Kuwait's Population: 5.0 million

NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY

Kuwait's population is estimated by the United Nations to be 5.0 million in 2025.

Kuwait last conducted a national census in 2023 and 100.0% of births in Kuwait are recorded. Read more from the World Economics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Kuwait compares to other countries around the world and in the Asia-Pacific region.

Kuwait's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C., Eurostat, Luxembourg and World Economics Research, London


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India C 687.4 865.0 1,057.9 1,243.5 1,459.5 1,503.6 1,548.0
China C 983.2 1,153.6 1,269.6 1,351.6 1,412.9 1,383.0 1,173.2
United States A 229.9 253.4 281.5 311.1 346.4 351.5 353.9
Indonesia D 149.0 183.5 216.1 246.3 284.9 292.0 295.6
Pakistan E 82.3 116.2 154.9 199.2 254.5 273.2 343.3
Nigeria C 73.8 97.1 126.4 166.6 236.9 259.1 332.5
Brazil B 121.2 149.1 174.0 193.7 212.2 213.2 201.0
Bangladesh D 88.0 111.6 134.5 152.2 175.1 183.1 196.6
Russia C 138.6 149.0 146.7 143.9 143.7 140.4 126.1
Ethiopia E 34.4 47.6 67.4 90.5 135.1 150.8 207.7
Mexico B 67.3 82.8 98.6 113.6 131.5 134.9 136.7
Japan A 118.4 123.4 127.0 128.2 122.9 118.5 98.3
Egypt C 44.0 58.4 73.1 89.2 118.0 125.4 148.9
Philippines C 48.0 62.9 79.6 96.3 116.4 119.6 122.6
Congo, Dem. Rep E 26.7 36.7 50.5 68.6 112.6 130.1 204.5
Vietnam D 52.5 65.5 77.2 87.5 101.3 103.0 101.7
Türkiye B 45.4 56.0 65.4 73.3 87.4 87.9 84.5
Germany A 78.3 79.7 81.8 80.8 83.9 81.9 73.2
Thailand B 45.7 54.7 63.0 68.6 71.4 70.4 61.5
United Kingdom A 56.3 57.4 59.1 63.0 69.4 70.5 70.2
Tanzania D 19.2 26.1 34.3 44.8 70.4 79.9 120.3
France B 53.9 57.0 59.5 63.4 66.5 66.4 63.5
South Africa B 29.5 40.7 47.2 52.3 64.6 67.2 72.6
Italy B 56.4 57.0 57.3 60.2 59.0 57.4 48.6
Kenya D 16.0 22.9 30.6 41.6 57.4 62.2 76.6
Myanmar E 33.2 39.8 45.3 49.0 54.7 55.6 53.9
Colombia B 26.1 32.4 39.1 44.8 53.3 55.0 54.9
Korea, Rep. A 38.1 44.1 46.8 48.8 51.5 50.6 42.1
Sudan E 17.1 22.0 27.8 35.4 51.5 57.8 79.2
Uganda D 13.3 17.6 24.0 32.4 51.2 57.5 78.6
Spain A 37.5 39.1 41.0 46.8 47.8 47.1 42.0
Algeria C 18.6 25.4 30.9 36.2 47.3 49.6 55.3
Argentina B 28.0 32.8 37.2 41.3 45.7 46.0 44.5
Afghanistan E 13.2 12.0 20.1 28.3 43.7 49.4 71.7
Yemen, Rep. E 9.5 13.9 19.6 26.8 41.7 47.1 65.9
Canada A 24.5 27.8 30.9 34.2 40.0 41.2 42.5
Poland A 35.6 38.1 38.3 38.1 38.1 36.8 30.6
Morocco B 19.5 24.4 28.4 32.5 38.3 39.4 40.1
Angola E 8.1 11.6 16.2 23.3 38.9 44.6 69.0
Ukraine B 50.0 52.1 49.6 46.5 38.9 37.9 29.6
Uzbekistan C 15.6 20.5 24.8 28.4 37.0 39.8 48.5
Malaysia B 13.0 17.8 23.0 28.7 35.9 37.4 40.8
Mozambique E 11.3 13.1 18.1 23.0 35.5 40.3 58.6
Ghana D 11.9 15.4 19.6 25.5 35.0 37.7 46.6
Peru C 17.4 22.0 26.6 29.1 34.5 35.7 37.4
Saudi Arabia B 6.0 10.6 16.2 25.2 34.5 37.0 44.3
Madagascar E 9.0 12.1 16.5 22.2 32.6 36.2 49.1
Cote d'Ivoire D 8.2 12.2 17.7 22.5 32.6 36.2 51.7
Nepal E 15.6 19.5 24.5 27.3 29.5 30.0 31.5
