Kuwait Population 2024

Kuwait is a country in Western Asia, borders Iraq to the north, Saudi Arabia to the south, maritime border with Iran. Most of the population reside in cities, thirty-one percent of the total population are Kuwaitis and sixty-nine percent of population are foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Kuwait population in 2024 is estimated to be 4.57 million, covers country area of 17,818 sq km (6,880 sq mi), ranks one-hundred-fifty-second country by area and the one-hundred-twenty-eighth most populous country in the world. Its capital and largest city Kuwait City, other popular cities are Al Ahmadi, Hawalli, As Salimiyah, Sabah as Salim, Al Farwaniyah and Al Fahahil. Country code is KWT, Population of Kuwait in 2021 is estimated as 4.33 million, Life expectancy of Kuwait is 79.25 years for male and 83.95 years for female. Kuwait is ninth richest country in Asia. Kuwait nine Islands are Failaka, Bubyan, Miskan, Warbah, Auhah, Um-Almaradim, Um-Alnamil, Kubbar and Garouh. Islam is the official religion of the State of Kuwait.

Year	Population
1960	269,026
1965	472,032
1970	744,444
1975	1,021,725
1980	1,368,680
1985	1,735,278
1990	2,095,350
1995	1,605,907
2000	2,045,123
2005	2,270,196
2010	2,991,884
2015	3,835,588
2020	4,270,563

Kuwait Population Growth

Kuwait population in 1960 is 269,026, by 1970 the population is increased by 475,418 totaling to 744,444, by 1980 the population is increased to 1,368,680, and by 1990 the total increase of 2,095,350 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 2,095,350. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 2,045,123, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Kuwait increase by 946,761 with a change of 46.29 percent and increase of population from 2010 to 2020 by 1,278,679 with a change of 42.74 percent and make up to 4,270,563. Kuwait population in 2023 is estimated to be 4.48 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 4.4 million, Population of Kuwait in 2021 is estimated as 4.33 million.

Kuwait Governorates

Kuwait is divided into six Governorates: Al Asimah, the largest governorate is Jahra, Hawalli, Farwaniyah, Mubarak Al-Kabeer and Al-Ahmadi.

Governorate	Area (Sq km)
Ahmadi Governorate	5,120
Al-Asimah Governorate	175
Farwaniya Governorate	204
Hawalli Governorate	85
Jahra Governorate	12,750
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate	104

Age Group	Kuwaiti	Non-Kuwaiti	Male	Female	Population (2021)
0-1	31,254	18,118	25,012	24,360	49,372
1-4	130,341	90,950	113,964	107,327	221,291
5-9	166,385	153,401	171,625	148,161	319,786
10-14	144,429	157,362	166,760	135,031	301,791
15-19	131,980	120,323	137,373	114,930	252,303
20-24	125,269	97,963	120,799	102,433	223,232
25-29	118,500	82,485	110,441	90,544	200,985
30-24	105,227	199,583	166,953	137,857	304,810
35-39	86,342	401,892	297,820	190,414	488,234
40-44	72,107	448,409	345,239	175,277	520,516
45-49	71,364	448,340	344,745	174,959	519,704
50-54	57,923	291,056	231,754	117,225	348,979
55-59	48,990	194,964	161,713	82,241	243,954
60-64	36,852	122,136	108,470	50,518	158,988
65-69	26,895	65,808	62,665	30,038	92,703
70-74	16,942	29,943	29,752	17,133	46,885
75-79	10,641	11,538	12,776	9,403	22,179
80+	10,516	9,784	11,586	8,714	20,300
Total	1,391,957	2,944,055	2,619,447	1,716,565	4,336,012

Expatriates in Kuwait

Sixty-nine percent of Kuwait population are foreign nationals, most of the foreign nationals are residing in Kuwait City. Expatriates are primarily attracted by the employment opportunities in Kuwait. The below table is the estimates as on 2021:

Expatriates	Population(2021)
Indians	1,305,480
Egyptians	879,120
Filipinos	318,120
Syrians	212,520
Pakistanis	132,000
Palestinians	99,000
Iranians	59,400
Africans	33000
Indonesians	23760
Americans	22440
Chinese	15840
Turks	5280
Britishers	7920
Japanese	3960
Other Asians	132000
Other Arabs	110000
Others	210000