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Kuwait: area, population and density
Kuwait has 17,820 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 4,865,298; calculated population density is 273 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Kuwait ranks 153rd of 196 by land area, 127th by population and 35th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 17,820 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 4,865,298World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 273 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Kuwait in the country comparison set
Kuwait has 17,820 sq km of land area and a population value of 4,865,298 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 153rd by land area, 127th by population, and 35th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Kuwait first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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