Fertility rate: births per woman in Kuwait
Kuwait: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Kuwait, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 1.52 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Kuwait peaked at 7.34 live births per woman in 1966 and was at its lowest, 1.52 live births per woman, in 2023.
Kuwait ranks 164th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.15 live births per woman | 7.12 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.27 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 7.34 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.17 live births per woman | 5.33 live births per woman | 7.03 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.35 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.24 live births per woman | 2.95 live births per woman | 3.49 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.62 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 2.89 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.05 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.16 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.75 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | 2.1 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 161 Liechtenstein 1.54 live births per woman compare
- 162 Trinidad and Tobago 1.53 live births per woman compare
- 163 Cayman Islands 1.53 live births per woman compare
- 165 Cape Verde 1.52 live births per woman compare
- 166 Denmark 1.51 live births per woman compare
- 167 Portugal 1.51 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0154 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.52 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.852 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.2308 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 60.94 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 44.28 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.7183 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 70.92 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 0.2939 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Kuwait?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Kuwait was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 7.34 live births per woman in 1966.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.52 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Kuwait rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Kuwait ranks 164th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.