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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Samoa	Kuwait	Samoa
1960	311,060	112,490	-	-
1961	345,945	115,496	11.2%	2.67%
1962	384,995	118,597	11.3%	2.68%
1963	427,694	121,764	11.1%	2.67%
1964	473,115	124,894	10.6%	2.57%
1965	521,174	127,978	10.2%	2.47%
1966	572,590	131,073	9.87%	2.42%
1967	628,089	133,764	9.69%	2.05%
1968	687,716	136,020	9.49%	1.69%
1969	749,452	138,233	8.98%	1.63%
1970	809,114	140,400	7.96%	1.57%
1971	865,076	142,503	6.92%	1.5%
1972	920,352	144,538	6.39%	1.43%
1973	977,654	146,516	6.23%	1.37%
1974	1,038,346	149,431	6.21%	1.99%
1975	1,104,863	153,344	6.41%	2.62%
1976	1,178,711	157,113	6.68%	2.46%
1977	1,258,023	159,753	6.73%	1.68%
1978	1,340,319	161,375	6.54%	1.02%
1979	1,423,514	162,882	6.21%	0.93%
1980	1,504,782	164,322	5.71%	0.88%
1981	1,583,426	165,678	5.23%	0.83%
1982	1,662,480	166,484	4.99%	0.49%
1983	1,744,295	166,714	4.92%	0.14%
1984	1,820,688	166,796	4.38%	0.05%
1985	1,894,242	166,849	4.04%	0.03%
1986	1,972,520	167,061	4.13%	0.13%
1987	2,052,994	167,661	4.08%	0.36%
1988	2,134,707	168,346	3.98%	0.41%
1989	2,217,468	168,768	3.88%	0.25%
1990	1,684,819	169,042	-24%	0.16%
1991	1,351,399	169,368	-19.8%	0.19%
1992	1,634,961	170,331	21%	0.57%
1993	1,672,151	171,774	2.27%	0.85%
1994	1,664,361	173,159	-0.47%	0.81%
1995	1,681,513	174,571	1.03%	0.82%
1996	1,730,246	176,071	2.9%	0.86%
1997	1,787,683	177,547	3.32%	0.84%
1998	1,844,302	178,905	3.17%	0.76%
1999	1,900,030	180,275	3.02%	0.77%
2000	1,954,709	181,685	2.88%	0.78%
2001	2,008,121	183,166	2.73%	0.82%
2002	2,059,974	184,471	2.58%	0.71%
2003	2,109,881	185,430	2.42%	0.52%
2004	2,157,320	186,249	2.25%	0.44%
2005	2,236,788	186,978	3.68%	0.39%
2006	2,364,733	187,709	5.72%	0.39%
2007	2,507,887	188,753	6.05%	0.56%
2008	2,651,421	190,107	5.72%	0.72%
2009	2,795,484	191,513	5.43%	0.74%
2010	2,943,372	193,023	5.29%	0.79%
2011	3,132,814	194,713	6.44%	0.88%
2012	3,337,109	196,498	6.52%	0.92%
2013	3,507,844	198,268	5.12%	0.9%
2014	3,665,876	200,037	4.51%	0.89%
2015	3,834,574	201,782	4.6%	0.87%
2016	4,004,096	203,499	4.42%	0.85%
2017	4,154,812	205,415	3.76%	0.94%
2018	4,323,515	207,582	4.06%	1.05%
2019	4,442,316	209,780	2.75%	1.06%
2020	4,400,267	211,944	-0.95%	1.03%
2021	4,360,865	213,779	-0.9%	0.87%
2022	4,589,643	215,261	5.25%	0.69%
2023	4,853,420	216,663	5.75%	0.65%
2024	4,897,263	218,019	0.9%	0.63%
2025	4,988,142	219,302	1.86%	0.59%
2026	5,064,255	220,530	1.53%	0.56%
2027	5,129,360	221,772	1.29%	0.56%
2028	5,185,490	223,104	1.09%	0.6%
2029	5,236,219	224,504	0.98%	0.63%
2030	5,284,012	225,968	0.91%	0.65%
2031	5,331,101	227,581	0.89%	0.71%
2032	5,379,044	229,298	0.9%	0.75%
2033	5,427,808	231,110	0.91%	0.79%
2034	5,477,364	233,061	0.91%	0.84%
2035	5,527,633	235,172	0.92%	0.91%
2036	5,578,535	237,415	0.92%	0.95%
2037	5,630,015	239,730	0.92%	0.98%
2038	5,682,029	242,155	0.92%	1.01%
2039	5,734,465	244,653	0.92%	1.03%
2040	5,787,201	247,196	0.92%	1.04%
2041	5,840,229	249,796	0.92%	1.05%
2042	5,893,501	252,427	0.91%	1.05%
2043	5,946,873	255,023	0.91%	1.03%
2044	6,000,304	257,609	0.9%	1.01%
2045	6,053,738	260,250	0.89%	1.03%
2046	6,107,040	262,849	0.88%	1%
2047	6,160,254	265,365	0.87%	0.96%
2048	6,213,452	267,836	0.86%	0.93%
2049	6,266,588	270,291	0.86%	0.92%
2050	6,319,692	272,711	0.85%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.