Kuwait
Population 2026
5,102,771
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.53%
- Density
- 286 per km²
- Land area
- 17,820 km²
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Currency
- Dinar (KWD)
- Official languages
- AR-KW, EN
- Urban population
- 100.0%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 49,4652026
- Deaths
- 9,1902026
- Birth rate
- 10.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 1.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.56
- Life expectancy
- 84.6At birth, years
- Median age
- 34.8
- Net migration
- 42,775
Age distribution
- 0–1418.0%
- 15–6478.9%
- 65+3.2%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $157B
- GDP per capita
- $32.3K
- GDP growth
- +2.7%
- Inflation
- 2.4%
- Unemployment
- 2.2%
- Exports
- $89.7B
- Imports
- $61.5B
- Tourism receipts
- 1.1%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.5%
- Industry54.1%
- Manufacturing7.7%
- Services59.6%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.9%
- Industry24.6%
- Services73.5%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al AḩmadīAl Aḩmadī | 637,4112026 |
| 2 | ḨawallīHawalli | 164,2122026 |
| 3 | Şabāḩ as SālimMubārak al Kabīr | 139,1632026 |
| 4 | Al FarwānīyahAl Farwaniyah | 86,5252026 |
| 5 | Al FaḩāḩīlAl Aḩmadī | 68,2902023 |
| 6 | Kuwait CityAl Asimah | 60,0642025 |
| 7 | Ar RiqqahAl Aḩmadī | 52,0682012 |
| 8 | Al ManqafAl Aḩmadī | 39,0252012 |
| 9 | Al Jahrā’Al Jahra Governorate | 24,2812026 |
| 10 | Al FinţāsAl Aḩmadī | 23,0712024 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,102,771 | 49.5K | 9.2K |
| 2020 | 4,400,146 | 52.3K | 12.5K |
| 2010 | 2,943,374 | 55.6K | 5.7K |
| 2000 | 1,954,713 | 43.8K | 4.0K |
| 1990 | 1,684,833 | 53.8K | 7.1K |
| 1980 | 1,504,789 | 52.2K | 5.1K |
| 1970 | 809,118 | 35.1K | 4.3K |
| 1960 | 311,066 | 14.3K | 3.2K |
| 1950 | 153,973 | 6.8K | 2.4K |