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.

Kuwait population

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

Total
Crude

Kuwait death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	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

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Kuwait

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	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 pyramid
Gender ratio

Kuwait population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
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