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

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.

Indicator: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Unit: people
Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 237 places, 18,012 data points, 1950–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.