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Population state · Growing

Kuwait

Asia · Western Asia · KWT · KW
Population state
Growing
current run since 2021 · projected 2024
Fertility
1.51
71 of 237 with a TFR, lowest first
World population rank
128
of 237
Regional population rank
40
of 51 in Asia
Population
4.93m
Annual change
+100,729
Natural change
+39,102
Migrant share
67.3%
Peak population · projected 2100 Deaths exceed births · not in this year Working-age peak · not reached Support ratio · 25.34 people 15–64 per person 65+
ANNUAL COMPONENTS · 2024 PROJECTED

What drives population change?

Births and deaths set natural change. Net migration can reinforce, reduce, or reverse that direction.

Migration contribution Adds to growth

Positive net migration adds to natural growth.

Kuwait, 2024 projected: natural change +39,102 people, net migration +61,624, WPP adjustment +3, total population change +100,729. Positive net migration adds to natural growth.

Exact reconciliation: WPP includes a +3-person statistical adjustment. Figures are rounded to whole people.

SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1 · migration-contribution-v1
Transformsite/src/lib/migration-contribution.ts
Raw file SHA-25698e34d9b65b53858cd08a57a566e45050b08093ad85ba5714fe6fbd78055ae6d
Measurement universeOne canonical country or area; annual natural change, net migration, WPP adjustment, and total population change use the same source row.
Reference time2024 projected annual components; estimates run through 2023.
UnitPeople per year.
Evidence status2024 WPP medium-variant projection.
GROWING · STATE-SPECIFIC EVIDENCE

Growth in this series

4 source years · since 2021 Growing cohort
Current run
Since 2021
4 consecutive years · projected 2024
Latest annual gain
+100,729
2.04% of 2024 population
Series maximum
not established in this series
Still rising at the 2100 horizon of this release.
AGE STRUCTURE · 2023
PROJECTED PATH · WPP 2024 MEDIUM VARIANT
YearPopulationAnnual changeFertility
20244.93m+100,7291.51
20506.37m+53,5191.50
20808.15m+67,9531.55
21009.60m+76,5291.57

Values after 2023 are medium-variant projections, not forecasts.

AGE BALANCE · 1950–2100

Youth and older population

Annual share of the population aged under 18 and aged 65+. The crossing shows when the older group first becomes larger in the annual source series.

First annual crossover
Not reached by 2100
Rule
65+ strictly exceeds under 18

Kuwait annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 43.1% in 1950 to 22.2% in 2023 and 21.3% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 2.9% to 3.0% and 10.1%. First annual crossover: Not reached by 2100. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024.

