Kuwait: cities by population
Kuwait has a population of 5,102,773 (UN estimate, 2026), with Kuwait City as its capital. The 20 largest of its 20 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
+161%
since 2000 (1,954,709)
+25%
projected by 2050 (6,367,756)
286
people per km²
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
Largest cities in Kuwait
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Aḩmadī | Al Aḩmadī | 637,411 |
| 2 | Ḩawallī | Hawalli | 164,212 |
| 3 | Şabāḩ as Sālim | Mubārak al Kabīr | 139,163 |
| 4 | Al Farwānīyah | Al Farwaniyah | 86,525 |
| 5 | Al Faḩāḩīl | Al Aḩmadī | 68,290 |
| 6 | Kuwait City | Al Asimah | 60,064 |
| 7 | Ar Riqqah | Al Aḩmadī | 52,068 |
| 8 | Al Manqaf | Al Aḩmadī | 39,025 |
| 9 | Al Jahrā’ | Al Jahra Governorate | 24,281 |
| 10 | Al Finţās | Al Aḩmadī | 23,071 |
| 11 | Janūb as Surrah | Al Farwaniyah | 18,496 |
| 12 | Al Mahbūlah | Al Aḩmadī | 18,178 |
| 13 | Ad Dasmah | Al Asimah | 17,585 |
| 14 | Al Wafrah | Al Aḩmadī | 10,017 |
| 15 | Mazāri‘ al ‘Abdalī | Al Jahra Governorate | 6,835 |
| 16 | Az Zawr | Al Asimah | 5,750 |
| 17 | Al-Masayel | Mubārak al Kabīr | 2,458 |
| 18 | Al Funayţīs | Mubārak al Kabīr | 1,878 |
| 19 | Abu Al Hasaniya | Mubārak al Kabīr | 1,350 |
| 20 | Abu Fatira | Mubārak al Kabīr | 1,240 |
Twenty years earlier: Kuwait in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 2,530,012.
Common questions
What is the population of Kuwait?
Kuwait has a population of 5,102,773, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 6,367,756 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Kuwait?
Kuwait City. The largest place we record there is Al Aḩmadī, with 637,411 people.