Kuwait - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Kuwait was 3,177,315 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,177,315 in 2021 and a minimum value of 178,698 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 178,698
1961 198,421
1962 220,352
1963 244,707
1964 271,793
1965 302,823
1966 342,615
1967 387,635
1968 438,645
1969 496,199
1970 552,500
1971 577,095
1972 602,821
1973 629,618
1974 657,646
1975 688,044
1976 724,777
1977 763,361
1978 804,058
1979 846,924
1980 891,193
1981 933,218
1982 977,286
1983 1,023,436
1984 1,071,833
1985 1,121,716
1986 1,171,185
1987 1,222,836
1988 1,276,841
1989 1,333,072
1990 1,391,862
1991 1,384,106
1992 1,298,153
1993 1,217,753
1994 1,142,231
1995 1,095,316
1996 1,133,560
1997 1,173,028
1998 1,213,927
1999 1,256,253
2000 1,300,115
2001 1,345,383
2002 1,392,292
2003 1,440,836
2004 1,491,144
2005 1,547,977
2006 1,628,355
2007 1,712,907
2008 1,801,975
2009 1,895,410
2010 1,993,829
2011 2,097,358
2012 2,206,263
2013 2,320,822
2014 2,441,330
2015 2,568,096
2016 2,701,443
2017 2,841,715
2018 2,989,270
2019 3,052,493
2020 3,114,553
2021 3,177,315

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Kuwait was 73.40 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 74.22 in 1970, while its lowest value was 62.75 in 1988.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 66.42
1961 66.01
1962 65.32
1963 64.61
1964 64.12
1965 64.15
1966 65.49
1967 67.16
1968 69.31
1969 72.02
1970 74.22
1971 72.26
1972 70.76
1973 69.52
1974 68.38
1975 67.34
1976 66.75
1977 66.17
1978 65.69
1979 65.35
1980 65.11
1981 64.84
1982 64.82
1983 64.90
1984 64.88
1985 64.64
1986 63.92
1987 63.07
1988 62.75
1989 63.70
1990 66.43
1991 68.14
1995 68.21
1996 69.68
1997 68.59
1998 66.29
1999 64.37
2000 63.57
2001 63.97
2002 65.15
2003 66.66
2004 67.76
2005 68.19
2006 68.60
2007 68.41
2008 67.85
2009 67.19
2010 66.64
2011 66.20
2012 65.88
2013 65.81
2014 66.14
2015 66.95
2016 68.27
2017 70.06
2018 72.25
2019 72.56
2020 72.93
2021 73.40

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization