Population in Kuwait compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	UAE	Kuwait	UAE
1960	311,060	131,334	-	-
1961	345,945	137,989	11.2%	5.07%
1962	384,995	144,946	11.3%	5.04%
1963	427,694	152,211	11.1%	5.01%
1964	473,115	159,692	10.6%	4.91%
1965	521,174	167,103	10.2%	4.64%
1966	572,590	173,976	9.87%	4.11%
1967	628,089	179,700	9.69%	3.29%
1968	687,716	199,416	9.49%	11%
1969	749,452	239,660	8.98%	20.2%
1970	809,114	286,536	7.96%	19.6%
1971	865,076	335,027	6.92%	16.9%
1972	920,352	385,014	6.39%	14.9%
1973	977,654	436,399	6.23%	13.3%
1974	1,038,346	489,087	6.21%	12.1%
1975	1,104,863	542,856	6.41%	11%
1976	1,178,711	615,866	6.68%	13.4%
1977	1,258,023	710,209	6.73%	15.3%
1978	1,340,319	809,274	6.54%	13.9%
1979	1,423,514	912,010	6.21%	12.7%
1980	1,504,782	1,015,700	5.71%	11.4%
1981	1,583,426	1,099,855	5.23%	8.29%
1982	1,662,480	1,166,370	4.99%	6.05%
1983	1,744,295	1,235,305	4.92%	5.91%
1984	1,820,688	1,305,996	4.38%	5.72%
1985	1,894,242	1,377,911	4.04%	5.51%
1986	1,972,520	1,467,383	4.13%	6.49%
1987	2,052,994	1,574,244	4.08%	7.28%
1988	2,134,707	1,681,788	3.98%	6.83%
1989	2,217,468	1,789,851	3.88%	6.43%
1990	1,684,819	1,898,220	-24%	6.05%
1991	1,351,399	2,006,626	-19.8%	5.71%
1992	1,634,961	2,114,730	21%	5.39%
1993	1,672,151	2,222,093	2.27%	5.08%
1994	1,664,361	2,328,188	-0.47%	4.77%
1995	1,681,513	2,434,662	1.03%	4.57%
1996	1,730,246	2,597,564	2.9%	6.69%
1997	1,787,683	2,817,410	3.32%	8.46%
1998	1,844,302	3,040,421	3.17%	7.92%
1999	1,900,030	3,266,009	3.02%	7.42%
2000	1,954,709	3,493,575	2.88%	6.97%
2001	2,008,121	3,723,590	2.73%	6.58%
2002	2,059,974	3,956,826	2.58%	6.26%
2003	2,109,881	4,192,457	2.42%	5.96%
2004	2,157,320	4,428,967	2.25%	5.64%
2005	2,236,788	4,664,790	3.68%	5.32%
2006	2,364,733	5,009,100	5.72%	7.38%
2007	2,507,887	5,624,635	6.05%	12.3%
2008	2,651,421	6,302,664	5.72%	12.1%
2009	2,795,484	6,707,058	5.43%	6.42%
2010	2,943,372	6,869,838	5.29%	2.43%
2011	3,132,814	7,104,538	6.44%	3.42%
2012	3,337,109	7,391,448	6.52%	4.04%
2013	3,507,844	7,693,031	5.12%	4.08%
2014	3,665,876	8,059,440	4.51%	4.76%
2015	3,834,574	8,505,237	4.6%	5.53%
2016	4,004,096	8,935,095	4.42%	5.05%
2017	4,154,812	9,223,225	3.76%	3.22%
2018	4,323,515	9,346,701	4.06%	1.34%
2019	4,442,316	9,445,785	2.75%	1.06%
2020	4,400,267	9,401,038	-0.95%	-0.47%
2021	4,360,865	9,575,152	-0.9%	1.85%
2022	4,589,643	10,074,977	5.25%	5.22%
2023	4,853,420	10,483,751	5.75%	4.06%
2024	4,973,861	10,876,981	2.48%	3.75%
2025	5,066,162	11,191,510	1.86%	2.89%
2026	5,143,465	11,417,074	1.53%	2.02%
2027	5,209,589	11,595,528	1.29%	1.56%
2028	5,266,597	11,750,055	1.09%	1.33%
2029	5,318,118	11,890,496	0.98%	1.2%
2030	5,366,659	12,024,613	0.91%	1.13%
2031	5,414,485	12,159,255	0.89%	1.12%
2032	5,463,178	12,298,043	0.9%	1.14%
2033	5,512,705	12,440,531	0.91%	1.16%
2034	5,563,035	12,586,327	0.91%	1.17%
2035	5,614,091	12,734,906	0.92%	1.18%
2036	5,665,789	12,885,831	0.92%	1.19%
2037	5,718,074	13,038,803	0.92%	1.19%
2038	5,770,901	13,193,613	0.92%	1.19%
2039	5,824,158	13,349,897	0.92%	1.18%
2040	5,877,719	13,507,317	0.92%	1.18%
2041	5,931,576	13,665,875	0.92%	1.17%
2042	5,985,681	13,825,473	0.91%	1.17%
2043	6,039,888	13,986,029	0.91%	1.16%
2044	6,094,155	14,147,509	0.9%	1.15%
2045	6,148,424	14,309,823	0.89%	1.15%
2046	6,202,560	14,473,950	0.88%	1.15%
2047	6,256,606	14,641,700	0.87%	1.16%
2048	6,310,637	14,812,411	0.86%	1.17%
2049	6,364,604	14,984,754	0.86%	1.16%
2050	6,418,538	15,158,142	0.85%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.