Population of Kuwait

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Aug 2025

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The current population of Kuwait is 5,044,643 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kuwait is projected at 5,026,078, or 5.03 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Kuwait is projected at 4,934,507, or 4.93 million people, for the year 2024.

Kuwait ranks 128th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Kuwait is ranked 40th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Kuwait population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	151,763	153,958	4,389	2.851	0.0062
1951	156,152	158,450	4,595	2.900	0.0062
1952	160,747	163,157	4,820	2.954	0.0063
1953	165,567	168,089	5,045	3.002	0.0064
1954	170,612	173,244	5,263	3.038	0.0065
1955	175,875	186,114	20,479	11.015	0.0068
1956	196,354	207,215	21,722	10.492	0.0074
1957	218,076	227,042	17,931	7.902	0.0080
1958	236,007	250,203	28,392	11.360	0.0086
1959	264,399	279,525	30,252	10.833	0.0094
1960	294,651	311,060	32,818	10.560	0.0103
1961	327,469	345,945	36,951	10.691	0.0113
1962	364,420	384,995	41,150	10.699	0.0123
1963	405,570	427,694	44,248	10.355	0.0134
1964	449,818	473,115	46,593	9.856	0.0145
1965	496,411	521,174	49,527	9.510	0.0156
1966	545,938	572,590	53,303	9.316	0.0168
1967	599,241	628,089	57,696	9.192	0.0181
1968	656,937	687,716	61,557	8.957	0.0194
1969	718,494	749,452	61,917	8.266	0.0207
1970	780,411	809,114	57,406	7.098	0.0219
1971	837,817	865,076	54,518	6.304	0.0229
1972	892,335	920,352	56,035	6.090	0.0239
1973	948,370	977,654	58,567	5.992	0.0249
1974	1,006,937	1,038,346	62,818	6.052	0.0260
1975	1,069,755	1,104,863	70,216	6.357	0.0271
1976	1,139,971	1,178,711	77,481	6.576	0.0284
1977	1,217,452	1,258,023	81,142	6.452	0.0298
1978	1,298,594	1,340,319	83,450	6.228	0.0312
1979	1,382,044	1,423,514	82,941	5.828	0.0326
1980	1,464,985	1,504,782	79,594	5.291	0.0338
1981	1,544,579	1,583,426	77,694	4.908	0.0350
1982	1,622,273	1,662,480	80,415	4.838	0.0360
1983	1,702,688	1,744,295	83,215	4.772	0.0371
1984	1,785,903	1,820,688	69,569	3.821	0.0381
1985	1,855,472	1,894,242	77,540	4.094	0.0389
1986	1,933,012	1,972,520	79,016	4.006	0.0398
1987	2,012,028	2,052,994	81,933	3.991	0.0407
1988	2,093,961	2,134,707	81,493	3.818	0.0415
1989	2,175,454	2,217,468	84,029	3.790	0.0424
1990	2,259,483	1,684,819	-1,149,329	-71.064	0.0316
1991	1,110,154	1,351,399	482,489	36.090	0.0249
1992	1,592,643	1,634,961	84,637	5.178	0.0297
1993	1,677,280	1,672,151	-10,257	-0.613	0.0299
1994	1,667,023	1,664,361	-5,324	-0.320	0.0293
1995	1,661,699	1,681,513	39,628	2.357	0.0292
1996	1,701,327	1,730,246	57,839	3.343	0.0296
1997	1,759,166	1,787,683	57,034	3.191	0.0302
1998	1,816,200	1,844,302	56,204	3.048	0.0307
1999	1,872,404	1,900,030	55,251	2.908	0.0312
2000	1,927,655	1,954,709	54,108	2.768	0.0317
2001	1,981,763	2,008,121	52,717	2.625	0.0321
2002	2,034,480	2,059,974	50,987	2.475	0.0325
2003	2,085,467	2,109,881	48,828	2.314	0.0329
2004	2,134,295	2,157,320	46,051	2.135	0.0332
2005	2,180,346	2,236,788	112,884	5.048	0.0340
2006	2,293,230	2,364,733	143,007	6.049	0.0354
2007	2,436,237	2,507,887	143,299	5.715	0.0371
2008	2,579,536	2,651,421	143,769	5.424	0.0387
2009	2,723,305	2,795,484	144,358	5.165	0.0403
2010	2,867,663	2,943,372	151,417	5.145	0.0419
2011	3,019,080	3,132,814	227,469	7.264	0.0441
2012	3,246,549	3,337,025	180,952	5.424	0.0463
2013	3,427,501	3,507,746	160,490	4.576	0.0481
2014	3,587,991	3,665,766	155,550	4.244	0.0497
2015	3,743,541	3,834,454	181,826	4.743	0.0513
2016	3,925,367	4,003,971	157,208	3.927	0.0530
2017	4,082,575	4,154,685	144,219	3.472	0.0543
2018	4,226,794	4,323,387	193,187	4.469	0.0559
2019	4,419,981	4,442,194	44,425	1.000	0.0569
2020	4,464,406	4,400,144	-128,524	-2.921	0.0558
2021	4,335,882	4,360,742	49,719	1.140	0.0548
2022	4,385,601	4,589,511	407,819	8.892	0.0572
2023	4,793,420	4,838,782	90,723	1.875	0.0598