Cameroon E 8.5 11.3 14.9 19.7 29.8 33.3 47.3
Niger D 6.1 8.3 11.5 16.5 27.9 32.2 49.0
Australia A 14.7 17.1 19.1 22.1 26.9 27.8 30.3
Mali E 7.5 9.2 11.6 15.9 25.1 28.7 43.0
Burkina Faso D 6.9 9.2 11.9 16.2 24.0 26.4 34.4
Taiwan B 18.1 20.6 22.3 23.2 23.1 22.3 18.1
Sri Lanka B 14.8 16.4 19.3 20.9 23.2 23.5 22.9
Malawi D 6.3 9.5 11.3 14.8 22.1 24.8 34.3
Zambia D 5.8 7.8 10.0 14.0 21.9 24.7 35.1
Kazakhstan B 15.2 17.2 15.5 16.8 20.8 21.8 24.7
Chad E 4.5 6.0 8.5 12.3 21.0 23.9 36.4
Chile B 11.5 13.4 15.5 17.2 19.8 20.0 18.8
Romania B 22.2 22.9 22.0 20.4 18.9 18.2 14.9
Senegal D 5.8 7.7 10.0 12.6 18.9 20.9 28.1
Guatemala C 6.9 9.0 11.7 14.5 18.6 19.8 22.5
Netherlands A 14.2 15.0 16.1 16.8 18.3 18.5 17.6
Ecuador C 8.2 10.5 12.7 15.1 18.2 18.8 19.6
Cambodia E 5.2 7.4 12.5 14.5 17.8 18.6 20.1
Zimbabwe E 7.0 10.1 11.9 13.4 16.9 18.3 23.7
Guinea E 5.0 6.4 8.4 10.4 15.1 16.6 21.6
Benin D 3.9 5.3 7.2 9.8 14.8 16.4 22.7
Rwanda C 5.4 7.4 8.2 10.3 14.5 15.9 21.0
Burundi E 4.4 5.6 6.5 9.4 14.4 16.0 22.4
Bolivia C 5.8 7.1 8.6 10.2 12.5 13.2 14.8
Tunisia B 6.6 8.3 9.8 10.8 12.3 12.5 12.2
Haiti E 5.6 6.9 8.3 9.8 11.9 12.4 13.5
Belgium A 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.9 11.7 11.7 11.0
Jordan C 2.2 3.6 5.4 7.3 11.5 12.3 15.1
Dominican Republic D 5.7 7.2 8.6 9.8 11.5 11.8 12.0
United Arab Emirates A 1.0 1.9 3.5 6.9 11.3 12.0 14.0
Honduras E 3.7 5.0 6.6 8.4 11.0 11.7 13.6
Czechia B 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.5 10.6 10.3 9.2
Sweden A 8.3 8.6 8.9 9.4 10.6 10.7 10.5
Tajikistan D 4.0 5.4 6.3 7.7 10.8 11.6 14.3
Papua New Guinea E 3.1 3.9 5.5 7.6 10.7 11.5 13.7
Portugal A 9.8 10.0 10.3 10.6 10.4 10.2 9.1
Azerbaijan C 6.3 7.2 8.2 9.1 10.4 10.5 10.4
Greece B 9.7 10.3 10.8 11.1 9.9 9.6 8.2
Hungary B 10.7 10.4 10.2 10.0 9.6 9.3 8.1
Togo E 2.9 4.0 5.1 6.7 9.7 10.7 14.4
Israel B 3.7 4.5 6.1 7.3 9.5 10.1 12.2
Austria A 7.5 7.7 8.0 8.4 9.1 9.0 8.1
Belarus B 9.6 10.2 10.0 9.5 9.0 8.6 6.9
Switzerland A 6.3 6.7 7.2 7.8 8.9 9.0 8.7
Sierra Leone E 3.3 4.2 4.4 6.2 8.8 9.6 11.9
Laos E 3.3 4.3 5.4 6.3 7.8 8.2 8.9
Turkmenistan E 2.8 3.8 4.6 5.6 7.6 8.0 8.9
Hong Kong B 5.0 5.6 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.2 5.7
Libya E 3.4 4.4 5.3 6.5 7.4 7.8 8.5
Kyrgyzstan C 3.7 4.5 5.0 5.5 7.3 7.7 8.9
Paraguay C 3.1 4.0 5.1 5.7 7.0 7.3 7.9
Nicaragua D 3.3 4.2 5.0 5.7 7.0 7.3 8.0
Bulgaria B 8.9 8.8 8.0 7.4 6.7 6.4 5.0
Serbia B 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.4 6.7 6.4 5.1
El Salvador C 4.5 5.4 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.1
Congo, Rep. E 1.8 2.4 3.2 4.5 6.5 7.2 10.2
Denmark A 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.7
Singapore A 2.4 3.0 4.0 5.1 5.9 5.9 5.6
Lebanon E 2.9 3.6 4.3 5.0 5.8 6.0 6.5
Finland A 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.0
Liberia E 1.9 2.2 2.9 4.1 5.7 6.3 8.2
Norway A 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.7 5.5
Slovak Republic B 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.3 4.6
