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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	South Korea	Kuwait	South Korea
1960	311,060	25,012,374	-	-
1961	345,945	25,765,673	11.2%	3.01%
1962	384,995	26,513,030	11.3%	2.9%
1963	427,694	27,261,747	11.1%	2.82%
1964	473,115	27,984,155	10.6%	2.65%
1965	521,174	28,704,674	10.2%	2.57%
1966	572,590	29,435,571	9.87%	2.55%
1967	628,089	30,130,983	9.69%	2.36%
1968	687,716	30,838,302	9.49%	2.35%
1969	749,452	31,544,266	8.98%	2.29%
1970	809,114	32,240,827	7.96%	2.21%
1971	865,076	32,882,704	6.92%	1.99%
1972	920,352	33,505,406	6.39%	1.89%
1973	977,654	34,103,149	6.23%	1.78%
1974	1,038,346	34,692,266	6.21%	1.73%
1975	1,104,863	35,280,725	6.41%	1.7%
1976	1,178,711	35,848,523	6.68%	1.61%
1977	1,258,023	36,411,795	6.73%	1.57%
1978	1,340,319	36,969,185	6.54%	1.53%
1979	1,423,514	37,534,236	6.21%	1.53%
1980	1,504,782	38,123,775	5.71%	1.57%
1981	1,583,426	38,723,248	5.23%	1.57%
1982	1,662,480	39,326,352	4.99%	1.56%
1983	1,744,295	39,910,403	4.92%	1.49%
1984	1,820,688	40,405,956	4.38%	1.24%
1985	1,894,242	40,805,744	4.04%	0.99%
1986	1,972,520	41,213,674	4.13%	1%
1987	2,052,994	41,621,690	4.08%	0.99%
1988	2,134,707	42,031,247	3.98%	0.98%
1989	2,217,468	42,449,038	3.88%	0.99%
1990	1,684,819	42,869,283	-24%	0.99%
1991	1,351,399	43,295,704	-19.8%	0.99%
1992	1,634,961	43,747,962	21%	1.04%
1993	1,672,151	44,194,628	2.27%	1.02%
1994	1,664,361	44,641,540	-0.47%	1.01%
1995	1,681,513	45,092,991	1.03%	1.01%
1996	1,730,246	45,524,681	2.9%	0.96%
1997	1,787,683	45,953,580	3.32%	0.94%
1998	1,844,302	46,286,503	3.17%	0.72%
1999	1,900,030	46,616,677	3.02%	0.71%
2000	1,954,709	47,008,111	2.88%	0.84%
2001	2,008,121	47,370,164	2.73%	0.77%
2002	2,059,974	47,644,736	2.58%	0.58%
2003	2,109,881	47,892,330	2.42%	0.52%
2004	2,157,320	48,082,519	2.25%	0.4%
2005	2,236,788	48,184,561	3.68%	0.21%
2006	2,364,733	48,438,292	5.72%	0.53%
2007	2,507,887	48,683,638	6.05%	0.51%
2008	2,651,421	49,054,708	5.72%	0.76%
2009	2,795,484	49,307,835	5.43%	0.52%
2010	2,943,372	49,554,112	5.29%	0.5%
2011	3,132,814	49,936,638	6.44%	0.77%
2012	3,337,109	50,199,853	6.52%	0.53%
2013	3,507,844	50,428,893	5.12%	0.46%
2014	3,665,876	50,746,659	4.51%	0.63%
2015	3,834,574	51,014,947	4.6%	0.53%
2016	4,004,096	51,217,803	4.42%	0.4%
2017	4,154,812	51,361,911	3.76%	0.28%
2018	4,323,515	51,585,058	4.06%	0.43%
2019	4,442,316	51,764,822	2.75%	0.35%
2020	4,400,267	51,836,239	-0.95%	0.14%
2021	4,360,865	51,769,539	-0.9%	-0.13%
2022	4,589,643	51,672,569	5.25%	-0.19%
2023	4,853,420	51,712,619	5.75%	0.08%
2024	4,973,861	51,751,065	2.48%	0.07%
2025	5,066,162	51,700,480	1.86%	-0.1%
2026	5,143,465	51,633,793	1.53%	-0.13%
2027	5,209,589	51,552,198	1.29%	-0.16%
2028	5,266,597	51,456,707	1.09%	-0.19%
2029	5,318,118	51,347,230	0.98%	-0.21%
2030	5,366,659	51,221,713	0.91%	-0.24%
2031	5,414,485	51,081,220	0.89%	-0.27%
2032	5,463,178	50,924,233	0.9%	-0.31%
2033	5,512,705	50,747,132	0.91%	-0.35%
2034	5,563,035	50,549,508	0.91%	-0.39%
2035	5,614,091	50,333,286	0.92%	-0.43%
2036	5,665,789	50,098,951	0.92%	-0.47%
2037	5,718,074	49,845,669	0.92%	-0.51%
2038	5,770,901	49,573,234	0.92%	-0.55%
2039	5,824,158	49,283,770	0.92%	-0.58%
2040	5,877,719	48,980,369	0.92%	-0.62%
2041	5,931,576	48,661,905	0.92%	-0.65%
2042	5,985,681	48,331,004	0.91%	-0.68%
2043	6,039,888	47,990,085	0.91%	-0.71%
2044	6,094,155	47,634,183	0.9%	-0.74%
2045	6,148,424	47,263,526	0.89%	-0.78%
2046	6,202,560	46,881,228	0.88%	-0.81%
2047	6,256,606	46,482,133	0.87%	-0.85%
2048	6,310,637	46,063,595	0.86%	-0.9%
2049	6,364,604	45,626,805	0.86%	-0.95%
2050	6,418,538	45,172,356	0.85%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.