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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Moldova	Kuwait	Moldova
1960	311,060	2,058,020	-	-
1961	345,945	2,103,327	11.2%	2.2%
1962	384,995	2,147,227	11.3%	2.09%
1963	427,694	2,188,895	11.1%	1.94%
1964	473,115	2,228,000	10.6%	1.79%
1965	521,174	2,265,287	10.2%	1.67%
1966	572,590	2,301,871	9.87%	1.61%
1967	628,089	2,337,695	9.69%	1.56%
1968	687,716	2,373,073	9.49%	1.51%
1969	749,452	2,408,469	8.98%	1.49%
1970	809,114	2,437,590	7.96%	1.21%
1971	865,076	2,460,611	6.92%	0.94%
1972	920,352	2,484,742	6.39%	0.98%
1973	977,654	2,510,584	6.23%	1.04%
1974	1,038,346	2,538,164	6.21%	1.1%
1975	1,104,863	2,566,998	6.41%	1.14%
1976	1,178,711	2,596,491	6.68%	1.15%
1977	1,258,023	2,626,298	6.73%	1.15%
1978	1,340,319	2,656,211	6.54%	1.14%
1979	1,423,514	2,683,035	6.21%	1.01%
1980	1,504,782	2,708,675	5.71%	0.96%
1981	1,583,426	2,735,987	5.23%	1.01%
1982	1,662,480	2,763,101	4.99%	0.99%
1983	1,744,295	2,791,207	4.92%	1.02%
1984	1,820,688	2,820,518	4.38%	1.05%
1985	1,894,242	2,850,787	4.04%	1.07%
1986	1,972,520	2,883,057	4.13%	1.13%
1987	2,052,994	2,916,306	4.08%	1.15%
1988	2,134,707	2,948,891	3.98%	1.12%
1989	2,217,468	2,970,039	3.88%	0.72%
1990	1,684,819	2,977,912	-24%	0.27%
1991	1,351,399	2,981,566	-19.8%	0.12%
1992	1,634,961	2,980,965	21%	-0.02%
1993	1,672,151	2,975,966	2.27%	-0.17%
1994	1,664,361	2,966,745	-0.47%	-0.31%
1995	1,681,513	2,953,200	1.03%	-0.46%
1996	1,730,246	2,947,293	2.9%	-0.2%
1997	1,787,683	2,936,413	3.32%	-0.37%
1998	1,844,302	2,935,227	3.17%	-0.04%
1999	1,900,030	2,930,622	3.02%	-0.16%
2000	1,954,709	2,924,668	2.88%	-0.2%
2001	2,008,121	2,918,135	2.73%	-0.22%
2002	2,059,974	2,911,385	2.58%	-0.23%
2003	2,109,881	2,903,198	2.42%	-0.28%
2004	2,157,320	2,896,023	2.25%	-0.25%
2005	2,236,788	2,888,985	3.68%	-0.24%
2006	2,364,733	2,880,967	5.72%	-0.28%
2007	2,507,887	2,874,299	6.05%	-0.23%
2008	2,651,421	2,868,833	5.72%	-0.19%
2009	2,795,484	2,865,213	5.43%	-0.13%
2010	2,943,372	2,862,354	5.29%	-0.1%
2011	3,132,814	2,860,699	6.44%	-0.06%
2012	3,337,109	2,860,324	6.52%	-0.01%
2013	3,507,844	2,859,558	5.12%	-0.03%
2014	3,665,876	2,857,815	4.51%	-0.06%
2015	3,834,574	2,835,978	4.6%	-0.76%
2016	4,004,096	2,803,186	4.42%	-1.16%
2017	4,154,812	2,755,189	3.76%	-1.71%
2018	4,323,515	2,707,203	4.06%	-1.74%
2019	4,442,316	2,664,224	2.75%	-1.59%
2020	4,400,267	2,635,130	-0.95%	-1.09%
2021	4,360,865	2,595,809	-0.9%	-1.49%
2022	4,589,643	2,528,654	5.25%	-2.59%
2023	4,853,420	2,457,783	5.75%	-2.8%
2024	4,897,263	2,402,306	0.9%	-2.26%
2025	4,988,142	2,371,543	1.86%	-1.28%
2026	5,064,255	2,343,963	1.53%	-1.16%
2027	5,129,360	2,321,110	1.29%	-0.97%
2028	5,185,490	2,298,239	1.09%	-0.99%
2029	5,236,219	2,275,251	0.98%	-1%
2030	5,284,012	2,252,131	0.91%	-1.02%
2031	5,331,101	2,229,191	0.89%	-1.02%
2032	5,379,044	2,206,559	0.9%	-1.02%
2033	5,427,808	2,183,929	0.91%	-1.03%
2034	5,477,364	2,161,282	0.91%	-1.04%
2035	5,527,633	2,138,754	0.92%	-1.04%
2036	5,578,535	2,116,659	0.92%	-1.03%
2037	5,630,015	2,095,127	0.92%	-1.02%
2038	5,682,029	2,074,054	0.92%	-1.01%
2039	5,734,465	2,053,352	0.92%	-1%
2040	5,787,201	2,033,323	0.92%	-0.98%
2041	5,840,229	2,014,222	0.92%	-0.94%
2042	5,893,501	1,995,750	0.91%	-0.92%
2043	5,946,873	1,977,688	0.91%	-0.9%
2044	6,000,304	1,960,241	0.9%	-0.88%
2045	6,053,738	1,943,187	0.89%	-0.87%
2046	6,107,040	1,926,432	0.88%	-0.86%
2047	6,160,254	1,910,142	0.87%	-0.85%
2048	6,213,452	1,894,069	0.86%	-0.84%
2049	6,266,588	1,877,822	0.86%	-0.86%
2050	6,319,692	1,861,554	0.85%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th 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 Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.