Demographics of Kuwait
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 11 May 2024 |
There are 2.64 million males and 1.71 million females in Kuwait. The percentage of the male population is 60.59%, compared to 39.41% of the female population. Kuwait has 922k more males than females, the 12th highest in the world. The sex ratio in Kuwait in 2024 will be 153.771 males per 100 females. Kuwait has the fourth-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 153,738 | 2.57 |
| 1955 | 183,458 | 10.90 |
| 1960 | 305,415 | 10.55 |
| 1965 | 513,840 | 9.67 |
| 1970 | 802,786 | 7.15 |
| 1975 | 1,095,998 | 6.32 |
| 1980 | 1,493,870 | 5.36 |
| 1985 | 1,888,975 | 4.17 |
| 1990 | 1,674,938 | -71.69 |
| 1995 | 1,655,222 | 2.30 |
| 2000 | 1,934,901 | 2.96 |
| 2005 | 2,235,403 | 5.06 |
| 2010 | 2,943,356 | 5.13 |
| 2015 | 3,908,743 | 8.10 |
| 2020 | 4,360,444 | -4.95 |
| 2021 | 4,250,114 | -0.11 |
| 2022 | 4,268,873 | 0.99 |
| 2023 | 4,310,108 | 0.93 |
| 2024 | 4,349,380 | 0.88 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 2,500 | 6,444 | 16.257 | 41.904 |
| 1955 | 2,516 | 7,492 | 14.295 | 42.567 |
| 1960 | 3,408 | 13,839 | 11.561 | 46.948 |
| 1965 | 4,055 | 23,140 | 8.127 | 46.377 |
| 1970 | 4,646 | 35,440 | 5.881 | 44.863 |
| 1975 | 5,195 | 43,486 | 4.805 | 40.223 |
| 1980 | 5,187 | 52,711 | 3.509 | 35.660 |
| 1985 | 4,609 | 57,612 | 2.458 | 30.717 |
| 1990 | 6,129 | 50,353 | 2.697 | 22.158 |
| 1995 | 3,425 | 39,736 | 2.070 | 24.013 |
| 2000 | 3,596 | 41,618 | 1.868 | 21.617 |
| 2005 | 4,431 | 48,688 | 2.010 | 22.085 |
| 2010 | 5,316 | 61,450 | 1.834 | 21.203 |
| 2015 | 6,657 | 63,845 | 1.761 | 16.892 |
| 2020 | 14,604 | 52,942 | 3.254 | 11.797 |
| 2021 | 12,398 | 44,412 | 2.906 | 10.410 |
| 2022 | 11,107 | 41,456 | 2.606 | 9.727 |
| 2023 | 11,781 | 39,901 | 2.738 | 9.272 |
| 2024 | 12,509 | 38,934 | 2.880 | 8.965 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 94,154 | 58,942 | 61.500 |
| 1955 | 126,132 | 55,756 | 69.346 |
| 1960 | 201,926 | 67,692 | 74.893 |
| 1965 | 375,402 | 98,152 | 79.273 |
| 1970 | 639,688 | 107,079 | 85.661 |
| 1975 | 916,132 | 108,808 | 89.384 |
| 1980 | 1,300,693 | 71,625 | 94.781 |
| 1985 | 1,702,525 | 36,469 | 97.903 |
| 1990 | 2,057,080 | 42,535 | 97.974 |
| 1995 | 1,579,978 | 30,673 | 98.096 |
| 2000 | 2,030,234 | 20,507 | 99.000 |
| 2005 | 2,276,623 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2010 | 2,998,083 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2015 | 3,935,794 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2020 | 4,302,875 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2021 | 4,361,470 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2022 | 4,422,070 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2023 | 4,483,898 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2024 | 4,544,704 | 0 | 100.000 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 112,058 | 106,945 | 219,004 | 5.04 | 104.781 |
| 05-09 | 151,960 | 135,924 | 287,885 | 6.62 | 111.798 |
| 10-14 | 188,434 | 150,552 | 338,986 | 7.79 | 125.162 |
| 15-19 | 151,746 | 124,097 | 275,843 | 6.34 | 122.280 |
| 20-24 | 110,549 | 97,826 | 208,375 | 4.79 | 113.006 |
| 25-29 | 89,259 | 82,168 | 171,428 | 3.94 | 108.630 |
| 30-34 | 87,144 | 81,968 | 169,113 | 3.89 | 106.315 |
| 35-39 | 199,052 | 152,609 | 351,661 | 8.09 | 130.433 |
| 40-44 | 333,393 | 185,196 | 518,590 | 11.92 | 180.022 |
| 45-49 | 356,682 | 174,277 | 530,958 | 12.21 | 204.664 |
| 50-54 | 322,690 | 156,969 | 479,659 | 11.03 | 205.576 |
| 55-59 | 215,474 | 105,123 | 320,596 | 7.37 | 204.973 |
| 60-64 | 144,943 | 71,169 | 216,113 | 4.97 | 203.660 |
| 65-69 | 92,475 | 41,890 | 134,365 | 3.09 | 220.757 |
| 70-74 | 47,967 | 24,179 | 72,146 | 1.66 | 198.383 |
| 75-79 | 18,126 | 11,891 | 30,017 | 0.69 | 152.435 |
| 80-84 | 9,473 | 7,069 | 16,541 | 0.38 | 134.008 |
| 85-89 | 3,437 | 3,135 | 6,571 | 0.15 | 109.633 |
| 90-94 | 550 | 779 | 1,329 | 0.03 | 70.603 |
| 95-99 | 66 | 119 | 185 | 0.00 | 55.462 |
| 100+ | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0.00 | 36.364 |
| Total | 2,635,482 | 1,713,896 | 4,349,380 | 153.771 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio