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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Turkey	Kuwait	Turkey
1960	311,060	28,329,898	-	-
1961	345,945	29,119,238	11.2%	2.79%
1962	384,995	29,916,147	11.3%	2.74%
1963	427,694	30,726,841	11.1%	2.71%
1964	473,115	31,543,072	10.6%	2.66%
1965	521,174	32,345,220	10.2%	2.54%
1966	572,590	33,177,672	9.87%	2.57%
1967	628,089	34,050,421	9.69%	2.63%
1968	687,716	34,921,684	9.49%	2.56%
1969	749,452	35,787,774	8.98%	2.48%
1970	809,114	36,638,465	7.96%	2.38%
1971	865,076	37,518,611	6.92%	2.4%
1972	920,352	38,430,221	6.39%	2.43%
1973	977,654	39,329,533	6.23%	2.34%
1974	1,038,346	40,210,234	6.21%	2.24%
1975	1,104,863	41,053,126	6.41%	2.1%
1976	1,178,711	41,899,984	6.68%	2.06%
1977	1,258,023	42,773,298	6.73%	2.08%
1978	1,340,319	43,645,306	6.54%	2.04%
1979	1,423,514	44,510,429	6.21%	1.98%
1980	1,504,782	45,408,815	5.71%	2.02%
1981	1,583,426	46,321,190	5.23%	2.01%
1982	1,662,480	47,322,096	4.99%	2.16%
1983	1,744,295	48,447,410	4.92%	2.38%
1984	1,820,688	49,574,069	4.38%	2.33%
1985	1,894,242	50,687,115	4.04%	2.25%
1986	1,972,520	51,777,772	4.13%	2.15%
1987	2,052,994	52,843,670	4.08%	2.06%
1988	2,134,707	53,909,626	3.98%	2.02%
1989	2,217,468	54,976,723	3.88%	1.98%
1990	1,684,819	56,015,628	-24%	1.89%
1991	1,351,399	57,009,887	-19.8%	1.77%
1992	1,634,961	57,990,118	21%	1.72%
1993	1,672,151	58,999,167	2.27%	1.74%
1994	1,664,361	60,033,836	-0.47%	1.75%
1995	1,681,513	61,024,503	1.03%	1.65%
1996	1,730,246	61,951,134	2.9%	1.52%
1997	1,787,683	62,852,966	3.32%	1.46%
1998	1,844,302	63,734,383	3.17%	1.4%
1999	1,900,030	64,591,923	3.02%	1.35%
2000	1,954,709	65,425,961	2.88%	1.29%
2001	2,008,121	66,245,128	2.73%	1.25%
2002	2,059,974	67,048,795	2.58%	1.21%
2003	2,109,881	67,831,730	2.42%	1.17%
2004	2,157,320	68,592,617	2.25%	1.12%
2005	2,236,788	69,329,557	3.68%	1.07%
2006	2,364,733	70,045,349	5.72%	1.03%
2007	2,507,887	70,158,112	6.05%	0.16%
2008	2,651,421	71,051,678	5.72%	1.27%
2009	2,795,484	72,039,206	5.43%	1.39%
2010	2,943,372	73,142,150	5.29%	1.53%
2011	3,132,814	74,223,629	6.44%	1.48%
2012	3,337,109	75,175,827	6.52%	1.28%
2013	3,507,844	76,147,624	5.12%	1.29%
2014	3,665,876	77,181,884	4.51%	1.36%
2015	3,834,574	78,218,479	4.6%	1.34%
2016	4,004,096	79,277,962	4.42%	1.35%
2017	4,154,812	80,312,698	3.76%	1.31%
2018	4,323,515	81,407,204	4.06%	1.36%
2019	4,442,316	82,579,440	2.75%	1.44%
2020	4,400,267	83,384,680	-0.95%	0.98%
2021	4,360,865	84,147,318	-0.9%	0.91%
2022	4,589,643	84,979,913	5.25%	0.99%
2023	4,853,420	85,325,965	5.75%	0.41%
2024	4,973,861	85,518,661	2.48%	0.23%
2025	5,066,162	85,725,557	1.86%	0.24%
2026	5,143,465	85,960,835	1.53%	0.27%
2027	5,209,589	86,227,115	1.29%	0.31%
2028	5,266,597	86,502,744	1.09%	0.32%
2029	5,318,118	86,771,652	0.98%	0.31%
2030	5,366,659	87,037,680	0.91%	0.31%
2031	5,414,485	87,297,191	0.89%	0.3%
2032	5,463,178	87,537,075	0.9%	0.27%
2033	5,512,705	87,762,403	0.91%	0.26%
2034	5,563,035	87,974,138	0.91%	0.24%
2035	5,614,091	88,172,739	0.92%	0.23%
2036	5,665,789	88,364,318	0.92%	0.22%
2037	5,718,074	88,545,669	0.92%	0.21%
2038	5,770,901	88,707,268	0.92%	0.18%
2039	5,824,158	88,849,956	0.92%	0.16%
2040	5,877,719	88,975,510	0.92%	0.14%
2041	5,931,576	89,083,304	0.92%	0.12%
2042	5,985,681	89,177,769	0.91%	0.11%
2043	6,039,888	89,254,147	0.91%	0.09%
2044	6,094,155	89,311,458	0.9%	0.06%
2045	6,148,424	89,349,806	0.89%	0.04%
2046	6,202,560	89,375,429	0.88%	0.03%
2047	6,256,606	89,383,765	0.87%	0.009%
2048	6,310,637	89,361,174	0.86%	-0.03%
2049	6,364,604	89,306,566	0.86%	-0.06%
2050	6,418,538	89,218,346	0.85%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.