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Kuwait

Kuwait's best placing is 33rd of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #33Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 14
Population: 4.9 million
Land area: 17,820 km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Kuwait is.

Population by area

#33 of 194

273.02 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

GDP per person

#34 of 182

32,312 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

GDP

#57 of 182

157,209,026,926 US$ (current prices)

20th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#104 of 191

3.37 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Coastline

#95 of 151

499 km of coastline

24th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Population

#126 of 195

4,865,298 people

38th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#152 of 194

17,820 km² of land

39th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#162 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#164 of 192

1.23 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports

#165 of 193

6 airports

43rd in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest

#183 of 194

63 km² of forest

42nd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#170 of 179

121 mm of precipitation per year

39th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Forest by area

#186 of 194

0.4 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#187 of 194

0.0000 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

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