Iran vs Kuwait: Total number of international immigrants

Iran

3.84 million immigrants

in 2024

Kuwait

3.32 million immigrants

in 2024

Iran rank

17th

Kuwait rank

20th

Total number of international immigrants over time

Iran currently reports 3.84 million immigrants against 3.32 million immigrants in Kuwait, a difference of 517,460 immigrants.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 17th and Kuwait ranks 20th of 232 countries.

Indicator: Total number of international immigrants
Unit: immigrants
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 232 places, 1,856 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

People living in a given country who were born in another country.