Population of Kuwait (2025)

Kuwait population

3,253,221

Births this year: 473,604 Births today 67
Deaths this year 53,160 Deaths today 7

Kuwait Population by Religions

Region Name Percents Number
Muslim (official) 76.7% 2,172,739 people
Christian 17.3% 490,070 people
other and unspecified 5.9% 167,134 people

Kuwait Population by Ethnic groups (2013 est)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Kuwaiti 31.3% 886,659 people
other Arab 27.9% 790,345 people
Asian 37.8% 1,070,789 people
African 1.9% 53,823 people
other (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) 1.1% 31,161 people

Kuwait population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 4,672,201 2,613,100 2,059,101 100 100 100 126.9
00-04 346,854 176,794 170,060 7.4 6.8 8.3 104
05-09 371,006 189,064 181,942 7.9 7.2 8.8 103.9
10-14 344,416 175,567 168,849 7.4 6.7 8.2 104
15-19 300,948 152,627 148,321 6.4 5.8 7.2 102.9
20-24 296,077 169,943 126,134 6.3 6.5 6.1 134.7
25-29 420,453 262,417 158,036 9 10 7.7 166
30-34 498,673 302,430 196,243 10.7 11.6 9.5 154.1
35-39 520,328 306,454 213,874 11.1 11.7 10.4 143.3
40-44 463,692 269,519 194,173 9.9 10.3 9.4 138.8
45-49 328,706 188,694 140,012 7 7.2 6.8 134.8
50-54 271,460 148,829 122,631 5.8 5.7 6 121.4
55-59 206,882 106,357 100,525 4.4 4.1 4.9 105.8
60-64 130,257 72,400 57,857 2.8 2.8 2.8 125.1
65-69 94,720 51,107 43,613 2 2 2.1 117.2
70-74 42,741 22,152 20,589 0.9 0.8 1 107.6
75-79 23,773 12,470 11,303 0.5 0.5 0.5 110.3
80-84 7,898 4,385 3,513 0.2 0.2 0.2 124.8
85-89 2,721 1,565 1,156 0.1 0.1 0.1 135.4
90-94 561 301 260 0 0 0 115.8
95-99 33 24 9 0 0 0 266.7
100+ 2 1 1 0 0 0 100

Kuwait Age structure and Population pyramid

Kuwait Age structure and Population pyramid

Kuwait Sex ratio

Kuwait Sex ratio

Kuwait Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Kuwait

Kuwait Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 4,603,985 1.56 70,748 127.16 258.36
2023 4,533,237 1.62 72,266 127.46 254.39
2022 4,460,971 1.65 72,359 127.76 250.34
2021 4,388,612 1.67 71,994 128.02 246.27
2020 4,316,618 1.65 70,056 128.20 242.23
2019 4,246,562 1.67 69,920 128.29 238.30
2018 4,176,642 1.87 76,710 128.32 234.38
2017 4,099,932 2.32 92,786 128.30 230.07
2016 4,007,146 2.96 115,031 128.25 224.87
2015 3,892,115 3.70 138,994 128.19 218.41
2014 3,753,121 4.44 159,432 128.08 210.61
2013 3,593,689 5.09 174,108 127.95 201.67
2012 3,419,581 5.57 180,400 127.94 191.90
2011 3,239,181 5.87 179,708 128.26 181.77
2010 3,059,473 6.19 178,230 129.14 171.69
2005 2,263,604 17.32 334,134 141.97 127.03
2000 1,929,470 17.86 292,439 142.21 108.28
1995 1,637,031 -20.49 -421,801 140.73 91.86
1990 2,058,832 18.64 323,512 114.29 115.53
1985 1,735,320 25.35 350,978 130.80 97.38
1980 1,384,342 31.69 333,155 134.15 77.68
1975 1,051,187 40.12 301,003 119.52 58.99
1970 750,184 55.58 268,011 131.02 42.10
1965 482,173 84.06 220,211 160.88 27.06
1960 261,962 34.48 67,167 172.96 14.70
1955 194,795 27.94 42,545 155.40 10.93
1950 152,250 146.36 8.54
Chart population Kuwait Population (1950 - 2025)