Country or area · Western Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Kuwait population

Kuwait population now

5,120,177

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 4.2–6.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 4,838,782

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5.10277 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 4.2–6.1 million
Median age: 35.8
Aged 65+: 3.3%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

KWT · 1950–2100 · in brief

Kuwait in numbers

4,838,782 people lived in Kuwait in mid-2023: 0.06% of the world's people, and the 128th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 31.4 times its 1950 population of 154 thousand.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 9.6 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 0 to 24.0 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 21.3 in 1950 and 35.5 in 2023; the projection has 36.9 in 2100. 3.0% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 10.1% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 128th country in 2023; the projection puts it 117th in 2050 and 104th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Costa Rica in 2028, Slovakia in 2032 and New Zealand in 2034.

Population, mid-2023: 4,838,782
Rank by population, 2023: 128 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.06%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +5.43% · +249,272 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 272
Land area, 2023: 17,820 km²
Births, 2023: 49,342
Deaths, 2023: 8,624
Net migration, 2023: +50,008
Children per woman, 2023: 1.52
Median age, 2023: 35.5 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 80.4 years
In a city, 2025: 89 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 153,957
Projected, mid-2050: 6,367,756
Projected, mid-2100: 9,602,015

KWT · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Kuwait, 1950–2100

Kuwait: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	151,763		6,827	2,442	7.12	49.7
1951	estimate	156,152		7,061	2,462	7.12	50.6
1952	estimate	160,747		7,288	2,468	7.13	51.4
1953	estimate	165,567		7,510	2,464	7.14	52.3
1954	estimate	170,612		7,712	2,450	7.13	53.1
1955	estimate	175,875		7,915	2,428	7.14	54.0
1956	estimate	196,354		9,325	2,603	7.15	54.9
1957	estimate	218,076		10,739	2,809	7.17	55.9
1958	estimate	236,007		11,761	2,943	7.19	56.9
1959	estimate	264,399		12,990	3,097	7.20	57.9
1960	estimate	294,651		14,285	3,232	7.22	58.9
1961	estimate	327,469		15,684	3,356	7.25	60.0
1962	estimate	364,420		17,207	3,478	7.25	61.0
1963	estimate	405,570		18,936	3,578	7.28	62.0
1964	estimate	449,818		20,733	3,670	7.29	63.0
1965	estimate	496,411		22,705	3,754	7.31	63.9
1966	estimate	545,938		24,744	3,830	7.34	64.9
1967	estimate	599,241		27,478	3,958	7.33	65.8
1968	estimate	656,937		30,256	4,095	7.28	66.6
1969	estimate	718,494		33,004	4,230	7.18	67.3
1970	estimate	780,411		35,123	4,334	7.03	68.0
1971	estimate	837,817		36,745	4,406	6.84	68.5
1972	estimate	892,335		38,519	4,475	6.64	68.9
1973	estimate	948,370		40,307	4,566	6.43	69.2
1974	estimate	1,006,937		42,097	4,671	6.23	69.5
1975	estimate	1,069,755		44,091	4,796	6.06	69.7
1976	estimate	1,139,971		46,375	4,936	5.90	69.9
1977	estimate	1,217,452		47,917	4,995	5.71	70.2
1978	estimate	1,298,594		49,309	5,032	5.52	70.5
1979	estimate	1,382,044		50,619	5,050	5.33	70.8
1980	estimate	1,464,985		52,156	5,059	5.18	71.1
1981	estimate	1,544,579		53,141	5,043	5.02	71.5
1982	estimate	1,622,273		54,997	5,017	4.85	72.0
