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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kuwait was 4,973,861 in 2024 vs 38,631 people in Monaco in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kuwait's population is 5,128,257 people compared to 38,341 in Monaco.

Population statistics:

  • Kuwait's population is 133.8 times bigger than Monaco's.
  • Kuwait is ranked the 127th most populous country in the world, while Monaco is the 191st.
  • The countries together account for 0.06% of the world: 0.06% for Kuwait vs 0.0005% for Monaco.
  • For the last 10 years, Kuwait has had an average growth rate of +3.25% per year vs +0.79% in Monaco.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kuwait has increased from 2.24M people to 5.13M (129.3% growth), while Monaco has grown from 32.2K to 38.3K (19% growth).
  • Kuwait is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 9.68M people compared to the peak of 47.5K people in 2100 for Monaco.

Kuwait vs Monaco: live population counter

Kuwait Monaco
Current population
5128257
38341
Population rank 127/197 191/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.0005%
One net population change
4.36 minutes
1.12 days
One birth every
10.5 minutes
23.9 hours
One death every
1.18 hours
10.7 hours
One migration net change every
8.53 minutes
3.32 days
Annual migration change +61,624 +110
Daily growth/decline +330 -1
Annual growth/decline +120,441 -325
Annual growth/decline rate +2.48% -0.83%
Population growth rate rank 29/197 191/197

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

Kuwait
Population

Growth rate
Monaco
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kuwait Monaco Kuwait Monaco
1960 311,060 21,808 - -
1961 345,945 21,901 11.2% 0.43%
1962 384,995 22,078 11.3% 0.81%
1963 427,694 22,385 11.1% 1.39%
1964 473,115 22,686 10.6% 1.34%
1965 521,174 22,941 10.2% 1.12%
1966 572,590 23,131 9.87% 0.83%
1967 628,089 23,230 9.69% 0.43%
1968 687,716 23,437 9.49% 0.89%
1969 749,452 23,831 8.98% 1.68%
1970 809,114 24,229 7.96% 1.67%
1971 865,076 24,576 6.92% 1.43%
1972 920,352 24,862 6.39% 1.16%
1973 977,654 25,072 6.23% 0.84%
1974 1,038,346 25,235 6.21% 0.65%
1975 1,104,863 25,500 6.41% 1.05%
1976 1,178,711 25,895 6.68% 1.55%
1977 1,258,023 26,273 6.73% 1.46%
1978 1,340,319 26,605 6.54% 1.26%
1979 1,423,514 26,892 6.21% 1.08%
1980 1,504,782 27,122 5.71% 0.86%
1981 1,583,426 27,293 5.23% 0.63%
1982 1,662,480 27,561 4.99% 0.98%
1983 1,744,295 27,960 4.92% 1.45%
1984 1,820,688 28,356 4.38% 1.42%
1985 1,894,242 28,731 4.04% 1.32%
1986 1,972,520 29,093 4.13% 1.26%
1987 2,052,994 29,446 4.08% 1.21%
1988 2,134,707 29,781 3.98% 1.14%
1989 2,217,468 30,084 3.88% 1.02%
1990 1,684,819 30,358 -24% 0.91%
1991 1,351,399 30,625 -19.8% 0.88%
1992 1,634,961 30,887 21% 0.86%
1993 1,672,151 31,136 2.27% 0.81%
1994 1,664,361 31,375 -0.47% 0.77%
1995 1,681,513 31,609 1.03% 0.75%
1996 1,730,246 31,837 2.9% 0.72%
1997 1,787,683 32,063 3.32% 0.71%
1998 1,844,302 32,267 3.17% 0.64%
1999 1,900,030 32,410 3.02% 0.44%
2000 1,954,709 32,455 2.88% 0.14%
2001 2,008,121 32,447 2.73% -0.02%
2002 2,059,974 32,422 2.58% -0.08%
2003 2,109,881 32,374 2.42% -0.15%
2004 2,157,320 32,307 2.25% -0.21%
2005 2,236,788 32,210 3.68% -0.3%
2006 2,364,733 32,057 5.72% -0.48%
2007 2,507,887 31,837 6.05% -0.69%
2008 2,651,421 31,836 5.72% -0.003%
2009 2,795,484 32,364 5.43% 1.66%
2010 2,943,372 33,163 5.29% 2.47%
2011 3,132,814 33,946 6.44% 2.36%
2012 3,337,109 34,711 6.52% 2.25%
2013 3,507,844 35,447 5.12% 2.12%
2014 3,665,876 36,128 4.51% 1.92%
2015 3,834,574 36,757 4.6% 1.74%
2016 4,004,096 37,276 4.42% 1.41%
2017 4,154,812 37,678 3.76% 1.08%
2018 4,323,515 38,154 4.06% 1.26%
2019 4,442,316 38,109 2.75% -0.12%
2020 4,400,267 38,050 -0.95% -0.15%
2021 4,360,865 38,527 -0.9% 1.25%
2022 4,589,643 38,931 5.25% 1.05%
2023 4,853,420 38,956 5.75% 0.06%
2024 4,973,861 38,631 2.48% -0.83%
2025 5,066,162 38,341 1.86% -0.75%
2026 5,143,465 38,082 1.53% -0.68%
2027 5,209,589 37,865 1.29% -0.57%
2028 5,266,597 37,669 1.09% -0.52%
2029 5,318,118 37,502 0.98% -0.44%
2030 5,366,659 37,366 0.91% -0.36%
2031 5,414,485 37,241 0.89% -0.33%
2032 5,463,178 37,131 0.9% -0.3%
2033 5,512,705 37,040 0.91% -0.24%
2034 5,563,035 36,963 0.91% -0.21%
2035 5,614,091 36,890 0.92% -0.2%
2036 5,665,789 36,822 0.92% -0.18%
2037 5,718,074 36,758 0.92% -0.17%
2038 5,770,901 36,709 0.92% -0.13%
2039 5,824,158 36,670 0.92% -0.11%
2040 5,877,719 36,627 0.92% -0.12%
2041 5,931,576 36,568 0.92% -0.16%
2042 5,985,681 36,540 0.91% -0.08%
2043 6,039,888 36,522 0.91% -0.05%
2044 6,094,155 36,517 0.9% -0.01%
2045 6,148,424 36,523 0.89% 0.02%
2046 6,202,560 36,538 0.88% 0.04%
2047 6,256,606 36,572 0.87% 0.09%
2048 6,310,637 36,622 0.86% 0.14%
2049 6,364,604 36,679 0.86% 0.16%
2050 6,418,538 36,756 0.85% 0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Monaco gained 4,547 people (a 14.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Monaco's population increased by 1,584 (a 4.31% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Monaco was ranked 192nd in 2005 and ranked 191st 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 Monaco will decrease by 4.13% to 36,756 people and will still be ranked 191st.

Biggest cities by population

Kuwait
City Population
Kuwait 2.99M
Al Wafrah 10K
Monaco
City Population
Monaco 38.4K
Monte Carlo 15.2K

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