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Kuwait — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Kuwait, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.65%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -106.2% since 1961
Population growth for Kuwait was -0.65% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.05% in 1992. The lowest was -27.47% in 1990 (about 41.9× the latest value).
Kuwait ranks 204 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 94%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Kuwait sits below it. It peaked in 1992 and has fallen 103% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 115%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.65%
First (1961)
10.63%
Change
-106.2%
Highest
19.05%
in 1992
Lowest
-27.47%
in 1990
Average
4.23%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 5.59% |
| 2022 | 5.11% |
| 2021 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | -0.95% |
| 2019 | 2.71% |
| 2018 | 3.98% |
| 2017 | 3.69% |
| 2016 | 4.33% |
| 2015 | 4.5% |
| 2014 | 4.41% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.