1983	estimate	1,702,688		56,435	4,975	4.66	72.4
1984	estimate	1,785,903		57,462	4,920	4.45	72.8
1985	estimate	1,855,472		56,613	4,842	4.22	73.3
1986	estimate	1,933,012		56,598	4,774	4.00	73.8
1987	estimate	2,012,028		55,502	4,812	3.83	74.2
1988	estimate	2,093,961		54,925	4,886	3.70	74.6
1989	estimate	2,175,454		54,383	4,993	3.59	75.0
1990	estimate	2,259,483		53,774	7,055	3.49	72.8
1991	estimate	1,110,154		25,364	3,497	3.40	73.3
1992	estimate	1,592,643		35,819	3,802	3.35	75.7
1993	estimate	1,677,280		37,386	4,146	3.31	75.8
1994	estimate	1,667,023		40,399	3,866	3.27	75.7
1995	estimate	1,661,699		42,647	3,449	3.25	75.7
1996	estimate	1,701,327		43,330	3,411	3.22	75.6
1997	estimate	1,759,166		43,158	3,576	3.13	75.6
1998	estimate	1,816,200		43,040	3,717	3.04	75.6
1999	estimate	1,872,404		43,181	3,840	2.95	75.7
2000	estimate	1,927,655		43,766	3,954	2.89	75.9
2001	estimate	1,981,763		44,729	4,067	2.84	76.0
2002	estimate	2,034,480		45,841	4,190	2.79	76.2
2003	estimate	2,085,467		47,270	4,335	2.77	76.3
2004	estimate	2,134,295		48,843	4,502	2.76	76.4
2005	estimate	2,180,346		49,914	4,669	2.73	76.5
2006	estimate	2,293,230		50,829	4,918	2.59	76.5
2007	estimate	2,436,237		51,723	5,183	2.41	76.7
2008	estimate	2,579,536		52,912	5,408	2.27	76.9
2009	estimate	2,723,305		54,466	5,587	2.15	77.2
2010	estimate	2,867,663		55,560	5,722	2.04	77.5
2011	estimate	3,019,080		56,574	5,838	1.96	77.9
2012	estimate	3,246,549		59,245	6,066	1.99	78.2
2013	estimate	3,427,501		58,994	6,327	1.97	78.6
2014	estimate	3,587,991		61,262	6,591	2.06	78.9
2015	estimate	3,743,541		59,018	6,892	2.03	79.2
2016	estimate	3,925,367		58,704	7,310	2.06	79.5
2017	estimate	4,082,575		59,228	7,732	2.16	79.7
2018	estimate	4,226,794		55,446	8,228	2.12	79.9
2019	estimate	4,419,981		53,115	8,869	2.09	80.0
2020	estimate	4,464,406		52,346	12,488	2.10	78.3
2021	estimate	4,335,882		44,000	13,971	1.82	77.6
2022	estimate	4,385,601		48,257	8,993	1.55	78.8
2023	estimate	4,793,420		49,342	8,624	1.52	80.4
2024	estimate	4,884,143		48,132	9,030	1.51	80.6
2025	projection	4,984,872	4.5–5.3 million	48,755	9,115	1.50	80.8
2026	projection	5,067,283	4.4–5.8 million	49,465	9,190	1.49	81.0
2027	projection	5,138,263	4.2–6.1 million	50,353	9,253	1.48	81.2
2028	projection	5,198,474	4.1–6.4 million	51,254	9,322	1.48	81.3
2029	projection	5,251,386	4.1–6.7 million	52,181	9,392	1.48	81.5
2030	projection	5,300,697	4.0–7.0 million	53,161	9,468	1.48	81.7
2031	projection	5,347,698	3.9–7.2 million	54,075	9,552	1.48	81.9
2032	projection	5,395,588	3.9–7.5 million	54,990	9,648	1.48	82.0
2033	projection	5,444,311	3.8–7.7 million	55,893	9,762	1.48	82.2
2034	projection	5,493,866	3.7–8.0 million	56,759	9,898	1.48	82.4
2035	projection	5,544,176	3.6–8.2 million	57,560	10,048	1.48	82.6
2036	projection	5,595,165	3.6–8.4 million	58,309	10,225	1.48	82.7
2037	projection	5,646,761	3.6–8.6 million	59,025	10,416	1.48	82.9
2038	projection	5,698,903	3.4–8.9 million	59,718	10,630	1.48	83.1
2039	projection	5,751,579	3.4–9.1 million	60,276	10,862	1.48	83.2
2040	projection	5,804,569	3.3–9.3 million	60,797	11,126	1.49	83.4
2041	projection	5,857,852	3.3–9.5 million	61,286	11,394	1.49	83.5
2042	projection	5,911,428	3.3–9.8 million	61,762	11,682	1.49	83.7
2043	projection	5,965,217	3.1–10.0 million	62,036	11,992	1.49	83.8
2044	projection	6,018,988	3.0–10.2 million	62,398	12,315	1.50	84.0
2045	projection	6,072,884	3.0–10.4 million	62,620	12,646	1.50	84.1
2046	projection	6,126,663	2.9–10.5 million	62,815	12,996	1.50	84.3
2047	projection	6,180,313	2.8–10.7 million	63,110	13,353	1.50	84.4
