Kuwait vs Puerto Rico: Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million
Kuwait
70.0%
in 2025
Puerto Rico
76.4%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
4th
Puerto Rico rank
3rd
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million over time
- Kuwait
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 76.4% against 70.0% in Kuwait, a difference of 6.4%.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 4th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 59.6% | 28.5% | 31.1% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 63.2% | 35.7% | 27.5% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 59.3% | 50.3% | 9.0% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 73.2% | 65.7% | 7.5% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 68.1% | 65.6% | 2.4% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 67.4% | 69.9% | 2.5% | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 70.1% | 75.7% | 5.6% | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million, Kuwait or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 76.4% against 70.0% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million between Kuwait and Puerto Rico?
- 6.4%, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Puerto Rico?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Puerto Rico rank globally for population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million?
- Kuwait ranks 4th and Puerto Rico ranks 3rd of 121 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Urbanization Prospects 2018, United Nations (UN), published as Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.