Youth and older population in Kuwait, 1950 to 2100 Kuwait annual age balance from 1950 to 2100. Under-18 population moves from 43.1% in 1950 to 22.2% in 2023 and 21.3% in the 2100 projection. Population aged 65 and older moves from 2.9% to 3.0% and 10.1%. First annual crossover: Not reached by 2100. Estimates run through 2023 and WPP Medium projections begin in 2024. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 1950 1975 2000 2023 2050 2075 2100 ESTIMATES · THROUGH 2023 WPP MEDIUM PROJECTION UNDER 18 · 21.3% 65+ · 10.1%
1950
Under 18 · 43.1%65+ · 2.9%
2023 observed
Under 18 · 22.2%65+ · 3.0%
2100 projected
Under 18 · 21.3%65+ · 10.1%
Annual evidence · 151 source rows
Kuwait under-18 and 65+ population history
YearEvidenceUnder 18Share65+Share
1950 observed 66,302 43.1% 4,423 2.9%
1951 observed 68,688 43.4% 4,565 2.9%
1952 observed 71,375 43.7% 4,687 2.9%
1953 observed 74,335 44.2% 4,780 2.8%
1954 observed 77,568 44.8% 4,859 2.8%
1955 observed 82,061 44.1% 5,058 2.7%
1956 observed 88,149 42.5% 5,392 2.6%
1957 observed 94,802 41.8% 5,657 2.5%
1958 observed 104,684 41.8% 5,982 2.4%
1959 observed 118,043 42.2% 6,452 2.3%
1960 observed 132,303 42.5% 7,024 2.3%
1961 observed 147,993 42.8% 7,721 2.2%
1962 observed 166,852 43.3% 8,380 2.2%
1963 observed 188,734 44.1% 8,943 2.1%
1964 observed 211,928 44.8% 9,518 2.0%
1965 observed 236,352 45.4% 10,090 1.9%
1966 observed 263,727 46.1% 10,858 1.9%
1967 observed 294,770 46.9% 11,843 1.9%
1968 observed 328,284 47.7% 12,835 1.9%
1969 observed 363,049 48.4% 13,818 1.8%
1970 observed 396,782 49.0% 14,713 1.8%
1971 observed 426,952 49.4% 15,454 1.8%
1972 observed 455,052 49.4% 16,119 1.8%
1973 observed 483,907 49.5% 16,811 1.7%
1974 observed 513,597 49.5% 17,623 1.7%
1975 observed 544,601 49.3% 18,608 1.7%
1976 observed 573,337 48.6% 19,238 1.6%
1977 observed 599,161 47.6% 19,429 1.5%
1978 observed 625,498 46.7% 19,660 1.5%
1979 observed 652,128 45.8% 19,964 1.4%
1980 observed 678,791 45.1% 20,393 1.4%
1981 observed 702,929 44.4% 20,959 1.3%
1982 observed 725,216 43.6% 21,590 1.3%
1983 observed 748,513 42.9% 22,330 1.3%
1984 observed 772,591 42.4% 23,311 1.3%
1985 observed 796,302 42.0% 24,522 1.3%
1986 observed 825,865 41.9% 26,490 1.3%
1987 observed 861,933 42.0% 29,471 1.4%
1988 observed 897,046 42.0% 32,904 1.5%
1989 observed 930,907 42.0% 36,837 1.7%
1990 observed 702,970 41.7% 30,454 1.8%
1991 observed 555,411 41.1% 27,611 2.0%
1992 observed 665,737 40.7% 35,445 2.2%
1993 observed 662,497 39.6% 34,906 2.1%
1994 observed 637,055 38.3% 28,006 1.7%
1995 observed 635,211 37.8% 22,818 1.4%
1996 observed 651,200 37.6% 22,583 1.3%
1997 observed 665,234 37.2% 24,307 1.4%
1998 observed 672,958 36.5% 26,183 1.4%
1999 observed 675,845 35.6% 28,173 1.5%
2000 observed 674,830 34.5% 30,161 1.5%
2001 observed 670,724 33.4% 32,039 1.6%
2002 observed 664,300 32.2% 33,676 1.6%
2003 observed 656,221 31.1% 35,060 1.7%
2004 observed 647,017 30.0% 36,151 1.7%
2005 observed 653,259 29.2% 37,737 1.7%
2006 observed 679,554 28.7% 40,339 1.7%
2007 observed 707,756 28.2% 43,433 1.7%
2008 observed 732,560 27.6% 46,632 1.8%
2009 observed 757,582 27.1% 49,891 1.8%
2010 observed 787,280 26.7% 53,405 1.8%
2011 observed 818,851 26.1% 58,454 1.9%
2012 observed 856,165 25.7% 65,198 2.0%
2013 observed 897,919 25.6% 72,673 2.1%
2014 observed 935,478 25.5% 81,296 2.2%
2015 observed 970,584 25.3% 92,369 2.4%
2016 observed 1,001,256 25.0% 105,640 2.6%
2017 observed 1,026,862 24.7% 121,196 2.9%
2018 observed 1,054,374 24.4% 140,218 3.2%
2019 observed 1,071,305 24.1% 160,080 3.6%
2020 observed 1,060,356 24.1% 175,822 4.0%
2021 observed 1,030,044 23.6% 149,286 3.4%
2022 observed 1,041,274 22.7% 126,056 2.7%
2023 observed 1,071,921 22.2% 142,875 3.0%
2024 projected 1,077,424 21.8% 153,212 3.1%
2025 projected 1,084,138 21.6% 159,575 3.2%
2026 projected 1,088,658 21.3% 166,345 3.3%
2027 projected 1,091,735 21.1% 173,569 3.4%
2028 projected 1,093,859 20.9% 181,382 3.5%
2029 projected 1,095,758 20.8% 189,739 3.6%
2030 projected 1,097,993 20.6% 198,526 3.7%
2031 projected 1,101,087 20.5% 207,692 3.9%
2032 projected 1,105,466 20.4% 217,231 4.0%
2033 projected 1,111,354 20.3% 227,039 4.2%
2034 projected 1,118,941 20.3% 236,996 4.3%
2035 projected 1,128,394 20.3% 247,012 4.4%
