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	4,979,200	2.75%	1.6%
2020	4,400,267	5,090,200	-0.95%	2.23%
2021	4,360,865	5,111,300	-0.9%	0.41%
2022	4,589,643	5,117,100	5.25%	0.11%
2023	4,853,420	5,245,000	5.75%	2.5%
2024	4,973,861	5,338,500	2.48%	1.78%
2025	5,066,162	5,377,360	1.86%	0.73%
2026	5,143,465	5,413,790	1.53%	0.68%
2027	5,209,589	5,447,979	1.29%	0.63%
2028	5,266,597	5,479,675	1.09%	0.58%
2029	5,318,118	5,509,133	0.98%	0.54%
2030	5,366,659	5,536,522	0.91%	0.5%
2031	5,414,485	5,562,256	0.89%	0.46%
2032	5,463,178	5,586,456	0.9%	0.44%
2033	5,512,705	5,609,501	0.91%	0.41%
2034	5,563,035	5,631,457	0.91%	0.39%
2035	5,614,091	5,652,480	0.92%	0.37%
2036	5,665,789	5,673,146	0.92%	0.37%
2037	5,718,074	5,693,185	0.92%	0.35%
2038	5,770,901	5,713,185	0.92%	0.35%
2039	5,824,158	5,732,750	0.92%	0.34%
2040	5,877,719	5,751,482	0.92%	0.33%
2041	5,931,576	5,770,413	0.92%	0.33%
2042	5,985,681	5,789,187	0.91%	0.33%
2043	6,039,888	5,806,468	0.91%	0.3%
2044	6,094,155	5,822,166	0.9%	0.27%
2045	6,148,424	5,836,730	0.89%	0.25%
2046	6,202,560	5,849,932	0.88%	0.23%
2047	6,256,606	5,861,661	0.87%	0.2%
2048	6,310,637	5,872,796	0.86%	0.19%
2049	6,364,604	5,882,711	0.86%	0.17%
2050	6,418,538	5,892,766	0.85%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.