Demographics of Kuwait

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This is a demography of the population of Kuwait (Arabic: سكان الكويت).

Population3,068,155 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.17% (2022 est.)
Birth rate17.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate2.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Quick facts Kuwait, Population ...
Demographics of Kuwait
Population pyramid of Kuwait in 2020
Population3,068,155 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.17% (2022 est.)
Birth rate17.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate2.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy79.13 years
 • male77.67 years
 • female80.65 years
Fertility rate2.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate7.43 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years19.49%
15–64 years76.71%
65 and over3.80%
Sex ratio
Total1.37 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.09 male(s)/female
65 and over0.66 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityKuwaiti
Language
OfficialArabic
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Crowd of Kuwaiti spectators

Expatriates account for around 60% of Kuwait's total population, with Kuwaitis constituting 38%-42% of the total population. The government and some Kuwaiti citizens consider the proportion of expatriates (which has been relatively stable since the mid-1970s) to be a problem, and in 2016 the number of deportations increased. Most were deported for outstaying their residency permits but others also for traffic offences.[1]

Population size and structure

More information Year, Pop. ...
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1950152,000—    
1960264,000+5.68%
1970753,000+11.05%
19801,377,000+6.22%
19902,088,000+4.25%
20001,941,000−0.73%
20102,737,000+3.50%
20204,464,000+5.01%
Source:[2]
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More information Census year, Kuwaiti ...
Population of Kuwait according to nationality
Census year Kuwaiti non-Kuwaiti Total Change
Population% Population% Population%
1975 307,755
30.9%
 687,082
69.1%
 994,837 N/a
1985 470,473
27.7%
 1,226,828
72.3%
 1,697,301 70.6
1995 653,616
41.5%
 921,954
58.5%
 1,575,570 -7.2
2005 860,324
39.2%
 1,333,327
60.8%
 2,193,651 39.2
2015 1,208,643
32.3%
 2,535,017
67.7%
 3,743,660 70.6
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Source:[3]

More information Year, Kuwaiti Male ...
YearKuwaiti MaleKuwaiti FemaleKuwaiti TotalNon-Kuwaiti MaleNon-Kuwaiti FemaleNon-Kuwaiti TotalTotal MaleTotal FemaleGrand Total
1990286,299292,212578,511944,585628,5841,573,1691,230,884920,7962,151,680
1993325,892331,601657,493682,161305,973988,1341,008,053637,5741,645,627
1995351,314356,801708,115841,320409,3591,250,6791,192,634766,1601,958,794
1996363,476368,927732,403914,327447,1591,361,4861,277,803816,0862,093,889
1998388,687397,323786,0101,002,718482,1371,484,8551,391,405879,4602,270,865
1999401,433410,822812,255970,865471,8341,442,6991,372,298882,6562,254,954
2000415,613426,177841,790927,023448,4451,375,4681,342,636874,6222,217,258
2001429,209441,074870,283960,390478,4291,438,8191,389,599919,5032,309,102
2002442,310455,975898,2851,020,913500,7301,521,6431,463,223956,7052,419,928
2003456,226471,460927,6861,098,878520,1201,618,9981,555,104991,5802,546,684
2004469,327486,907956,2341,240,267557,1551,797,4221,709,5941,044,0622,753,656
2005486,089506,128992,2171,391,322607,6501,998,9721,877,4111,113,7782,991,189
2006501,148522,1681,023,3161,510,818648,8262,159,6442,011,9661,170,9943,182,960
2007516,631537,9661,054,5971,615,273729,7672,345,0402,131,9041,267,7333,399,637
2008532,566554,9851,087,5511,618,766735,4962,354,2622,151,3321,290,4813,441,813
2009548,290570,6201,118,9101,591,935774,0362,365,9712,140,2251,344,6563,484,881
2010563,631584,7121,148,3431,586,716846,9952,433,7112,150,3471,431,7073,582,054
2011580,558602,6161,183,1741,641,135872,9832,514,1182,221,6931,475,5993,697,292
2012595,365617,0711,212,4361,705,468905,8242,611,2922,300,8331,522,8953,823,728
2013610,545631,9541,242,4991,772,413950,2322,722,6452,382,9581,582,1863,965,144
2014626,256649,6011,275,8571,855,279960,8572,816,1362,481,5351,610,4584,091,993
2015641,282666,3231,307,6051,964,264967,1372,931,4012,605,5461,633,4604,239,006
2016656,084681,6091,337,6932,089,302984,1293,073,4312,745,3861,665,7384,411,124
2017671,012699,0011,370,0132,167,409963,0543,130,4632,838,4211,662,0554,500,476
2018686,475716,6381,403,1132,253,768964,7573,218,5252,940,2431,681,3954,621,638
2019700,742731,3031,432,0452,303,5491,040,8133,344,3623,004,2911,772,1164,776,407
2020714,936745,0341,459,9702,177,7311,033,0123,210,7432,892,6671,778,0464,670,713
2021729,638759,0781,488,7161,941,628955,3732,897,0012,671,2661,714,4514,385,717
2022744,238772,8381,517,0762,188,8191,087,6733,276,4922,933,0571,860,5114,793,568
2023758,716787,0651,545,7812,262,5001,104,9903,367,4903,021,2161,892,0554,913,271
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The biggest population difficulty in Kuwait involves the Bedoon, stateless people. According to Human Rights Watch in 1995, Kuwait has produced 300,000 stateless Bedoon.[4] Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region.[5][6][7] The statelessness challenge for the Bedoon in Kuwait is largely sectarian.[8][9][10][11][12]

