Kuwait: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 154,000 people, so the population is now 33.1 times as large.

The UN projects 49,500 births and 9,190 deaths in 2026, 40,300 more births than deaths.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 30,700.

The median age is 34.8, which is 3.7 years above the world’s 31.1.

18% of the people are under 15 and 3.2% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

In the UN projection, children under 15 outnumber people aged 65 and over in every year to 2100.

Women have 1.5 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 7.1 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 81.0 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 49.7.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 6.37 million people, 25% more than now, with a median age of 35.6.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 80.4 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 19.1 more years for women and 17.6 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 4.1 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 8.7.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 9.6 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 0 to 23.9 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 3.32 million international migrants lived here, 67.3% of the population.

In mid-2024, 168,000 people from here lived in other countries.