Bahrain vs Kuwait: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050

Bahrain
100.0%
in 2025
Kuwait
100.0%
in 2025
Bahrain rank
1st
Kuwait rank
1st

Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time

  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kuwait ahead.

Bahrain ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); 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
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.