Kuwait Population Pyramid 2001
Kuwait in 2001
The population of Kuwait in 2001 was 2,008,122. A decade earlier, in 1991, the population was 1,351,398; it has grown by 48.6% since.
With a median age of 26.3 years, Kuwait had a youth dependency ratio of 40.4 and an old-age dependency ratio of 2.3 per 100 people of working age. The near-vertical sides of the pyramid indicate a stationary age structure, with births roughly balancing the passage of cohorts into older age.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Kuwait had on average 1.52 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 83.2 years in 2023: 83.7 for women and 82.7 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
3,190,398 immigrants live in Kuwait, 64.7% of the population.
| India | 1,231,094 |
| Egypt | 449,863 |
| Bangladesh | 406,077 |
| Pakistan | 362,255 |
| Philippines | 210,397 |
167,850 people born in Kuwait live in other countries.
| United Arab Emirates | 63,192 |
| State of Palestine | 19,583 |
| Canada | 18,999 |
| Turkey | 15,838 |
| Libya | 12,185 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 2,008,122 | 26.3 | |
| Oman | 2,310,217 | 21.3 | |
| Cyprus | 964,127 | 31.8 | |
| Armenia | 3,084,350 | 30.0 | |
| State of Palestine | 3,242,285 | 16.3 |