Kuwait population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	4,884,143	4,934,507	100,729	2.041	0.0605
2025	4,984,872	5,026,078	82,411	1.640	0.0611
2026	5,067,283	5,102,773	70,980	1.391	0.0615
2027	5,138,263	5,168,368	60,211	1.165	0.0618
2028	5,198,474	5,224,930	52,912	1.013	0.0619
2029	5,251,386	5,276,042	49,311	0.935	0.0620
2030	5,300,697	5,324,198	47,001	0.883	0.0621
2031	5,347,698	5,371,643	47,890	0.892	0.0622
2032	5,395,588	5,419,949	48,723	0.899	0.0623
2033	5,444,311	5,469,088	49,555	0.906	0.0624
2034	5,493,866	5,519,021	50,310	0.912	0.0625
2035	5,544,176	5,569,671	50,989	0.915	0.0627
2036	5,595,165	5,620,963	51,596	0.918	0.0628
2037	5,646,761	5,672,832	52,142	0.919	0.0630
2038	5,698,903	5,725,241	52,676	0.920	0.0632
2039	5,751,579	5,778,074	52,990	0.917	0.0633
2040	5,804,569	5,831,211	53,283	0.914	0.0635
2041	5,857,852	5,884,640	53,576	0.910	0.0637
2042	5,911,428	5,938,323	53,789	0.906	0.0639
2043	5,965,217	5,992,102	53,771	0.897	0.0642
2044	6,018,988	6,045,936	53,896	0.891	0.0644
2045	6,072,884	6,099,774	53,779	0.882	0.0646
2046	6,126,663	6,153,488	53,650	0.872	0.0649
2047	6,180,313	6,207,109	53,592	0.863	0.0651
2048	6,233,905	6,260,705	53,600	0.856	0.0654
2049	6,287,505	6,314,251	53,491	0.847	0.0656
2050	6,340,996	6,367,756	53,519	0.840	0.0659
2051	6,394,515	6,421,239	53,449	0.832	0.0662
2052	6,447,964	6,474,693	53,457	0.826	0.0665
2053	6,501,421	6,528,197	53,551	0.820	0.0668
2054	6,554,972	6,581,811	53,679	0.816	0.0671
2055	6,608,651	6,635,639	53,975	0.813	0.0674
2056	6,662,626	6,689,769	54,286	0.811	0.0677
2057	6,716,912	6,744,315	54,807	0.813	0.0681
2058	6,771,719	6,799,337	55,236	0.812	0.0684
2059	6,826,955	6,854,810	55,710	0.813	0.0688
2060	6,882,665	6,910,769	56,207	0.813	0.0692
2061	6,938,872	6,967,287	56,830	0.816	0.0696
2062	6,995,702	7,024,427	57,451	0.818	0.0700
2063	7,053,153	7,082,175	58,043	0.820	0.0704
2064	7,111,196	7,140,418	58,444	0.819	0.0708
2065	7,169,640	7,199,169	59,058	0.820	0.0713
2066	7,228,698	7,258,526	59,656	0.822	0.0717
2067	7,288,354	7,318,519	60,329	0.824	0.0722
2068	7,348,683	7,379,175	60,984	0.826	0.0726
2069	7,409,667	7,440,494	61,654	0.829	0.0731
2070	7,471,321	7,502,414	62,187	0.829	0.0736
2071	7,533,508	7,564,954	62,893	0.831	0.0741
2072	7,596,401	7,628,232	63,662	0.835	0.0747
2073	7,660,063	7,692,171	64,216	0.835	0.0752
2074	7,724,279	7,756,643	64,728	0.834	0.0757
2075	7,789,007	7,821,658	65,301	0.835	0.0763
2076	7,854,308	7,887,248	65,880	0.835	0.0769
2077	7,920,188	7,953,386	66,395	0.835	0.0775
2078	7,986,583	8,020,025	66,885	0.834	0.0781
2079	8,053,468	8,087,145	67,354	0.833	0.0787
2080	8,120,822	8,154,798	67,953	0.833	0.0793
2081	8,188,775	8,222,975	68,399	0.832	0.0799
2082	8,257,174	8,291,581	68,814	0.830	0.0806
2083	8,325,988	8,360,632	69,289	0.829	0.0813
2084	8,395,277	8,430,151	69,748	0.827	0.0819
2085	8,465,025	8,500,148	70,247	0.826	0.0826
2086	8,535,272	8,570,636	70,728	0.825	0.0833
2087	8,606,000	8,641,627	71,254	0.825	0.0840
2088	8,677,254	8,713,128	71,748	0.823	0.0848
2089	8,749,002	8,785,097	72,191	0.822	0.0855
2090	8,821,193	8,857,425	72,464	0.818	0.0862
2091	8,893,657	8,930,123	72,933	0.817	0.0870
2092	8,966,590	9,003,274	73,368	0.815	0.0878
2093	9,039,958	9,076,844	73,771	0.813	0.0885
2094	9,113,729	9,150,786	74,114	0.810	0.0893
2095	9,187,843	9,225,082	74,477	0.807	0.0901
2096	9,262,320	9,299,732	74,824	0.805	0.0909
2097	9,337,144	9,374,691	75,094	0.801	0.0918
2098	9,412,238	9,449,952	75,428	0.798	0.0926
2099	9,487,666	9,525,708	76,084	0.799	0.0935
2100	9,563,750	9,602,014	76,529	0.797	0.0943