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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Somalia	Kuwait	Somalia
1960	311,060	2,876,331	-	-
1961	345,945	2,952,054	11.2%	2.63%
1962	384,995	3,030,091	11.3%	2.64%
1963	427,694	3,110,361	11.1%	2.65%
1964	473,115	3,192,796	10.6%	2.65%
1965	521,174	3,277,874	10.2%	2.66%
1966	572,590	3,365,106	9.87%	2.66%
1967	628,089	3,454,537	9.69%	2.66%
1968	687,716	3,546,590	9.49%	2.66%
1969	749,452	3,641,015	8.98%	2.66%
1970	809,114	3,738,448	7.96%	2.68%
1971	865,076	3,837,691	6.92%	2.65%
1972	920,352	3,939,436	6.39%	2.65%
1973	977,654	4,045,592	6.23%	2.69%
1974	1,038,346	4,151,842	6.21%	2.63%
1975	1,104,863	4,257,535	6.41%	2.55%
1976	1,178,711	4,365,812	6.68%	2.54%
1977	1,258,023	4,484,050	6.73%	2.71%
1978	1,340,319	4,814,892	6.54%	7.38%
1979	1,423,514	5,449,117	6.21%	13.2%
1980	1,504,782	5,936,154	5.71%	8.94%
1981	1,583,426	5,982,849	5.23%	0.79%
1982	1,662,480	6,003,840	4.99%	0.35%
1983	1,744,295	6,198,430	4.92%	3.24%
1984	1,820,688	6,428,389	4.38%	3.71%
1985	1,894,242	6,693,289	4.04%	4.12%
1986	1,972,520	6,974,788	4.13%	4.21%
1987	2,052,994	7,228,302	4.08%	3.63%
1988	2,134,707	7,235,360	3.98%	0.1%
1989	2,217,468	7,114,817	3.88%	-1.67%
1990	1,684,819	7,082,811	-24%	-0.45%
1991	1,351,399	6,813,760	-19.8%	-3.8%
1992	1,634,961	6,495,107	21%	-4.68%
1993	1,672,151	6,681,399	2.27%	2.87%
1994	1,664,361	7,026,797	-0.47%	5.17%
1995	1,681,513	7,285,007	1.03%	3.67%
1996	1,730,246	7,554,474	2.9%	3.7%
1997	1,787,683	7,824,525	3.32%	3.57%
1998	1,844,302	8,155,417	3.17%	4.23%
1999	1,900,030	8,492,059	3.02%	4.13%
2000	1,954,709	8,838,713	2.88%	4.08%
2001	2,008,121	9,198,493	2.73%	4.07%
2002	2,059,974	9,550,063	2.58%	3.82%
2003	2,109,881	9,909,157	2.42%	3.76%
2004	2,157,320	10,280,998	2.25%	3.75%
2005	2,236,788	10,644,228	3.68%	3.53%
2006	2,364,733	10,975,502	5.72%	3.11%
2007	2,507,887	11,322,582	6.05%	3.16%
2008	2,651,421	11,663,084	5.72%	3.01%
2009	2,795,484	11,961,201	5.43%	2.56%
2010	2,943,372	12,261,756	5.29%	2.51%
2011	3,132,814	12,348,830	6.44%	0.71%
2012	3,337,109	12,461,160	6.52%	0.91%
2013	3,507,844	12,869,594	5.12%	3.28%
2014	3,665,876	13,339,491	4.51%	3.65%
2015	3,834,574	13,806,963	4.6%	3.5%
2016	4,004,096	14,348,740	4.42%	3.92%
2017	4,154,812	14,916,629	3.76%	3.96%
2018	4,323,515	15,452,487	4.06%	3.59%
2019	4,442,316	16,030,971	2.75%	3.74%
2020	4,400,267	16,651,191	-0.95%	3.87%
2021	4,360,865	17,271,431	-0.9%	3.72%
2022	4,589,643	17,801,897	5.25%	3.07%
2023	4,853,420	18,358,615	5.75%	3.13%
2024	4,897,263	19,009,151	0.9%	3.54%
2025	4,988,142	19,654,737	1.86%	3.4%
2026	5,064,255	20,305,905	1.53%	3.31%
2027	5,129,360	20,959,056	1.29%	3.22%
2028	5,185,490	21,601,810	1.09%	3.07%
2029	5,236,219	22,247,714	0.98%	2.99%
2030	5,284,012	22,915,042	0.91%	3%
2031	5,331,101	23,589,793	0.89%	2.94%
2032	5,379,044	24,258,789	0.9%	2.84%
2033	5,427,808	24,921,830	0.91%	2.73%
2034	5,477,364	25,593,666	0.91%	2.7%
2035	5,527,633	26,294,943	0.92%	2.74%
2036	5,578,535	27,009,199	0.92%	2.72%
2037	5,630,015	27,731,170	0.92%	2.67%
2038	5,682,029	28,455,755	0.92%	2.61%
2039	5,734,465	29,167,897	0.92%	2.5%
2040	5,787,201	29,896,286	0.92%	2.5%
2041	5,840,229	30,635,956	0.92%	2.47%
2042	5,893,501	31,350,028	0.91%	2.33%
2043	5,946,873	32,057,980	0.91%	2.26%
2044	6,000,304	32,780,417	0.9%	2.25%
2045	6,053,738	33,510,163	0.89%	2.23%
2046	6,107,040	34,248,030	0.88%	2.2%
2047	6,160,254	34,996,366	0.87%	2.19%
2048	6,213,452	35,743,960	0.86%	2.14%
2049	6,266,588	36,474,683	0.86%	2.04%
2050	6,319,692	37,206,497	0.85%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.