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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kuwait	Zimbabwe	Kuwait	Zimbabwe
1960	311,060	3,809,389	-	-
1961	345,945	3,930,401	11.2%	3.18%
1962	384,995	4,055,959	11.3%	3.19%
1963	427,694	4,185,877	11.1%	3.2%
1964	473,115	4,320,006	10.6%	3.2%
1965	521,174	4,458,462	10.2%	3.2%
1966	572,590	4,601,217	9.87%	3.2%
1967	628,089	4,748,307	9.69%	3.2%
1968	687,716	4,900,440	9.49%	3.2%
1969	749,452	5,058,181	8.98%	3.22%
1970	809,114	5,215,918	7.96%	3.12%
1971	865,076	5,374,712	6.92%	3.04%
1972	920,352	5,542,445	6.39%	3.12%
1973	977,654	5,720,404	6.23%	3.21%
1974	1,038,346	5,908,328	6.21%	3.29%
1975	1,104,863	6,098,658	6.41%	3.22%
1976	1,178,711	6,287,105	6.68%	3.09%
1977	1,258,023	6,449,512	6.73%	2.58%
1978	1,340,319	6,543,575	6.54%	1.46%
1979	1,423,514	6,647,556	6.21%	1.59%
1980	1,504,782	7,041,303	5.71%	5.92%
1981	1,583,426	7,498,635	5.23%	6.49%
1982	1,662,480	7,796,496	4.99%	3.97%
1983	1,744,295	8,098,404	4.92%	3.87%
1984	1,820,688	8,391,488	4.38%	3.62%
1985	1,894,242	8,686,813	4.04%	3.52%
1986	1,972,520	8,982,578	4.13%	3.4%
1987	2,052,994	9,284,644	4.08%	3.36%
1988	2,134,707	9,583,094	3.98%	3.21%
1989	2,217,468	9,864,798	3.88%	2.94%
1990	1,684,819	10,137,281	-24%	2.76%
1991	1,351,399	10,404,816	-19.8%	2.64%
1992	1,634,961	10,702,700	21%	2.86%
1993	1,672,151	10,860,288	2.27%	1.47%
1994	1,664,361	10,873,148	-0.47%	0.12%
1995	1,681,513	10,974,599	1.03%	0.93%
1996	1,730,246	11,158,360	2.9%	1.67%
1997	1,787,683	11,369,827	3.32%	1.9%
1998	1,844,302	11,594,297	3.17%	1.97%
1999	1,900,030	11,783,458	3.02%	1.63%
2000	1,954,709	11,892,055	2.88%	0.92%
2001	2,008,121	11,971,901	2.73%	0.67%
2002	2,059,974	12,087,653	2.58%	0.97%
2003	2,109,881	12,232,323	2.42%	1.2%
2004	2,157,320	12,365,896	2.25%	1.09%
2005	2,236,788	12,483,432	3.68%	0.95%
2006	2,364,733	12,636,445	5.72%	1.23%
2007	2,507,887	12,804,058	6.05%	1.33%
2008	2,651,421	12,959,149	5.72%	1.21%
2009	2,795,484	13,142,790	5.43%	1.42%
2010	2,943,372	13,356,548	5.29%	1.63%
2011	3,132,814	13,595,424	6.44%	1.79%
2012	3,337,109	13,817,887	6.52%	1.64%
2013	3,507,844	14,013,808	5.12%	1.42%
2014	3,665,876	14,207,359	4.51%	1.38%
2015	3,834,574	14,399,013	4.6%	1.35%
2016	4,004,096	14,600,294	4.42%	1.4%
2017	4,154,812	14,812,482	3.76%	1.45%
2018	4,323,515	15,034,452	4.06%	1.5%
2019	4,442,316	15,271,368	2.75%	1.58%
2020	4,400,267	15,526,888	-0.95%	1.67%
2021	4,360,865	15,797,210	-0.9%	1.74%
2022	4,589,643	16,069,056	5.25%	1.72%
2023	4,853,420	16,340,822	5.75%	1.69%
2024	4,973,861	16,634,373	2.48%	1.8%
2025	5,066,162	16,950,805	1.86%	1.9%
2026	5,143,465	17,273,591	1.53%	1.9%
2027	5,209,589	17,600,621	1.29%	1.89%
2028	5,266,597	17,932,015	1.09%	1.88%
2029	5,318,118	18,268,967	0.98%	1.88%
2030	5,366,659	18,610,356	0.91%	1.87%
2031	5,414,485	18,956,207	0.89%	1.86%
2032	5,463,178	19,311,368	0.9%	1.87%
2033	5,512,705	19,675,929	0.91%	1.89%
2034	5,563,035	20,041,125	0.91%	1.86%
2035	5,614,091	20,409,159	0.92%	1.84%
2036	5,665,789	20,778,662	0.92%	1.81%
2037	5,718,074	21,144,748	0.92%	1.76%
2038	5,770,901	21,512,919	0.92%	1.74%
2039	5,824,158	21,881,123	0.92%	1.71%
2040	5,877,719	22,250,123	0.92%	1.69%
2041	5,931,576	22,627,428	0.92%	1.7%
2042	5,985,681	23,000,906	0.91%	1.65%
2043	6,039,888	23,371,301	0.91%	1.61%
2044	6,094,155	23,740,630	0.9%	1.58%
2045	6,148,424	24,102,391	0.89%	1.52%
2046	6,202,560	24,462,491	0.88%	1.49%
2047	6,256,606	24,816,449	0.87%	1.45%
2048	6,310,637	25,168,419	0.86%	1.42%
2049	6,364,604	25,518,513	0.86%	1.39%
2050	6,418,538	25,866,397	0.85%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kuwait increased by 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kuwait gained 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Kuwait was ranked 140th most populous country in 2005 and is 127th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.