Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kuwait
Kuwait: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 4,839 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kuwait, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 4,839 1000 No for population — total population - both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in Kuwait peaked at 4,839 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,943 1000 No, in 2010.
Kuwait ranks 127th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,943 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 3,133 1000 No | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 3,337 1000 No | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 3,508 1000 No | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 3,666 1000 No | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 3,834 1000 No | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 4,004 1000 No | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 4,155 1000 No | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 4,323 1000 No | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 4,442 1000 No | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 4,400 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 4,361 1000 No | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 4,590 1000 No | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 4,839 1000 No | +5.4% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 4,839 1000 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,357 1000 No, 90% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 4,839 1000 No is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 11,439 1000 No, 42% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,735 1000 No | 2,943 1000 No | 4,442 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,547 1000 No | 4,361 1000 No | 4,839 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in Kuwait?
- Population — total population - both sexes in Kuwait was 4,839 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 4,839 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,943 1000 No in 2010.
- How does Kuwait rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- Kuwait ranks 127th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.