Population in Kuwait compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Sri Lanka	Kuwait	Sri Lanka
1960	311,060	9,661,389	-	-
1961	345,945	9,899,372	11.2%	2.46%
1962	384,995	10,143,754	11.3%	2.47%
1963	427,694	10,395,040	11.1%	2.48%
1964	473,115	10,653,397	10.6%	2.49%
1965	521,174	10,916,965	10.2%	2.47%
1966	572,590	11,183,928	9.87%	2.45%
1967	628,089	11,457,328	9.69%	2.44%
1968	687,716	11,736,088	9.49%	2.43%
1969	749,452	12,013,858	8.98%	2.37%
1970	809,114	12,287,110	7.96%	2.27%
1971	865,076	12,551,910	6.92%	2.16%
1972	920,352	12,809,205	6.39%	2.05%
1973	977,654	13,060,916	6.23%	1.97%
1974	1,038,346	13,305,693	6.21%	1.87%
1975	1,104,863	13,548,984	6.41%	1.83%
1976	1,178,711	13,796,770	6.68%	1.83%
1977	1,258,023	14,049,371	6.73%	1.83%
1978	1,340,319	14,310,128	6.54%	1.86%
1979	1,423,514	14,579,614	6.21%	1.88%
1980	1,504,782	14,847,974	5.71%	1.84%
1981	1,583,426	15,099,414	5.23%	1.69%
1982	1,662,480	15,286,567	4.99%	1.24%
1983	1,744,295	15,388,794	4.92%	0.67%
1984	1,820,688	15,441,860	4.38%	0.34%
1985	1,894,242	15,544,154	4.04%	0.66%
1986	1,972,520	15,731,256	4.13%	1.2%
1987	2,052,994	15,916,576	4.08%	1.18%
1988	2,134,707	16,078,621	3.98%	1.02%
1989	2,217,468	16,248,557	3.88%	1.06%
1990	1,684,819	16,352,458	-24%	0.64%
1991	1,351,399	16,475,354	-19.8%	0.75%
1992	1,634,961	16,739,284	21%	1.6%
1993	1,672,151	17,025,918	2.27%	1.71%
1994	1,664,361	17,275,773	-0.47%	1.47%
1995	1,681,513	17,564,068	1.03%	1.67%
1996	1,730,246	17,905,018	2.9%	1.94%
1997	1,787,683	18,248,200	3.32%	1.92%
1998	1,844,302	18,596,003	3.17%	1.91%
1999	1,900,030	18,944,731	3.02%	1.88%
2000	1,954,709	19,293,054	2.88%	1.84%
2001	2,008,121	19,600,362	2.73%	1.59%
2002	2,059,974	19,805,752	2.58%	1.05%
2003	2,109,881	19,951,521	2.42%	0.74%
2004	2,157,320	20,087,605	2.25%	0.68%
2005	2,236,788	20,216,524	3.68%	0.64%
2006	2,364,733	20,352,411	5.72%	0.67%
2007	2,507,887	20,492,545	6.05%	0.69%
2008	2,651,421	20,629,378	5.72%	0.67%
2009	2,795,484	20,756,435	5.43%	0.62%
2010	2,943,372	20,879,089	5.29%	0.59%
2011	3,132,814	21,009,048	6.44%	0.62%
2012	3,337,109	21,169,458	6.52%	0.76%
2013	3,507,844	20,585,000	5.12%	-2.76%
2014	3,665,876	20,778,000	4.51%	0.94%
2015	3,834,574	20,970,000	4.6%	0.92%
2016	4,004,096	21,209,000	4.42%	1.14%
2017	4,154,812	21,453,000	3.76%	1.15%
2018	4,323,515	21,670,000	4.06%	1.01%
2019	4,442,316	21,803,000	2.75%	0.61%
2020	4,400,267	21,919,000	-0.95%	0.53%
2021	4,360,865	22,156,000	-0.9%	1.08%
2022	4,589,643	22,181,000	5.25%	0.11%
2023	4,853,420	22,037,000	5.75%	-0.65%
2024	4,973,861	21,916,000	2.48%	-0.55%
2025	5,066,162	22,035,440	1.86%	0.54%
2026	5,143,465	22,148,172	1.53%	0.51%
2027	5,209,589	22,255,601	1.29%	0.49%
2028	5,266,597	22,357,682	1.09%	0.46%
2029	5,318,118	22,453,922	0.98%	0.43%
2030	5,366,659	22,546,245	0.91%	0.41%
2031	5,414,485	22,635,106	0.89%	0.39%
2032	5,463,178	22,720,118	0.9%	0.38%
2033	5,512,705	22,802,043	0.91%	0.36%
2034	5,563,035	22,879,527	0.91%	0.34%
2035	5,614,091	22,952,739	0.92%	0.32%
2036	5,665,789	23,022,027	0.92%	0.3%
2037	5,718,074	23,088,877	0.92%	0.29%
2038	5,770,901	23,152,480	0.92%	0.28%
2039	5,824,158	23,211,633	0.92%	0.26%
2040	5,877,719	23,265,986	0.92%	0.23%
2041	5,931,576	23,315,260	0.92%	0.21%
2042	5,985,681	23,359,578	0.91%	0.19%
2043	6,039,888	23,398,752	0.91%	0.17%
2044	6,094,155	23,433,096	0.9%	0.15%
2045	6,148,424	23,464,943	0.89%	0.14%
2046	6,202,560	23,492,738	0.88%	0.12%
2047	6,256,606	23,512,629	0.87%	0.08%
2048	6,310,637	23,525,953	0.86%	0.06%
2049	6,364,604	23,533,940	0.86%	0.03%
2050	6,418,538	23,538,230	0.85%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.