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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	United States	Kuwait	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	311,060	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	345,945	183,691,481	11.2%	1.67%
1962	384,995	186,537,737	11.3%	1.55%
1963	427,694	189,241,798	11.1%	1.45%
1964	473,115	191,888,791	10.6%	1.4%
1965	521,174	194,302,963	10.2%	1.26%
1966	572,590	196,560,338	9.87%	1.16%
1967	628,089	198,712,056	9.69%	1.09%
1968	687,716	200,706,052	9.49%	1%
1969	749,452	202,676,946	8.98%	0.98%
1970	809,114	205,052,174	7.96%	1.17%
1971	865,076	207,660,677	6.92%	1.27%
1972	920,352	209,896,021	6.39%	1.08%
1973	977,654	211,908,788	6.23%	0.96%
1974	1,038,346	213,853,928	6.21%	0.92%
1975	1,104,863	215,973,199	6.41%	0.99%
1976	1,178,711	218,035,164	6.68%	0.95%
1977	1,258,023	220,239,425	6.73%	1.01%
1978	1,340,319	222,584,545	6.54%	1.06%
1979	1,423,514	225,055,487	6.21%	1.11%
1980	1,504,782	226,542,250	5.71%	0.66%
1981	1,583,426	229,465,744	5.23%	1.29%
1982	1,662,480	231,664,432	4.99%	0.96%
1983	1,744,295	233,792,014	4.92%	0.92%
1984	1,820,688	235,824,908	4.38%	0.87%
1985	1,894,242	237,923,734	4.04%	0.89%
1986	1,972,520	240,132,831	4.13%	0.93%
1987	2,052,994	242,288,936	4.08%	0.9%
1988	2,134,707	244,499,004	3.98%	0.91%
1989	2,217,468	246,819,222	3.88%	0.95%
1990	1,684,819	250,131,894	-24%	1.34%
1991	1,351,399	253,492,503	-19.8%	1.34%
1992	1,634,961	256,894,189	21%	1.34%
1993	1,672,151	260,255,352	2.27%	1.31%
1994	1,664,361	263,435,673	-0.47%	1.22%
1995	1,681,513	266,557,091	1.03%	1.18%
1996	1,730,246	269,667,391	2.9%	1.17%
1997	1,787,683	272,911,760	3.32%	1.2%
1998	1,844,302	276,115,288	3.17%	1.17%
1999	1,900,030	279,294,713	3.02%	1.15%
2000	1,954,709	282,162,411	2.88%	1.03%
2001	2,008,121	284,968,955	2.73%	0.99%
2002	2,059,974	287,625,193	2.58%	0.93%
2003	2,109,881	290,107,933	2.42%	0.86%
2004	2,157,320	292,805,298	2.25%	0.93%
2005	2,236,788	295,516,599	3.68%	0.93%
2006	2,364,733	298,379,912	5.72%	0.97%
2007	2,507,887	301,231,207	6.05%	0.96%
2008	2,651,421	304,093,966	5.72%	0.95%
2009	2,795,484	306,771,529	5.43%	0.88%
2010	2,943,372	309,327,143	5.29%	0.83%
2011	3,132,814	311,583,481	6.44%	0.73%
2012	3,337,109	313,877,662	6.52%	0.74%
2013	3,507,844	316,059,947	5.12%	0.7%
2014	3,665,876	318,386,329	4.51%	0.74%
2015	3,834,574	320,738,994	4.6%	0.74%
2016	4,004,096	323,071,755	4.42%	0.73%
2017	4,154,812	325,122,128	3.76%	0.63%
2018	4,323,515	326,838,199	4.06%	0.53%
2019	4,442,316	328,329,953	2.75%	0.46%
2020	4,400,267	331,526,933	-0.95%	0.97%
2021	4,360,865	331,893,745	-0.9%	0.11%
2022	4,589,643	333,271,411	5.25%	0.42%
2023	4,853,420	334,914,895	5.75%	0.49%
2024	4,897,263	340,110,988	0.9%	1.55%
2025	4,988,142	341,931,772	1.86%	0.54%
2026	5,064,255	343,664,369	1.53%	0.51%
2027	5,129,360	345,331,185	1.29%	0.49%
2028	5,185,490	346,981,137	1.09%	0.48%
2029	5,236,219	348,601,982	0.98%	0.47%
2030	5,284,012	350,176,974	0.91%	0.45%
2031	5,331,101	351,725,612	0.89%	0.44%
2032	5,379,044	353,249,060	0.9%	0.43%
2033	5,427,808	354,749,644	0.91%	0.42%
2034	5,477,364	356,234,239	0.91%	0.42%
2035	5,527,633	357,694,316	0.92%	0.41%
2036	5,578,535	359,119,002	0.92%	0.4%
2037	5,630,015	360,517,853	0.92%	0.39%
2038	5,682,029	361,895,407	0.92%	0.38%
2039	5,734,465	363,229,908	0.92%	0.37%
2040	5,787,201	364,512,364	0.92%	0.35%
2041	5,840,229	365,753,139	0.92%	0.34%
2042	5,893,501	366,969,419	0.91%	0.33%
2043	5,946,873	368,146,925	0.91%	0.32%
2044	6,000,304	369,258,123	0.9%	0.3%
2045	6,053,738	370,318,770	0.89%	0.29%
2046	6,107,040	371,328,255	0.88%	0.27%
2047	6,160,254	372,299,116	0.87%	0.26%
2048	6,213,452	373,230,539	0.86%	0.25%
2049	6,266,588	374,119,803	0.86%	0.24%
2050	6,319,692	374,986,259	0.85%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.