Population of Kuwait

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Kuwait is 4,467,625 as of April 19, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Kuwait is projected at 4,328,550 or 4.329 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Kuwait is projected at 4,270,571 or 4.271 million people for the year 2020. Kuwait ranks number 129th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Kuwait is ranked 40th among 51 countries in Asia.

Kuwait's population will be increased year by year. The Kuwait population is projected to reach 4.74 million in 2030 and increase to 5.39 million in 2050 and 6.18 million by 2100. Kuwait accounts for 0.055 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.007% in 1955 and is projected to increase by 0.057% by 2100.

Kuwait was at 170th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline to 121st in 2100.

Kuwait population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	4,270,571	63,488	1.51	0.054
2021	4,328,550	57,979	1.36	0.054
2022	4,380,326	51,776	1.20	0.054
2023	4,427,843	47,517	1.08	0.054
2024	4,473,160	45,317	1.02	0.054
2025	4,517,860	44,700	1.00	0.054
2026	4,563,148	45,288	1.00	0.054
2027	4,609,352	46,204	1.01	0.054
2028	4,656,031	46,679	1.01	0.054
2029	4,702,177	46,146	0.99	0.055
2030	4,747,081	44,904	0.95	0.055
2031	4,790,784	43,703	0.92	0.055
2032	4,833,716	42,932	0.90	0.055
2033	4,875,980	42,264	0.87	0.055
2034	4,917,683	41,703	0.86	0.055
2035	4,958,895	41,212	0.84	0.055
2036	4,999,596	40,701	0.82	0.055
2037	5,039,623	40,027	0.80	0.055
2038	5,078,686	39,063	0.78	0.055
2039	5,116,429	37,743	0.74	0.055
2040	5,152,520	36,091	0.71	0.055
2041	5,186,891	34,371	0.67	0.055
2042	5,219,473	32,582	0.63	0.055
2043	5,249,976	30,503	0.58	0.055
2044	5,278,084	28,108	0.54	0.055
2045	5,303,566	25,482	0.48	0.055
2046	5,326,364	22,798	0.43	0.055
2047	5,346,548	20,184	0.38	0.055
2048	5,364,293	17,745	0.33	0.055
2049	5,379,850	15,557	0.29	0.055
2050	5,393,472	13,622	0.25	0.055
2051	5,405,292	11,820	0.22	0.055
2052	5,415,436	10,144	0.19	0.055
2053	5,424,189	8,753	0.16	0.055
2054	5,431,856	7,667	0.14	0.055
2055	5,438,748	6,892	0.13	0.055
2056	5,445,070	6,322	0.12	0.054
2057	5,451,034	5,964	0.11	0.054
2058	5,456,935	5,901	0.11	0.054
2059	5,463,152	6,217	0.11	0.054
2060	5,469,951	6,799	0.12	0.054
2061	5,477,537	7,586	0.14	0.054
2062	5,486,049	8,512	0.16	0.054
2063	5,495,717	9,668	0.18	0.054
2064	5,506,752	11,035	0.20	0.054
2065	5,519,349	12,597	0.23	0.054
2066	5,533,593	14,244	0.26	0.054
2067	5,549,483	15,890	0.29	0.054
2068	5,566,984	17,501	0.32	0.054
2069	5,586,035	19,051	0.34	0.054
2070	5,606,516	20,481	0.37	0.054
2071	5,628,386	21,870	0.39	0.054
2072	5,651,528	23,142	0.41	0.055
2073	5,675,757	24,229	0.43	0.055
2074	5,700,773	25,016	0.44	0.055
2075	5,726,357	25,584	0.45	0.055
2076	5,752,352	25,995	0.45	0.055
2077	5,778,613	26,261	0.46	0.056
2078	5,804,868	26,255	0.45	0.056
2079	5,830,802	25,934	0.45	0.056
2080	5,856,131	25,329	0.43	0.056
2081	5,880,738	24,607	0.42	0.056
2082	5,904,531	23,793	0.40	0.057
2083	5,927,382	22,851	0.39	0.057
2084	5,949,181	21,799	0.37	0.057
2085	5,969,857	20,676	0.35	0.057
2086	5,989,350	19,493	0.33	0.057
2087	6,007,673	18,323	0.31	0.058
2088	6,024,910	17,237	0.29	0.058
2089	6,041,199	16,289	0.27	0.058
2090	6,056,681	15,482	0.26	0.058
2091	6,071,457	14,776	0.24	0.058
2092	6,085,582	14,125	0.23	0.058
2093	6,099,137	13,555	0.22	0.059
2094	6,112,192	13,055	0.21	0.059
2095	6,124,863	12,671	0.21	0.059
2096	6,137,279	12,416	0.20	0.059
2097	6,149,657	12,378	0.20	0.059
2098	6,162,209	12,552	0.20	0.060
2099	6,175,214	13,005	0.21	inf
2100	6,188,990	13,776	0.22	inf

