Demographics of Kuwait

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This is a demography of the population of Kuwait ().

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.

Population size and structure

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"

|+ Population of Kuwait according to nationality

! rowspan="2" |Census year

! colspan="2" |Kuwaiti

! colspan="2" |non-Kuwaiti

! Total

! Change

! Population !! %

|align=left|1975

| 307,755 ||

| 687,082 ||

| 994,837

|align=left|1985

| 470,473 ||

| 1,226,828 ||

| 1,697,301

| 70.6

|align=left|1995

| 653,616 ||

| 921,954 ||

| 1,575,570

| -7.2

|align=left|2005

| 860,324 ||

| 1,333,327 ||

| 2,193,651

| 39.2

|align=left|2015

| 1,208,643 ||

| 2,535,017 ||

| 3,743,660

| 70.6

Source:

{| class="wikitable classable sortable"

! Year !! Kuwaiti Male !! Kuwaiti Female !! Kuwaiti Total !! Non-Kuwaiti Male !! Non-Kuwaiti Female !! Non-Kuwaiti Total !! Total Male !! Total Female !! Grand Total

| 1990 || 286,299 || 292,212 || 578,511 || 944,585 || 628,584 || 1,573,169 || 1,230,884 || 920,796 || 2,151,680

| 1993 || 325,892 || 331,601 || 657,493 || 682,161 || 305,973 || 988,134 || 1,008,053 || 637,574 || 1,645,627

| 1995 || 351,314 || 356,801 || 708,115 || 841,320 || 409,359 || 1,250,679 || 1,192,634 || 766,160 || 1,958,794

| 1996 || 363,476 || 368,927 || 732,403 || 914,327 || 447,159 || 1,361,486 || 1,277,803 || 816,086 || 2,093,889

| 1998 || 388,687 || 397,323 || 786,010 || 1,002,718 || 482,137 || 1,484,855 || 1,391,405 || 879,460 || 2,270,865

| 1999 || 401,433 || 410,822 || 812,255 || 970,865 || 471,834 || 1,442,699 || 1,372,298 || 882,656 || 2,254,954

| 2000 || 415,613 || 426,177 || 841,790 || 927,023 || 448,445 || 1,375,468 || 1,342,636 || 874,622 || 2,217,258

| 2001 || 429,209 || 441,074 || 870,283 || 960,390 || 478,429 || 1,438,819 || 1,389,599 || 919,503 || 2,309,102

| 2002 || 442,310 || 455,975 || 898,285 || 1,020,913 || 500,730 || 1,521,643 || 1,463,223 || 956,705 || 2,419,928

| 2003 || 456,226 || 471,460 || 927,686 || 1,098,878 || 520,120 || 1,618,998 || 1,555,104 || 991,580 || 2,546,684

| 2004 || 469,327 || 486,907 || 956,234 || 1,240,267 || 557,155 || 1,797,422 || 1,709,594 || 1,044,062 || 2,753,656

| 2005 || 486,089 || 506,128 || 992,217 || 1,391,322 || 607,650 || 1,998,972 || 1,877,411 || 1,113,778 || 2,991,189

| 2006 || 501,148 || 522,168 || 1,023,316 || 1,510,818 || 648,826 || 2,159,644 || 2,011,966 || 1,170,994 || 3,182,960

| 2007 || 516,631 || 537,966 || 1,054,597 || 1,615,273 || 729,767 || 2,345,040 || 2,131,904 || 1,267,733 || 3,399,637

| 2008 || 532,566 || 554,985 || 1,087,551 || 1,618,766 || 735,496 || 2,354,262 || 2,151,332 || 1,290,481 || 3,441,813

| 2009 || 548,290 || 570,620 || 1,118,910 || 1,591,935 || 774,036 || 2,365,971 || 2,140,225 || 1,344,656 || 3,484,881

| 2010 || 563,631 || 584,712 || 1,148,343 || 1,586,716 || 846,995 || 2,433,711 || 2,150,347 || 1,431,707 || 3,582,054

| 2011 || 580,558 || 602,616 || 1,183,174 || 1,641,135 || 872,983 || 2,514,118 || 2,221,693 || 1,475,599 || 3,697,292

| 2012 || 595,365 || 617,071 || 1,212,436 || 1,705,468 || 905,824 || 2,611,292 || 2,300,833 || 1,522,895 || 3,823,728

