Population in Kuwait compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Sierra Leone	Kuwait	Sierra Leone
1960	311,060	2,268,356	-	-
1961	345,945	2,304,227	11.2%	1.58%
1962	384,995	2,342,242	11.3%	1.65%
1963	427,694	2,382,258	11.1%	1.71%
1964	473,115	2,424,390	10.6%	1.77%
1965	521,174	2,468,666	10.2%	1.83%
1966	572,590	2,514,638	9.87%	1.86%
1967	628,089	2,562,384	9.69%	1.9%
1968	687,716	2,611,532	9.49%	1.92%
1969	749,452	2,661,365	8.98%	1.91%
1970	809,114	2,712,286	7.96%	1.91%
1971	865,076	2,763,222	6.92%	1.88%
1972	920,352	2,814,388	6.39%	1.85%
1973	977,654	2,866,955	6.23%	1.87%
1974	1,038,346	2,920,459	6.21%	1.87%
1975	1,104,863	2,974,657	6.41%	1.86%
1976	1,178,711	3,028,820	6.68%	1.82%
1977	1,258,023	3,085,354	6.73%	1.87%
1978	1,340,319	3,145,517	6.54%	1.95%
1979	1,423,514	3,207,499	6.21%	1.97%
1980	1,504,782	3,272,089	5.71%	2.01%
1981	1,583,426	3,338,940	5.23%	2.04%
1982	1,662,480	3,408,183	4.99%	2.07%
1983	1,744,295	3,481,646	4.92%	2.16%
1984	1,820,688	3,558,758	4.38%	2.21%
1985	1,894,242	3,638,438	4.04%	2.24%
1986	1,972,520	3,728,380	4.13%	2.47%
1987	2,052,994	3,829,718	4.08%	2.72%
1988	2,134,707	3,934,517	3.98%	2.74%
1989	2,217,468	4,034,037	3.88%	2.53%
1990	1,684,819	4,196,828	-24%	4.04%
1991	1,351,399	4,246,267	-19.8%	1.18%
1992	1,634,961	4,166,366	21%	-1.88%
1993	1,672,151	4,157,130	2.27%	-0.22%
1994	1,664,361	4,173,105	-0.47%	0.38%
1995	1,681,513	4,179,179	1.03%	0.15%
1996	1,730,246	4,199,210	2.9%	0.48%
1997	1,787,683	4,253,716	3.32%	1.3%
1998	1,844,302	4,295,785	3.17%	0.99%
1999	1,900,030	4,318,043	3.02%	0.52%
2000	1,954,709	4,423,611	2.88%	2.44%
2001	2,008,121	4,692,716	2.73%	6.08%
2002	2,059,974	4,971,435	2.58%	5.94%
2003	2,109,881	5,177,687	2.42%	4.15%
2004	2,157,320	5,355,717	2.25%	3.44%
2005	2,236,788	5,501,712	3.68%	2.73%
2006	2,364,733	5,624,466	5.72%	2.23%
2007	2,507,887	5,749,352	6.05%	2.22%
2008	2,651,421	5,894,722	5.72%	2.53%
2009	2,795,484	6,055,646	5.43%	2.73%
2010	2,943,372	6,222,714	5.29%	2.76%
2011	3,132,814	6,387,251	6.44%	2.64%
2012	3,337,109	6,551,080	6.52%	2.56%
2013	3,507,844	6,714,051	5.12%	2.49%
2014	3,665,876	6,876,385	4.51%	2.42%
2015	3,834,574	7,037,655	4.6%	2.35%
2016	4,004,096	7,205,328	4.42%	2.38%
2017	4,154,812	7,379,299	3.76%	2.41%
2018	4,323,515	7,554,563	4.06%	2.38%
2019	4,442,316	7,731,991	2.75%	2.35%
2020	4,400,267	7,912,558	-0.95%	2.34%
2021	4,360,865	8,094,602	-0.9%	2.3%
2022	4,589,643	8,276,807	5.25%	2.25%
2023	4,853,420	8,460,512	5.75%	2.22%
2024	4,897,263	8,642,022	0.9%	2.15%
2025	4,988,142	8,819,789	1.86%	2.06%
2026	5,064,255	8,996,743	1.53%	2.01%
2027	5,129,360	9,174,695	1.29%	1.98%
2028	5,185,490	9,349,021	1.09%	1.9%
2029	5,236,219	9,520,811	0.98%	1.84%
2030	5,284,012	9,694,851	0.91%	1.83%
2031	5,331,101	9,870,295	0.89%	1.81%
2032	5,379,044	10,047,193	0.9%	1.79%
2033	5,427,808	10,221,006	0.91%	1.73%
2034	5,477,364	10,391,485	0.91%	1.67%
2035	5,527,633	10,563,163	0.92%	1.65%
2036	5,578,535	10,734,341	0.92%	1.62%
2037	5,630,015	10,902,263	0.92%	1.56%
2038	5,682,029	11,066,143	0.92%	1.5%
2039	5,734,465	11,230,060	0.92%	1.48%
2040	5,787,201	11,398,391	0.92%	1.5%
2041	5,840,229	11,566,213	0.92%	1.47%
2042	5,893,501	11,728,787	0.91%	1.41%
2043	5,946,873	11,887,934	0.91%	1.36%
2044	6,000,304	12,049,424	0.9%	1.36%
2045	6,053,738	12,208,872	0.89%	1.32%
2046	6,107,040	12,363,446	0.88%	1.27%
2047	6,160,254	12,512,739	0.87%	1.21%
2048	6,213,452	12,659,609	0.86%	1.17%
2049	6,266,588	12,805,136	0.86%	1.15%
2050	6,319,692	12,948,320	0.85%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.