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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Norway	Kuwait	Norway
1960	311,060	3,581,239	-	-
1961	345,945	3,609,800	11.2%	0.8%
1962	384,995	3,638,918	11.3%	0.81%
1963	427,694	3,666,537	11.1%	0.76%
1964	473,115	3,694,339	10.6%	0.76%
1965	521,174	3,723,168	10.2%	0.78%
1966	572,590	3,753,012	9.87%	0.8%
1967	628,089	3,784,539	9.69%	0.84%
1968	687,716	3,816,486	9.49%	0.84%
1969	749,452	3,847,707	8.98%	0.82%
1970	809,114	3,875,763	7.96%	0.73%
1971	865,076	3,903,039	6.92%	0.7%
1972	920,352	3,933,004	6.39%	0.77%
1973	977,654	3,960,612	6.23%	0.7%
1974	1,038,346	3,985,258	6.21%	0.62%
1975	1,104,863	4,007,313	6.41%	0.55%
1976	1,178,711	4,026,152	6.68%	0.47%
1977	1,258,023	4,043,205	6.73%	0.42%
1978	1,340,319	4,058,671	6.54%	0.38%
1979	1,423,514	4,072,517	6.21%	0.34%
1980	1,504,782	4,085,620	5.71%	0.32%
1981	1,583,426	4,099,702	5.23%	0.34%
1982	1,662,480	4,114,787	4.99%	0.37%
1983	1,744,295	4,128,432	4.92%	0.33%
1984	1,820,688	4,140,099	4.38%	0.28%
1985	1,894,242	4,152,516	4.04%	0.3%
1986	1,972,520	4,167,354	4.13%	0.36%
1987	2,052,994	4,186,905	4.08%	0.47%
1988	2,134,707	4,209,488	3.98%	0.54%
1989	2,217,468	4,226,901	3.88%	0.41%
1990	1,684,819	4,241,473	-24%	0.34%
1991	1,351,399	4,261,732	-19.8%	0.48%
1992	1,634,961	4,286,401	21%	0.58%
1993	1,672,151	4,311,991	2.27%	0.6%
1994	1,664,361	4,336,613	-0.47%	0.57%
1995	1,681,513	4,359,184	1.03%	0.52%
1996	1,730,246	4,381,336	2.9%	0.51%
1997	1,787,683	4,405,157	3.32%	0.54%
1998	1,844,302	4,431,464	3.17%	0.6%
1999	1,900,030	4,461,913	3.02%	0.69%
2000	1,954,709	4,490,967	2.88%	0.65%
2001	2,008,121	4,513,751	2.73%	0.51%
2002	2,059,974	4,538,159	2.58%	0.54%
2003	2,109,881	4,564,855	2.42%	0.59%
2004	2,157,320	4,591,910	2.25%	0.59%
2005	2,236,788	4,623,291	3.68%	0.68%
2006	2,364,733	4,660,677	5.72%	0.81%
2007	2,507,887	4,709,153	6.05%	1.04%
2008	2,651,421	4,768,212	5.72%	1.25%
2009	2,795,484	4,828,726	5.43%	1.27%
2010	2,943,372	4,889,252	5.29%	1.25%
2011	3,132,814	4,953,088	6.44%	1.31%
2012	3,337,109	5,018,573	6.52%	1.32%
2013	3,507,844	5,079,623	5.12%	1.22%
2014	3,665,876	5,137,232	4.51%	1.13%
2015	3,834,574	5,188,607	4.6%	1%
2016	4,004,096	5,234,519	4.42%	0.88%
2017	4,154,812	5,276,968	3.76%	0.81%
2018	4,323,515	5,311,916	4.06%	0.66%
2019	4,442,316	5,347,896	2.75%	0.68%
2020	4,400,267	5,379,475	-0.95%	0.59%
2021	4,360,865	5,408,320	-0.9%	0.54%
2022	4,589,643	5,457,127	5.25%	0.9%
2023	4,853,420	5,519,601	5.75%	1.14%
2024	4,897,263	5,572,279	0.9%	0.95%
2025	4,988,142	5,618,660	1.86%	0.83%
2026	5,064,255	5,648,550	1.53%	0.53%
2027	5,129,360	5,669,092	1.29%	0.36%
2028	5,185,490	5,688,782	1.09%	0.35%
2029	5,236,219	5,707,214	0.98%	0.32%
2030	5,284,012	5,724,593	0.91%	0.3%
2031	5,331,101	5,741,147	0.89%	0.29%
2032	5,379,044	5,756,671	0.9%	0.27%
2033	5,427,808	5,771,055	0.91%	0.25%
2034	5,477,364	5,784,415	0.91%	0.23%
2035	5,527,633	5,796,858	0.92%	0.22%
2036	5,578,535	5,808,729	0.92%	0.2%
2037	5,630,015	5,820,002	0.92%	0.19%
2038	5,682,029	5,830,612	0.92%	0.18%
2039	5,734,465	5,840,501	0.92%	0.17%
2040	5,787,201	5,849,280	0.92%	0.15%
2041	5,840,229	5,857,353	0.92%	0.14%
2042	5,893,501	5,864,774	0.91%	0.13%
2043	5,946,873	5,870,964	0.91%	0.11%
2044	6,000,304	5,876,299	0.9%	0.09%
2045	6,053,738	5,881,399	0.89%	0.09%
2046	6,107,040	5,885,779	0.88%	0.07%
2047	6,160,254	5,889,164	0.87%	0.06%
2048	6,213,452	5,892,138	0.86%	0.05%
2049	6,266,588	5,894,308	0.86%	0.04%
2050	6,319,692	5,895,200	0.85%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Norway gained 573,842 people (a 12.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Norway's population increased by 414,255 (a 7.91% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Norway was ranked 116th in 2006 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.36% to 5,895,200 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.