According to recent statistics provided by the Central Statistics Bureau, as of January 2024, Kuwait's population reached 4.91 million, an increase of 119,700 from the previous year's 4.79 million. The number of Kuwaiti citizens rose by 28,700 to reach a total of 1.545 million. Specifically, the number of male citizens increased to 758,700, and female citizens reached 787,000. Concurrently, the expatriate population also increased by 90,990, totaling 3.36 million. Amongst the expatriates, the male population reached 2.26 million and the female population 1.1 million.[13]

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (Estimates) (1.01.2020):[14]

More information Age group, Male ...
Age group Male Female Total %
Total 2,743,617 1,720,904 4,464,521
100%
0-4 123,865 111,800 235,663
5.27%
5-9 190,736 153,412 344,148
7.7%
10-14 160,820 129,882 290,702
6.51%
15-19 135,324 111,798 247,122
5.53%
20-24 126,687 102,773 229,460
5.13%
25-29 113,416 93,183 206,599
4.62%
30-34 205,555 157,101 362,656
8.12%
35-39 341,766 192,989 534,755
11.97%
40-44 368,779 180,249 549,028
12.29%
45-49 342,307 165,443 507,750
11.37%
50-54 234,060 112,764 346,824
7.76%
55-59 158,989 76,976 235,965
5.28%
60-64 105,746 46,617 152,363
3.41%
65-69 59,345 27,921 87,266
1.95%
70-74 26,885 15,982 42,867
0.96%
75-79 11,984 8,711 20,695
0.46%
80+ 10,839 7,912 18,751
0.42%
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 475,419 395,094 870,513
19.49%
15-64 2,132,629 1,239,893 3,372,522
75.54%
65+ 109,053 60,526 169,579
3.80%
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Source:[3]

More information Age Group, Kuwaiti Males ...
Age GroupKuwaiti MalesKuwaiti FemalesTotal KuwaitisNon-Kuwaiti MalesNon-Kuwaiti FemalesTotal Non-KuwaitisTotal MalesTotal FemalesGrand Total
Less than 1 year16,91115,86032,7718,9288,48317,41125,83924,34350,182
1-462,96661,810124,77647,62747,08694,713110,593108,896219,489
5-987,29282,393169,68575,84271,866147,708163,134154,259317,393
10-1488,10483,914172,01874,78770,185144,972162,891154,099316,990
15-1976,60975,089151,69855,67952,907108,586132,288127,996260,284
20-2466,81565,104131,91962,23844,489106,727129,053109,593238,646
25-2966,64764,461131,108239,56286,968326,530306,209151,429457,638
30-3448,97552,607101,582288,214125,939414,153337,189178,546515,735
35-3952,23156,948109,179363,465164,133527,598415,696221,081636,777
40-4442,23345,50887,741334,328140,911475,239376,561186,419562,980
45-4934,20339,92374,126245,893111,643357,536280,096151,566431,662
50-5429,38134,45363,834181,92875,451257,379211,309109,904321,213
55-5924,41929,12653,545114,22343,782158,005138,64272,908211,550
60-6417,57222,91340,48554,78022,13576,91572,35245,048117,400
65-6912,77917,48530,26424,29410,51734,81137,07328,00265,075
70-747,49211,39918,8919,9665,34515,31117,45816,74434,202
75-794,7917,47312,2644,1963,0957,2918,98710,56819,555
80+4,8186,37211,1902,8692,7385,6077,6879,11016,797
Total744,238772,8381,517,0762,188,8191,087,6733,276,4922,933,0571,860,5114,793,568
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Governorates

