Kuwait: cities by population
Kuwait has a population of 4,137,309, with Kuwait City as its capital. The 20 largest of its 20 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
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 GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | 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.