2048	projection	6,233,905	2.7–10.9 million	63,414	13,710	1.50	84.6
2049	projection	6,287,505	2.7–11.1 million	63,695	14,071	1.50	84.7
2050	projection	6,340,996	2.7–11.5 million	64,047	14,450	1.50	84.9
2051	projection	6,394,515	2.6–11.6 million	64,376	14,826	1.50	85.0
2052	projection	6,447,964	2.6–11.9 million	64,739	15,196	1.50	85.1
2053	projection	6,501,421	2.5–12.1 million	65,224	15,575	1.51	85.3
2054	projection	6,554,972	2.5–12.4 million	65,753	15,934	1.51	85.4
2055	projection	6,608,651	2.5–12.5 million	66,390	16,294	1.51	85.5
2056	projection	6,662,626	2.4–12.6 million	67,104	16,648	1.51	85.7
2057	projection	6,716,912	2.3–12.7 million	67,891	16,983	1.51	85.8
2058	projection	6,771,719	2.1–13.0 million	68,613	17,324	1.51	85.9
2059	projection	6,826,955	2.0–13.3 million	69,487	17,657	1.52	86.0
2060	projection	6,882,665	1.9–13.5 million	70,347	17,956	1.52	86.2
2061	projection	6,938,872	1.8–13.8 million	71,254	18,240	1.52	86.3
2062	projection	6,995,702	1.8–14.1 million	72,191	18,528	1.52	86.4
2063	projection	7,053,153	1.6–14.3 million	73,069	18,810	1.52	86.6
2064	projection	7,111,196	1.5–14.5 million	73,834	19,094	1.52	86.7
2065	projection	7,169,640	1.4–14.9 million	74,769	19,352	1.52	86.8
2066	projection	7,228,698	1.3–15.3 million	75,557	19,598	1.52	86.9
2067	projection	7,288,354	1.2–15.5 million	76,501	19,808	1.53	87.0
2068	projection	7,348,683	1.1–15.8 million	77,423	20,024	1.53	87.2
2069	projection	7,409,667	1.0–16.0 million	78,311	20,207	1.53	87.3
2070	projection	7,471,321	1.0–16.3 million	79,099	20,377	1.53	87.4
2071	projection	7,533,508	0.8–16.7 million	79,949	20,528	1.54	87.5
2072	projection	7,596,401	0.8–17.1 million	80,875	20,655	1.54	87.6
2073	projection	7,660,063	0.5–17.4 million	81,639	20,793	1.54	87.8
2074	projection	7,724,279	0.6–17.5 million	82,349	20,914	1.54	87.9
2075	projection	7,789,007	0.4–17.8 million	83,029	21,017	1.55	88.0
2076	projection	7,854,308	0.4–18.2 million	83,764	21,131	1.55	88.1
2077	projection	7,920,188	0.3–18.5 million	84,472	21,239	1.55	88.2
2078	projection	7,986,583	0.2–18.7 million	85,138	21,401	1.55	88.3
2079	projection	8,053,468	0.2–19.0 million	85,826	21,551	1.55	88.4
2080	projection	8,120,822	0.0–19.2 million	86,628	21,708	1.55	88.5
2081	projection	8,188,775	0.0–19.6 million	87,341	21,928	1.55	88.7
2082	projection	8,257,174	0.0–20.1 million	88,045	22,181	1.55	88.8
2083	projection	8,325,988	0.0–20.2 million	88,771	22,431	1.56	88.9
2084	projection	8,395,277	0.0–20.5 million	89,598	22,740	1.56	89.0
2085	projection	8,465,025	0.0–20.7 million	90,474	23,060	1.56	89.1
2086	projection	8,535,272	0.0–21.1 million	91,388	23,440	1.56	89.2
2087	projection	8,606,000	0.0–21.4 million	92,338	23,865	1.56	89.3
2088	projection	8,677,254	0.0–21.5 million	93,324	24,345	1.57	89.4
2089	projection	8,749,002	0.0–21.7 million	94,372	24,880	1.57	89.5
2090	projection	8,821,193	0.0–21.9 million	95,241	25,442	1.57	89.6
2091	projection	8,893,657	0.0–22.0 million	96,308	26,005	1.57	89.7
2092	projection	8,966,590	0.0–22.0 million	97,347	26,604	1.57	89.8
2093	projection	9,039,958	0.0–22.1 million	98,382	27,188	1.57	89.9
2094	projection	9,113,729	0.0–22.3 million	99,332	27,785	1.57	90.0
2095	projection	9,187,843	0.0–22.7 million	100,283	28,350	1.57	90.1
2096	projection	9,262,320	0.0–22.9 million	101,251	28,955	1.57	90.2
2097	projection	9,337,144	0.0–23.1 million	102,171	29,562	1.57	90.3
2098	projection	9,412,238	0.0–23.5 million	103,094	30,134	1.57	90.4
2099	projection	9,487,666	0.0–23.7 million	104,353	30,702	1.57	90.5
2100	projection	9,563,750	0.0–24.0 million	105,331	31,198	1.57	90.6