Further information: Governorates of Kuwait

Kuwait consists of six governorates: Hawalli, Asimah, Farwaniyah, Jahra, Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.[15] Most people in Kuwait live in the governorates of Hawalli, Asimah, and Farwaniyah.[15]

Source: [16]

More information Nationality Group, GCC countries ...
Nationality GroupGCC countriesArab countriesAsiaSS AfricaEuropeNorth AmericaSouth AmericaOceaniaTotal
Capital Governorate Male 144,35445,550118,3939919531,000115105311,461
Female 150,02922,01884,5614,7599718878865263,378
Total 294,38367,568202,9545,7501,9241,887203170574,839
Hawalli Governorate Male 124,551224,700162,7491,4773,8904,549369353522,638
Female 127,709127,931133,2445,8834,0983,979372316403,532
Total 252,260352,631295,9937,3607,9888,528741669926,170
Al-Ahmadi Governorate Male 176,59998,007312,5053,2141,7173,239312139595,732
Female 179,80340,92999,4485,2829831,37614586328,052
Total 356,402138,936411,9538,4962,7004,615457225923,784
Al-Jahra Governorate Male 138,77285,45094,2861,63026226011559320,834
Female 141,87657,55140,9355,0682681988150246,027
Total 280,648143,001135,2216,698530458196109566,861
Al-Farwaniya Governorate Male 130,514273,035369,0972,5514634939159776,303
Female 135,49774,258117,9874,9273833527933333,516
Total 266,011347,293487,0847,478846845170921,109,819
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate Male 89,7647,76442,7143393596508731141,708
Female 92,9495,42935,7672,8564174526622137,958
Total 182,71313,19378,4813,1957761,10215353279,666
Not Stated Male 1,618581338211015522,590
Female 1,16556820817619321,988
Total 2,7831,149546381634844,578
Total Male 806,172 735,087 1,100,082 10,223 7,654 10,206 1,094 748 2,671,266
Female 829,028 328,684 512,150 28,792 7,126 7,263 834 574 1,714,451
Total 1,635,200 1,063,771 1,612,232 39,015 14,780 17,469 1,928 1,332 4,385,717
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Vital statistics

UN estimates

[17]

More information Period, Live births per year ...
Period Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR* CDR* NC* TFR* IMR*
1950-19558,0002,0006,00043.712.331.47.21113
1955-19609,0002,0007,00040.09.630.47.2190
1960-196516,0003,00013,00043.47.635.87.3170
1965-197030,0004,00026,00048.86.342.57.4153
1970-197543,0005,00038,00047.65.242.46.9040
1975-198049,0005,00044,00040.74.236.55.8929
1980-198558,0005,00052,00037.13.433.65.1022
1985-199051,0005,00045,00026.52.823.73.3416
1990-199533,0005,00028,00018.02.715.32.2013
1995-200043,0005,00038,00024.13.021.12.9311
2000-200539,0006,00032,00018.53.115.42.2410
2005-201047,0007,00040,00018.73.115.62.328
2010-201558,0009,00049,00016.12.413.72.088
2015-202060,00012,00048,00012.62.99.72.077
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)
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Registered births and deaths

[18][19]

