Urban population fell 2.53% to 4.25 mil in Kuwait in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Kuwait reached an all time high of 4.44 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.229 mil in 1960. When compared to Kuwait's main peers, urban population in Bahrain amounted to 1.31 mil, 31.0 mil in Iraq, 67.1 mil in Iran and 30.4 mil in Saudi Arabia in 2021.
Kuwait has been ranked 100th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 7 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bahrain | mil | 1.21 | 1.26 | 1.30 | 1.33 | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 8.57 | 9.02 | 9.27 | 9.52 | 9.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 3.91 | 4.05 | 4.12 | 4.32 | 4.44 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 76.0 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 2.39 | 2.57 | 2.69 | 2.74 | 2.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 27.2 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 29.4 | 30.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 11.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 7.64 | 7.73 | 7.82 | 7.91 | 7.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 9.92 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 |
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