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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Namibia	Kuwait	Namibia
1960	311,060	591,465	-	-
1961	345,945	603,067	11.2%	1.96%
1962	384,995	615,759	11.3%	2.1%
1963	427,694	629,589	11.1%	2.25%
1964	473,115	644,530	10.6%	2.37%
1965	521,174	660,558	10.2%	2.49%
1966	572,590	677,655	9.87%	2.59%
1967	628,089	696,045	9.69%	2.71%
1968	687,716	715,542	9.49%	2.8%
1969	749,452	736,120	8.98%	2.88%
1970	809,114	757,868	7.96%	2.95%
1971	865,076	780,584	6.92%	3%
1972	920,352	804,399	6.39%	3.05%
1973	977,654	828,928	6.23%	3.05%
1974	1,038,346	854,320	6.21%	3.06%
1975	1,104,863	881,032	6.41%	3.13%
1976	1,178,711	906,566	6.68%	2.9%
1977	1,258,023	931,104	6.73%	2.71%
1978	1,340,319	947,269	6.54%	1.74%
1979	1,423,514	962,825	6.21%	1.64%
1980	1,504,782	981,434	5.71%	1.93%
1981	1,583,426	992,500	5.23%	1.13%
1982	1,662,480	1,010,308	4.99%	1.79%
1983	1,744,295	1,037,511	4.92%	2.69%
1984	1,820,688	1,065,989	4.38%	2.74%
1985	1,894,242	1,096,890	4.04%	2.9%
1986	1,972,520	1,131,081	4.13%	3.12%
1987	2,052,994	1,167,889	4.08%	3.25%
1988	2,134,707	1,209,696	3.98%	3.58%
1989	2,217,468	1,288,947	3.88%	6.55%
1990	1,684,819	1,369,303	-24%	6.23%
1991	1,351,399	1,415,684	-19.8%	3.39%
1992	1,634,961	1,461,322	21%	3.22%
1993	1,672,151	1,508,697	2.27%	3.24%
1994	1,664,361	1,556,304	-0.47%	3.16%
1995	1,681,513	1,602,170	1.03%	2.95%
1996	1,730,246	1,646,103	2.9%	2.74%
1997	1,787,683	1,689,264	3.32%	2.62%
1998	1,844,302	1,732,745	3.17%	2.57%
1999	1,900,030	1,776,368	3.02%	2.52%
2000	1,954,709	1,818,647	2.88%	2.38%
2001	2,008,121	1,857,048	2.73%	2.11%
2002	2,059,974	1,889,970	2.58%	1.77%
2003	2,109,881	1,917,464	2.42%	1.45%
2004	2,157,320	1,942,082	2.25%	1.28%
2005	2,236,788	1,966,582	3.68%	1.26%
2006	2,364,733	1,991,888	5.72%	1.29%
2007	2,507,887	2,018,600	6.05%	1.34%
2008	2,651,421	2,047,056	5.72%	1.41%
2009	2,795,484	2,077,394	5.43%	1.48%
2010	2,943,372	2,109,811	5.29%	1.56%
2011	3,132,814	2,146,325	6.44%	1.73%
2012	3,337,109	2,194,654	6.52%	2.25%
2013	3,507,844	2,252,508	5.12%	2.64%
2014	3,665,876	2,312,139	4.51%	2.65%
2015	3,834,574	2,374,300	4.6%	2.69%
2016	4,004,096	2,439,213	4.42%	2.73%
2017	4,154,812	2,506,853	3.76%	2.77%
2018	4,323,515	2,577,327	4.06%	2.81%
2019	4,442,316	2,650,494	2.75%	2.84%
2020	4,400,267	2,728,762	-0.95%	2.95%
2021	4,360,865	2,810,548	-0.9%	3%
2022	4,589,643	2,889,662	5.25%	2.81%
2023	4,853,420	2,963,095	5.75%	2.54%
2024	4,897,263	3,030,131	0.9%	2.26%
2025	4,988,142	3,092,826	1.86%	2.07%
2026	5,064,255	3,153,252	1.53%	1.95%
2027	5,129,360	3,212,910	1.29%	1.89%
2028	5,185,490	3,272,166	1.09%	1.84%
2029	5,236,219	3,330,819	0.98%	1.79%
2030	5,284,012	3,389,961	0.91%	1.78%
2031	5,331,101	3,449,508	0.89%	1.76%
2032	5,379,044	3,508,245	0.9%	1.7%
2033	5,427,808	3,565,349	0.91%	1.63%
2034	5,477,364	3,621,829	0.91%	1.58%
2035	5,527,633	3,678,888	0.92%	1.58%
2036	5,578,535	3,735,939	0.92%	1.55%
2037	5,630,015	3,792,807	0.92%	1.52%
2038	5,682,029	3,850,310	0.92%	1.52%
2039	5,734,465	3,907,182	0.92%	1.48%
2040	5,787,201	3,962,414	0.92%	1.41%
2041	5,840,229	4,017,690	0.92%	1.4%
2042	5,893,501	4,073,359	0.91%	1.39%
2043	5,946,873	4,129,577	0.91%	1.38%
2044	6,000,304	4,186,114	0.9%	1.37%
2045	6,053,738	4,243,359	0.89%	1.37%
2046	6,107,040	4,299,969	0.88%	1.33%
2047	6,160,254	4,355,507	0.87%	1.29%
2048	6,213,452	4,409,459	0.86%	1.24%
2049	6,266,588	4,460,507	0.86%	1.16%
2050	6,319,692	4,512,307	0.85%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Namibia gained 447,325 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 714,691 (a 29.3% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2006 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.1% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.