Demographics of Kuwait

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date11 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.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Kuwait population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950153,7382.57
1955183,45810.90
1960305,41510.55
1965513,8409.67
1970802,7867.15
19751,095,9986.32
19801,493,8705.36
19851,888,9754.17
19901,674,938-71.69
19951,655,2222.30
20001,934,9012.96
20052,235,4035.06
20102,943,3565.13
20153,908,7438.10
20204,360,444-4.95
20214,250,114-0.11
20224,268,8730.99
20234,310,1080.93
20244,349,3800.88
  • Total
  • Crude

Kuwait death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19502,5006,44416.25741.904
19552,5167,49214.29542.567
19603,40813,83911.56146.948
19654,05523,1408.12746.377
19704,64635,4405.88144.863
19755,19543,4864.80540.223
19805,18752,7113.50935.660
19854,60957,6122.45830.717
19906,12950,3532.69722.158
19953,42539,7362.07024.013
20003,59641,6181.86821.617
20054,43148,6882.01022.085
20105,31661,4501.83421.203
20156,65763,8451.76116.892
202014,60452,9423.25411.797
202112,39844,4122.90610.410
202211,10741,4562.6069.727
202311,78139,9012.7389.272
202412,50938,9342.8808.965
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Kuwait

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195094,15458,94261.500
1955126,13255,75669.346
1960201,92667,69274.893
1965375,40298,15279.273
1970639,688107,07985.661
1975916,132108,80889.384
19801,300,69371,62594.781
19851,702,52536,46997.903
19902,057,08042,53597.974
19951,579,97830,67398.096
20002,030,23420,50799.000
20052,276,6230100.000
20102,998,0830100.000
20153,935,7940100.000
20204,302,8750100.000
20214,361,4700100.000
20224,422,0700100.000
20234,483,8980100.000
20244,544,7040100.000
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Kuwait population by Age Group (2024)

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