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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kuwait was 4,973,861 in 2024 vs 36,361,859 people in Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kuwait's population is 5,128,257 people compared to 37,592,263 in Uzbekistan.

Population statistics:

  • Uzbekistan's population is 7.33 times bigger than Kuwait's.
  • Kuwait is ranked the 127th most populous country in the world, while Uzbekistan is the 42nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.52% of the world: 0.06% for Kuwait vs 0.45% for Uzbekistan.
  • For the last 10 years, Kuwait has had an average growth rate of +3.25% per year vs +1.85% in Uzbekistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kuwait has increased from 2.24M people to 5.13M (129.3% growth), while Uzbekistan has grown from 26.4M to 37.6M (42.6% growth).
  • Kuwait is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 9.68M people compared to the peak of 74.3M people in 2100 for Uzbekistan.

Kuwait vs Uzbekistan: live population counter

Kuwait Uzbekistan
Current population
5128257
37592263
Population rank 127/197 42/197
Percent of world population 0.06% 0.45%
One net population change
4.36 minutes
44.4 seconds
One birth every
10.5 minutes
33.4 seconds
One death every
1.18 hours
2.38 minutes
One migration net change every
8.53 minutes
1.24 hours
Annual migration change +61,624 -7,066
Daily growth/decline +330 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +120,441 +709,552
Annual growth/decline rate +2.48% +1.99%
Population growth rate rank 29/197 54/197

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

Kuwait
Population

Growth rate
Uzbekistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kuwait Uzbekistan Kuwait Uzbekistan
1960 311,060 8,209,109 - -
1961 345,945 8,517,711 11.2% 3.76%
1962 384,995 8,854,368 11.3% 3.95%
1963 427,694 9,202,246 11.1% 3.93%
1964 473,115 9,557,611 10.6% 3.86%
1965 521,174 9,921,681 10.2% 3.81%
1966 572,590 10,289,294 9.87% 3.71%
1967 628,089 10,659,180 9.69% 3.59%
1968 687,716 11,032,155 9.49% 3.5%
1969 749,452 11,403,150 8.98% 3.36%
1970 809,114 11,762,638 7.96% 3.15%
1971 865,076 12,111,511 6.92% 2.97%
1972 920,352 12,465,106 6.39% 2.92%
1973 977,654 12,831,047 6.23% 2.94%
1974 1,038,346 13,209,011 6.21% 2.95%
1975 1,104,863 13,598,521 6.41% 2.95%
1976 1,178,711 13,998,620 6.68% 2.94%
1977 1,258,023 14,408,822 6.73% 2.93%
1978 1,340,319 14,816,349 6.54% 2.83%
1979 1,423,514 15,215,587 6.21% 2.69%
1980 1,504,782 15,619,936 5.71% 2.66%
1981 1,583,426 16,035,032 5.23% 2.66%
1982 1,662,480 16,462,736 4.99% 2.67%
1983 1,744,295 16,908,400 4.92% 2.71%
1984 1,820,688 17,378,846 4.38% 2.78%
1985 1,894,242 17,875,339 4.04% 2.86%
1986 1,972,520 18,395,621 4.13% 2.91%
1987 2,052,994 18,930,070 4.08% 2.91%
1988 2,134,707 19,460,630 3.98% 2.8%
1989 2,217,468 19,977,183 3.88% 2.65%
1990 1,684,819 20,464,956 -24% 2.44%
1991 1,351,399 20,962,910 -19.8% 2.43%
1992 1,634,961 21,485,090 21% 2.49%
1993 1,672,151 21,987,955 2.27% 2.34%
1994 1,664,361 22,463,291 -0.47% 2.16%
1995 1,681,513 22,917,589 1.03% 2.02%
1996 1,730,246 23,351,981 2.9% 1.9%
1997 1,787,683 23,758,960 3.32% 1.74%
1998 1,844,302 24,134,929 3.17% 1.58%
1999 1,900,030 24,476,008 3.02% 1.41%
2000 1,954,709 24,787,054 2.88% 1.27%
2001 2,008,121 25,090,283 2.73% 1.22%
2002 2,059,974 25,399,980 2.58% 1.23%
2003 2,109,881 25,711,259 2.42% 1.23%
2004 2,157,320 26,029,350 2.25% 1.24%
2005 2,236,788 26,356,975 3.68% 1.26%
2006 2,364,733 26,699,043 5.72% 1.3%
2007 2,507,887 27,076,008 6.05% 1.41%
2008 2,651,421 27,494,774 5.72% 1.55%
2009 2,795,484 27,939,328 5.43% 1.62%
2010 2,943,372 28,385,506 5.29% 1.6%
2011 3,132,814 28,823,196 6.44% 1.54%
2012 3,337,109 29,261,903 6.52% 1.52%
2013 3,507,844 29,724,065 5.12% 1.58%
2014 3,665,876 30,222,994 4.51% 1.68%
2015 3,834,574 30,749,346 4.6% 1.74%
2016 4,004,096 31,284,568 4.42% 1.74%
2017 4,154,812 31,819,178 3.76% 1.71%
2018 4,323,515 32,373,490 4.06% 1.74%
2019 4,442,316 32,964,701 2.75% 1.83%
2020 4,400,267 33,586,372 -0.95% 1.89%
2021 4,360,865 34,243,696 -0.9% 1.96%
2022 4,589,643 34,938,955 5.25% 2.03%
2023 4,853,420 35,652,307 5.75% 2.04%
2024 4,973,861 36,361,859 2.48% 1.99%
2025 5,066,162 37,053,425 1.86% 1.9%
2026 5,143,465 37,724,224 1.53% 1.81%
2027 5,209,589 38,376,104 1.29% 1.73%
2028 5,266,597 39,010,995 1.09% 1.65%
2029 5,318,118 39,634,353 0.98% 1.6%
2030 5,366,659 40,248,246 0.91% 1.55%
2031 5,414,485 40,850,310 0.89% 1.5%
2032 5,463,178 41,442,243 0.9% 1.45%
2033 5,512,705 42,026,366 0.91% 1.41%
2034 5,563,035 42,603,253 0.91% 1.37%
2035 5,614,091 43,175,104 0.92% 1.34%
2036 5,665,789 43,744,382 0.92% 1.32%
2037 5,718,074 44,313,638 0.92% 1.3%
2038 5,770,901 44,885,866 0.92% 1.29%
2039 5,824,158 45,461,988 0.92% 1.28%
2040 5,877,719 46,044,151 0.92% 1.28%
2041 5,931,576 46,636,742 0.92% 1.29%
2042 5,985,681 47,240,035 0.91% 1.29%
2043 6,039,888 47,851,671 0.91% 1.29%
2044 6,094,155 48,470,624 0.9% 1.29%
2045 6,148,424 49,096,060 0.89% 1.29%
2046 6,202,560 49,724,395 0.88% 1.28%
2047 6,256,606 50,351,710 0.87% 1.26%
2048 6,310,637 50,975,927 0.86% 1.24%
2049 6,364,604 51,596,108 0.86% 1.22%
2050 6,418,538 52,210,749 0.85% 1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.

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