| 2013 || 610,545 || 631,954 || 1,242,499 || 1,772,413 || 950,232 || 2,722,645 || 2,382,958 || 1,582,186 || 3,965,144

| 2014 || 626,256 || 649,601 || 1,275,857 || 1,855,279 || 960,857 || 2,816,136 || 2,481,535 || 1,610,458 || 4,091,993

| 2015 || 641,282 || 666,323 || 1,307,605 || 1,964,264 || 967,137 || 2,931,401 || 2,605,546 || 1,633,460 || 4,239,006

| 2016 || 656,084 || 681,609 || 1,337,693 || 2,089,302 || 984,129 || 3,073,431 || 2,745,386 || 1,665,738 || 4,411,124

| 2017 || 671,012 || 699,001 || 1,370,013 || 2,167,409 || 963,054 || 3,130,463 || 2,838,421 || 1,662,055 || 4,500,476

| 2018 || 686,475 || 716,638 || 1,403,113 || 2,253,768 || 964,757 || 3,218,525 || 2,940,243 || 1,681,395 || 4,621,638

| 2019 || 700,742 || 731,303 || 1,432,045 || 2,303,549 || 1,040,813 || 3,344,362 || 3,004,291 || 1,772,116 || 4,776,407

| 2020 || 714,936 || 745,034 || 1,459,970 || 2,177,731 || 1,033,012 || 3,210,743 || 2,892,667 || 1,778,046 || 4,670,713

| 2021 || 729,638 || 759,078 || 1,488,716 || 1,941,628 || 955,373 || 2,897,001 || 2,671,266 || 1,714,451 || 4,385,717

| 2022 || 744,238 || 772,838 || 1,517,076 || 2,188,819 || 1,087,673 || 3,276,492 || 2,933,057 || 1,860,511 || 4,793,568

| 2023 || 758,716 || 787,065 || 1,545,781 || 2,262,500 || 1,104,990 || 3,367,490 || 3,021,216 || 1,892,055 || 4,913,271

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. Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. The statelessness challenge for the Bedoon in Kuwait is largely sectarian.

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.

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (Estimates) (1.01.2020):

{| class="wikitable"

! width="80" |Age group

! width="80" |Male

! width="80" |Female

! width="80" |Total

! width="80" |%

| align="right" | Total

| align="right" | 2,743,617

| align="right" | 1,720,904

| align="right" | 4,464,521

| align="right" | 0-4

| align="right" | 123,865

| align="right" | 111,800

| align="right" | 235,663

| align="right" | 5-9

| align="right" | 190,736

| align="right" | 153,412

| align="right" | 344,148

| align="right" | 10-14

| align="right" | 160,820

| align="right" | 129,882

| align="right" | 290,702

| align="right" | 15-19

| align="right" | 135,324

| align="right" | 111,798

| align="right" | 247,122

| align="right" | 20-24

| align="right" | 126,687

| align="right" | 102,773

| align="right" | 229,460

| align="right" | 25-29

| align="right" | 113,416

| align="right" | 93,183

| align="right" | 206,599

| align="right" | 30-34

| align="right" | 205,555

| align="right" | 157,101

| align="right" | 362,656

| align="right" | 35-39

| align="right" | 341,766

| align="right" | 192,989

| align="right" | 534,755

| align="right" | 40-44

| align="right" | 368,779

| align="right" | 180,249

| align="right" | 549,028

| align="right" | 45-49

| align="right" | 342,307

| align="right" | 165,443

| align="right" | 507,750

| align="right" | 50-54

| align="right" | 234,060

| align="right" | 112,764

| align="right" | 346,824

| align="right" | 55-59

| align="right" | 158,989

| align="right" | 76,976

| align="right" | 235,965

| align="right" | 60-64

| align="right" | 105,746

| align="right" | 46,617

| align="right" | 152,363

| align="right" | 65-69

| align="right" | 59,345

| align="right" | 27,921

| align="right" | 87,266

| align="right" | 70-74

| align="right" | 26,885

| align="right" | 15,982

| align="right" | 42,867

| align="right" | 75-79

| align="right" | 11,984

| align="right" | 8,711

| align="right" | 20,695

| align="right" | 80+

| align="right" | 10,839

| align="right" | 7,912

| align="right" | 18,751

! width="50"|Age group

! width="80" |Male

! width="80"|Female

! width="80"|Total

! width="50"|Percent

| align="right" | 0-14

| align="right" | 475,419

| align="right" | 395,094

| align="right" | 870,513

| align="right" | 15-64

| align="right" | 2,132,629

| align="right" | 1,239,893

| align="right" | 3,372,522

| align="right" | 65+

| align="right" | 109,053

| align="right" | 60,526

| align="right" | 169,579

Source: Most people in Kuwait live in the governorates of Hawalli, Asimah, and Farwaniyah.

