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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kuwait was 4,897,263 in 2024 vs 34,217,848 people in Peru in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kuwait's population is 5,064,966 people compared to 34,925,789 in Peru.

Population statistics:

  • Peru's population is 6.9 times bigger than Kuwait's.
  • Kuwait is ranked the 127th most populous country in the world, while Peru is the 48th.
  • The countries together account for 0.48% of the world: 0.06% for Kuwait vs 0.42% for Peru.
  • For the last 10 years, Kuwait has had an average growth rate of +3.1% per year vs +1.26% in Peru.
  • Since 2006, the population of Kuwait has increased from 2.36M people to 5.06M (114.2% growth), while Peru has grown from 28.3M to 34.9M (23.3% growth).
  • Kuwait is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 9.53M people compared to the peak of 41.7M people in 2066 for Peru.

Kuwait vs Peru: live population counter

Kuwait Peru
Current population
5064966
34925789
Population rank 127/197 48/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.42%
One net population change
12 minutes
1.41 minutes
One birth every
10.5 minutes
58.4 seconds
One death every
1.18 hours
2.83 minutes
One migration net change every
8.53 minutes
28.6 minutes
Annual migration change +61,624 +18,406
Daily growth/decline +120 +1,020
Annual growth/decline +43,843 +372,231
Annual growth/decline rate +0.9% +1.1%
Population growth rate rank 107/197 96/197

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

Kuwait
Population

Growth rate
Peru
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kuwait Peru Kuwait Peru
1960 311,060 10,174,127 - -
1961 345,945 10,475,123 11.2% 2.96%
1962 384,995 10,784,612 11.3% 2.95%
1963 427,694 11,102,099 11.1% 2.94%
1964 473,115 11,427,978 10.6% 2.94%
1965 521,174 11,761,085 10.2% 2.91%
1966 572,590 12,101,297 9.87% 2.89%
1967 628,089 12,448,814 9.69% 2.87%
1968 687,716 12,803,993 9.49% 2.85%
1969 749,452 13,166,767 8.98% 2.83%
1970 809,114 13,501,237 7.96% 2.54%
1971 865,076 13,838,067 6.92% 2.49%
1972 920,352 14,210,147 6.39% 2.69%
1973 977,654 14,582,867 6.23% 2.62%
1974 1,038,346 14,956,552 6.21% 2.56%
1975 1,104,863 15,333,957 6.41% 2.52%
1976 1,178,711 15,716,809 6.68% 2.5%
1977 1,258,023 16,109,806 6.73% 2.5%
1978 1,340,319 16,516,059 6.54% 2.52%
1979 1,423,514 16,933,139 6.21% 2.53%
1980 1,504,782 17,360,949 5.71% 2.53%
1981 1,583,426 17,798,805 5.23% 2.52%
1982 1,662,480 18,246,503 4.99% 2.52%
1983 1,744,295 18,705,957 4.92% 2.52%
1984 1,820,688 19,174,716 4.38% 2.51%
1985 1,894,242 19,648,204 4.04% 2.47%
1986 1,972,520 20,117,122 4.13% 2.39%
1987 2,052,994 20,582,320 4.08% 2.31%
1988 2,134,707 21,054,702 3.98% 2.3%
1989 2,217,468 21,532,589 3.88% 2.27%
1990 1,684,819 22,014,771 -24% 2.24%
1991 1,351,399 22,483,775 -19.8% 2.13%
1992 1,634,961 22,946,340 21% 2.06%
1993 1,672,151 23,413,783 2.27% 2.04%
1994 1,664,361 23,881,493 -0.47% 2%
1995 1,681,513 24,348,919 1.03% 1.96%
1996 1,730,246 24,811,171 2.9% 1.9%
1997 1,787,683 25,274,147 3.32% 1.87%
1998 1,844,302 25,738,095 3.17% 1.84%
1999 1,900,030 26,186,504 3.02% 1.74%
2000 1,954,709 26,598,331 2.88% 1.57%
2001 2,008,121 26,964,601 2.73% 1.38%
2002 2,059,974 27,288,217 2.58% 1.2%
2003 2,109,881 27,580,490 2.42% 1.07%
2004 2,157,320 27,852,190 2.25% 0.99%
2005 2,236,788 28,101,180 3.68% 0.89%
2006 2,364,733 28,324,491 5.72% 0.79%
2007 2,507,887 28,530,699 6.05% 0.73%
2008 2,651,421 28,719,041 5.72% 0.66%
2009 2,795,484 28,896,811 5.43% 0.62%
2010 2,943,372 29,086,019 5.29% 0.65%
2011 3,132,814 29,304,086 6.44% 0.75%
2012 3,337,109 29,550,366 6.52% 0.84%
2013 3,507,844 29,817,919 5.12% 0.91%
2014 3,665,876 30,115,826 4.51% 1%
2015 3,834,574 30,457,600 4.6% 1.13%
2016 4,004,096 30,866,494 4.42% 1.34%
2017 4,154,812 31,324,637 3.76% 1.48%
2018 4,323,515 31,897,584 4.06% 1.83%
2019 4,442,316 32,449,303 2.75% 1.73%
2020 4,400,267 32,838,579 -0.95% 1.2%
2021 4,360,865 33,155,882 -0.9% 0.97%
2022 4,589,643 33,475,438 5.25% 0.96%
2023 4,853,420 33,845,617 5.75% 1.11%
2024 4,897,263 34,217,848 0.9% 1.1%
2025 4,988,142 34,576,670 1.86% 1.05%
2026 5,064,255 34,922,144 1.53% 1%
2027 5,129,360 35,255,683 1.29% 0.96%
2028 5,185,490 35,578,281 1.09% 0.92%
2029 5,236,219 35,890,705 0.98% 0.88%
2030 5,284,012 36,193,882 0.91% 0.84%
2031 5,331,101 36,488,437 0.89% 0.81%
2032 5,379,044 36,774,937 0.9% 0.79%
2033 5,427,808 37,054,380 0.91% 0.76%
2034 5,477,364 37,326,798 0.91% 0.74%
2035 5,527,633 37,591,420 0.92% 0.71%
2036 5,578,535 37,848,147 0.92% 0.68%
2037 5,630,015 38,096,898 0.92% 0.66%
2038 5,682,029 38,337,328 0.92% 0.63%
2039 5,734,465 38,569,891 0.92% 0.61%
2040 5,787,201 38,794,647 0.92% 0.58%
2041 5,840,229 39,011,537 0.92% 0.56%
2042 5,893,501 39,220,371 0.91% 0.54%
2043 5,946,873 39,420,647 0.91% 0.51%
2044 6,000,304 39,612,847 0.9% 0.49%
2045 6,053,738 39,796,723 0.89% 0.46%
2046 6,107,040 39,971,719 0.88% 0.44%
2047 6,160,254 40,137,869 0.87% 0.42%
2048 6,213,452 40,294,857 0.86% 0.39%
2049 6,266,588 40,443,273 0.86% 0.37%
2050 6,319,692 40,583,875 0.85% 0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.

Biggest cities by population

Kuwait
City Population
Kuwait 2.99M
Al Wafrah 10K

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