Kuwait's population ages 65 and above, male was 82,213 in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 56.75% from 52,447 in 2015 (4.6% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 82,213 | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 112,923 | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 52,447 | 2015 |
| Highest | 112,923 | 2020 |
| Lowest | 3,740 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 83,124 | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 3,740 | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Kuwait's population ages 65 and above, male rose 1.3% on 2024 (from 81,127 to 82,213).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.4% and a typical year strayed about 11.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29.7% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 26% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Kuwait had the 140th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 82,213 | 2025 |
| World | 380.05 million | 2025 |
| High income | 124.36 million | 2025 |
Closest to Kuwait in the 2025 ranking
- West Bank and Gaza — 137th of 217: 91,571
- Congo, Rep. — 138th of 217: 90,507
- Liberia — 139th of 217: 87,725
- Mauritius — 141st of 217: 79,479
- Mauritania — 142nd of 217: 78,321
- Trinidad and Tobago — 143rd of 217: 76,422
What this measures
Male population 65 years of age or older. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 65 and above, male |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82,213 |
| 2024 | 81,127 |
| 2023 | 75,952 |
| 2022 | 64,997 |
| 2021 | 87,790 |
| 2020 | 112,923 |
| 2019 | 102,429 |
| 2018 | 88,045 |
| 2017 | 73,741 |
| 2016 | 62,018 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 65 and above, male in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 450,438 (2025)
- Algeria — 1.56 million (2025)
- Bahrain — 33,712 (2025)
- Djibouti — 26,314 (2025)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 2.7 million (2025)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 3.85 million (2025)
- Iraq — 662,583 (2025)
- Israel — 574,819 (2025)
- Jordan — 265,441 (2025)
- Lebanon — 267,726 (2025)
- Libya
More health data for Kuwait
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.77% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.46% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 427,765 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 22.59% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 446,678 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 15.03% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 874,443 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 17.97% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.74% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Kuwait's population ages 65 and above, male?
- 82,213 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 2,098% from 3,740 in 1960 (4.87% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 112,923 in 2020 and the lowest 3,740 in 1960.
- How does Kuwait rank?
- 140th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 65 and above, male unusual for Kuwait?
- In 2025, Kuwait's population ages 65 and above, male rose 1.3% on 2024 (from 81,127 to 82,213). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +6.4% and a typical year strayed about 11.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.65UP.MA.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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