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Kuwait - Population Density 2022

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People per sq. km of land area · World Bank

257.6 +12.8 from 2021 Global rank: 166th

Kuwait's population density was 257.6 in 2022, increased +12.8 from 244.7 in 2021. This was the 166th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Population Density by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greenland	0.1	0.0%
2nd	Mongolia	2.2	1.5%
3rd	Australia	3.4	1.3%
4th	Namibia	3.5	2.8%
5th	Iceland	3.8	2.5%
6th	Suriname	3.9	0.9%
7th	Guyana	3.9	0.8%
8th	Libya	4.1	1.2%
9th	Botswana	4.3	1.6%
10th	Canada	4.4	1.8%
11th	Mauritania	4.7	3.0%
12th	Kazakhstan	7.4	1.5%
13th	Central African Republic	8.2	-0.3%
14th	Russian Federation	8.8	-0.4%
15th	Gabon	9.4	2.3%
16th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	11.1	1.2%
17th	Chad	14.7	3.5%
18th	Saudi Arabia	15.0	4.5%
19th	Norway	15.0	0.9%
20th	Oman	15.3	5.1%
21st	Turkmenistan	15.4	1.9%
22nd	New Caledonia	15.7	0.7%
23rd	Argentina	16.6	0.2%
24th	Paraguay	17.1	1.5%
25th	South Sudan	17.4	1.4%
26th	Belize	17.7	1.9%
27th	Congo, Republic of	17.7	2.4%
28th	Finland	18.3	0.3%
29th	Mali	18.9	3.1%
30th	Algeria	19.1	1.6%
31st	New Zealand	19.3	-0.1%
32nd	Uruguay	19.4	-0.2%
33rd	Niger	20.0	3.3%
34th	Bhutan	20.5	0.7%
35th	Papua New Guinea	22.5	1.9%
36th	Brazil	25.2	0.4%
37th	Vanuatu	25.7	2.3%
38th	Sweden	25.7	0.7%
39th	Peru	26.2	1.0%
40th	Chile	26.3	0.5%
41st	Sudan	26.4	2.7%
42nd	Zambia	27.1	2.8%
43rd	Solomon Islands	27.9	2.4%
44th	Eritrea	28.1	1.8%
45th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	28.4	3.1%
46th	Angola	28.6	3.2%
47th	Latvia	30.2	-0.3%
48th	Estonia	31.6	1.4%
49th	Lao PDR	32.8	1.4%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	36.4	1.8%
51st	United States	36.5	0.6%
52nd	Palau	38.6	-0.1%
53rd	Faroe Islands	39.4	1.2%
54th	Bahamas, The	39.7	0.3%
55th	Mozambique	41.5	3.0%
56th	Zimbabwe	41.5	1.7%
57th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	45.2	3.3%
58th	Lithuania	45.2	0.8%
59th	Belarus	45.5	-0.8%
60th	Montenegro	46.4	-0.2%
61st	Colombia	46.6	1.1%
62nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	48.3	1.3%
63rd	Djibouti	49.1	1.4%
64th	Fiji	50.3	0.3%
65th	South Africa	51.4	1.4%
66th	Madagascar	52.3	2.5%
67th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	55.2	1.2%
68th	Liberia	55.8	2.2%
69th	Nicaragua	55.9	1.3%
70th	Guinea	57.2	2.5%
71st	Cameroon	58.5	2.7%
72nd	Panama	59.3	1.3%
73rd	Bulgaria	59.6	-0.6%
74th	Afghanistan	62.2	1.4%
75th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.6	-1.2%
76th	Equatorial Guinea	64.3	2.5%
77th	Georgia	65.0	0.1%
78th	Mexico	66.2	0.8%
79th	Croatia	68.9	-0.6%
80th	Ukraine	70.8	-7.3%
81st	Eswatini	70.9	1.0%
82nd	Ecuador	71.8	0.8%
83rd	Yemen, Republic of	72.4	2.9%
84th	North Macedonia	72.6	-0.3%
85th	Tanzania	73.1	3.0%
86th	Tajikistan	73.4	2.2%
87th	Guinea-Bissau	74.9	2.3%
88th	Lesotho	75.3	1.1%
89th	Ireland	75.7	2.0%
90th	Samoa	77.4	0.7%
91st	Tunisia	78.0	0.6%
92nd	Serbia	79.3	-2.5%
93rd	Uzbekistan	79.3	2.0%
94th	French Polynesia	80.8	0.2%
95th	Greece	81.0	-1.3%
96th	Burkina Faso	82.3	2.3%
97th	Myanmar	82.4	0.7%
98th	Romania	82.8	-0.4%
99th	Morocco	83.6	1.0%
100th	Brunei Darussalam	86.4	0.8%
101st	Moldova	88.1	-2.6%
102nd	Dominica	89.1	-0.6%
103rd	Albania	89.5	-1.5%
104th	Senegal	91.7	2.5%
105th	Timor-Leste	92.1	1.4%
106th	Kenya	93.4	1.9%
107th	Honduras	93.5	1.7%
108th	Côte d'Ivoire	95.6	2.5%
109th	Spain	95.6	0.7%
110th	Cambodia	97.4	1.3%
111th	Costa Rica	99.5	0.4%
112th	Northern Mariana Islands	100.2	-1.9%
113th	Iraq	101.5	2.3%
114th	Slovenia	104.9	0.2%
115th	Hungary	105.2	-0.3%
116th	Armenia	105.3	0.2%
117th	Malaysia	105.6	1.2%
118th	Cuba	106.5	-0.6%
