Kuwait vs Panama: Has the population peaked?

Kuwait

4.84 million people

in 2023

Panama

4.46 million people

in 2023

Kuwait rank

128th

Panama rank

129th

Has the population peaked? over time

Kuwait currently reports 4.84 million people against 4.46 million people in Panama, a difference of 380,020 people.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.

Kuwait ranks 128th and Panama ranks 129th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.