Kuwait vs Saudi Arabia: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Kuwait and 84.6% in Saudi Arabia, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Kuwait, by 15.4 percentage points, or 1.18 times that in Saudi Arabia.

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% of people · UN

KuwaitSaudi ArabiaUN 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 Kuwait at 100% and Saudi Arabia at 87.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
2025	100	84.6
2024	100	84.5
2023	100	84.3
2022	100	84.1
2021	100	84
2020	100	83.8
2019	100	83.6
2018	100	83.5
2017	100	83.3
2016	100	83.1
2015	100	83
2014	100	82.8
2013	100	82.6
2012	100	82.4
2011	100	82.3
2010	100	82.1
2009	100	81.9
2008	100	81.6
2007	100	81.4
2006	100	81.2
2005	100	81
2004	100	80.8
2003	99.8	80.5
2002	99.5	80.3
2001	99.2	80.2
2000	99	80
1999	98.8	79.8
1998	98.6	79.6
1997	98.3	79.4
1996	98.2	79.2
1995	98.1	78.9
1994	98	78.7
1993	98	78.3
1992	98	78
1991	98	77.6
1990	98	77
1989	98	76.3
1988	98	75.6
1987	98	74.8
1986	97.9	73.9
1985	97.9	72.9
1984	97.7	71.9
1983	97.2	70.6
1982	96.5	69.3
1981	95.6	67.9
1980	94.8	66.4
1979	93.9	64.9
1978	92.9	63.3
1977	91.8	61.7
1976	90.7	60.1
1975	89.4	58.4
1974	87.8	56.8
1973	85.7	55.1
1972	83.5	53.2
1971	81.7	51.2
1970	80.5	49.2
1969	80	47.1
1968	79.8	45
1967	79.6	42.9
1966	79.4	40.9
1965	79.1	39
1964	78.6	37.2
1963	78	35.6
1962	77.2	34.1
1961	76.4	32.8
1960	75.4	31.4
1959	74.4	30.2
1958	73.3	29
1957	72.1	27.8
1956	71	26.7
1955	69.7	25.6
1954	68.3	24.6
1953	66.8	23.7
1952	65.1	22.8
1951	63.4	22
1950	61.5	21.3

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

Year	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
2026	100	84.8
2027	100	84.9
2028	100	85.1
2029	100	85.2
2030	100	85.4
2031	100	85.5
2032	100	85.6
2033	100	85.8
2034	100	85.9
2035	100	86
2036	100	86.2
2037	100	86.3
2038	100	86.4
2039	100	86.5
2040	100	86.6
2041	100	86.7
2042	100	86.8
2043	100	86.9
2044	100	87
2045	100	87.1
2046	100	87.2
2047	100	87.3
2048	100	87.3
2049	100	87.4
2050	100	87.5

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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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