Kuwait population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	153,098	-	-	0.006
1951	158,016	4,918	3.21	0.006
1952	162,806	4,790	3.03	0.006
1953	167,993	5,187	3.19	0.006
1954	174,154	6,161	3.67	0.006
1955	181,888	7,734	4.44	0.007
1956	191,896	10,008	5.50	0.007
1957	204,892	12,996	6.77	0.007
1958	221,614	16,722	8.16	0.008
1959	242,798	21,184	9.56	0.008
1960	269,029	26,231	10.80	0.009
1961	300,576	31,547	11.73	0.010
1962	337,348	36,772	12.23	0.011
1963	378,746	41,398	12.27	0.012
1964	423,898	45,152	11.92	0.013
1965	472,037	48,139	11.36	0.014
1966	523,166	51,129	10.83	0.015
1967	577,164	53,998	10.32	0.017
1968	632,899	55,735	9.66	0.018
1969	688,979	56,080	8.86	0.019
1970	744,450	55,471	8.05	0.020
1971	798,642	54,192	7.28	0.021
1972	851,916	53,274	6.67	0.022
1973	905,635	53,719	6.31	0.023
1974	961,770	56,135	6.20	0.024
1975	1,021,720	59,950	6.23	0.025
1976	1,085,861	64,141	6.28	0.026
1977	1,153,583	67,722	6.24	0.027
1978	1,224,067	70,484	6.11	0.029
1979	1,296,081	72,014	5.88	0.030
1980	1,368,677	72,596	5.60	0.031
1981	1,439,331	70,654	5.16	0.032
1982	1,507,645	68,314	4.75	0.033
1983	1,576,968	69,323	4.60	0.034
1984	1,652,150	75,182	4.77	0.035
1985	1,735,274	83,124	5.03	0.036
1986	1,832,310	97,036	5.59	0.037
1987	1,938,909	106,599	5.82	0.038
1988	2,034,857	95,948	4.95	0.040
1989	2,092,777	57,920	2.85	0.040
1990	2,095,344	2,567	0.12	0.039
1991	2,031,296	-64,048	-3.06	0.038
1992	1,912,433	-118,863	-5.85	0.035
1993	1,772,607	-139,826	-7.31	0.032
1994	1,659,307	-113,300	-6.39	0.029
1995	1,605,901	-53,406	-3.22	0.028
1996	1,626,857	20,956	1.30	0.028
1997	1,710,256	83,399	5.13	0.029
1998	1,831,119	120,863	7.07	0.031
1999	1,951,636	120,517	6.58	0.032
2000	2,045,123	93,487	4.79	0.033
2001	2,103,282	58,159	2.84	0.034
2002	2,136,997	33,715	1.60	0.034
2003	2,161,626	24,629	1.15	0.034
2004	2,200,492	38,866	1.80	0.034
2005	2,270,198	69,706	3.17	0.035
2006	2,373,672	103,474	4.56	0.036
2007	2,504,019	130,347	5.49	0.037
2008	2,656,009	151,990	6.07	0.039
2009	2,821,045	165,036	6.21	0.041
2010	2,991,884	170,839	6.06	0.043
2011	3,168,060	176,176	5.89	0.045
2012	3,348,853	180,793	5.71	0.047
2013	3,526,376	177,523	5.30	0.049
2014	3,690,941	164,565	4.67	0.050
2015	3,835,591	144,650	3.92	0.052
2016	3,956,875	121,284	3.16	0.053
2017	4,056,099	99,224	2.51	0.053
2018	4,137,312	81,213	2.00	0.054
2019	4,207,083	69,771	1.69	0.054