Kuwait's population rose from 1.73M in 1996 to 4.87M in 2025.
Kuwait · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Kuwait's population growth fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to -0.7 % in 2025.
Kuwait's population density rose from 93.4 in 1994 to 272.4 in 2023.
Kuwait's population, female (% of total) fell from 42.2 % in 1996 to 38.9 % in 2025.
Kuwait's urbanisation rose from 98.1 % in 1996 to 100.0 % in 2025.
Kuwait's urban population rose from 1.7M in 1996 to 4.87M in 2025.
Kuwait's rural population fell from 32,048 in 1996 to 0 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +2.4 %139th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −2.7 %155th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.8 %215th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −9.2 %8th of 217
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- Median ageup +1.0 yrs86th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts139th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts3rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts189th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.3 pts215th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts213th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −30.6 %23rd of 217
- Migrant stockdown −1.6 pts7th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −14.7 %131st of 178
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- Life expectancyup +1.4 yrs4th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +1.7 yrs19th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +1.1 yrs3rd of 217