Population in Kuwait compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	311,060	1,995,110	-	-
1961	345,945	2,046,127	11.2%	2.56%
1962	384,995	2,093,919	11.3%	2.34%
1963	427,694	2,141,376	11.1%	2.27%
1964	473,115	2,188,325	10.6%	2.19%
1965	521,174	2,235,820	10.2%	2.17%
1966	572,590	2,285,774	9.87%	2.23%
1967	628,089	2,337,532	9.69%	2.26%
1968	687,716	2,390,803	9.49%	2.28%
1969	749,452	2,446,927	8.98%	2.35%
1970	809,114	2,505,628	7.96%	2.4%
1971	865,076	2,566,421	6.92%	2.43%
1972	920,352	2,628,432	6.39%	2.42%
1973	977,654	2,690,629	6.23%	2.37%
1974	1,038,346	2,752,671	6.21%	2.31%
1975	1,104,863	2,814,820	6.41%	2.26%
1976	1,178,711	2,877,327	6.68%	2.22%
1977	1,258,023	2,940,327	6.73%	2.19%
1978	1,340,319	3,003,714	6.54%	2.16%
1979	1,423,514	3,067,341	6.21%	2.12%
1980	1,504,782	3,131,512	5.71%	2.09%
1981	1,583,426	3,197,019	5.23%	2.09%
1982	1,662,480	3,264,291	4.99%	2.1%
1983	1,744,295	3,333,633	4.92%	2.12%
1984	1,820,688	3,405,198	4.38%	2.15%
1985	1,894,242	3,478,936	4.04%	2.17%
1986	1,972,520	3,554,793	4.13%	2.18%
1987	2,052,994	3,632,543	4.08%	2.19%
1988	2,134,707	3,711,880	3.98%	2.18%
1989	2,217,468	3,796,078	3.88%	2.27%
1990	1,684,819	3,896,481	-24%	2.64%
1991	1,351,399	4,021,837	-19.8%	3.22%
1992	1,634,961	4,166,699	21%	3.6%
1993	1,672,151	4,320,872	2.27%	3.7%
1994	1,664,361	4,480,208	-0.47%	3.69%
1995	1,681,513	4,644,278	1.03%	3.66%
1996	1,730,246	4,813,361	2.9%	3.64%
1997	1,787,683	4,987,883	3.32%	3.63%
1998	1,844,302	5,166,390	3.17%	3.58%
1999	1,900,030	5,349,333	3.02%	3.54%
2000	1,954,709	5,537,064	2.88%	3.51%
2001	2,008,121	5,728,435	2.73%	3.46%
2002	2,059,974	5,924,003	2.58%	3.41%
2003	2,109,881	6,123,997	2.42%	3.38%
2004	2,157,320	6,328,041	2.25%	3.33%
2005	2,236,788	6,535,905	3.68%	3.28%
2006	2,364,733	6,747,720	5.72%	3.24%
2007	2,507,887	6,963,345	6.05%	3.2%
2008	2,651,421	7,183,002	5.72%	3.15%
2009	2,795,484	7,406,438	5.43%	3.11%
2010	2,943,372	7,633,523	5.29%	3.07%
2011	3,132,814	7,859,346	6.44%	2.96%
2012	3,337,109	8,081,390	6.52%	2.83%
2013	3,507,844	8,302,698	5.12%	2.74%
2014	3,665,876	8,523,441	4.51%	2.66%
2015	3,834,574	8,743,246	4.6%	2.58%
2016	4,004,096	8,961,718	4.42%	2.5%
2017	4,154,812	9,178,714	3.76%	2.42%
2018	4,323,515	9,394,513	4.06%	2.35%
2019	4,442,316	9,609,010	2.75%	2.28%
2020	4,400,267	9,815,746	-0.95%	2.15%
2021	4,360,865	10,012,896	-0.9%	2.01%
2022	4,589,643	10,203,169	5.25%	1.9%
2023	4,853,420	10,389,635	5.75%	1.83%
2024	4,897,263	10,576,502	0.9%	1.8%
2025	4,988,142	10,762,813	1.86%	1.76%
2026	5,064,255	10,947,845	1.53%	1.72%
2027	5,129,360	11,131,268	1.29%	1.68%
2028	5,185,490	11,312,895	1.09%	1.63%
2029	5,236,219	11,492,799	0.98%	1.59%
2030	5,284,012	11,671,420	0.91%	1.55%
2031	5,331,101	11,848,221	0.89%	1.51%
2032	5,379,044	12,023,121	0.9%	1.48%
2033	5,427,808	12,196,639	0.91%	1.44%
2034	5,477,364	12,369,248	0.91%	1.42%
2035	5,527,633	12,540,596	0.92%	1.39%
2036	5,578,535	12,710,682	0.92%	1.36%
2037	5,630,015	12,879,737	0.92%	1.33%
2038	5,682,029	13,047,122	0.92%	1.3%
2039	5,734,465	13,212,668	0.92%	1.27%
2040	5,787,201	13,376,156	0.92%	1.24%
2041	5,840,229	13,537,361	0.92%	1.21%
2042	5,893,501	13,696,139	0.91%	1.17%
2043	5,946,873	13,853,410	0.91%	1.15%
2044	6,000,304	14,009,926	0.9%	1.13%
2045	6,053,738	14,165,578	0.89%	1.11%
2046	6,107,040	14,318,889	0.88%	1.08%
2047	6,160,254	14,469,210	0.87%	1.05%
2048	6,213,452	14,617,364	0.86%	1.02%
2049	6,266,588	14,763,600	0.86%	1%
2050	6,319,692	14,906,584	0.85%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.