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How many babies are born in Kuwait?

49.4 thousand babies born in Kuwait in 2026. That is 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 135th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Kuwait: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Kuwait’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~2.1K ~53K 40.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.8K ~69K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~2.9K ~69K 42.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~3.85K ~81.3K 47.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~4.67K ~98.8K 47.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 6.83K 154K 44.3 UN estimate
2000 43.8K 1.95M 22.4 UN estimate
2023 49.4K 4.84M 10.2 UN estimate
2026 49.4K 5.1M 9.7 UN projection
2050 64.1K 6.37M 10.1 UN projection
2075 83.1K 7.82M 10.6 UN projection
2100 105K 9.6M 11.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Kuwait among estimates through 2023 were in 2014, at about 61.3K. That is roughly 29 times the estimated ~2.12K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.49 children per woman, fertility in Kuwait is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Kuwait each year?

An estimated 49.4 thousand babies are born in Kuwait in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 135 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Kuwait?

Kuwait has an estimated 9.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.49 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.