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
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| Current population |
5128257
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37592263
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| Population rank | 127/197 | 42/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.06% | 0.45% |
| One net population change |
4.36 minutes
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44.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.5 minutes
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33.4 seconds
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| One death every |
1.18 hours
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2.38 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
8.53 minutes
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1.24 hours
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| 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
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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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Population differences between Kuwait and Uzbekistan
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| Life expectancy | 80.8 years | 72.7 years |
| Average age | 34.1 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 35.8 years | 27.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 61.1:38.9 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.52 births per woman | 3.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 723 ppl/mi² | 213.7 ppl/mi² |
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