Kuwait vs Tanzania: World population growth
Kuwait
0.8%
in 2100
Tanzania
0.9%
in 2100
Kuwait rank
6th
Tanzania rank
5th
World population growth over time
- Kuwait
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 0.9% against 0.8% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was Tanzania ahead.
Kuwait ranks 6th and Tanzania ranks 5th of 239 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 8 and Tanzania in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | -0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Tanzania |
| 1800s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1900s | 0.6% | -0.5% | 1.2% | Kuwait |
| 1910s | 0.8% | -0.1% | 0.9% | Kuwait |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Tanzania |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | Tanzania |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.8% | Tanzania |
| 1950s | 6.6% | 2.6% | 4.0% | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 9.7% | 3.1% | 6.7% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 6.3% | 3.5% | 2.8% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.3% | 3.1% | 1.2% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | -1.6% | 2.7% | 4.3% | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 4.0% | 2.7% | 1.3% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 3.1% | 1.3% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 2.8% | 1.1% | Tanzania |
| 2030s | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.6% | Tanzania |
| 2040s | 0.9% | 2.2% | 1.3% | Tanzania |
| 2050s | 0.8% | 1.9% | 1.1% | Tanzania |
| 2060s | 0.8% | 1.7% | 0.8% | Tanzania |
| 2070s | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | Tanzania |
| 2080s | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.3% | Tanzania |
| 2090s | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Tanzania |
| 2100s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, Kuwait or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 0.9% against 0.8% in Kuwait as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between Kuwait and Tanzania?
- 0.1%, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Tanzania?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do Kuwait and Tanzania rank globally for world population growth?
- Kuwait ranks 6th and Tanzania ranks 5th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.