Population growth rate

0.4 (%) in 2022

In 2022, population growth rate for Kuwait was 0.4 %. Though Kuwait population growth rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1973 - 2022 period ending at 0.4 % in 2022.

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Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.

Date Value Change, %
2022 0.4 -117.18%
2021 -2.6 39.83%
2020 -1.8 -164.77%
2019 2.8 -37.89%
2018 4.6 142.36%
2017 1.9 -46.33%
2016 3.5 -8.72%
2015 3.8 23.52%
2014 3.1 -56.59%
2013 7.2 -6.77%
2012 7.7 16.50%
2011 6.6