Kuwait

Net migration rate in Kuwait

Net migration rate in Kuwait: 0 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
10.3 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+10.3 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
23 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
0.3 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in KuwaitNet migration rate in Kuwait: 0 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 10.3 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -56.1 per 1,000 people and 45.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -56.1 per 1,000 people and 45.9 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 340.9 per 1,000 people in 1991, the lowest -709.9 per 1,000 people in 1990.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearKuwait
202310.3
202280.3
20214.5
2020-38.3
20190
201833.8
201722.3
201626.4
201533.8
201427.5
201330.7
201238.3
201156.4
201034.5
200934.2
200836.3
200738.6
200641.1
200530.2
20040.8
20032.8
20024.5
20016
20007.3
19998.4
19989.2
19979.8
199610.4
19950.3
1994-25.2
1993-26
199232.2
1991340.9
1990-709.9
198915.6
198814.7
198715.2
198613.8
198513.6
19849.3
198318.2
198218.3
198118.7
198021.6
197926.3
197829.2
197730.4
197630.6
197528
197424.5
197323.4
197223.9
197125.6
197032.9
196944.2
196851.5
196754.4
196656.6
196558.7
196462.4
196367.6
196271.2
196171.2
196070
195972.8
195878.2
195744.1
195672.4
195580.6
19540
19530
19520
19510
19500
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearKuwait
202412.5-93.5–81.6
20258.5-83.2–100.9
20266-74.5–101
20273.7-70.9–105
20282.1-64.6–101.9
20291.2-60.5–99.5
20300.6-57.4–102
20310.6-56.5–102.6
20320.6-53.3–101.4
20330.6-56.6–96.7
20340.6-56.7–95.9
20350.6-50.4–95.7
20360.6-46.6–91.6
20370.6-47–88.1
20380.6-43.6–88.6
20390.6-43.9–87.8
20400.6-41.7–88.5
20410.6-37.6–86.5
20420.6-39.7–83.5
20430.6-41.6–86.8
20440.6-39.6–83.2
20450.6-41.7–82.3
20460.6-41.8–78.4
20470.6-44.5–78.7
20480.6-43.3–82.3
20490.6-44–77.2
20500.6-44.3–77.3
20510.6-37.9–73.8
20520.6-43.5–75.8
20530.6-47.4–76.9
20540.6-43.3–73.6
20550.6-46.9–69.8
20560.6-47.5–70.5
20570.6-47.1–69.9
20580.6-52.4–68.7
20590.6-49.6–69.2
20600.6-44.6–72.5
20610.5-52.2–67.1
20620.5-54.9–66.1
20630.5-52.8–68.7
20640.5-53.6–66.1
20650.5-51–64
20660.5-51.9–61.7
20670.5-53.5–64.4
20680.5-48.7–61.9
20690.5-51.5–60.8
20700.5-48.8–61.3
20710.5-51.8–60.7
20720.5-47.4–56.1
20730.4-53.4–60.6
20740.4-45.3–61.2
20750.4-53.3–56.4
20760.4-49.4–57.4
20770.4-47.9–55.1
20780.4-46.9–59.8
20790.4-49–55.6
20800.4-49.5–54.7
20810.4-55.6–53.4
20820.4-54.8–52.5
20830.4-47.2–54.2
20840.3-47.8–51.7
20850.3-54–51.1
20860.3-52–53.7
20870.3-50.5–50.6
20880.3-51.8–49.6
20890.3-48.3–52.8
20900.3-45.6–51
20910.3-50.3–55
20920.3-48.4–50.2
20930.3-46.1–47.6
20940.3-45.6–46.5
20950.3-50.5–50.6
20960.3-48.6–44.9
20970.3-46–47.2
20980.3-52.9–48.8
20990.3-49.9–50.3
21000.3-56.1–45.9

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • 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.

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