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Kuwait - Population Growth 1988

Name: Kuwait Population Growth 1988
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

3.90% −0.10pp from 1987 Global rank: 202nd

Kuwait's population growth was 3.90% in 1988, decreased +0.10pp from 4.00% in 1987. This was the 202nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1988▾

Population Growth by Country - 1988
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	South Sudan	-2.33%	-380.0%
2nd	Curaçao	-1.46%	-84.7%
3rd	Gibraltar	-0.92%	-11.7%
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.69%	-6.6%
5th	Dominica	-0.59%	-9.0%
6th	Guyana	-0.58%	-12.7%
7th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.51%	1.6%
8th	Ireland	-0.43%	-4,225.2%
9th	Mozambique	-0.17%	-142.3%
10th	Hungary	-0.15%	8.7%
11th	Montenegro	-0.12%	-268.9%
12th	Portugal	-0.10%	-285.8%
13th	Italy	0.05%	373.5%
14th	Denmark	0.05%	-61.6%
15th	Virgin Islands (US)	0.05%	-13.6%
16th	Czechia	0.08%	56.2%
17th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.10%	-97.3%
18th	Bulgaria	0.11%	-23.6%
19th	Austria	0.14%	123.7%
20th	Barbados	0.19%	-26.9%
21st	Serbia	0.21%	13.8%
22nd	Spain	0.21%	-18.2%
23rd	United Kingdom	0.22%	4.4%
24th	Slovenia	0.27%	-77.4%
25th	New Zealand	0.27%	-68.2%
26th	Belarus	0.29%	-57.6%
27th	Aruba	0.29%	122.4%
28th	Finland	0.29%	2.5%
29th	Belgium	0.32%	272.9%
30th	European Union	0.33%	11.8%
31st	Croatia	0.33%	-15.8%
32nd	Greece	0.36%	8.6%
33rd	Seychelles	0.37%	-91.2%
34th	Germany	0.39%	154.3%
35th	Ukraine	0.41%	5.7%
36th	Samoa	0.41%	13.7%
37th	Poland	0.41%	-26.5%
38th	Japan	0.42%	-13.7%
39th	Sweden	0.46%	37.7%
40th	Romania	0.47%	-4.3%
41st	North Macedonia	0.52%	1.0%
42nd	Slovak Republic	0.53%	-4.8%
43rd	Norway	0.54%	14.9%
44th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.55%	-14.6%
45th	France	0.58%	6.4%
46th	Uruguay	0.59%	5.3%
47th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.60%	-9.3%
48th	Tonga	0.60%	61.2%
49th	Estonia	0.62%	-20.1%
50th	Netherlands	0.65%	1.8%
51st	Russian Federation	0.65%	-7.0%
52nd	Jamaica	0.68%	-10.4%
53rd	Mauritius	0.69%	-8.0%
54th	San Marino	0.69%	212.6%
55th	Luxembourg	0.73%	12.0%
56th	Switzerland	0.73%	17.0%
57th	Bermuda	0.77%	14.6%
58th	Armenia	0.80%	-21.7%
59th	Grenada	0.80%	5.4%
60th	Malta	0.82%	19.2%
61st	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.84%	-16.5%
62nd	United States	0.91%	1.6%
63rd	Puerto Rico (US)	0.93%	-1.7%
64th	Cuba	0.94%	5.8%
65th	Channel Islands	0.97%	0.2%
66th	Korea	0.98%	-0.6%
67th	Georgia	0.99%	19.9%
68th	Sri Lanka	1.01%	-13.5%
69th	Latvia	1.02%	-0.4%
70th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.04%	-11.8%
71st	Lithuania	1.06%	2.2%
72nd	Fiji	1.08%	-28.3%
73rd	Moldova	1.11%	-3.1%
74th	Monaco	1.13%	-6.2%
75th	Afghanistan	1.18%	518.1%
76th	Greenland	1.29%	15.3%
77th	Canada	1.30%	-1.6%
78th	St. Lucia	1.32%	-12.1%
79th	Suriname	1.33%	14.6%
80th	Faroe Islands	1.39%	13.2%
81st	Cabo Verde	1.40%	-0.7%
82nd	Liechtenstein	1.41%	21.0%
83rd	Azerbaijan	1.43%	-6.9%
84th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.46%	-0.4%
85th	Cyprus	1.51%	-3.5%
86th	Kazakhstan	1.52%	-5.9%
87th	Argentina	1.55%	0.3%
88th	Iceland	1.57%	43.0%
89th	China	1.61%	0.4%
90th	Chile	1.62%	2.3%
91st	Guinea-Bissau	1.63%	1.5%
92nd	Australia	1.64%	7.6%
93rd	Isle of Man	1.64%	18.3%
94th	Myanmar	1.64%	-5.8%
95th	Israel	1.66%	2.6%
96th	Central African Republic	1.66%	26.5%
97th	Timor-Leste	1.69%	6.9%
98th	Thailand	1.71%	-1.8%
99th	New Caledonia	1.71%	1.9%
100th	Bahamas, The	1.71%	0.9%
101st	Tuvalu	1.74%	-6.2%
102nd	Mali	1.75%	0.2%
103rd	Kyrgyz Republic	1.76%	-7.2%
104th	Albania	1.89%	-5.5%
105th	Indonesia	1.91%	-1.7%
106th	Brazil	1.91%	-3.6%
107th	Morocco	1.92%	-3.5%
108th	Kosovo	1.96%	-16.3%
109th	Mexico	1.98%	-1.5%
110th	Türkiye	2.00%	-2.0%
111th	El Salvador	2.01%	1.7%
112th	Lebanon	2.02%	-20.7%
113th	Viet Nam	2.02%	-0.3%
114th	Haiti	2.04%	1.0%
115th	Colombia	2.05%	-0.3%
116th	Sudan	2.07%	1.9%
