Kuwait vs New Zealand
New Zealand has 9% more people than Kuwait: 5,324,700 vs 4,865,298, a gap of 459,402. New Zealand is growing faster (+0.65% vs −0.65% a year), adding about 34,814 people a year against −31,860. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. New Zealand is the older society: 17.6% aged 65+ against 3.2% in Kuwait, while Kuwait has more children (18.0% under 15 vs 17.9%). Kuwait is 13.8× as densely populated (272.4 vs 19.7 people per km²). People in Kuwait live 2.6 years longer on average (84.6 vs 82.0). GDP per capita is 1.5× higher in New Zealand ($49,591 vs $32,312).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Kuwait) and 2025 (New Zealand); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Kuwait vs New Zealand — side by side
 Kuwait |  New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,865,2982025 | 5,324,7002025 |
| Growth rate / yr | −0.65%2025 | +0.65%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 10.02024 | 11.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 1.52024 | 7.12024 |
| Children per woman | 1.562024 | 1.572024 |
| Life expectancy | 84.6 yrs2024 | 82.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 18.0%2025 | 17.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.2%2025 | 17.6%2025 |
| Density | 272.4 /km²2023 | 19.7 /km²2023 |
| Area | 17,820 km²2023 | 267,710 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 100.0%2025 | 84.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +42,7752025 | +17,4032025 |
| GDP per capita | $32,3122025 | $49,5912025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #127 | #124 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Kuwait: 15.6× from 1960 to 2025; New Zealand: 2.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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