Show the numbers: Kuwait, mid-2026, by single year of age

Kuwait: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	25,561	24,484
1	26,728	25,976
2	28,111	27,516
3	29,146	28,212
4	29,474	28,374
5	29,766	28,943
6	30,257	29,544
7	30,972	30,204
8	31,889	30,854
9	32,769	31,390
10	33,366	31,750
11	33,708	31,902
12	33,807	31,836
13	33,632	31,570
14	33,210	31,089
15	32,560	30,389
16	31,500	29,558
17	30,004	28,607
18	28,175	27,493
19	26,049	26,242
20	24,104	25,040
21	24,504	24,392
22	27,525	24,364
23	32,127	24,731
24	38,397	25,584
25	46,536	27,084
26	53,094	28,630
27	57,594	30,133
28	61,775	31,884
29	65,405	33,695
30	67,158	35,152
31	69,262	36,530
32	72,072	37,884
33	74,352	39,081
34	76,420	40,370
35	79,408	41,992
36	81,755	43,258
37	83,208	44,063
38	84,640	44,725
39	85,763	44,973
40	85,530	44,341
41	84,359	43,400
42	82,345	42,244
43	79,184	40,577
44	75,038	38,593
45	70,550	36,772
46	66,468	35,017
47	62,872	33,297
48	59,452	31,701
49	56,180	30,142
50	53,212	28,472
51	50,187	26,794
52	47,051	25,132
53	44,014	23,420
54	41,064	21,684
55	38,033	20,015
56	35,037	18,449
57	32,100	16,986
58	29,141	15,618
59	26,136	14,328
60	23,195	13,107
61	20,504	11,956
62	18,078	10,875
63	15,846	9,866
64	13,833	8,946
65	12,118	8,128
66	10,580	7,391
67	9,200	6,732
68	8,044	6,159
69	7,081	5,650
70	6,208	5,176
71	5,377	4,706
72	4,590	4,234
73	3,864	3,775
74	3,230	3,355
75	2,710	2,990
76	2,310	2,690
77	2,032	2,451
78	1,860	2,260
79	1,757	2,095
80	857	1,313
81	704	1,140
82	824	1,205
83	987	1,231
84	841	1,023
85	713	845
86	592	696
87	481	572
88	380	474
89	292	390
90	219	318
91	162	254
92	118	198
93	85	150
94	61	110
95	42	79
96	28	55
97	18	38
98	12	26
99	8	18
100+	8	24

KWT · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Kuwait, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

KWT · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Kuwait

In Kuwait the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 3,795,750 of them.

100 aged 15–64

24 children

4 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 103 years: 1998–2100.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

KWT · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Kuwait, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Kuwait gains 87,415 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 77,273 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 10,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 460,628 (1991) and the most it lost was 1,196,050 (1990).

In 2024, 3,323,191 people living in Kuwait had been born in another country, 67 of every 100 people there, against 63 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

KWT · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Kuwait

Of every 100 babies born in Kuwait in 2023, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 29 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 19 under 20 and 8 aged 35 or older.

1950
19 · 73 · 8

2023
0 · 71 · 29

2050 · projected
0 · 70 · 30

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 49,342
Average age when women have a baby: 30.3 years; 27.1 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 2; 197 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Kuwait by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	4	3	0	0	0	0
15–19	1,284	5,124	1,377	208	42	61
20–24	2,254	13,209	9,720	6,004	5,662	7,811
25–29	1,923	13,325	13,837	15,102	20,081	28,287
30–34	844	7,340	10,802	13,777	19,071	38,454
35–39	402	4,140	6,036	11,382	16,433	25,416
40–44	97	839	1,788	2,633	2,622	4,980
45–49	18	108	199	230	134	319
50–54	1	3	7	6	2	3
All babies	6,827	44,091	43,766	49,342	64,047	105,331

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

KWT · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Kuwait

In Kuwait, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 67.8 (95% range 67.0–68.8), out of 79.0 in all. That leaves 11.2 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

68.4 in full health, 13.4 not: 81.8 years

Men

67.5 in full health, 9.8 not: 77.3 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 68.4 healthy years of 81.8. Men: 67.5 of 77.3. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 70.5.

KWT · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Kuwait

At the end of 2025, Kuwait was hosting 997 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.2 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad997
Kuwait nationals abroad5,517

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 100 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Kuwait living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 1,451 people from Kuwait asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Kuwait whose claims were decided that year, 38 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

KWT · of every 100 people

How people live in Kuwait

Of every 100 people in Kuwait in 2025, 89 lived in a city, 7 in a town or suburb and 4 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). Nearly everyone uses the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

KWT · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Kuwait went in school

Of every 100 adults in Kuwait in 2020, 4 never went to school and 32 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 never went to school 29 some primary 8 finished primary 27 finished lower secondary 17 finished upper secondary 15 studied after school

Among women, 0.1 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 10.7 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 0.1 against 8.2.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2035; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2075.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

KWT · cities · 2025

Cities in Kuwait

Kuwait had 2 cities in 2025, home to 4.5 million people. The largest, Kuwait City, holds 85 of every 100 people in Kuwait.

Kuwait City4,265,132
Al Jahra209,224

How to read this: the 2 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Kuwait are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.