Kuwait vs Puerto Rico: Population growth
Kuwait
-0.7%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
-0.6%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
204th
Puerto Rico rank
201st
Population growth over time
- Kuwait
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports -0.6% against -0.7% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 204th and Puerto Rico ranks 201st of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.8% | 1.4% | 8.3% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 6.4% | 1.7% | 4.8% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.4% | 1.0% | 3.4% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | -1.5% | 0.8% | 2.4% | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 3.9% | -0.2% | 4.0% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 4.6% | -1.2% | 5.9% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.5% | -0.6% | 2.1% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population growth, Kuwait or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at -0.6% against -0.7% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population growth between Kuwait and Puerto Rico?
- 0.1%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Puerto Rico?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Puerto Rico rank globally for population growth?
- Kuwait ranks 204th and Puerto Rico ranks 201st of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), note: Derived from total population, publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population growth (annual %). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.