Demographics of Kuwait
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Kuwait is projected at 4.33 million, up by 1.36% compared with 4.27 million in 2020. Kuwait is ranked 129th in terms of population and 82nd in terms of population growth rate.
There are 52.21 thousand births in Kuwait in 2021. That is 143 per day, which is ranked 135th. The crude birth rate is 12.06 per 1000 people. There are 13.14 thousand deaths in Kuwait in 2021. That is 36 per day, which is ranked 150th. The crude death rate is 3.05 per 1000 people.
4.36 million people are living in urban areas, which is 100% of Kuwait population. Kuwait is ranked 7th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Kuwait in 2021 is 158.54 males per 100 females. There are 2.65 million males and 1.67 million females in Kuwait. The percentage of female population is 38.68% compare to 61.32% male population. Kuwait has 0.98 million more males than females. Kuwait is at 196th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 153,103 | - |
1955 | 181,893 | 4.45 |
1960 | 269,026 | 10.8 |
1965 | 472,032 | 11.35 |
1970 | 744,444 | 8.05 |
1975 | 1,021,725 | 6.23 |
1980 | 1,368,680 | 5.6 |
1985 | 1,735,278 | 5.03 |
1990 | 2,095,350 | 0.12 |
1995 | 1,605,907 | -3.22 |
2000 | 2,045,123 | 4.79 |
2005 | 2,270,196 | 3.17 |
2010 | 2,991,884 | 6.06 |
2015 | 3,835,588 | 3.92 |
2016 | 3,956,862 | 3.16 |
2017 | 4,056,102 | 2.51 |
2018 | 4,137,314 | 2 |
2019 | 4,207,077 | 1.69 |
2020 | 4,270,563 | 1.51 |
2021 | 4,328,553 | 1.36 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 2,308 | 7,503 | 14.63 | 45.20 |
1955 | 2,278 | 7,538 | 12.15 | 41.60 |
1960 | 2,715 | 11,965 | 9.54 | 42.23 |
1965 | 3,619 | 22,438 | 7.52 | 46.44 |
1970 | 4,640 | 35,876 | 6.22 | 48.38 |
1975 | 5,228 | 44,153 | 5.05 | 42.99 |
1980 | 5,410 | 51,726 | 3.93 | 37.42 |
1985 | 5,429 | 56,346 | 3.08 | 32.16 |
1990 | 4,883 | 44,871 | 2.54 | 23.23 |
1995 | 4,432 | 39,555 | 2.45 | 21.89 |
2000 | 4,985 | 44,326 | 2.55 | 22.82 |
2005 | 6,015 | 49,833 | 2.55 | 20.96 |
2010 | 7,188 | 58,846 | 2.40 | 19.61 |
2015 | 9,250 | 60,597 | 2.45 | 16.09 |
2020 | 12,403 | 53,768 | 2.92 | 12.62 |
2021 | 13,140 | 52,210 | 3.05 | 12.06 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 94,154 | 58,942 | - | 61.500 |
1955 | 126,132 | 55,756 | 6.79 | 69.346 |
1960 | 201,926 | 67,692 | 12.22 | 74.893 |
1965 | 375,402 | 98,152 | 12.69 | 79.273 |
1970 | 639,688 | 107,079 | 9.43 | 85.661 |
1975 | 916,132 | 108,808 | 7.20 | 89.384 |
1980 | 1,300,693 | 71,625 | 6.55 | 94.781 |
1985 | 1,702,525 | 36,469 | 5.40 | 97.903 |
1990 | 2,057,080 | 42,535 | 0.14 | 97.974 |
1995 | 1,579,978 | 30,673 | -3.14 | 98.096 |
2000 | 2,030,234 | 20,507 | 4.93 | 99.000 |
2005 | 2,276,623 | 0 | 3.11 | 100.000 |
2010 | 2,998,083 | 0 | 6.36 | 100.000 |
2015 | 3,935,794 | 0 | 4.05 | 100.000 |
2020 | 4,302,875 | 0 | 1.27 | 100.000 |
2021 | 4,361,470 | 0 | 1.36 | 100.000 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 144,509 | 137,561 | 282,070 | 6.52 | 105.051 |
05-09 | 167,807 | 147,692 | 315,499 | 7.29 | 113.620 |
10-14 | 177,651 | 139,522 | 317,173 | 7.33 | 127.328 |
15-19 | 141,361 | 108,748 | 250,109 | 5.78 | 129.990 |
20-24 | 130,049 | 101,803 | 231,852 | 5.36 | 127.746 |
25-29 | 150,837 | 89,121 | 239,958 | 5.54 | 169.250 |
30-34 | 206,926 | 124,686 | 331,612 | 7.66 | 165.958 |
35-39 | 304,153 | 176,962 | 481,115 | 11.11 | 171.875 |
40-44 | 338,211 | 175,301 | 513,512 | 11.86 | 192.932 |
45-49 | 296,933 | 163,347 | 460,280 | 10.63 | 181.781 |
50-54 | 239,103 | 127,402 | 366,505 | 8.47 | 187.676 |
55-59 | 156,385 | 76,766 | 233,151 | 5.39 | 203.716 |
60-64 | 107,379 | 52,158 | 159,537 | 3.69 | 205.873 |
65-69 | 56,092 | 26,316 | 82,408 | 1.90 | 213.148 |
70-74 | 20,993 | 14,695 | 35,688 | 0.82 | 142.858 |
75-79 | 9,773 | 7,352 | 17,125 | 0.40 | 132.930 |
80-84 | 4,699 | 3,581 | 8,280 | 0.19 | 131.220 |
85-89 | 1,318 | 1,114 | 2,432 | 0.06 | 118.312 |
90-94 | 119 | 112 | 231 | 0.01 | 106.250 |
95-99 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0.00 | 100.000 |
100+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | - |
Total | 2,654,306 | 1,674,247 | 4,328,553 | 158.537 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio