Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · Western Asia
Kuwait is recorded at 4.93m people in 2024, with total annual change of +100,729 under the WPP medium variant.
Kuwait observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 48,132 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -9,030 |
| Natural change | +39,102 |
| Net migration | +61,624 |
| Total change | +100,729 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +100,729 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -4,667,507 since 2100 |
| Projected 2100 | 9.60m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Kuwait 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 900.2k, ages 15-64 3.80m, ages 65+ 142.9k.
Kuwait 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.12m, ages 15-64 4.82m, ages 65+ 422.2k.
Kuwait 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 1.74m, ages 15-64 6.90m, ages 65+ 968.9k.
Stage since 2010.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.93m | 100,729 | 48.1k | 9.0k | 1.51 |
| 2030 | 5.32m | 47,001 | 53.2k | 9.5k | 1.48 |
| 2050 | 6.37m | 53,519 | 64.0k | 14.4k | 1.50 |
| 2080 | 8.15m | 67,953 | 86.6k | 21.7k | 1.55 |
| 2100 | 9.60m | 76,529 | 105.3k | 31.2k | 1.57 |