Kuwait vs Niger: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Kuwait
5.03 million people
in 2025
Niger
5.13 million people
in 2025
Kuwait rank
99th
Niger rank
98th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Kuwait
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5.13 million people against 5.03 million people in Kuwait, a difference of 103,560 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.
Kuwait ranks 99th and Niger ranks 98th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 136,365 people | 159,880 people | 23,515 people | Niger |
| 1960s | 401,649 people | 274,982 people | 126,667 people | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 966,951 people | 611,998 people | 354,953 people | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1.81 million people | 1.04 million people | 773,084 people | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.66 million people | 1.52 million people | 148,862 people | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 2.28 million people | 2.21 million people | 69,466 people | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 3.73 million people | 3.22 million people | 512,263 people | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 4.69 million people | 4.56 million people | 136,317 people | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, Kuwait or Niger?
- Niger, at 5.13 million people against 5.03 million people in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Kuwait and Niger?
- 103,560 people, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Niger?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Niger rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Kuwait ranks 99th and Niger ranks 98th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.