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Male population — Kuwait

Male population in Kuwait in 2025 — 2,971,432 people. Ranked 116 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,500.6%.

2025 2.97M people −0.72% vs 2024
World rank 116of 217
Period maximum 2.99M people2024
Period minimum 185,646 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Kuwait, 1960–202501M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 185,646 people1962: 232,054 people1964: 285,875 people1966: 343,843 people1968: 403,501 people1970: 466,201 people1972: 522,890 people1974: 582,819 people1976: 659,488 people1978: 763,897 people1980: 868,818 people1982: 960,153 people1984: 1,048,491 people1986: 1,130,827 people1988: 1,215,404 people1990: 952,998 people1992: 917,807 people1994: 949,178 people1996: 999,558 people1998: 1,072,252 people2000: 1,143,130 people2002: 1,211,472 people2004: 1,275,901 people2006: 1,385,706 people2008: 1,528,877 people2010: 1,675,765 people2012: 1,912,336 people2014: 2,128,009 people2016: 2,387,825 people2018: 2,662,147 people2020: 2,681,545 people2022: 2,802,181 people2024: 2,992,868 people2025: 2,971,432 people
Change over the period: +2.79M (+1,500.59%) Average annual rate: 4.36 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kuwait

Kuwait 2.97M people
World 4.13B people
Western Asia computed 165M people
High-income countries computed 690M people
Male population — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.97M −21,436 −0.72%
2024 2.99M +24,642 +0.83%
2023 2.97M +166,045 +5.93%
2022 2.8M +156,806 +5.93%
2021 2.65M −36,170 −1.35%
2020 2.68M −58,543 −2.14%
2019 2.74M +77,941 +2.93%
2018 2.66M +140,553 +5.57%
2017 2.52M +133,769 +5.6%
2016 2.39M +135,065 +6%
2015 2.25M +124,751 +5.86%
2014 2.13M +108,459 +5.37%
2013 2.02M +107,214 +5.61%
2012 1.91M +127,054 +7.12%
2011 1.79M +109,517 +6.54%
2010 1.68M +74,761 +4.67%
2009 1.6M +72,127 +4.72%
2008 1.53M +71,706 +4.92%
2007 1.46M +71,465 +5.16%
2006 1.39M +65,022 +4.92%
2005 1.32M +44,783 +3.51%
2004 1.28M +31,598 +2.54%
2003 1.24M +32,831 +2.71%
2002 1.21M +33,789 +2.87%
2001 1.18M +34,553 +3.02%
2000 1.14M +35,178 +3.18%
1999 1.11M +35,700 +3.33%
1998 1.07M +36,142 +3.49%
1997 1.04M +36,552 +3.66%
1996 999,558 +32,524 +3.36%
1995 967,034 +17,856 +1.88%
1994 949,178 +6,185 +0.66%
1993 942,993 +25,186 +2.74%
1992 917,807 +157,633 +20.74%
1991 760,174 −192,824 −20.23%
1990 952,998 −305,723 −24.29%
1989 1.26M +43,317 +3.56%
1988 1.22M +42,670 +3.64%
1987 1.17M +41,907 +3.71%
1986 1.13M +42,046 +3.86%
1985 1.09M +40,290 +3.84%
1984 1.05M +42,234 +4.2%
1983 1.01M +46,104 +4.8%
1982 960,153 +44,529 +4.86%
1981 915,624 +46,806 +5.39%
1980 868,818 +51,449 +6.29%
1979 817,369 +53,472 +7%
1978 763,897 +53,180 +7.48%
1977 710,717 +51,229 +7.77%
1976 659,488 +42,853 +6.95%
1975 616,635 +33,816 +5.8%
1974 582,819 +30,827 +5.58%
1973 551,992 +29,102 +5.57%
1972 522,890 +28,077 +5.67%
1971 494,813 +28,612 +6.14%
1970 466,201 +30,763 +7.06%
1969 435,438 +31,937 +7.91%
1968 403,501 +30,890 +8.29%
1967 372,611 +28,768 +8.37%
1966 343,843 +28,810 +9.15%
1965 315,033 +29,158 +10.2%
1964 285,875 +27,687 +10.72%
1963 258,188 +26,134 +11.26%
1962 232,054 +24,323 +11.71%
1961 207,731 +22,085 +11.9%
1960 185,646

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.