Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Kuwait

Number of immigrants in Kuwait in 2024 — 3,323,191 people. Ranked 20 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 214.7%.

2024 3.32M people +9.65% vs 2020
World rank 20of 215
Period maximum 3.32M people2024
Period minimum 935,152 people1995

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Kuwait, 1990–202401M2M3M4M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 1,056,143 people1995: 935,152 people2000: 1,116,932 people2005: 1,353,949 people2010: 1,871,827 people2015: 2,610,785 people2020: 3,030,731 people2024: 3,323,191 people
Change over the period: +2.27M (+214.65%) Average annual rate: 3.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 3.32M people
World 303M people
Western Asia computed 49.21M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 3.32M
2020 3.03M
2015 2.61M
2010 1.87M
2005 1.35M
2000 1.12M
1995 935,152
1990 1.06M

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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