{| class="wikitable classable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Nationality Group!! GCC countries !! Arab countries !! Asia !! SS Africa !! Europe !! North America !! South America !! Oceania !! Total

! rowspan="3" |Capital Governorate

! Male

| 144,354 || 45,550 || 118,393 || 991 || 953 || 1,000 || 115 || 105 || 311,461

! Female

| 150,029 || 22,018 || 84,561 || 4,759 || 971 || 887 || 88 || 65 || 263,378

! Total

| 294,383 || 67,568 || 202,954 || 5,750 || 1,924 || 1,887 || 203 || 170 || 574,839

! rowspan="3" |Hawalli Governorate

! Male

| 124,551 || 224,700 || 162,749 || 1,477 || 3,890 || 4,549 || 369 || 353 || 522,638

! Female

| 127,709 || 127,931 || 133,244 || 5,883 || 4,098 || 3,979 || 372 || 316 || 403,532

! Total

| 252,260 || 352,631 || 295,993 || 7,360 || 7,988 || 8,528 || 741 || 669 || 926,170

! rowspan="3" |Al-Ahmadi Governorate

! Male

| 176,599 || 98,007 || 312,505 || 3,214 || 1,717 || 3,239 || 312 || 139 || 595,732

! Female

| 179,803 || 40,929 || 99,448 || 5,282 || 983 || 1,376 || 145 || 86 || 328,052

! Total

| 356,402 || 138,936 || 411,953 || 8,496 || 2,700 || 4,615 || 457 || 225 || 923,784

! rowspan="3" |Al-Jahra Governorate

! Male

| 138,772 || 85,450 || 94,286 || 1,630 || 262 || 260 || 115 || 59 || 320,834

! Female

| 141,876 || 57,551 || 40,935 || 5,068 || 268 || 198 || 81 || 50 || 246,027

! Total

| 280,648 || 143,001 || 135,221 || 6,698 || 530 || 458 || 196 || 109 || 566,861

! rowspan="3" |Al-Farwaniya Governorate

! Male

| 130,514 || 273,035 || 369,097 || 2,551 || 463 || 493 || 91 || 59 || 776,303

! Female

| 135,497 || 74,258 || 117,987 || 4,927 || 383 || 352 || 79 || 33 || 333,516

! Total

| 266,011 || 347,293 || 487,084 || 7,478 || 846 || 845 || 170 || 92 || 1,109,819

! rowspan="3" |Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate

! Male

| 89,764 || 7,764 || 42,714 || 339 || 359 || 650 || 87 || 31 || 141,708

! Female

| 92,949 || 5,429 || 35,767 || 2,856 || 417 || 452 || 66 || 22 || 137,958

! Total

| 182,713 || 13,193 || 78,481 || 3,195 || 776 || 1,102 || 153 || 53 || 279,666

! rowspan="3" |Not Stated

! Male

| 1,618 || 581 || 338 || 21 || 10 || 15 || 5 || 2 || 2,590

! Female

| 1,165 || 568 || 208 || 17 || 6 || 19 || 3 || 2 || 1,988

! Total

| 2,783 || 1,149 || 546 || 38 || 16 || 34 || 8 || 4 || 4,578

! rowspan="3" |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

Vital statistics

;UN estimates

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"

