 123rd 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 Mauritania will increase by 73.3% to 9,415,589 people and rank change from 123rd to 103rd.