Population in Kuwait compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kuwait and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Vatican	Kuwait	Vatican
1960	311,060	-	-	-
1961	345,945	-	11.2%	-
1962	384,995	-	11.3%	-
1963	427,694	-	11.1%	-
1964	473,115	-	10.6%	-
1965	521,174	-	10.2%	-
1966	572,590	-	9.87%	-
1967	628,089	-	9.69%	-
1968	687,716	-	9.49%	-
1969	749,452	-	8.98%	-
1970	809,114	-	7.96%	-
1971	865,076	-	6.92%	-
1972	920,352	-	6.39%	-
1973	977,654	-	6.23%	-
1974	1,038,346	-	6.21%	-
1975	1,104,863	-	6.41%	-
1976	1,178,711	-	6.68%	-
1977	1,258,023	-	6.73%	-
1978	1,340,319	-	6.54%	-
1979	1,423,514	-	6.21%	-
1980	1,504,782	-	5.71%	-
1981	1,583,426	-	5.23%	-
1982	1,662,480	-	4.99%	-
1983	1,744,295	-	4.92%	-
1984	1,820,688	-	4.38%	-
1985	1,894,242	-	4.04%	-
1986	1,972,520	-	4.13%	-
1987	2,052,994	-	4.08%	-
1988	2,134,707	-	3.98%	-
1989	2,217,468	-	3.88%	-
1990	1,684,819	-	-24%	-
1991	1,351,399	-	-19.8%	-
1992	1,634,961	-	21%	-
1993	1,672,151	-	2.27%	-
1994	1,664,361	-	-0.47%	-
1995	1,681,513	-	1.03%	-
1996	1,730,246	-	2.9%	-
1997	1,787,683	-	3.32%	-
1998	1,844,302	-	3.17%	-
1999	1,900,030	-	3.02%	-
2000	1,954,709	880	2.88%	-
2001	2,008,121	890	2.73%	1.14%
2002	2,059,974	900	2.58%	1.12%
2003	2,109,881	911	2.42%	1.22%
2004	2,157,320	921	2.25%	1.1%
2005	2,236,788	921	3.68%	0%
2006	2,364,733	932	5.72%	1.19%
2007	2,507,887	821	6.05%	-11.9%
2008	2,651,421	824	5.72%	0.37%
2009	2,795,484	826	5.43%	0.24%
2010	2,943,372	829	5.29%	0.36%
2011	3,132,814	832	6.44%	0.36%
2012	3,337,109	836	6.52%	0.48%
2013	3,507,844	839	5.12%	0.36%
2014	3,665,876	842	4.51%	0.36%
2015	3,834,574	1,000	4.6%	18.8%
2016	4,004,096	-	4.42%	0%
2017	4,154,812	1,000	3.76%	0%
2018	4,323,515	-	4.06%	0%
2019	4,442,316	1,000	2.75%	0%
2020	4,400,267	987	-0.95%	-1.29%
2021	4,360,865	970	-0.9%	-1.68%
2022	4,589,643	944	5.25%	-2.66%
2023	4,853,420	922	5.75%	-2.34%
2024	4,973,861	933	2.48%	1.2%
2025	5,066,162	939	1.86%	0.59%
2026	5,143,465	952	1.53%	1.37%
2027	5,209,589	974	1.29%	2.32%
2028	5,266,597	985	1.09%	1.13%
2029	5,318,118	983	0.98%	-0.19%
2030	5,366,659	976	0.91%	-0.75%
2031	5,414,485	968	0.89%	-0.75%
2032	5,463,178	968	0.9%	0%
2033	5,512,705	988	0.91%	2.09%
2034	5,563,035	992	0.91%	0.37%
2035	5,614,091	1,000	0.92%	0.74%
2036	5,665,789	998	0.92%	-0.18%
2037	5,718,074	1,003	0.92%	0.55%
2038	5,770,901	1,022	0.92%	1.83%
2039	5,824,158	1,060	0.92%	3.78%
2040	5,877,719	1,095	0.92%	3.3%
2041	5,931,576	1,127	0.92%	2.86%
2042	5,985,681	1,149	0.91%	1.96%
2043	6,039,888	1,169	0.91%	1.76%
2044	6,094,155	1,186	0.9%	1.42%
2045	6,148,424	1,209	0.89%	2.02%
2046	6,202,560	1,224	0.88%	1.22%
2047	6,256,606	1,248	0.87%	1.95%
2048	6,310,637	1,272	0.86%	1.92%
2049	6,364,604	1,296	0.86%	1.88%
2050	6,418,538	1,325	0.85%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.