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Kuwait

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
4,865,298 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 4,464,000in 1 January 2020[4]
Land area
17,820 km²[5]
Total area
17,818 km²[6] land and water
Official language
Currency
Land borders
Iraq, Saudi Arabia[10]
Coast
Yes[10]
Continent
Official name
  • دَولَةُ الكُوَيت[11]

Parts of Kuwait

Loading 6 places.

Through time

Population over time[3]
196020254.9M

311,060 in 1960, 4,865,298 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960311,060
1961345,945
1962384,995
1963427,694
1964473,115
1965521,174
1966572,590
1967628,089
1968687,716
1969749,452
1970809,114
1971865,076
1972920,352
1973977,654
19741,038,346
19751,104,863
19761,178,711
19771,258,023
19781,340,319
19791,423,514
19801,504,782
19811,583,426
19821,662,480
19831,744,295
19841,820,688
19851,894,242
19861,972,520
19872,052,994
19882,134,707
19892,217,468
19901,684,819
19911,351,399
19921,634,961
19931,672,151
19941,664,361
19951,681,513
19961,730,246
19971,787,683
19981,844,302
19991,900,030
20001,954,709
20012,008,121
20022,059,974
20032,109,881
20042,157,320
20052,236,788
20062,364,733
20072,507,887
20082,651,421
20092,795,484
20102,943,372
20113,132,814
20123,337,109
20133,507,844
20143,665,876
20153,834,574
20164,004,096
20174,154,812
20184,323,515
20194,442,316
20204,400,267
20214,360,865
20224,589,643
20234,853,420
20244,897,263
20254,865,298

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
KW[12]
ISO alpha-3
KWT[13]
ISO numeric
414[14]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), capital: Kuwait City (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), population (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), area (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), official language: Arabic (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), currency: Kuwaiti dinar (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), continent: Asia (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  10. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  11. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), official name (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: Kuwait (Q817), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2562957384) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Kuwait.svg, Public domain, Derivative works of this file: Standard of the Emir of Kuwait.svg : Flag of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.png :, via Wikimedia Commons.