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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kuwait was 4,973,861 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kuwait's population is 5,128,257 people compared to 29,627,185 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • Nepal's population is 5.78 times bigger than Kuwait's.
  • Kuwait is ranked the 127th most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.06% for Kuwait vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, Kuwait has had an average growth rate of +3.25% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kuwait has increased from 2.24M people to 5.13M (129.3% growth), while Nepal has grown from 26.3M to 29.6M (12.6% growth).
  • Kuwait is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 9.68M people compared to the peak of 35.8M people in 2067 for Nepal.

Kuwait vs Nepal: live population counter

Kuwait Nepal
Current population
5128257
29627185
Population rank 127/197 52/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.36%
One net population change
4.36 minutes
12.1 minutes
One birth every
10.5 minutes
54.9 seconds
One death every
1.18 hours
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
8.53 minutes
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change +61,624 -401,282
Daily growth/decline +330 -119
Annual growth/decline +120,441 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate +2.48% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 29/197 174/197

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

Kuwait
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kuwait Nepal Kuwait Nepal
1960 311,060 10,123,658 - -
1961 345,945 10,318,396 11.2% 1.92%
1962 384,995 10,521,116 11.3% 1.96%
1963 427,694 10,729,818 11.1% 1.98%
1964 473,115 10,946,392 10.6% 2.02%
1965 521,174 11,173,411 10.2% 2.07%
1966 572,590 11,408,710 9.87% 2.11%
1967 628,089 11,652,716 9.69% 2.14%
1968 687,716 11,906,266 9.49% 2.18%
1969 749,452 12,167,036 8.98% 2.19%
1970 809,114 12,436,190 7.96% 2.21%
1971 865,076 12,710,061 6.92% 2.2%
1972 920,352 12,989,099 6.39% 2.2%
1973 977,654 13,275,239 6.23% 2.2%
1974 1,038,346 13,568,435 6.21% 2.21%
1975 1,104,863 13,870,695 6.41% 2.23%
1976 1,178,711 14,177,649 6.68% 2.21%
1977 1,258,023 14,499,175 6.73% 2.27%
1978 1,340,319 14,839,695 6.54% 2.35%
1979 1,423,514 15,190,590 6.21% 2.36%
1980 1,504,782 15,553,105 5.71% 2.39%
1981 1,583,426 15,922,423 5.23% 2.37%
1982 1,662,480 16,297,987 4.99% 2.36%
1983 1,744,295 16,689,119 4.92% 2.4%
1984 1,820,688 17,085,242 4.38% 2.37%
1985 1,894,242 17,477,692 4.04% 2.3%
1986 1,972,520 17,868,124 4.13% 2.23%
1987 2,052,994 18,250,505 4.08% 2.14%
1988 2,134,707 18,638,661 3.98% 2.13%
1989 2,217,468 19,057,807 3.88% 2.25%
1990 1,684,819 19,524,573 -24% 2.45%
1991 1,351,399 20,036,500 -19.8% 2.62%
1992 1,634,961 20,609,707 21% 2.86%
1993 1,672,151 21,180,159 2.27% 2.77%
1994 1,664,361 21,717,479 -0.47% 2.54%
1995 1,681,513 22,245,439 1.03% 2.43%
1996 1,730,246 22,741,862 2.9% 2.23%
1997 1,787,683 23,219,463 3.32% 2.1%
1998 1,844,302 23,680,357 3.17% 1.98%
1999 1,900,030 24,125,199 3.02% 1.88%
2000 1,954,709 24,546,509 2.88% 1.75%
2001 2,008,121 24,946,748 2.73% 1.63%
2002 2,059,974 25,328,981 2.58% 1.53%
2003 2,109,881 25,688,758 2.42% 1.42%
2004 2,157,320 26,016,656 2.25% 1.28%
2005 2,236,788 26,309,458 3.68% 1.13%
2006 2,364,733 26,565,425 5.72% 0.97%
2007 2,507,887 26,788,492 6.05% 0.84%
2008 2,651,421 26,990,037 5.72% 0.75%
2009 2,795,484 27,173,035 5.43% 0.68%
2010 2,943,372 27,341,952 5.29% 0.62%
2011 3,132,814 27,464,494 6.44% 0.45%
2012 3,337,109 27,534,915 6.52% 0.26%
2013 3,507,844 27,589,996 5.12% 0.2%
2014 3,665,876 27,672,370 4.51% 0.3%
2015 3,834,574 27,823,629 4.6% 0.55%
2016 4,004,096 27,955,462 4.42% 0.47%
2017 4,154,812 28,011,258 3.76% 0.2%
2018 4,323,515 28,079,689 4.06% 0.24%
2019 4,442,316 28,414,064 2.75% 1.19%
2020 4,400,267 28,966,574 -0.95% 1.94%
2021 4,360,865 29,475,010 -0.9% 1.76%
2022 4,589,643 29,715,436 5.25% 0.82%
2023 4,853,420 29,694,614 5.75% -0.07%
2024 4,973,861 29,651,054 2.48% -0.15%
2025 5,066,162 29,618,120 1.86% -0.11%
2026 5,143,465 29,629,406 1.53% 0.04%
2027 5,209,589 29,727,164 1.29% 0.33%
2028 5,266,597 29,947,588 1.09% 0.74%
2029 5,318,118 30,232,115 0.98% 0.95%
2030 5,366,659 30,509,999 0.91% 0.92%
2031 5,414,485 30,780,916 0.89% 0.89%
2032 5,463,178 31,045,411 0.9% 0.86%
2033 5,512,705 31,304,035 0.91% 0.83%
2034 5,563,035 31,555,068 0.91% 0.8%
2035 5,614,091 31,798,003 0.92% 0.77%
2036 5,665,789 32,033,714 0.92% 0.74%
2037 5,718,074 32,262,286 0.92% 0.71%
2038 5,770,901 32,484,801 0.92% 0.69%
2039 5,824,158 32,700,695 0.92% 0.66%
2040 5,877,719 32,909,540 0.92% 0.64%
2041 5,931,576 33,112,254 0.92% 0.62%
2042 5,985,681 33,309,062 0.91% 0.59%
2043 6,039,888 33,499,440 0.91% 0.57%
2044 6,094,155 33,683,331 0.9% 0.55%
2045 6,148,424 33,861,058 0.89% 0.53%
2046 6,202,560 34,032,994 0.88% 0.51%
2047 6,256,606 34,197,261 0.87% 0.48%
2048 6,310,637 34,352,077 0.86% 0.45%
2049 6,364,604 34,500,201 0.86% 0.43%
2050 6,418,538 34,642,021 0.85% 0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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