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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Thailand	Kuwait	Thailand
1960	311,060	26,851,747	-	-
1961	345,945	27,650,334	11.2%	2.97%
1962	384,995	28,481,040	11.3%	3%
1963	427,694	29,342,322	11.1%	3.02%
1964	473,115	30,232,141	10.6%	3.03%
1965	521,174	31,149,337	10.2%	3.03%
1966	572,590	32,086,071	9.87%	3.01%
1967	628,089	33,037,801	9.69%	2.97%
1968	687,716	34,002,560	9.49%	2.92%
1969	749,452	34,973,782	8.98%	2.86%
1970	809,114	35,954,408	7.96%	2.8%
1971	865,076	36,937,387	6.92%	2.73%
1972	920,352	37,933,929	6.39%	2.7%
1973	977,654	38,947,787	6.23%	2.67%
1974	1,038,346	39,952,891	6.21%	2.58%
1975	1,104,863	40,940,005	6.41%	2.47%
1976	1,178,711	41,896,504	6.68%	2.34%
1977	1,258,023	42,843,974	6.73%	2.26%
1978	1,340,319	43,788,976	6.54%	2.21%
1979	1,423,514	44,718,434	6.21%	2.12%
1980	1,504,782	45,650,022	5.71%	2.08%
1981	1,583,426	46,575,855	5.23%	2.03%
1982	1,662,480	47,494,577	4.99%	1.97%
1983	1,744,295	48,423,309	4.92%	1.96%
1984	1,820,688	49,351,708	4.38%	1.92%
1985	1,894,242	50,270,753	4.04%	1.86%
1986	1,972,520	51,177,834	4.13%	1.8%
1987	2,052,994	52,074,105	4.08%	1.75%
1988	2,134,707	52,969,595	3.98%	1.72%
1989	2,217,468	53,848,956	3.88%	1.66%
1990	1,684,819	54,738,329	-24%	1.65%
1991	1,351,399	55,637,434	-19.8%	1.64%
1992	1,634,961	56,528,834	21%	1.6%
1993	1,672,151	57,408,198	2.27%	1.56%
1994	1,664,361	58,260,854	-0.47%	1.49%
1995	1,681,513	59,098,232	1.03%	1.44%
1996	1,730,246	59,920,064	2.9%	1.39%
1997	1,787,683	60,724,584	3.32%	1.34%
1998	1,844,302	61,522,630	3.17%	1.31%
1999	1,900,030	62,299,043	3.02%	1.26%
2000	1,954,709	63,007,815	2.88%	1.14%
2001	2,008,121	63,651,141	2.73%	1.02%
2002	2,059,974	64,266,437	2.58%	0.97%
2003	2,109,881	64,868,166	2.42%	0.94%
2004	2,157,320	65,452,047	2.25%	0.9%
2005	2,236,788	66,017,420	3.68%	0.86%
2006	2,364,733	66,567,687	5.72%	0.83%
2007	2,507,887	67,102,394	6.05%	0.8%
2008	2,651,421	67,619,830	5.72%	0.77%
2009	2,795,484	68,121,080	5.43%	0.74%
2010	2,943,372	68,579,447	5.29%	0.67%
2011	3,132,814	69,007,208	6.44%	0.62%
2012	3,337,109	69,436,098	6.52%	0.62%
2013	3,507,844	69,845,114	5.12%	0.59%
2014	3,665,876	70,216,367	4.51%	0.53%
2015	3,834,574	70,540,795	4.6%	0.46%
2016	4,004,096	70,859,841	4.42%	0.45%
2017	4,154,812	71,160,187	3.76%	0.42%
2018	4,323,515	71,376,079	4.06%	0.3%
2019	4,442,316	71,522,271	2.75%	0.2%
2020	4,400,267	71,641,484	-0.95%	0.17%
2021	4,360,865	71,727,332	-0.9%	0.12%
2022	4,589,643	71,735,329	5.25%	0.01%
2023	4,853,420	71,702,435	5.75%	-0.05%
2024	4,973,861	71,668,011	2.48%	-0.05%
2025	5,066,162	71,619,867	1.86%	-0.07%
2026	5,143,465	71,559,621	1.53%	-0.08%
2027	5,209,589	71,488,156	1.29%	-0.1%
2028	5,266,597	71,406,996	1.09%	-0.11%
2029	5,318,118	71,316,195	0.98%	-0.13%
2030	5,366,659	71,215,017	0.91%	-0.14%
2031	5,414,485	71,104,025	0.89%	-0.16%
2032	5,463,178	70,982,286	0.9%	-0.17%
2033	5,512,705	70,847,947	0.91%	-0.19%
2034	5,563,035	70,701,651	0.91%	-0.21%
2035	5,614,091	70,540,884	0.92%	-0.23%
2036	5,665,789	70,366,496	0.92%	-0.25%
2037	5,718,074	70,180,031	0.92%	-0.26%
2038	5,770,901	69,979,034	0.92%	-0.29%
2039	5,824,158	69,763,928	0.92%	-0.31%
2040	5,877,719	69,535,003	0.92%	-0.33%
2041	5,931,576	69,288,477	0.92%	-0.35%
2042	5,985,681	69,025,348	0.91%	-0.38%
2043	6,039,888	68,748,075	0.91%	-0.4%
2044	6,094,155	68,456,533	0.9%	-0.42%
2045	6,148,424	68,150,148	0.89%	-0.45%
2046	6,202,560	67,827,309	0.88%	-0.47%
2047	6,256,606	67,489,358	0.87%	-0.5%
2048	6,310,637	67,136,737	0.86%	-0.52%
2049	6,364,604	66,767,316	0.86%	-0.55%
2050	6,418,538	66,382,732	0.85%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.