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
| Population | 3,032,065 (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 |
| Nationality | noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti |
| Ethnic groups | Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other .9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English widely spoken major-language sample(s): ???? ????? ??????? ?????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????? (Arabic) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim (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 structure | 0-14 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 ratios | total dependency ratio: 32.4 youth dependency ratio: 28.4 elderly dependency ratio: 4 potential support ratio: 24.9 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.7 years male: 30.7 years female: 27.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.2% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 2.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | densest 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 |
| Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities – population | 3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at 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 rate | 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 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 birth | total population: 78.9 years male: 77.44 years female: 80.43 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.25 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: total: 100% of population unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
| Hospital bed density | 2 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: 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 rate | 37.9% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: 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) |