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Kuwait: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
4.87 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.4%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20315.25Forecast
20305.15Forecast
20295.11Forecast
20285.05Forecast
20275.00Forecast
20264.93Forecast
20254.87
20244.90
20234.85
20224.59
20214.36
20204.40
20194.44
20184.32
20174.15
20164.00

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1950–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1950–2022
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1993–2024
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Kuwait documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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