Iraq vs Kuwait: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 69.9% in Iraq and 100% in Kuwait, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 30.1 percentage points, or 1.43 times that in Iraq.

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% of people · UN

IraqKuwaitUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Kuwait has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Iraq at 82.5% and Kuwait at 100% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Iraq	Kuwait
2025	69.9	100
2024	69.9	100
2023	69.9	100
2022	69.9	100
2021	69.9	100
2020	69.9	100
2019	69.9	100
2018	69.9	100
2017	69.9	100
2016	69.9	100
2015	69.9	100
2014	69.7	100
2013	69.4	100
2012	69.2	100
2011	69.1	100
2010	69.1	100
2009	69	100
2008	68.9	100
2007	68.7	100
2006	68.6	100
2005	68.4	100
2004	68.2	100
2003	68.1	99.8
2002	67.9	99.5
2001	67.8	99.2
2000	67.6	99
1999	67.5	98.8
1998	67.5	98.6
1997	67.5	98.3
1996	67.6	98.2
1995	67.9	98.1
1994	68.2	98
1993	68.6	98
1992	69	98
1991	69.4	98
1990	69.7	98
1989	70	98
1988	70.2	98
1987	70.2	98
1986	70	97.9
1985	69.7	97.9
1984	69.1	97.7
1983	68.5	97.2
1982	67.7	96.5
1981	66.9	95.6
1980	66	94.8
1979	65.1	93.9
1978	64.3	92.9
1977	63.5	91.8
1976	62.7	90.7
1975	61.8	89.4
1974	60.9	87.8
1973	60	85.7
1972	59	83.5
1971	58	81.7
1970	57	80.5
1969	55.9	80
1968	54.8	79.8
1967	53.7	79.6
1966	52.6	79.4
1965	51.4	79.1
1964	50.1	78.6
1963	48.6	78
1962	47	77.2
1961	45.5	76.4
1960	44	75.4
1959	42.6	74.4
1958	41.4	73.3
1957	40.4	72.1
1956	39.5	71
1955	38.6	69.7
1954	37.7	68.3
1953	37	66.8
1952	36.2	65.1
1951	35.6	63.4
1950	35	61.5

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Iraq	Kuwait
2026	70	100
2027	70.2	100
2028	70.3	100
2029	70.5	100
2030	70.7	100
2031	71	100
2032	71.3	100
2033	71.6	100
2034	72	100
2035	72.4	100
2036	72.8	100
2037	73.3	100
2038	73.8	100
2039	74.4	100
2040	74.9	100
2041	75.5	100
2042	76.2	100
2043	76.9	100
2044	77.6	100
2045	78.3	100
2046	79.1	100
2047	79.9	100
2048	80.7	100
2049	81.6	100
2050	82.5	100

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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