# Population in Kuwait

Population in Kuwait was 4.87 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `kw`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/kuwait
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/kuwait.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=kw

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 4,865,298 |
| 2024 | 4,897,263 |
| 2023 | 4,853,420 |
| 2022 | 4,589,643 |
| 2021 | 4,360,865 |
| 2020 | 4,400,267 |
| 2019 | 4,442,316 |
| 2018 | 4,323,515 |
| 2017 | 4,154,812 |
| 2016 | 4,004,096 |
| 2015 | 3,834,574 |
| 2014 | 3,665,876 |
| 2013 | 3,507,844 |
| 2012 | 3,337,109 |
| 2011 | 3,132,814 |
| 2010 | 2,943,372 |
| 2009 | 2,795,484 |
| 2008 | 2,651,421 |
| 2007 | 2,507,887 |
| 2006 | 2,364,733 |
| 2005 | 2,236,788 |
| 2004 | 2,157,320 |
| 2003 | 2,109,881 |
| 2002 | 2,059,974 |
| 2001 | 2,008,121 |
| 2000 | 1,954,709 |
| 1999 | 1,900,030 |
| 1998 | 1,844,302 |
| 1997 | 1,787,683 |
| 1996 | 1,730,246 |
| 1995 | 1,681,513 |
| 1994 | 1,664,361 |
| 1993 | 1,672,151 |
| 1992 | 1,634,961 |
| 1991 | 1,351,399 |
| 1990 | 1,684,819 |
| 1989 | 2,217,468 |
| 1988 | 2,134,707 |
| 1987 | 2,052,994 |
| 1986 | 1,972,520 |
| 1985 | 1,894,242 |
| 1984 | 1,820,688 |
| 1983 | 1,744,295 |
| 1982 | 1,662,480 |
| 1981 | 1,583,426 |
| 1980 | 1,504,782 |
| 1979 | 1,423,514 |
| 1978 | 1,340,319 |
| 1977 | 1,258,023 |
| 1976 | 1,178,711 |
| 1975 | 1,104,863 |
| 1974 | 1,038,346 |
| 1973 | 977,654 |
| 1972 | 920,352 |
| 1971 | 865,076 |
| 1970 | 809,114 |
| 1969 | 749,452 |
| 1968 | 687,716 |
| 1967 | 628,089 |
| 1966 | 572,590 |
| 1965 | 521,174 |
| 1964 | 473,115 |
| 1963 | 427,694 |
| 1962 | 384,995 |
| 1961 | 345,945 |
| 1960 | 311,060 |