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Kuwait vs. Iraq

Demographics

KuwaitIraq
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
39,650,145 (July 2021 est.)
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.)
0-14 years: 37.02% (male 7,349,868/female 7,041,405)

15-24 years: 19.83% (male 3,918,433/female 3,788,157)

25-54 years: 35.59% (male 6,919,569/female 6,914,856)

55-64 years: 4.23% (male 805,397/female 839,137)

65 years and over: 3.33% (male 576,593/female 719,240) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 29.7 years

male: 30.7 years

female: 27.9 years (2020 est.)
total: 21.2 years

male: 20.8 years

female: 21.6 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate1.2% (2021 est.)2.06% (2021 est.)
Birth rate17.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate2.23 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)3.92 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-3.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
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.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female

total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 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.)
total: 20.08 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 21.84 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 18.24 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 population: 72.9 years

male: 71.01 years

female: 74.89 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate2.25 children born/woman (2021 est.)3.32 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate<.1% (2018 est.)NA
Nationalitynoun: Kuwaiti(s)

adjective: Kuwaiti
noun: Iraqi(s)

adjective: Iraqi
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.)Arab 75-80%, Kurdish 15-20%, other 5% (includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, Persian)

note: data is a 1987 government estimate; no more recent reliable numbers are available
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS<1000 (2018 est.)NA
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
Muslim (official) 95-98% (Shia 64-69%, Sunni 29-34%), Christian 1% (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), other 1-4% (2015 est.)

note: while there has been voluntary relocation of many Christian families to northern Iraq, the overall Christian population has decreased at least 50% and perhaps as high as 90% since the fall of the SADDAM Husayn regime in 2003, according to US Embassy estimates, with many fleeing to Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2018 est.)NA
LanguagesArabic (official), English widely spoken

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Arabic (official), Kurdish (official), Turkmen (a Turkish dialect), Syriac (Neo-Aramaic), and Armenian are official in areas where native speakers of these languages constitute a majority of the population

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 96.1%

male: 96.7%

female: 94.9% (2018)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 50.1%

male: 56.2%

female: 44% (2018)
Education expendituresNANA
Urbanizationurban population: 100% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 71.1% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 98.8% of population

rural: 95% of population

total: 97.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.2% of population

rural: 5% of population

total: 2.1% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: total: 100% of population

unimproved: total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 96.7% of population

rural: 89.7% of population

total: 95.2% of population

unimproved: urban: 3.3% of population

rural: 10.3% of population

total: 4.8% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population3.177 million KUWAIT (capital) (2021)7.323 million BAGHDAD (capital), 1.683 million Mosul, 1.382 million Basra, 1.031 million Kirkuk, 901,000 Najaf, 861,000 Erbil (2021)
Maternal mortality rate12 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)79 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight3% (2014)3.9% (2018)
Health expenditures5% (2018)4.1% (2018)
Physicians density2.65 physicians/1,000 population (2015)0.71 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density2 beds/1,000 population (2017)1.3 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate37.9% (2016)30.4% (2016)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 32.4

youth dependency ratio: 28.4

elderly dependency ratio: 4

potential support ratio: 24.9 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 69.9

youth dependency ratio: 64.1

elderly dependency ratio: 5.9

potential support ratio: 17.1 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook