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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 2,123,711 (July 1990), growth rate 3.8% (1990)
1991 2,204,400 (July 1991), growth rate 3.6% (1991)
1992 1,378,613 (July 1992), growth rate NA (1992)
1993 1,698,077 (July 1993 est.)
1994 1,819,322 (July 1994 est.)
1995 1,817,397 (July 1995 est.)
1996 1,950,047 (July 1996 est.)
1997 1,834,269 (July 1997 est.) note: includes 1,381,063 non-nationals (July 1997 est.)
1998 1,913,285 (July 1998 est.) note: includes 1,168,185 non-nationals (July 1998 est.)
1999 1,991,115 (July 1999 est.) note: includes 1,220,935 non-nationals (July 1999 est.)
2000 1,973,572 note: includes 1,159,913 non-nationals (July 2000 est.)
2001 2,041,961 note: includes 1,159,913 non-nationals (July 2001 est.)
2002 2,111,561 note: includes 1,159,913 non-nationals (July 2002 est.)
2003 2,183,161 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)
2004 2,257,549 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2004 est.)
2005 2,335,648 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
2006 2,418,393 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2006 est.)
2007 2,505,559 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2007 est.)
2008 2,596,799 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2008 est.)
2009 2,691,158 country comparison to the world: 139 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2009 est.)
2010 2,789,132 country comparison to the world: 139 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)
2011 2,595,628 (July 2011 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals
2012 2,646,314 (July 2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 140 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals
2013 2,695,316 (July 2013 est.) country comparison to the world: 141 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals
2014 2,742,711 country comparison to the world: 141 note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 3,996,899 for 2014, with immigrants accounting for almost 69% (July 2014 est.)
2015 2,788,534 | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 3,996,899 for 2014, with immigrants accounting for almost 69% (July 2015 est.) | country comparison to the world: 141
2016 2,832,776 (July 2016 est.) | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,183,658 for 2015, with immigrants accounting more than 69% | country comparison to the world: 141
2017 2,875,422 (July 2017 est.) | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,183,658 for 2015, with immigrants accounting more than 69% | country comparison to the world: 139
2018 2,916,467 (July 2017 est.) (July 2018 est.) | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,437,590 for 2017, with immigrants accounting for more than 69.5%
2019 2,916,467 (July 2017 est.) (July 2018 est.) | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,437,590 for 2017, with immigrants accounting for more than 69.5%
2020 2,993,706 (July 2020 est.) | note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population
2021 3,032,065 (July 2021 est.) note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population
2022 3,068,155 (2022 est.) note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population
2023 3,103,580 (2023 est.) note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population
2024 total: 3,138,355 male: 1,810,542 female: 1,327,813 (2024 est.)
2025 total: 3,172,511 (2025 est.) male: 1,827,274 female: 1,345,237