119th	Austria	109.6	1.0%
120th	Türkiye	110.4	1.0%
121st	European Union	111.9	0.2%
122nd	Slovak Republic	113.0	-0.3%
123rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	113.1	1.5%
124th	Portugal	113.9	0.7%
125th	Sierra Leone	114.7	2.3%
126th	Poland	120.3	-0.4%
127th	Benin	122.0	2.6%
128th	Syrian Arab Republic	122.3	3.9%
129th	Azerbaijan	122.7	0.0%
130th	France	126.5	0.5%
131st	Jordan	126.8	1.7%
132nd	Cabo Verde	129.0	0.6%
133rd	Czechia	138.3	1.6%
134th	Thailand	140.4	0.0%
135th	United Arab Emirates	141.9	5.2%
136th	Cyprus	144.1	1.1%
137th	Ghana	145.7	1.9%
138th	Tonga	145.9	-0.4%
139th	Indonesia	147.3	0.7%
140th	Denmark	147.6	0.8%
141st	Isle of Man	147.6	0.0%
142nd	China	150.4	0.0%
143rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	160.2	0.4%
144th	Kiribati	161.1	1.6%
145th	Guatemala	166.6	1.4%
146th	Togo	167.1	2.4%
147th	Andorra	169.6	1.7%
148th	St. Kitts and Nevis	179.7	-0.1%
149th	Italy	199.6	-0.2%
150th	Nepal	207.3	0.8%
151st	Antigua and Barbuda	211.0	0.5%
152nd	Malawi	218.2	2.6%
153rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	218.7	0.4%
154th	Switzerland	222.2	0.8%
155th	Marshall Islands	222.7	-3.1%
156th	Qatar	231.3	6.1%
157th	Dominican Republic	233.0	1.0%
158th	São Tomé and Principe	235.7	2.0%
159th	Uganda	236.0	3.1%
160th	Germany	238.1	0.0%
161st	American Samoa	241.7	-1.8%
162nd	Nigeria	245.0	2.1%
163rd	Liechtenstein	246.8	0.8%
164th	Luxembourg	253.7	2.0%
165th	British Virgin Islands	255.5	1.3%
166th	Kuwait	257.6	5.2%
167th	Gambia, The	260.5	2.3%
168th	Seychelles	260.6	20.8%
169th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	261.7	-0.8%
170th	Jamaica	262.2	0.1%
171st	Trinidad and Tobago	266.2	-0.1%
172nd	United Kingdom	279.4	0.9%
173rd	St. Lucia	293.1	0.1%
174th	Cayman Islands	298.3	2.1%
175th	Virgin Islands (US)	301.2	-0.4%
176th	El Salvador	303.1	0.4%
177th	Guam	305.9	0.9%
178th	Pakistan	316.1	1.8%
179th	Viet Nam	318.0	0.8%
180th	Tuvalu	333.1	-2.0%
181st	Japan	343.3	-0.4%
182nd	Grenada	343.9	0.2%
183rd	Curaçao	345.3	-0.4%
184th	Sri Lanka	358.6	0.1%
185th	Puerto Rico (US)	363.0	-1.3%
186th	Philippines	382.2	0.8%
187th	Belgium	383.0	0.8%
188th	Haiti	417.4	1.1%
189th	Israel	441.7	2.0%
190th	Comoros	448.2	2.0%
191st	India	479.4	0.8%
192nd	Burundi	518.7	2.7%
193rd	Netherlands	525.7	1.0%
194th	Korea	529.4	-0.2%
195th	Rwanda	553.3	2.2%
196th	Lebanon	561.5	0.5%
197th	San Marino	562.6	-1.5%
198th	St. Martin (French part)	577.4	-3.6%
199th	Nauru	590.1	0.8%
200th	Aruba	596.2	-0.4%
201st	Mauritius	632.2	-0.3%
202nd	Barbados	656.6	0.1%
203rd	West Bank and Gaza	837.1	2.5%
204th	Bermuda	1,199.1	0.2%
205th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1,239.4	1.4%
206th	Bangladesh	1,300.4	1.0%
207th	Malta	1,659.7	2.5%
208th	Maldives	1,747.0	1.5%
209th	Bahrain	1,930.0	1.4%
210th	Gibraltar	3,760.9	2.0%
211th	Hong Kong SAR, China	6,996.3	-0.9%
212th	Singapore	7,851.0	3.4%
213th	Monaco	18,680.9	1.0%
214th	Macao SAR, China	20,524.2	-0.8%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's population density in 2022?▾

Kuwait's population density in 2022 was 257.6. This ranked 166th globally.

How did Kuwait's population density change in 2022?▾

Kuwait's population density increased by 5.2% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest population density in 2022?▾

Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2022 at 20,524.2.

What is the population density of Kuwait in 2022?▾

The population density of Kuwait in 2022 was 257.6. This ranked 166th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Kuwait's population density?▾

Kuwait's population density went from 244.7 in 2021 to 257.6 in 2022, a 5.2% increase.

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