Kuwait
Median age in Kuwait
Median age in Kuwait: 20.3 years in 1950 and 34.5 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 34.5 years
- Since 1950
- +14.2 years
- Rank, 2023
- 97 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 35.9 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 35.9 years in 2100, between 41.6 years and 60.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 36.8 years in 2020, the lowest 17.3 years in 1973.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 34.5 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 33.5 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 34.8 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 36.8 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 36.2 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 35.4 | 29 |
| 2017 | 34.6 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 33.7 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 32.9 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 32.1 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 31.3 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 30.6 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 29.5 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 28.6 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 28.2 | 27 |
| 2008 | 27.9 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 27.7 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 27.6 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 27.4 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 27 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 26.3 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 25.7 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 25.3 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 24.9 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 24.6 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 24.5 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 24.5 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 24.6 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 24.6 | 24 |
| 1994 | 24.1 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 23.2 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 22.6 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 22.5 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 22.3 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 22.2 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 22.1 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 21.9 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 21.8 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 21.5 | 22 |
| 1984 | 21.2 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 20.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 20.4 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 19.9 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 19.5 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 19.1 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 18.6 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 18.2 | 21 |
| 1976 | 17.7 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 17.4 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 17.3 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 17.3 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 17.3 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 17.4 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 17.5 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.8 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 18.2 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 18.6 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 19 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 19.4 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 19.7 | 21 |
| 1963 | 20 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 20.5 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 20.8 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 21 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 21.4 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 21.7 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 21.8 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 21.4 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 20.6 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 20.2 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 20.3 | 22 |
| 1952 | 20.4 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 20.4 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 20.3 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Kuwait | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.834.3–34.3 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 34.833.7–33.8 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 34.833.7–33.7 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 34.833.6–33.7 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 34.933.5–33.9 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 34.933.4–34.1 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 34.933.3–34.4 | 32 |
| 2031 | 3533.2–34.7 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 3533.1–34.8 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 3533.1–34.9 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 34.933.1–35 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 34.933.3–35.1 | 33 |
| 2036 | 34.933.4–35.1 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 34.933.5–35 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 34.933.6–35 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 34.933.8–35.1 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 3534–35.1 | 34 |
| 2041 | 35.134.2–35.1 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 35.134.4–35.1 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 35.234.6–35 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 35.334.8–35 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 35.335–35 | 35 |
| 2046 | 35.434.9–35.2 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 35.434.8–35.4 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 35.534.7–35.5 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 35.634.5–35.7 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 35.634.3–35.9 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 35.734.1–36 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 35.734–36.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 35.733.9–36.4 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 35.733.7–36.5 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 35.833.5–36.7 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 35.833.1–36.8 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 35.832.8–36.9 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 35.832.5–37 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 35.832.1–37.1 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 35.831.9–37.2 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 35.831.6–37.3 | 38 |
| 2062 | 35.830.9–37.4 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 35.730.2–37.5 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 35.729.4–37.6 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 35.728.8–37.7 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 35.728.2–37.9 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 35.727.7–38 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 35.727.3–38.1 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 35.826.8–38.2 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 35.826.3–38.4 | 39 |
| 2071 | 35.825.3–38.6 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 35.823.8–38.8 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 35.80–39 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 35.839.2–45.6 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 35.830.5–39.3 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 35.839.5–85.6 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 35.81.6–39.6 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 35.939.8–67.9 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 35.940–67 | 40 |
| 2080 | 35.940.1–66.3 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 35.940.3–65.5 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 35.940.4–65 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 35.940.5–64.3 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 35.940.6–63.4 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 35.940.8–62.3 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 3640.9–62 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 3641–61.9 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 3641.1–61.4 | 41 |
| 2089 | 3641.2–61.1 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 3641.2–60.8 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 35.941.3–60.3 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 35.941.4–59.8 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 35.941.5–59.8 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 35.941.4–59.9 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 35.941.4–60 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 35.941.5–60.1 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 35.941.5–60.3 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 35.941.5–60.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 35.941.6–60.4 | 42 |
| 2100 | 35.941.6–60.5 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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