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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Spain	Kuwait	Spain
1960	311,060	30,455,000	-	-
1961	345,945	30,739,250	11.2%	0.93%
1962	384,995	31,023,366	11.3%	0.92%
1963	427,694	31,296,651	11.1%	0.88%
1964	473,115	31,609,195	10.6%	1%
1965	521,174	31,954,292	10.2%	1.09%
1966	572,590	32,283,194	9.87%	1.03%
1967	628,089	32,682,947	9.69%	1.24%
1968	687,716	33,113,134	9.49%	1.32%
1969	749,452	33,441,054	8.98%	0.99%
1970	809,114	33,814,531	7.96%	1.12%
1971	865,076	34,224,490	6.92%	1.21%
1972	920,352	34,604,469	6.39%	1.11%
1973	977,654	34,988,947	6.23%	1.11%
1974	1,038,346	35,373,335	6.21%	1.1%
1975	1,104,863	35,757,900	6.41%	1.09%
1976	1,178,711	36,137,812	6.68%	1.06%
1977	1,258,023	36,511,638	6.73%	1.03%
1978	1,340,319	36,864,898	6.54%	0.97%
1979	1,423,514	37,191,330	6.21%	0.89%
1980	1,504,782	37,491,165	5.71%	0.81%
1981	1,583,426	37,758,631	5.23%	0.71%
1982	1,662,480	37,986,012	4.99%	0.6%
1983	1,744,295	38,171,525	4.92%	0.49%
1984	1,820,688	38,330,364	4.38%	0.42%
1985	1,894,242	38,469,512	4.04%	0.36%
1986	1,972,520	38,584,624	4.13%	0.3%
1987	2,052,994	38,684,815	4.08%	0.26%
1988	2,134,707	38,766,939	3.98%	0.21%
1989	2,217,468	38,827,764	3.88%	0.16%
1990	1,684,819	38,867,322	-24%	0.1%
1991	1,351,399	38,966,376	-19.8%	0.25%
1992	1,634,961	39,157,685	21%	0.49%
1993	1,672,151	39,361,262	2.27%	0.52%
1994	1,664,361	39,549,108	-0.47%	0.48%
1995	1,681,513	39,724,050	1.03%	0.44%
1996	1,730,246	39,889,852	2.9%	0.42%
1997	1,787,683	40,057,389	3.32%	0.42%
1998	1,844,302	40,223,509	3.17%	0.41%
1999	1,900,030	40,386,875	3.02%	0.41%
2000	1,954,709	40,567,864	2.88%	0.45%
2001	2,008,121	40,850,412	2.73%	0.7%
2002	2,059,974	41,431,558	2.58%	1.42%
2003	2,109,881	42,187,645	2.42%	1.82%
2004	2,157,320	42,921,895	2.25%	1.74%
2005	2,236,788	43,653,155	3.68%	1.7%
2006	2,364,733	44,397,319	5.72%	1.7%
2007	2,507,887	45,226,803	6.05%	1.87%
2008	2,651,421	45,954,106	5.72%	1.61%
2009	2,795,484	46,362,946	5.43%	0.89%
2010	2,943,372	46,576,897	5.29%	0.46%
2011	3,132,814	46,742,697	6.44%	0.36%
2012	3,337,109	46,773,055	6.52%	0.06%
2013	3,507,844	46,604,197	5.12%	-0.36%
2014	3,665,876	46,460,733	4.51%	-0.31%
2015	3,834,574	46,422,303	4.6%	-0.08%
2016	4,004,096	46,458,139	4.42%	0.08%
2017	4,154,812	46,571,232	3.76%	0.24%
2018	4,323,515	46,782,011	4.06%	0.45%
2019	4,442,316	47,118,501	2.75%	0.72%
2020	4,400,267	47,359,424	-0.95%	0.51%
2021	4,360,865	47,443,821	-0.9%	0.18%
2022	4,589,643	47,786,102	5.25%	0.72%
2023	4,853,420	48,347,910	5.75%	1.18%
2024	4,973,861	48,807,137	2.48%	0.95%
2025	5,066,162	48,786,181	1.86%	-0.04%
2026	5,143,465	48,746,279	1.53%	-0.08%
2027	5,209,589	48,696,847	1.29%	-0.1%
2028	5,266,597	48,642,132	1.09%	-0.11%
2029	5,318,118	48,578,166	0.98%	-0.13%
2030	5,366,659	48,501,513	0.91%	-0.16%
2031	5,414,485	48,412,854	0.89%	-0.18%
2032	5,463,178	48,321,195	0.9%	-0.19%
2033	5,512,705	48,230,054	0.91%	-0.19%
2034	5,563,035	48,136,421	0.91%	-0.19%
2035	5,614,091	48,036,650	0.92%	-0.21%
2036	5,665,789	47,929,957	0.92%	-0.22%
2037	5,718,074	47,819,257	0.92%	-0.23%
2038	5,770,901	47,706,580	0.92%	-0.24%
2039	5,824,158	47,588,878	0.92%	-0.25%
2040	5,877,719	47,463,597	0.92%	-0.26%
2041	5,931,576	47,332,618	0.92%	-0.28%
2042	5,985,681	47,194,588	0.91%	-0.29%
2043	6,039,888	47,052,293	0.91%	-0.3%
2044	6,094,155	46,902,636	0.9%	-0.32%
2045	6,148,424	46,738,565	0.89%	-0.35%
2046	6,202,560	46,564,383	0.88%	-0.37%
2047	6,256,606	46,381,681	0.87%	-0.39%
2048	6,310,637	46,190,642	0.86%	-0.41%
2049	6,364,604	45,985,428	0.86%	-0.44%
2050	6,418,538	45,769,362	0.85%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.