117th	Nepal	2.10%	-0.6%
118th	Dominican Republic	2.11%	-0.8%
119th	Lesotho	2.12%	-4.2%
120th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.12%	0.5%
121st	Bangladesh	2.13%	-5.0%
122nd	Palau	2.15%	-1.8%
123rd	Papua New Guinea	2.16%	-0.1%
124th	Panama	2.19%	-1.7%
125th	Burundi	2.22%	-2.9%
126th	Belize	2.22%	-0.7%
127th	Guam	2.24%	-0.6%
128th	India	2.25%	-1.3%
129th	Peru	2.27%	-0.7%
130th	Nicaragua	2.30%	0.1%
131st	Iraq	2.32%	-15.4%
132nd	Ecuador	2.34%	-3.1%
133rd	Tunisia	2.34%	-5.1%
134th	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.35%	-14.8%
135th	Kiribati	2.40%	-1.2%
136th	Ghana	2.40%	4.8%
137th	Nauru	2.42%	4.8%
138th	French Polynesia	2.46%	-3.2%
139th	Singapore	2.54%	68.8%
140th	Vanuatu	2.57%	0.3%
141st	Costa Rica	2.57%	-2.7%
142nd	Libya	2.58%	-6.4%
143rd	Eritrea	2.59%	11.2%
144th	Mongolia	2.61%	0.6%
145th	Guinea	2.62%	1.9%
146th	São Tomé and Principe	2.62%	6.3%
147th	Nigeria	2.67%	0.4%
148th	Philippines	2.68%	1.8%
149th	Burkina Faso	2.69%	-1.8%
150th	Sierra Leone	2.70%	0.7%
151st	Comoros	2.70%	-1.6%
152nd	Zambia	2.75%	-5.0%
153rd	Uzbekistan	2.76%	-3.5%
154th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.78%	0.2%
155th	Gabon	2.78%	0.3%
156th	Guatemala	2.80%	1.5%
157th	Algeria	2.80%	-7.4%
158th	Paraguay	2.80%	-0.7%
159th	Honduras	2.82%	-0.7%
160th	Lao PDR	2.86%	0.8%
161st	Madagascar	2.87%	0.9%
162nd	Mauritania	2.89%	0.3%
163rd	Liberia	2.89%	-1.5%
164th	Senegal	2.90%	-0.6%
165th	Congo, Republic of	2.90%	-0.8%
166th	Macao SAR, China	2.94%	-18.0%
167th	Brunei Darussalam	2.97%	-7.1%
168th	Botswana	2.98%	-8.6%
169th	Cameroon	2.98%	-1.8%
170th	Bhutan	2.99%	-1.8%
171st	Togo	3.02%	-0.6%
172nd	Niger	3.03%	0.1%
173rd	Tanzania	3.03%	-7.1%
174th	Turkmenistan	3.04%	-1.4%
175th	Benin	3.04%	0.9%
176th	South Africa	3.05%	-2.3%
177th	Malaysia	3.14%	-2.5%
178th	Zimbabwe	3.16%	-4.3%
179th	Uganda	3.18%	2.8%
180th	Rwanda	3.19%	-2.8%
181st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	3.20%	1.6%
182nd	Solomon Islands	3.22%	-0.3%
183rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3.23%	-9.9%
184th	Maldives	3.35%	-4.3%
185th	Pakistan	3.36%	-1.4%
186th	British Virgin Islands	3.37%	0.4%
187th	Chad	3.39%	-3.4%
188th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.40%	-1.5%
189th	Angola	3.40%	-2.0%
190th	Tajikistan	3.50%	1.8%
191st	Namibia	3.52%	9.8%
192nd	Kenya	3.53%	0.0%
193rd	Qatar	3.53%	-5.7%
194th	Marshall Islands	3.59%	-6.7%
195th	American Samoa	3.60%	-0.9%
196th	Bahrain	3.62%	-0.6%
197th	Andorra	3.63%	-11.6%
198th	Cayman Islands	3.73%	-3.5%
199th	Cambodia	3.80%	-10.4%
200th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.83%	-0.7%
201st	Yemen, Republic of	3.88%	0.5%
202nd	Kuwait	3.90%	-2.4%
203rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.92%	-5.3%
204th	Equatorial Guinea	3.97%	-7.6%
205th	Gambia, The	4.11%	1.2%
206th	Eswatini	4.60%	18.6%
207th	Jordan	4.66%	0.8%
208th	Saudi Arabia	5.32%	-5.8%
209th	Malawi	5.40%	13.1%
210th	Oman	5.67%	-5.7%
211th	Djibouti	6.42%	0.7%
212th	United Arab Emirates	6.61%	-6.0%
213th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.41%	-4.4%
214th	Northern Mariana Islands	7.50%	-6.6%
215th	St. Martin (French part)	11.79%	-8.4%

FAQ

What was Kuwait's population growth in 1988?▾

Kuwait's population growth in 1988 was 3.90%. This ranked 202nd globally.

How did Kuwait's population growth change in 1988?▾

Kuwait's population growth decreased by 2.4% in 1988 compared to 1987.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1988?▾

St. Martin (French part) had the highest population growth in 1988 at 11.79%.

What is the population growth of Kuwait in 1988?▾

The population growth of Kuwait in 1988 was 3.90%. This ranked 202nd globally.

How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Kuwait's population growth?▾

Kuwait's population growth went from 4.00% in 1987 to 3.90% in 1988, a 2.4% decrease.

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