More information Average population, Live births ...
Average population Live births Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) TFR
1958 6,881
1959 9,023
1960 11,6161,23510,381
1961 296,000 12,9422,50410,438 43.78.435.2
1962 337,000 15,2042,18013,024 45.16.538.6
1963 384,000 17,3972,13915,258 45.45.639.8
1964 433,000 19,4282,61816,810 44.86.038.8
1965 484,000 21,9502,45419,496 45.35.140.3
1966 536,000 23,7322,81320,919 44.35.339.0
1967 588,000 28,3343,11125,223 48.25.342.9
1968 642,000 33,0263,34629,680 51.55.246.3
1969 697,000 35,1353,37831,757 50.44.845.6
1970 753,000 33,8423,73530,107 44.95.040.0
1971 811,000 35,5583,83231,726 43.84.739.1
1972 870,000 37,6884,14933,539 43.34.838.5
1973 931,000 40,1654,60135,564 43.24.938.2
1974 992,000 41,0604,69336,367 41.44.736.7
1975 1,054,000 42,8614,77838,083 40.74.536.1
1976 1,116,000 46,0394,66141,378 41.34.237.1
1977 1,179,000 46,8645,36541,499 39.84.635.2
1978 1,243,000 48,0104,93643,074 38.64.034.7
1979 1,309,000 48,2735,02843,245 36.93.833.0
1980 1,377,000 51,0904,93246,158 37.13.633.5
1981 1,446,000 52,0414,67847,363 36.03.232.8
1982 1,514,000 54,2574,99249,265 35.83.332.5
1983 1,584,000 55,6174,65450,963 35.12.932.2
1984 1,660,000 56,7764,54452,232 34.22.731.5
1985 1,742,000 55,0874,71150,376 31.62.728.9
1986 1,836,000 53,8454,39049,455 29.32.426.9
1987 1,937,000 52,4124,11348,299 27.12.124.9
1988 2,028,000 53,0804,58148,499 26.22.323.9
1989 2,084,000 52,8584,62848,230 25.42.223.1
1990 2,088,000
1991 2,031,000 20,6093,38017,229 10.11.78.5
1992 1,924,000 34,8173,36931,448 18.11.816.3
1993 1,796,000 37,3793,44133,938 20.81.918.9
1994 1,688,000 38,8683,46435,404 23.02.121.0
1995 1,628,000 41,1693,78137,388 25.32.323.0
1996 1,628,000 44,6203,81240,808 27.42.325.1
1997 1,679,000 42,8154,01738,798 25.52.423.1
1998 1,764,000 41,4244,21637,208 23.52.421.1
1999 1,857,000 41,1354,18736,948 22.12.319.9
2000 1,941,000 41,8434,22737,616 21.62.219.4
2001 2,010,000 41,3424,36436,978 20.62.218.4
2002 2,070,000 43,4904,34239,148 21.02.118.9
2003 2,127,000 43,9824,42439,558 20.72.118.6
2004 2,189,000 47,2744,79342,481 21.62.219.4
2005 2,264,000 50,9414,78446,157 22.52.120.4
2006 2,351,000 52,7595,24747,512 22.42.220.2
2007 2,448,000 53,5875,29348,294 21.92.219.7
2008 2,548,000 54,5715,70148,870 21.42.219.2
2009 2,778,000 56,5036,26650,237 20.32.318.1
2010 2,933,000 57,5335,44852,085 19.61.917.8
2011 3,099,000 58,1985,33952,859 18.71.717.0 1.95
2012 3,246,622 59,7535,95053,803 18.41.816.6 1.86
2013 3,427,595 59,4265,90953,517 17.31.715.6 1.719
2014 3,588,092 61,3136,03155,282 16.31.614.7 1.915
2015 3,743,660 59,2716,48152,790 14.91.613.3
2016 3,925,487 58,7976,33852,459 14.41.512.9 2.062
2017 4,082,704 59,1726,67952,493 14.71.713.0 2.152
2018 4,226,920 56,1216,80749,314 13.61.711.9 2.161
2019 4,420,110 53,5657,30646,259 12.11.610.4 2.082
2020 4,464,521 52,46310,56941,894 11.72.49.3 2.033
2021 4,336,012 51,58510,93840,647 11.92.59.4 2.148
2022 4,385,717 49,7938,04141,752 10.91.89.1 1.546
2023 4,793,568 50,0347,43642,568 10.31.58.8 1.524
2024 4,913,271 49,0637,42241,641 10.01.58.5 1.560
2025 4,881,254
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Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Kuwait
More information Period, Life expectancy in Years ...
Period Life expectancy in
Years		 Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 53.6 1985–1990 71.6
1955–1960 58.3 1990–1995 72.4
1960–1965 62.0 1995–2000 73.0
1965–1970 64.9 2000–2005 73.3
1970–1975 67.1 2005–2010 73.7
1975–1980 68.7 2010–2015 74.3
1980–1985 70.3 2015–2020 75.1
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Source: UN World Population Prospects[20]

