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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Rwanda	Kuwait	Rwanda
1960	311,060	3,022,294	-	-
1961	345,945	3,106,779	11.2%	2.8%
1962	384,995	3,186,025	11.3%	2.55%
1963	427,694	3,258,890	11.1%	2.29%
1964	473,115	3,334,834	10.6%	2.33%
1965	521,174	3,423,210	10.2%	2.65%
1966	572,590	3,521,626	9.87%	2.87%
1967	628,089	3,629,577	9.69%	3.07%
1968	687,716	3,744,010	9.49%	3.15%
1969	749,452	3,861,271	8.98%	3.13%
1970	809,114	3,980,669	7.96%	3.09%
1971	865,076	4,100,044	6.92%	3%
1972	920,352	4,220,335	6.39%	2.93%
1973	977,654	4,345,047	6.23%	2.96%
1974	1,038,346	4,474,228	6.21%	2.97%
1975	1,104,863	4,607,728	6.41%	2.98%
1976	1,178,711	4,745,954	6.68%	3%
1977	1,258,023	4,888,240	6.73%	3%
1978	1,340,319	5,035,171	6.54%	3.01%
1979	1,423,514	5,189,541	6.21%	3.07%
1980	1,504,782	5,353,259	5.71%	3.15%
1981	1,583,426	5,527,230	5.23%	3.25%
1982	1,662,480	5,711,549	4.99%	3.33%
1983	1,744,295	5,905,311	4.92%	3.39%
1984	1,820,688	6,107,627	4.38%	3.43%
1985	1,894,242	6,317,228	4.04%	3.43%
1986	1,972,520	6,531,881	4.13%	3.4%
1987	2,052,994	6,749,493	4.08%	3.33%
1988	2,134,707	6,968,071	3.98%	3.24%
1989	2,217,468	7,184,706	3.88%	3.11%
1990	1,684,819	7,375,307	-24%	2.65%
1991	1,351,399	7,526,966	-19.8%	2.06%
1992	1,634,961	7,683,266	21%	2.08%
1993	1,672,151	7,981,132	2.27%	3.88%
1994	1,664,361	6,792,352	-0.47%	-14.9%
1995	1,681,513	5,674,118	1.03%	-16.5%
1996	1,730,246	6,708,764	2.9%	18.2%
1997	1,787,683	7,755,238	3.32%	15.6%
1998	1,844,302	8,081,681	3.17%	4.21%
1999	1,900,030	8,147,912	3.02%	0.82%
2000	1,954,709	8,213,931	2.88%	0.81%
2001	2,008,121	8,287,094	2.73%	0.89%
2002	2,059,974	8,400,180	2.58%	1.36%
2003	2,109,881	8,586,875	2.42%	2.22%
2004	2,157,320	8,816,844	2.25%	2.68%
2005	2,236,788	9,054,528	3.68%	2.7%
2006	2,364,733	9,299,246	5.72%	2.7%
2007	2,507,887	9,549,933	6.05%	2.7%
2008	2,651,421	9,804,269	5.72%	2.66%
2009	2,795,484	10,060,432	5.43%	2.61%
2010	2,943,372	10,317,553	5.29%	2.56%
2011	3,132,814	10,573,733	6.44%	2.48%
2012	3,337,109	10,829,901	6.52%	2.42%
2013	3,507,844	11,093,340	5.12%	2.43%
2014	3,665,876	11,364,757	4.51%	2.45%
2015	3,834,574	11,640,022	4.6%	2.42%
2016	4,004,096	11,919,183	4.42%	2.4%
2017	4,154,812	12,202,060	3.76%	2.37%
2018	4,323,515	12,487,996	4.06%	2.34%
2019	4,442,316	12,776,103	2.75%	2.31%
2020	4,400,267	13,065,837	-0.95%	2.27%
2021	4,360,865	13,355,260	-0.9%	2.22%
2022	4,589,643	13,651,030	5.25%	2.21%
2023	4,853,420	13,954,471	5.75%	2.22%
2024	4,897,263	14,256,567	0.9%	2.16%
2025	4,988,142	14,569,343	1.86%	2.19%
2026	5,064,255	14,889,694	1.53%	2.2%
2027	5,129,360	15,214,324	1.29%	2.18%
2028	5,185,490	15,536,461	1.09%	2.12%
2029	5,236,219	15,844,649	0.98%	1.98%
2030	5,284,012	16,154,698	0.91%	1.96%
2031	5,331,101	16,473,106	0.89%	1.97%
2032	5,379,044	16,771,820	0.9%	1.81%
2033	5,427,808	17,073,475	0.91%	1.8%
2034	5,477,364	17,402,250	0.91%	1.93%
2035	5,527,633	17,746,315	0.92%	1.98%
2036	5,578,535	18,076,769	0.92%	1.86%
2037	5,630,015	18,395,838	0.92%	1.77%
2038	5,682,029	18,729,778	0.92%	1.82%
2039	5,734,465	19,076,783	0.92%	1.85%
2040	5,787,201	19,440,762	0.92%	1.91%
2041	5,840,229	19,806,170	0.92%	1.88%
2042	5,893,501	20,153,979	0.91%	1.76%
2043	5,946,873	20,500,826	0.91%	1.72%
2044	6,000,304	20,837,079	0.9%	1.64%
2045	6,053,738	21,152,650	0.89%	1.51%
2046	6,107,040	21,459,144	0.88%	1.45%
2047	6,160,254	21,764,578	0.87%	1.42%
2048	6,213,452	22,086,112	0.86%	1.48%
2049	6,266,588	22,403,887	0.86%	1.44%
2050	6,319,692	22,707,896	0.85%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.