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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Tonga	Kuwait	Tonga
1960	311,060	66,170	-	-
1961	345,945	68,037	11.2%	2.82%
1962	384,995	69,940	11.3%	2.8%
1963	427,694	71,885	11.1%	2.78%
1964	473,115	73,879	10.6%	2.77%
1965	521,174	75,924	10.2%	2.77%
1966	572,590	78,002	9.87%	2.74%
1967	628,089	79,814	9.69%	2.32%
1968	687,716	81,353	9.49%	1.93%
1969	749,452	82,885	8.98%	1.88%
1970	809,114	84,401	7.96%	1.83%
1971	865,076	85,896	6.92%	1.77%
1972	920,352	87,356	6.39%	1.7%
1973	977,654	88,805	6.23%	1.66%
1974	1,038,346	90,683	6.21%	2.11%
1975	1,104,863	93,017	6.41%	2.57%
1976	1,178,711	95,325	6.68%	2.48%
1977	1,258,023	96,725	6.73%	1.47%
1978	1,340,319	97,204	6.54%	0.5%
1979	1,423,514	97,544	6.21%	0.35%
1980	1,504,782	97,769	5.71%	0.23%
1981	1,583,426	97,909	5.23%	0.14%
1982	1,662,480	97,980	4.99%	0.07%
1983	1,744,295	97,998	4.92%	0.02%
1984	1,820,688	97,990	4.38%	-0.008%
1985	1,894,242	97,984	4.04%	-0.006%
1986	1,972,520	98,010	4.13%	0.03%
1987	2,052,994	98,376	4.08%	0.37%
1988	2,134,707	98,969	3.98%	0.6%
1989	2,217,468	99,403	3.88%	0.44%
1990	1,684,819	99,700	-24%	0.3%
1991	1,351,399	99,895	-19.8%	0.2%
1992	1,634,961	100,022	21%	0.13%
1993	1,672,151	100,103	2.27%	0.08%
1994	1,664,361	100,166	-0.47%	0.06%
1995	1,681,513	100,225	1.03%	0.06%
1996	1,730,246	100,275	2.9%	0.05%
1997	1,787,683	100,674	3.32%	0.4%
1998	1,844,302	101,388	3.17%	0.71%
1999	1,900,030	102,046	3.02%	0.65%
2000	1,954,709	102,677	2.88%	0.62%
2001	2,008,121	103,288	2.73%	0.6%
2002	2,059,974	103,874	2.58%	0.57%
2003	2,109,881	104,464	2.42%	0.57%
2004	2,157,320	105,071	2.25%	0.58%
2005	2,236,788	105,671	3.68%	0.57%
2006	2,364,733	106,253	5.72%	0.55%
2007	2,507,887	106,726	6.05%	0.45%
2008	2,651,421	107,020	5.72%	0.28%
2009	2,795,484	107,203	5.43%	0.17%
2010	2,943,372	107,400	5.29%	0.18%
2011	3,132,814	107,570	6.44%	0.16%
2012	3,337,109	107,460	6.52%	-0.1%
2013	3,507,844	107,078	5.12%	-0.36%
2014	3,665,876	106,609	4.51%	-0.44%
2015	3,834,574	106,095	4.6%	-0.48%
2016	4,004,096	105,524	4.42%	-0.54%
2017	4,154,812	105,356	3.76%	-0.16%
2018	4,323,515	105,567	4.06%	0.2%
2019	4,442,316	105,669	2.75%	0.1%
2020	4,400,267	105,704	-0.95%	0.03%
2021	4,360,865	105,490	-0.9%	-0.2%
2022	4,589,643	105,042	5.25%	-0.42%
2023	4,853,420	104,597	5.75%	-0.42%
2024	4,897,263	104,175	0.9%	-0.4%
2025	4,988,142	103,744	1.86%	-0.41%
2026	5,064,255	103,290	1.53%	-0.44%
2027	5,129,360	102,899	1.29%	-0.38%
2028	5,185,490	102,568	1.09%	-0.32%
2029	5,236,219	102,280	0.98%	-0.28%
2030	5,284,012	102,069	0.91%	-0.21%
2031	5,331,101	101,927	0.89%	-0.14%
2032	5,379,044	101,837	0.9%	-0.09%
2033	5,427,808	101,807	0.91%	-0.03%
2034	5,477,364	101,806	0.91%	-0.001%
2035	5,527,633	101,833	0.92%	0.03%
2036	5,578,535	101,895	0.92%	0.06%
2037	5,630,015	101,993	0.92%	0.1%
2038	5,682,029	102,173	0.92%	0.18%
2039	5,734,465	102,367	0.92%	0.19%
2040	5,787,201	102,568	0.92%	0.2%
2041	5,840,229	102,805	0.92%	0.23%
2042	5,893,501	103,038	0.91%	0.23%
2043	5,946,873	103,306	0.91%	0.26%
2044	6,000,304	103,612	0.9%	0.3%
2045	6,053,738	103,928	0.89%	0.3%
2046	6,107,040	104,232	0.88%	0.29%
2047	6,160,254	104,502	0.87%	0.26%
2048	6,213,452	104,744	0.86%	0.23%
2049	6,266,588	104,975	0.86%	0.22%
2050	6,319,692	105,193	0.85%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Kuwait's population will grow by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people with a rank change from 127th to 117th. The population of Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.