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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Vietnam	Kuwait	Vietnam
1960	311,060	32,531,933	-	-
1961	345,945	33,409,059	11.2%	2.7%
1962	384,995	34,288,560	11.3%	2.63%
1963	427,694	35,249,101	11.1%	2.8%
1964	473,115	36,201,563	10.6%	2.7%
1965	521,174	37,129,656	10.2%	2.56%
1966	572,590	38,024,836	9.87%	2.41%
1967	628,089	38,895,080	9.69%	2.29%
1968	687,716	39,734,609	9.49%	2.16%
1969	749,452	40,582,096	8.98%	2.13%
1970	809,114	41,475,230	7.96%	2.2%
1971	865,076	42,449,276	6.92%	2.35%
1972	920,352	43,429,168	6.39%	2.31%
1973	977,654	44,409,861	6.23%	2.26%
1974	1,038,346	45,413,537	6.21%	2.26%
1975	1,104,863	46,482,903	6.41%	2.35%
1976	1,178,711	47,684,931	6.68%	2.59%
1977	1,258,023	48,954,872	6.73%	2.66%
1978	1,340,319	50,249,552	6.54%	2.64%
1979	1,423,514	51,378,211	6.21%	2.25%
1980	1,504,782	52,490,101	5.71%	2.16%
1981	1,583,426	53,738,141	5.23%	2.38%
1982	1,662,480	55,011,289	4.99%	2.37%
1983	1,744,295	56,337,921	4.92%	2.41%
1984	1,820,688	57,706,067	4.38%	2.43%
1985	1,894,242	59,060,622	4.04%	2.35%
1986	1,972,520	60,347,048	4.13%	2.18%
1987	2,052,994	61,584,651	4.08%	2.05%
1988	2,134,707	62,843,228	3.98%	2.04%
1989	2,217,468	64,147,348	3.88%	2.08%
1990	1,684,819	65,504,552	-24%	2.12%
1991	1,351,399	66,891,775	-19.8%	2.12%
1992	1,634,961	68,260,337	21%	2.05%
1993	1,672,151	69,586,384	2.27%	1.94%
1994	1,664,361	70,854,391	-0.47%	1.82%
1995	1,681,513	72,049,940	1.03%	1.69%
1996	1,730,246	73,156,447	2.9%	1.54%
1997	1,787,683	74,226,889	3.32%	1.46%
1998	1,844,302	75,299,660	3.17%	1.45%
1999	1,900,030	76,287,452	3.02%	1.31%
2000	1,954,709	77,154,011	2.88%	1.14%
2001	2,008,121	77,969,361	2.73%	1.06%
2002	2,059,974	78,772,224	2.58%	1.03%
2003	2,109,881	79,563,777	2.42%	1%
2004	2,157,320	80,338,971	2.25%	0.97%
2005	2,236,788	81,088,313	3.68%	0.93%
2006	2,364,733	82,167,897	5.72%	1.33%
2007	2,507,887	83,633,375	6.05%	1.78%
2008	2,651,421	85,175,788	5.72%	1.84%
2009	2,795,484	86,460,018	5.43%	1.51%
2010	2,943,372	87,455,152	5.29%	1.15%
2011	3,132,814	88,468,314	6.44%	1.16%
2012	3,337,109	89,510,356	6.52%	1.18%
2013	3,507,844	90,573,104	5.12%	1.19%
2014	3,665,876	91,679,578	4.51%	1.22%
2015	3,834,574	92,823,254	4.6%	1.25%
2016	4,004,096	94,000,117	4.42%	1.27%
2017	4,154,812	95,176,977	3.76%	1.25%
2018	4,323,515	96,237,319	4.06%	1.11%
2019	4,442,316	97,173,776	2.75%	0.97%
2020	4,400,267	98,079,191	-0.95%	0.93%
2021	4,360,865	98,935,098	-0.9%	0.87%
2022	4,589,643	99,680,655	5.25%	0.75%
2023	4,853,420	100,352,192	5.75%	0.67%
2024	4,897,263	100,987,686	0.9%	0.63%
2025	4,988,142	101,598,531	1.86%	0.6%
2026	5,064,255	102,177,434	1.53%	0.57%
2027	5,129,360	102,727,392	1.29%	0.54%
2028	5,185,490	103,255,746	1.09%	0.51%
2029	5,236,219	103,761,151	0.98%	0.49%
2030	5,284,012	104,254,900	0.91%	0.48%
2031	5,331,101	104,737,913	0.89%	0.46%
2032	5,379,044	105,204,401	0.9%	0.45%
2033	5,427,808	105,656,307	0.91%	0.43%
2034	5,477,364	106,097,515	0.91%	0.42%
2035	5,527,633	106,530,671	0.92%	0.41%
2036	5,578,535	106,945,842	0.92%	0.39%
2037	5,630,015	107,346,046	0.92%	0.37%
2038	5,682,029	107,732,019	0.92%	0.36%
2039	5,734,465	108,097,653	0.92%	0.34%
2040	5,787,201	108,437,634	0.92%	0.31%
2041	5,840,229	108,752,199	0.92%	0.29%
2042	5,893,501	109,040,314	0.91%	0.26%
2043	5,946,873	109,292,559	0.91%	0.23%
2044	6,000,304	109,506,274	0.9%	0.2%
2045	6,053,738	109,685,396	0.89%	0.16%
2046	6,107,040	109,827,664	0.88%	0.13%
2047	6,160,254	109,930,243	0.87%	0.09%
2048	6,213,452	109,994,024	0.86%	0.06%
2049	6,266,588	110,018,017	0.86%	0.02%
2050	6,319,692	110,008,910	0.85%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kuwait gained 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 139th most populous country in 2006 and is 127th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.