Central African Republic E 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.5 5.5 6.4 9.9
Oman B 1.0 1.8 2.3 2.8 5.5 6.0 7.3
Ireland A 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.6 5.3 5.5 5.5
New Zealand A 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.4
Mauritania E 1.5 2.0 2.6 3.4 5.3 6.0 8.7
Costa Rica B 2.4 3.1 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.0
Kuwait B 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.9 5.0 5.3 5.9
Panama B 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.6 4.6 4.8 5.2
Croatia B 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.3 3.8 3.7 3.0
Georgia B 5.2 5.4 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4
Mongolia B 1.7 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.5 3.7 4.1
Uruguay A 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 4.1 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.1 3.0 2.3
Qatar B 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.7 3.1 3.3 3.9
Moldova B 4.0 4.5 4.2 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.2
Namibia D 1.0 1.4 1.8 2.1 3.1 3.3 4.2
Armenia B 3.1 3.6 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.3
Lithuania B 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.1
Jamaica B 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.2
Albania B 2.7 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.1
Gambia E 0.7 1.1 1.5 1.9 2.8 3.1 4.0
Gabon E 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.6 2.8 3.8
Botswana B 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.6 2.7 3.2
Lesotho E 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.7
Guinea-Bissau E 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.2 2.5 3.2
Slovenia A 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9
Latvia A 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.8 1.4
North Macedonia B 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.4
Bahrain B 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0
Trinidad and Tobago C 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3
Estonia A 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1
Cyprus B 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.4
Mauritius B 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0
Eswatini E 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.4
Comoros E 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.2
Guyana C 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9
Bhutan C 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
Luxembourg A 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7
Suriname C 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7
Malta B 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Cabo Verde B 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Brunei B 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5
Bahamas, The C 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Iceland A 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4


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