kuwait population by nationality

3,032,065 (July 2021 est.) Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other .

Kuwait – Wikipedia

Kuwait (/kʊˈweɪt/ (listen); Arabic: الكويت al-Kuwayt, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: [ɪl‿ɪkweːt] or [lɪkweːt]), officially the State of Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت Dawlat al-Kuwayt), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait also shares maritime borders with Iran. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately 500 km (311 mi). Most of the country’s population reside in the urban agglomeration of the capital city Kuwait City. As of 2022, Kuwait has a population of 4.67 million people of which 1.45 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 2.8 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries.

Kuwait Demographics Profile

Population3,032,065 (July 2021 est.)

note: Kuwait’s Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country’s total population to be 4,420,110 for 2019, with non-Kuwaitis accounting for nearly 70% of the population
Nationalitynoun: Kuwaiti(s)

adjective: Kuwaiti
Ethnic groupsKuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other .9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.)
LanguagesArabic (official), English widely spoken

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ReligionsMuslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)

note: data represent the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants
Age structure0-14 years: 24.29% (male 378,778/female 348,512)

15-24 years: 14.96% (male 245,354/female 202,642)

25-54 years: 52.39% (male 984,813/female 583,632)

55-64 years: 5.43% (male 90,583/female 72,026)

65 years and over: 2.92% (male 38,614/female 48,752) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 32.4

youth dependency ratio: 28.4

elderly dependency ratio: 4

potential support ratio: 24.9 (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 29.7 years

male: 30.7 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.2% (2021 est.)
Birth rate17.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate2.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Population distributiondensest settlement is along the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait City and on Bubiyan Island; significant population threads extend south and west along highways that radiate from the capital, particularly in the southern half of the country
Urbanizationurban population: 100% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major cities – population3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.21 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.69 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 1.26 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female

total population: 1.38 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality rate12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 7.89 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 7.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 78.9 years

male: 77.44 years

female: 80.43 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.25 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Health expenditures5% (2018)
Physicians density2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2015)
Hospital bed density2 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate<.1% (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS<1000 (2018 est.)
HIV/AIDS – deaths<100 (2018 est.)
Obesity – adult prevalence rate37.9% (2016)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight3% (2014)
Education expendituresNA
Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 96.1%

male: 96.7%

female: 94.9% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2015)