| 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) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