Ethnic groups

Main article: Expatriates in Kuwait

By continent

Source:[21]

More information Nationality Group, Population ...
Nationality GroupPopulation
GCC countries1,635,200
Arab countries1,063,771
Asia1,612,232
Sub-Saharan Africa39,015
Europe14,780
North America17,469
South America1,928
Oceania1,322
Total4,385,717
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By nationality

The following is a firm containing estimations from countries' embassies:[22]

More information Nationality, Population ...
NationalityPopulation% of Total PopulationYear of Data
Kuwait1,294,51330.90%2015
India1,152,000[23]24.04%2020
Egypt666,000[24]15.70%2020
Bangladesh350,0008.40%2021
Pakistan339,000[25]8.30%2021
Philippines241,000[24]5.68%2020
Syria161,000[26]3.80%2015
Lebanon106,000[24]2.50%?
Palestine100,0002.38%2020
  Nepal101,193[27]2.24%2019
Sri Lanka96,000[28]2.26%2016
Stateless93,0002.20%2015
Ethiopia74,0001.80%2012
Iran50,0001.20%2015
Jordan33,0000.83%2022
USA30,0000.70%2013
Indonesia28,954[29]0.68%2020
Iraq16,000 - 18,000~0.4%2015
Afghanistan15,0000.36%2015
Yemen11,0000.26%2012
Sudan7,0000.17%2015
Canada7,000[30]0.17%2020
Bahrain6,856[31]0.16%2021
Armenia5,0000.12%2015
China5,0000.12%2014
North Korea4,0000.10%2013
Turkey4,000[32]0.10%2009
UK4,000[33]0.10%2022
Oman3,634[31]0.09%2021
Qatar1,731[31]0.04%2021
UAE1,730[31]0.04%2021
Eritrea1,5000.04%2015
South Korea1,5000.04%2015
South Africa1,0000.02%2013
Romania8000.02%2014
Australia800[34]0.02%2024
Germany500 - 600~0.01%2015
Nigeria5000.01%?
Spain5000.01%2015
Kenya400<0.01%2015
Venezuela400<0.01%2015
Vietnam400<0.01%2015
Brazil300<0.01%2015
Hungary300<0.01%2014
Malaysia300<0.01%2015
Poland300<0.01%2015
Ukraine300<0.01%2015
Greece250<0.01%2015
Myanmar200<0.01%2015
Denmark200[35]<0.01%2021
Senegal170<0.01%2015
Mexico120 - 150<0.01%2015
Slovakia100 - 150<0.01%2015
 Switzerland105<0.01%2015
Argentina100<0.01%2015
Czech Republic50<0.01%2015
Slovenia<50<0.01%2015
Cambodia47<0.01%2015
Taiwan30 - 50<0.01%2015
Nicaragua40<0.01%2015
Cyprus37<0.01%2015
Mongolia20<0.01%2015
Kyrgyzstan14<0.01%2015
Peru10<0.01%2015
Lesotho7<0.01%2015
Guyana2<0.01%2015
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Kuwaiti 41.4%, Arab expat 21.4%, Asian (mostly South Asian) 35.3%, African 1%, other 0.7% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.) [36]

Languages

Religion

Religion in Kuwait (ARDA 2020 est.)[40]
  1. Sunni (67.1%)
  2. Other Muslim (11.0%)
  3. Catholic (8.92%)
  4. Orthodox (5.16%)
  5. Other Christian (0.54%)
  6. Hinduism (5.00%)
  7. Baháʼí (0.54%)
  8. Sikhism (0.40%)
  9. None (1.38%)

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