Population in Kuwait compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	New Zealand	Kuwait	New Zealand
1960	311,060	2,371,800	-	-
1961	345,945	2,419,700	11.2%	2.02%
1962	384,995	2,482,000	11.3%	2.57%
1963	427,694	2,531,800	11.1%	2.01%
1964	473,115	2,585,400	10.6%	2.12%
1965	521,174	2,628,400	10.2%	1.66%
1966	572,590	2,675,900	9.87%	1.81%
1967	628,089	2,724,100	9.69%	1.8%
1968	687,716	2,748,100	9.49%	0.88%
1969	749,452	2,772,800	8.98%	0.9%
1970	809,114	2,810,700	7.96%	1.37%
1971	865,076	2,853,000	6.92%	1.5%
1972	920,352	2,903,900	6.39%	1.78%
1973	977,654	2,961,300	6.23%	1.98%
1974	1,038,346	3,023,700	6.21%	2.11%
1975	1,104,863	3,083,100	6.41%	1.96%
1976	1,178,711	3,110,500	6.68%	0.89%
1977	1,258,023	3,120,200	6.73%	0.31%
1978	1,340,319	3,121,200	6.54%	0.03%
1979	1,423,514	3,109,000	6.21%	-0.39%
1980	1,504,782	3,112,900	5.71%	0.13%
1981	1,583,426	3,124,900	5.23%	0.39%
1982	1,662,480	3,156,100	4.99%	1%
1983	1,744,295	3,199,300	4.92%	1.37%
1984	1,820,688	3,227,100	4.38%	0.87%
1985	1,894,242	3,247,100	4.04%	0.62%
1986	1,972,520	3,246,300	4.13%	-0.02%
1987	2,052,994	3,274,400	4.08%	0.87%
1988	2,134,707	3,283,400	3.98%	0.27%
1989	2,217,468	3,299,200	3.88%	0.48%
1990	1,684,819	3,329,800	-24%	0.93%
1991	1,351,399	3,495,100	-19.8%	4.96%
1992	1,634,961	3,531,700	21%	1.05%
1993	1,672,151	3,572,200	2.27%	1.15%
1994	1,664,361	3,620,000	-0.47%	1.34%
1995	1,681,513	3,673,400	1.03%	1.48%
1996	1,730,246	3,732,000	2.9%	1.6%
1997	1,787,683	3,781,300	3.32%	1.32%
1998	1,844,302	3,815,000	3.17%	0.89%
1999	1,900,030	3,835,100	3.02%	0.53%
2000	1,954,709	3,857,700	2.88%	0.59%
2001	2,008,121	3,880,500	2.73%	0.59%
2002	2,059,974	3,948,500	2.58%	1.75%
2003	2,109,881	4,027,200	2.42%	1.99%
2004	2,157,320	4,087,500	2.25%	1.5%
2005	2,236,788	4,133,900	3.68%	1.14%
2006	2,364,733	4,184,600	5.72%	1.23%
2007	2,507,887	4,223,800	6.05%	0.94%
2008	2,651,421	4,259,800	5.72%	0.85%
2009	2,795,484	4,302,600	5.43%	1%
2010	2,943,372	4,350,700	5.29%	1.12%
2011	3,132,814	4,384,000	6.44%	0.77%
2012	3,337,109	4,408,100	6.52%	0.55%
2013	3,507,844	4,442,100	5.12%	0.77%
2014	3,665,876	4,516,500	4.51%	1.67%
2015	3,834,574	4,609,400	4.6%	2.06%
2016	4,004,096	4,714,100	4.42%	2.27%
2017	4,154,812	4,813,600	3.76%	2.11%
2018	4,323,515	4,900,600	4.06%	1.81%
2019	4,442,316	4,970,300	2.75%	1.42%
2020	4,400,267	5,072,400	-0.95%	2.05%
2021	4,360,865	5,084,600	-0.9%	0.24%
2022	4,589,643	5,081,700	5.25%	-0.06%
2023	4,853,420	5,200,000	5.75%	2.33%
2024	4,897,263	5,287,500	0.9%	1.68%
2025	4,988,142	5,325,989	1.86%	0.73%
2026	5,064,255	5,362,071	1.53%	0.68%
2027	5,129,360	5,395,933	1.29%	0.63%
2028	5,185,490	5,427,327	1.09%	0.58%
2029	5,236,219	5,456,502	0.98%	0.54%
2030	5,284,012	5,483,630	0.91%	0.5%
2031	5,331,101	5,509,118	0.89%	0.46%
2032	5,379,044	5,533,087	0.9%	0.44%
2033	5,427,808	5,555,912	0.91%	0.41%
2034	5,477,364	5,577,658	0.91%	0.39%
2035	5,527,633	5,598,481	0.92%	0.37%
2036	5,578,535	5,618,949	0.92%	0.37%
2037	5,630,015	5,638,796	0.92%	0.35%
2038	5,682,029	5,658,606	0.92%	0.35%
2039	5,734,465	5,677,983	0.92%	0.34%
2040	5,787,201	5,696,537	0.92%	0.33%
2041	5,840,229	5,715,286	0.92%	0.33%
2042	5,893,501	5,733,881	0.91%	0.33%
2043	5,946,873	5,750,997	0.91%	0.3%
2044	6,000,304	5,766,545	0.9%	0.27%
2045	6,053,738	5,780,970	0.89%	0.25%
2046	6,107,040	5,794,046	0.88%	0.23%
2047	6,160,254	5,805,663	0.87%	0.2%
2048	6,213,452	5,816,692	0.86%	0.19%
2049	6,266,588	5,826,512	0.86%	0.17%
2050	6,319,692	5,836,471	0.85%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.