Kuwait
Life expectancy in Kuwait
Life expectancy in Kuwait: 49.7 years in 1950 and 80.4 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 80.4 years
- Since 1950
- +30.7 years
- Rank, 2023
- 49 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 90.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 90.6 years in 2100, between 84.6 years and 97.7 years (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1908: 26 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 80.4 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 78.8 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 77.6 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 78.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 80 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 79.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 79.7 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 79.5 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 79.2 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 78.9 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 78.6 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 78.2 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 77.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 77.5 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 77.2 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 76.9 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 76.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 76.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 76.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 76.4 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 76.3 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 76.2 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 76 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 75.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 75.7 | 66 |
| 1998 | 75.6 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 75.6 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 75.6 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 75.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 75.7 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 75.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 75.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 73.3 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 72.9 | 64 |
| 1989 | 75 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 74.6 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 74.2 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 73.8 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 73.3 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 72.9 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 72.4 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 72 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 71.5 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 71.1 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 70.8 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 70.5 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 70.2 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 69.9 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 69.7 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 69.5 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 69.2 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 68.9 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 68.5 | 56 |
| 1970 | 68 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 67.4 | 56 |
| 1968 | 66.6 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 65.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 64.9 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 63.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 63 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 62 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 61 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 60 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 58.9 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 57.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 56.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 55.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 54.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 54 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 53.1 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 52.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 51.4 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 50.6 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 49.7 | 46.4 |
| 1908 | 26 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 80.679.6–81.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 80.879.5–82.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 8179.2–82.6 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 81.279.2–83.1 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 81.379.2–83.4 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 81.579.1–83.7 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 81.779.1–84 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 81.979.1–84.4 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 82.179.1–84.6 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 82.279.2–85 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 82.479.2–85.2 | 75 |
| 2035 | 82.679.2–85.4 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 82.779.2–85.8 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 82.979.3–86.1 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 83.179.3–86.4 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 83.279.3–86.6 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 83.479.3–86.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 83.579.4–87.2 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 83.779.5–87.4 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 83.979.5–87.5 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 8479.5–87.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 84.179.6–88.1 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 84.379.8–88.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 84.479.8–88.3 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 84.679.8–88.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 84.780.1–88.8 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 84.980.1–89 | 77 |
| 2051 | 8580.2–89.3 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 85.180.3–89.6 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 85.380.5–89.6 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 85.480.5–89.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 85.580.6–90 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 85.780.7–90.2 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 85.880.7–90.5 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 85.980.8–90.6 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 86.181.1–90.8 | 78 |
| 2060 | 86.281.2–91 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 86.381.3–91.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 86.481.1–91.2 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 86.681.3–91.4 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 86.781.4–91.6 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 86.881.5–91.8 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 86.981.6–92.1 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 8781.9–92.3 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 87.281.8–92.5 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 87.382.1–92.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 87.482.1–92.7 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 87.582.2–92.9 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 87.682.5–93.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 87.882.6–93.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 87.982.8–93.4 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 8882.7–93.7 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 88.182.8–93.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 88.282.9–94.1 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 88.383–94.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 88.483.1–94.5 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 88.583.2–94.6 | 80 |
| 2081 | 88.783.1–94.8 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 88.883.2–95 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 88.983.3–95.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 8983.5–95.3 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 89.183.6–95.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 89.283.6–95.6 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 89.383.4–95.6 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 89.483.6–95.7 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 89.583.7–95.9 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 89.683.7–96 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 89.783.9–96.3 | 81 |
| 2092 | 89.884.1–96.6 | 81 |
| 2093 | 89.984.1–96.9 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 9084.2–96.8 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 90.184.2–97.1 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 90.284.2–97 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 90.384.2–97.2 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 90.484.3–97.3 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 90.584.5–97.8 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 90.684.6–97.7 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending4.69% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$7.92B in 2025
- Military spending per person$1,623 in 2025
- Military share of state spending10.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel25,000 people in 2020
- National power0.2% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.03% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports311 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports95 million TIV in 1998