What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Kuwait and Thailand?

143,790 immigrants, with Kuwait ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Thailand?

8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kuwait vs Thailand: Total number of international immigrants

Kuwait

3.32 million immigrants

in 2024

Thailand

3.18 million immigrants

in 2024

Kuwait rank

20th

Thailand rank

21st

Total number of international immigrants over time

Kuwait
Thailand

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 3.32 million immigrants against 3.18 million immigrants in Thailand, a difference of 143,790 immigrants.

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

Kuwait ranks 20th and Thailand ranks 21st of 232 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kuwait	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
1990s	995,646 immigrants	279,750 immigrants	715,896 immigrants	Kuwait
2000s	1.24 million immigrants	1.24 million immigrants	3,097 immigrants	Thailand
2010s	2.24 million immigrants	2.75 million immigrants	505,545 immigrants	Thailand
2020s	3.18 million immigrants	3.10 million immigrants	79,755 immigrants	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total number of international immigrants, Kuwait or Thailand?: Kuwait, at 3.32 million immigrants against 3.18 million immigrants in Thailand as of 2024.
What is the difference in total number of international immigrants between Kuwait and Thailand?: 143,790 immigrants, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Thailand?: 8 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Thailand rank globally for total number of international immigrants?: Kuwait ranks 20th and Thailand ranks 21st of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Total number of international immigrants. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 2026

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