Net migration in Kuwait in 2025 — 42,775 people. Ranked 23 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 96.5%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kuwait
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42,775 | −18,849 | −30.59% |
| 2024 | 61,624 | +11,616 | +23.23% |
| 2023 | 50,008 | −318,552 | −86.43% |
| 2022 | 368,560 | +348,882 | +1,772.95% |
| 2021 | 19,678 | +188,057 | +111.69% |
| 2020 | -168,379 | −168,560 | −93,127.07% |
| 2019 | 181 | −145,792 | −99.88% |
| 2018 | 145,973 | +53,256 | +57.44% |
| 2017 | 92,717 | −13,101 | −12.38% |
| 2016 | 105,818 | −23,877 | −18.41% |
| 2015 | 129,695 | +28,804 | +28.55% |
| 2014 | 100,891 | −6,930 | −6.43% |
| 2013 | 107,821 | −19,956 | −15.62% |
| 2012 | 127,777 | −48,955 | −27.7% |
| 2011 | 176,732 | +75,166 | +74.01% |
| 2010 | 101,566 | +6,083 | +6.37% |
| 2009 | 95,483 | −785 | −0.82% |
| 2008 | 96,268 | −497 | −0.51% |
| 2007 | 96,765 | −322 | −0.33% |
| 2006 | 97,087 | +29,449 | +43.54% |
| 2005 | 67,638 | +65,925 | +3,848.51% |
| 2004 | 1,713 | −4,182 | −70.94% |
| 2003 | 5,895 | −3,440 | −36.85% |
| 2002 | 9,335 | −2,720 | −22.56% |
| 2001 | 12,055 | −2,241 | −15.68% |
| 2000 | 14,296 | −1,616 | −10.16% |
| 1999 | 15,912 | −966 | −5.72% |
| 1998 | 16,878 | −579 | −3.32% |
| 1997 | 17,457 | −457 | −2.55% |
| 1996 | 17,914 | +17,476 | +3,989.95% |
| 1995 | 438 | +42,300 | +101.05% |
| 1994 | -41,862 | +1,639 | +3.77% |
| 1993 | -43,501 | −96,121 | −182.67% |
| 1992 | 52,620 | −408,008 | −88.58% |
| 1991 | 460,628 | +1.66M | +138.51% |
| 1990 | -1.2M | −1.23M | −3,552.5% |
| 1989 | 34,643 | +3,188 | +10.14% |
| 1988 | 31,455 | +212 | +0.68% |
| 1987 | 31,243 | +4,056 | +14.92% |
| 1986 | 27,187 | +1,410 | +5.47% |
| 1985 | 25,777 | +8,757 | +51.45% |
| 1984 | 17,020 | −14,738 | −46.41% |
| 1983 | 31,758 | +1,321 | +4.34% |
| 1982 | 30,437 | +837 | +2.83% |
| 1981 | 29,600 | −2,883 | −8.88% |
| 1980 | 32,483 | −4,900 | −13.11% |
| 1979 | 37,383 | −1,776 | −4.54% |
| 1978 | 39,159 | +934 | +2.44% |
| 1977 | 38,225 | +2,175 | +6.03% |
| 1976 | 36,050 | +5,141 | +16.63% |
| 1975 | 30,909 | +5,511 | +21.7% |
| 1974 | 25,398 | +2,568 | +11.25% |
| 1973 | 22,830 | +846 | +3.85% |
| 1972 | 21,984 | −198 | −0.89% |
| 1971 | 22,182 | −4,432 | −16.65% |
| 1970 | 26,614 | −6,529 | −19.7% |
| 1969 | 33,143 | −2,256 | −6.37% |
| 1968 | 35,399 | +1,222 | +3.58% |
| 1967 | 34,177 | +1,794 | +5.54% |
| 1966 | 32,383 | +1,803 | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 30,580 | +1,043 | +3.53% |
| 1964 | 29,537 | +648 | +2.24% |
| 1963 | 28,889 | +1,472 | +5.37% |
| 1962 | 27,417 | +2,799 | +11.37% |
| 1961 | 24,618 | +2,849 | +13.09% |
| 1960 | 21,769 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.
Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Annual population growth in percent — natural increase together with migration.
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Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.