2036 projected 1,139,800 20.3% 257,072 4.6%
2037 projected 1,152,947 20.3% 267,194 4.7%
2038 projected 1,167,298 20.4% 277,397 4.8%
2039 projected 1,182,166 20.5% 287,858 5.0%
2040 projected 1,196,896 20.5% 298,701 5.1%
2041 projected 1,210,707 20.6% 309,937 5.3%
2042 projected 1,224,403 20.6% 321,534 5.4%
2043 projected 1,238,691 20.7% 333,426 5.6%
2044 projected 1,252,880 20.7% 345,479 5.7%
2045 projected 1,266,739 20.8% 357,689 5.9%
2046 projected 1,280,021 20.8% 370,256 6.0%
2047 projected 1,292,704 20.8% 383,403 6.2%
2048 projected 1,304,767 20.8% 397,149 6.3%
2049 projected 1,316,192 20.8% 410,530 6.5%
2050 projected 1,327,029 20.8% 422,222 6.6%
2051 projected 1,337,298 20.8% 431,464 6.7%
2052 projected 1,347,035 20.8% 437,734 6.8%
2053 projected 1,356,356 20.8% 440,881 6.8%
2054 projected 1,365,413 20.7% 442,564 6.7%
2055 projected 1,374,328 20.7% 444,982 6.7%
2056 projected 1,383,208 20.7% 449,182 6.7%
2057 projected 1,392,223 20.6% 455,897 6.8%
2058 projected 1,401,457 20.6% 465,380 6.8%
2059 projected 1,410,985 20.6% 475,880 6.9%
2060 projected 1,420,889 20.6% 485,136 7.0%
2061 projected 1,431,303 20.5% 492,197 7.1%
2062 projected 1,442,314 20.5% 496,474 7.1%
2063 projected 1,453,951 20.5% 497,959 7.0%
2064 projected 1,466,189 20.5% 499,032 7.0%
2065 projected 1,479,023 20.5% 502,531 7.0%
2066 projected 1,492,431 20.6% 509,314 7.0%
2067 projected 1,506,410 20.6% 519,718 7.1%
2068 projected 1,521,007 20.6% 533,753 7.2%
2069 projected 1,536,165 20.6% 549,993 7.4%
2070 projected 1,551,814 20.7% 566,877 7.6%
2071 projected 1,567,856 20.7% 584,022 7.7%
2072 projected 1,584,289 20.8% 601,410 7.9%
2073 projected 1,600,988 20.8% 619,038 8.0%
2074 projected 1,617,740 20.9% 636,878 8.2%
2075 projected 1,634,442 20.9% 654,870 8.4%
2076 projected 1,651,099 20.9% 672,883 8.5%
2077 projected 1,667,697 21.0% 690,784 8.7%
2078 projected 1,684,103 21.0% 708,355 8.8%
2079 projected 1,700,310 21.0% 725,385 9.0%
2080 projected 1,716,346 21.0% 741,630 9.1%
2081 projected 1,732,237 21.1% 756,862 9.2%
2082 projected 1,748,020 21.1% 770,821 9.3%
2083 projected 1,763,681 21.1% 783,350 9.4%
2084 projected 1,779,258 21.1% 794,581 9.4%
2085 projected 1,794,824 21.1% 804,984 9.5%
2086 projected 1,810,363 21.1% 815,101 9.5%
2087 projected 1,825,929 21.1% 825,434 9.6%
2088 projected 1,841,646 21.1% 836,675 9.6%
2089 projected 1,857,556 21.1% 847,935 9.7%
2090 projected 1,873,547 21.2% 858,425 9.7%
2091 projected 1,889,663 21.2% 868,705 9.7%
2092 projected 1,906,103 21.2% 878,973 9.8%
2093 projected 1,922,899 21.2% 889,379 9.8%
2094 projected 1,939,989 21.2% 899,971 9.8%
2095 projected 1,957,311 21.2% 910,837 9.9%
2096 projected 1,974,912 21.2% 921,977 9.9%
2097 projected 1,992,790 21.3% 933,353 10.0%
2098 projected 2,010,844 21.3% 944,970 10.0%
2099 projected 2,029,240 21.3% 956,831 10.0%
2100 projected 2,048,064 21.3% 968,921 10.1%
SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 · SINGLE-AGE POPULATION CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulaunder18-vs-65plus-annual-history-v1
Transformpipeline.derive.age_structure_history
Raw file SHA-2566de949eb0d6bf3277959da88c7591c608ad5fd995a17b4f120c11245a351dfb1 · d9c962d7e0beb731d3450cfabba8499a1449411e3c8aec3aeced06a7a2955b6e
Measurement universeall 237 WPP country and area records in the canonical Register
Reference time1950–2023 estimates; 2024–2100 WPP Medium projection
UnitPeople and percentage of same-year single-age population.
Evidence statusAnnual estimates through 2023; WPP Medium projection thereafter. No interpolation.
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SOURCE · UN WPP 2024 CHECKS PASSED · DETAILS⌄
Releasewpp2024
RevisionPOP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1
Vintage2024 Revision, Online Edition
Retrieved2026-06-25T11:25:03+00:00
LicenceCC BY 3.0 IGO
Formulathousands-to-people-v1
Transformreproducible canonical pipeline
Measurement universeDe facto population: all residents in the country or area, regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Reference timePopulation is measured at 1 July 2024; annual flows cover the source year.
UnitPeople; the source workbook's thousands are converted to whole people for display.
Evidence status2024 medium-variant projection; estimates run through 2023.