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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Switzerland	Kuwait	Switzerland
1960	311,060	5,327,827	-	-
1961	345,945	5,434,294	11.2%	2%
1962	384,995	5,573,815	11.3%	2.57%
1963	427,694	5,694,247	11.1%	2.16%
1964	473,115	5,789,228	10.6%	1.67%
1965	521,174	5,856,472	10.2%	1.16%
1966	572,590	5,918,002	9.87%	1.05%
1967	628,089	5,991,785	9.69%	1.25%
1968	687,716	6,067,714	9.49%	1.27%
1969	749,452	6,136,387	8.98%	1.13%
1970	809,114	6,180,877	7.96%	0.73%
1971	865,076	6,213,399	6.92%	0.53%
1972	920,352	6,260,956	6.39%	0.77%
1973	977,654	6,307,347	6.23%	0.74%
1974	1,038,346	6,341,405	6.21%	0.54%
1975	1,104,863	6,338,632	6.41%	-0.04%
1976	1,178,711	6,302,504	6.68%	-0.57%
1977	1,258,023	6,281,174	6.73%	-0.34%
1978	1,340,319	6,281,738	6.54%	0.009%
1979	1,423,514	6,294,365	6.21%	0.2%
1980	1,504,782	6,319,408	5.71%	0.4%
1981	1,583,426	6,354,074	5.23%	0.55%
1982	1,662,480	6,391,309	4.99%	0.59%
1983	1,744,295	6,418,773	4.92%	0.43%
1984	1,820,688	6,441,865	4.38%	0.36%
1985	1,894,242	6,470,365	4.04%	0.44%
1986	1,972,520	6,504,124	4.13%	0.52%
1987	2,052,994	6,545,106	4.08%	0.63%
1988	2,134,707	6,593,386	3.98%	0.74%
1989	2,217,468	6,646,912	3.88%	0.81%
1990	1,684,819	6,715,519	-24%	1.03%
1991	1,351,399	6,799,978	-19.8%	1.26%
1992	1,634,961	6,875,364	21%	1.11%
1993	1,672,151	6,938,265	2.27%	0.91%
1994	1,664,361	6,993,795	-0.47%	0.8%
1995	1,681,513	7,040,687	1.03%	0.67%
1996	1,730,246	7,071,850	2.9%	0.44%
1997	1,787,683	7,088,906	3.32%	0.24%
1998	1,844,302	7,110,001	3.17%	0.3%
1999	1,900,030	7,143,991	3.02%	0.48%
2000	1,954,709	7,184,250	2.88%	0.56%
2001	2,008,121	7,229,854	2.73%	0.63%
2002	2,059,974	7,284,753	2.58%	0.76%
2003	2,109,881	7,339,001	2.42%	0.74%
2004	2,157,320	7,389,625	2.25%	0.69%
2005	2,236,788	7,437,115	3.68%	0.64%
2006	2,364,733	7,483,934	5.72%	0.63%
2007	2,507,887	7,551,117	6.05%	0.9%
2008	2,651,421	7,647,675	5.72%	1.28%
2009	2,795,484	7,743,831	5.43%	1.26%
2010	2,943,372	7,824,909	5.29%	1.05%
2011	3,132,814	7,912,398	6.44%	1.12%
2012	3,337,109	7,996,861	6.52%	1.07%
2013	3,507,844	8,089,346	5.12%	1.16%
2014	3,665,876	8,188,649	4.51%	1.23%
2015	3,834,574	8,282,396	4.6%	1.14%
2016	4,004,096	8,373,338	4.42%	1.1%
2017	4,154,812	8,451,840	3.76%	0.94%
2018	4,323,515	8,514,329	4.06%	0.74%
2019	4,442,316	8,575,280	2.75%	0.72%
2020	4,400,267	8,638,167	-0.95%	0.73%
2021	4,360,865	8,704,546	-0.9%	0.77%
2022	4,589,643	8,777,088	5.25%	0.83%
2023	4,853,420	8,888,093	5.75%	1.26%
2024	4,973,861	9,034,102	2.48%	1.64%
2025	5,066,162	9,080,106	1.86%	0.51%
2026	5,143,465	9,120,994	1.53%	0.45%
2027	5,209,589	9,157,559	1.29%	0.4%
2028	5,266,597	9,190,572	1.09%	0.36%
2029	5,318,118	9,219,373	0.98%	0.31%
2030	5,366,659	9,245,030	0.91%	0.28%
2031	5,414,485	9,269,063	0.89%	0.26%
2032	5,463,178	9,289,991	0.9%	0.23%
2033	5,512,705	9,307,909	0.91%	0.19%
2034	5,563,035	9,324,938	0.91%	0.18%
2035	5,614,091	9,340,145	0.92%	0.16%
2036	5,665,789	9,352,822	0.92%	0.14%
2037	5,718,074	9,364,126	0.92%	0.12%
2038	5,770,901	9,373,988	0.92%	0.11%
2039	5,824,158	9,382,808	0.92%	0.09%
2040	5,877,719	9,392,748	0.92%	0.11%
2041	5,931,576	9,401,829	0.92%	0.1%
2042	5,985,681	9,410,286	0.91%	0.09%
2043	6,039,888	9,418,963	0.91%	0.09%
2044	6,094,155	9,426,166	0.9%	0.08%
2045	6,148,424	9,432,561	0.89%	0.07%
2046	6,202,560	9,438,518	0.88%	0.06%
2047	6,256,606	9,445,091	0.87%	0.07%
2048	6,310,637	9,452,109	0.86%	0.07%
2049	6,364,604	9,457,335	0.86%	0.06%
2050	6,418,538	9,459,997	0.85%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Switzerland gained 845,281 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Switzerland's population increased by 830,554 (a 10% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Switzerland was ranked 97th in 2005 and ranked 100th 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 Switzerland will increase by 3.81% to 9,459,997 people and rank change from 100th to 102nd.