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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Kuwait

Most recent
4,865,298 (2025)
Earliest
311,060 (1960)
Highest
4,897,263 (2024)
Years reported
66
Member state
Kuwait at the United Nations
02,500,0005,000,0001960: 311,0601961: 345,9451962: 384,9951963: 427,6941964: 473,1151965: 521,1741966: 572,5901967: 628,0891968: 687,7161969: 749,4521970: 809,1141971: 865,0761972: 920,3521973: 977,6541974: 1,038,3461975: 1,104,8631976: 1,178,7111977: 1,258,0231978: 1,340,3191979: 1,423,5141980: 1,504,7821981: 1,583,4261982: 1,662,4801983: 1,744,2951984: 1,820,6881985: 1,894,2421986: 1,972,5201987: 2,052,9941988: 2,134,7071989: 2,217,4681990: 1,684,8191991: 1,351,3991992: 1,634,9611993: 1,672,1511994: 1,664,3611995: 1,681,5131996: 1,730,2461997: 1,787,6831998: 1,844,3021999: 1,900,0302000: 1,954,7092001: 2,008,1212002: 2,059,9742003: 2,109,8812004: 2,157,3202005: 2,236,7882006: 2,364,7332007: 2,507,8872008: 2,651,4212009: 2,795,4842010: 2,943,3722011: 3,132,8142012: 3,337,1092013: 3,507,8442014: 3,665,8762015: 3,834,5742016: 4,004,0962017: 4,154,8122018: 4,323,5152019: 4,442,3162020: 4,400,2672021: 4,360,8652022: 4,589,6432023: 4,853,4202024: 4,897,2632025: 4,865,29819602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20254,865,298
20244,897,263
20234,853,420
20224,589,643
20214,360,865
20204,400,267
20194,442,316
20184,323,515
20174,154,812
20164,004,096
20153,834,574
20143,665,876
20133,507,844
20123,337,109
20113,132,814
20102,943,372
20092,795,484
20082,651,421
20072,507,887
20062,364,733
20052,236,788
20042,157,320
20032,109,881
20022,059,974
20012,008,121
20001,954,709
19991,900,030
19981,844,302
19971,787,683
19961,730,246
19951,681,513
19941,664,361
19931,672,151
19921,634,961
19911,351,399
19901,684,819
19892,217,468
19882,134,707
19872,052,994
19861,972,520
19851,894,242
19841,820,688
19831,744,295
19821,662,480
19811,583,426
19801,504,782
19791,423,514
19781,340,319
19771,258,023
19761,178,711
19751,104,863
19741,038,346
1973977,654
1972920,352
1971865,076
1970809,114
1969749,452
1968687,716
1967628,089
1966572,590
1965521,174
1964473,115
1963427,694
1962384,995
1961345,945
1960311,060

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