Population in Kuwait compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	South Africa	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	311,060	16,440,172	-	-
1961	345,945	16,908,035	11.2%	2.85%
1962	384,995	17,418,522	11.3%	3.02%
1963	427,694	17,954,564	11.1%	3.08%
1964	473,115	18,511,361	10.6%	3.1%
1965	521,174	19,089,380	10.2%	3.12%
1966	572,590	19,690,087	9.87%	3.15%
1967	628,089	20,314,066	9.69%	3.17%
1968	687,716	20,957,287	9.49%	3.17%
1969	749,452	21,614,676	8.98%	3.14%
1970	809,114	22,279,984	7.96%	3.08%
1971	865,076	22,942,143	6.92%	2.97%
1972	920,352	23,609,456	6.39%	2.91%
1973	977,654	24,294,263	6.23%	2.9%
1974	1,038,346	24,989,108	6.21%	2.86%
1975	1,104,863	25,690,940	6.41%	2.81%
1976	1,178,711	26,395,450	6.68%	2.74%
1977	1,258,023	27,118,952	6.73%	2.74%
1978	1,340,319	27,869,507	6.54%	2.77%
1979	1,423,514	28,634,162	6.21%	2.74%
1980	1,504,782	29,518,857	5.71%	3.09%
1981	1,583,426	30,541,044	5.23%	3.46%
1982	1,662,480	31,615,339	4.99%	3.52%
1983	1,744,295	32,739,304	4.92%	3.56%
1984	1,820,688	33,892,788	4.38%	3.52%
1985	1,894,242	35,042,093	4.04%	3.39%
1986	1,972,520	36,180,515	4.13%	3.25%
1987	2,052,994	37,326,190	4.08%	3.17%
1988	2,134,707	38,480,649	3.98%	3.09%
1989	2,217,468	39,628,575	3.88%	2.98%
1990	1,684,819	40,746,268	-24%	2.82%
1991	1,351,399	41,687,898	-19.8%	2.31%
1992	1,634,961	42,443,509	21%	1.81%
1993	1,672,151	43,297,156	2.27%	2.01%
1994	1,664,361	44,004,139	-0.47%	1.63%
1995	1,681,513	44,541,554	1.03%	1.22%
1996	1,730,246	45,123,018	2.9%	1.31%
1997	1,787,683	45,666,838	3.32%	1.21%
1998	1,844,302	46,223,880	3.17%	1.22%
1999	1,900,030	46,730,335	3.02%	1.1%
2000	1,954,709	47,159,719	2.88%	0.92%
2001	2,008,121	47,566,800	2.73%	0.86%
2002	2,059,974	48,019,415	2.58%	0.95%
2003	2,109,881	48,500,348	2.42%	1%
2004	2,157,320	48,991,421	2.25%	1.01%
2005	2,236,788	49,490,033	3.68%	1.02%
2006	2,364,733	49,998,277	5.72%	1.03%
2007	2,507,887	50,528,584	6.05%	1.06%
2008	2,651,421	51,114,599	5.72%	1.16%
2009	2,795,484	51,728,516	5.43%	1.2%
2010	2,943,372	52,344,051	5.29%	1.19%
2011	3,132,814	52,995,205	6.44%	1.24%
2012	3,337,109	53,782,567	6.52%	1.49%
2013	3,507,844	54,678,791	5.12%	1.67%
2014	3,665,876	55,594,838	4.51%	1.68%
2015	3,834,574	56,723,537	4.6%	2.03%
2016	4,004,096	57,259,551	4.42%	0.94%
2017	4,154,812	57,635,162	3.76%	0.66%
2018	4,323,515	58,613,001	4.06%	1.7%
2019	4,442,316	59,587,885	2.75%	1.66%
2020	4,400,267	60,562,381	-0.95%	1.64%
2021	4,360,865	61,502,603	-0.9%	1.55%
2022	4,589,643	62,378,410	5.25%	1.42%
2023	4,853,420	63,212,384	5.75%	1.34%
2024	4,973,861	64,007,187	2.48%	1.26%
2025	5,066,162	64,747,317	1.86%	1.16%
2026	5,143,465	65,453,086	1.53%	1.09%
2027	5,209,589	66,143,018	1.29%	1.05%
2028	5,266,597	66,830,384	1.09%	1.04%
2029	5,318,118	67,506,850	0.98%	1.01%
2030	5,366,659	68,161,357	0.91%	0.97%
2031	5,414,485	68,798,574	0.89%	0.93%
2032	5,463,178	69,426,441	0.9%	0.91%
2033	5,512,705	70,040,484	0.91%	0.88%
2034	5,563,035	70,641,572	0.91%	0.86%
2035	5,614,091	71,234,749	0.92%	0.84%
2036	5,665,789	71,816,372	0.92%	0.82%
2037	5,718,074	72,387,807	0.92%	0.8%
2038	5,770,901	72,949,611	0.92%	0.78%
2039	5,824,158	73,496,152	0.92%	0.75%
2040	5,877,719	74,035,615	0.92%	0.73%
2041	5,931,576	74,575,444	0.92%	0.73%
2042	5,985,681	75,111,899	0.91%	0.72%
2043	6,039,888	75,641,512	0.91%	0.71%
2044	6,094,155	76,164,461	0.9%	0.69%
2045	6,148,424	76,681,448	0.89%	0.68%
2046	6,202,560	77,199,542	0.88%	0.68%
2047	6,256,606	77,716,650	0.87%	0.67%
2048	6,310,637	78,215,323	0.86%	0.64%
2049	6,364,604	78,699,584	0.86%	0.62%
2050	6,418,538	79,177,329	0.85%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kuwait's population will grow by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people with a rank change from 127th to 117th. The population of South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.