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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Palau	Kuwait	Palau
1960	311,060	9,328	-	-
1961	345,945	9,555	11.2%	2.43%
1962	384,995	9,793	11.3%	2.49%
1963	427,694	10,037	11.1%	2.49%
1964	473,115	10,292	10.6%	2.54%
1965	521,174	10,547	10.2%	2.48%
1966	572,590	10,805	9.87%	2.45%
1967	628,089	10,988	9.69%	1.69%
1968	687,716	11,080	9.49%	0.84%
1969	749,452	11,159	8.98%	0.71%
1970	809,114	11,368	7.96%	1.87%
1971	865,076	11,759	6.92%	3.44%
1972	920,352	12,194	6.39%	3.7%
1973	977,654	12,552	6.23%	2.94%
1974	1,038,346	12,687	6.21%	1.08%
1975	1,104,863	12,655	6.41%	-0.25%
1976	1,178,711	12,598	6.68%	-0.45%
1977	1,258,023	12,525	6.73%	-0.58%
1978	1,340,319	12,440	6.54%	-0.68%
1979	1,423,514	12,337	6.21%	-0.83%
1980	1,504,782	12,271	5.71%	-0.53%
1981	1,583,426	12,402	5.23%	1.07%
1982	1,662,480	12,694	4.99%	2.35%
1983	1,744,295	13,006	4.92%	2.46%
1984	1,820,688	13,337	4.38%	2.54%
1985	1,894,242	13,688	4.04%	2.63%
1986	1,972,520	14,024	4.13%	2.45%
1987	2,052,994	14,334	4.08%	2.21%
1988	2,134,707	14,645	3.98%	2.17%
1989	2,217,468	14,945	3.88%	2.05%
1990	1,684,819	15,259	-24%	2.1%
1991	1,351,399	15,614	-19.8%	2.33%
1992	1,634,961	15,989	21%	2.4%
1993	1,672,151	16,372	2.27%	2.4%
1994	1,664,361	16,770	-0.47%	2.43%
1995	1,681,513	17,195	1.03%	2.53%
1996	1,730,246	17,654	2.9%	2.67%
1997	1,787,683	18,108	3.32%	2.57%
1998	1,844,302	18,524	3.17%	2.3%
1999	1,900,030	18,901	3.02%	2.04%
2000	1,954,709	19,178	2.88%	1.47%
2001	2,008,121	19,352	2.73%	0.91%
2002	2,059,974	19,503	2.58%	0.78%
2003	2,109,881	19,659	2.42%	0.8%
2004	2,157,320	19,820	2.25%	0.82%
2005	2,236,788	19,819	3.68%	-0.005%
2006	2,364,733	19,593	5.72%	-1.14%
2007	2,507,887	19,302	6.05%	-1.49%
2008	2,651,421	19,009	5.72%	-1.52%
2009	2,795,484	18,709	5.43%	-1.58%
2010	2,943,372	18,396	5.29%	-1.67%
2011	3,132,814	18,078	6.44%	-1.73%
2012	3,337,109	17,765	6.52%	-1.73%
2013	3,507,844	17,648	5.12%	-0.66%
2014	3,665,876	17,715	4.51%	0.38%
2015	3,834,574	17,770	4.6%	0.31%
2016	4,004,096	17,797	4.42%	0.15%
2017	4,154,812	17,812	3.76%	0.08%
2018	4,323,515	17,814	4.06%	0.01%
2019	4,442,316	17,798	2.75%	-0.09%
2020	4,400,267	17,792	-0.95%	-0.03%
2021	4,360,865	17,783	-0.9%	-0.05%
2022	4,589,643	17,759	5.25%	-0.13%
2023	4,853,420	17,727	5.75%	-0.18%
2024	4,973,861	17,695	2.48%	-0.18%
2025	5,066,162	17,663	1.86%	-0.18%
2026	5,143,465	17,618	1.53%	-0.25%
2027	5,209,589	17,564	1.29%	-0.31%
2028	5,266,597	17,504	1.09%	-0.34%
2029	5,318,118	17,436	0.98%	-0.39%
2030	5,366,659	17,376	0.91%	-0.34%
2031	5,414,485	17,299	0.89%	-0.44%
2032	5,463,178	17,228	0.9%	-0.41%
2033	5,512,705	17,163	0.91%	-0.38%
2034	5,563,035	17,092	0.91%	-0.41%
2035	5,614,091	17,012	0.92%	-0.47%
2036	5,665,789	16,940	0.92%	-0.43%
2037	5,718,074	16,858	0.92%	-0.48%
2038	5,770,901	16,779	0.92%	-0.47%
2039	5,824,158	16,689	0.92%	-0.54%
2040	5,877,719	16,604	0.92%	-0.51%
2041	5,931,576	16,510	0.92%	-0.57%
2042	5,985,681	16,403	0.91%	-0.65%
2043	6,039,888	16,302	0.91%	-0.61%
2044	6,094,155	16,202	0.9%	-0.62%
2045	6,148,424	16,097	0.89%	-0.65%
2046	6,202,560	15,977	0.88%	-0.74%
2047	6,256,606	15,863	0.87%	-0.71%
2048	6,310,637	15,749	0.86%	-0.72%
2049	6,364,604	15,632	0.86%	-0.74%
2050	6,418,538	15,515	0.85%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.