! width="50" |Period

! width="50" |Live births per year

! width="50" |Deaths per year

! width="50" |Natural change per year

! width="50" |CBR*

! width="50" |CDR*

! width="50" |NC*

! width="50" |TFR*

! width="50" |IMR*

| 1950-1955 || 8,000|| 2,000|| 6,000||43.7||12.3||31.4||7.21||113

| 1955-1960 || 9,000|| 2,000|| 7,000||40.0||9.6||30.4||7.21||90

| 1960-1965 || 16,000|| 3,000|| 13,000||43.4||7.6||35.8||7.31||70

| 1965-1970 || 30,000|| 4,000|| 26,000||48.8||6.3||42.5||7.41||53

| 1970-1975 || 43,000|| 5,000|| 38,000||47.6||5.2||42.4||6.90||40

| 1975-1980 || 49,000|| 5,000|| 44,000||40.7||4.2||36.5||5.89||29

| 1980-1985 || 58,000|| 5,000|| 52,000||37.1||3.4||33.6||5.10||22

| 1985-1990 || 51,000|| 5,000|| 45,000||26.5||2.8||23.7||3.34||16

| 1990-1995 || 33,000|| 5,000|| 28,000||18.0||2.7||15.3||2.20||13

| 1995-2000 || 43,000|| 5,000|| 38,000||24.1||3.0||21.1||2.93||11

| 2000-2005 || 39,000|| 6,000|| 32,000||18.5||3.1||15.4||2.24||10

| 2005-2010 || 47,000|| 7,000|| 40,000||18.7||3.1||15.6||2.32||8

| 2010-2015 || 58,000|| 9,000|| 49,000||16.1||2.4||13.7||2.08||8

| 2015-2020 || 60,000|| 12,000|| 48,000||12.6||2.9||9.7||2.07||7

|align="left" colspan="9" | * <small> 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)</small>

Registered births and deaths

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header-multi" style="text-align:right;"

! width="70" |Average population

! width="70" |Live births

! width="70" |Deaths

! width="70" |Natural change

! width="70" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)

! width="70" |Crude death rate (per 1000)

! width="70" |Natural change (per 1000)

! width="70" |Crude migration rate (per 1000)

! width="70" |TFR

| 1958

|6,881||||

|||||

| 1959

|9,023||||

|||||

| 1960

|11,616||1,235||10,381

|||||

| 1961

| 296,000

|12,942||2,504||10,438

|43.7||8.4||35.2

| 1962

| 337,000

|15,204||2,180||13,024

|45.1||6.5||38.6

|7.67

| 1963

| 384,000

|17,397||2,139||15,258

|45.4||5.6||39.8

|5.82

| 1964

| 433,000

|19,428||2,618||16,810

|44.8||6.0||38.8

|3.58

| 1965

| 484,000

|21,950||2,454||19,496

|45.3||5.1||40.3

|5.55

| 1966

| 536,000

|23,732||2,813||20,919

|44.3||5.3||39.0

|2.65

| 1967

| 588,000

|28,334||3,111||25,223

|48.2||5.3||42.9

|7.32

| 1968

| 642,000

|33,026||3,346||29,680

|51.5||5.2||46.3

|6.94

| 1969

| 697,000

|35,135||3,378||31,757

|50.4||4.8||45.6

|2.98

| 1970

| 753,000

|33,842||3,735||30,107

|44.9||5.0||40.0

| -2.19

| 1971

| 811,000

|35,558||3,832||31,726

|43.8||4.7||39.1

|2.00

| 1972

| 870,000

|37,688||4,149||33,539

|43.3||4.8||38.5

|2.08

| 1973

| 931,000

|40,165||4,601||35,564

|43.2||4.9||38.2

|2.17

| 1974

| 992,000

|41,060||4,693||36,367

|41.4||4.7||36.7

|0.81

| 1975

|1,054,000

|42,861||4,778||38,083

|40.7||4.5||36.1

|1.63

| 1976

|1,116,000

|46,039||4,661||41,378

|41.3||4.2||37.1

|2.95

| 1977

|1,179,000

|46,864||5,365||41,499

|39.8||4.6||35.2

|0.10

| 1978

|1,243,000

|48,010||4,936||43,074

|38.6||4.0||34.7

|1.27

| 1979

|1,309,000

|48,273||5,028||43,245

|36.9||3.8||33.0

|0.13

| 1980

|1,377,000

|51,090||4,932||46,158

|37.1||3.6||33.5

|2.12

| 1981

|1,446,000

|52,041||4,678||47,363

|36.0||3.2||32.8

|0.83

| 1982

|1,514,000

|54,257||4,992||49,265

|35.8||3.3||32.5

|1.26

| 1983

|1,584,000

|55,617||4,654||50,963

|35.1||2.9||32.2

|1.07

| 1984

|1,660,000

|56,776||4,544||52,232

|34.2||2.7||31.5

|0.76

| 1985

|1,742,000

|55,087||4,711||50,376

|31.6||2.7||28.9

| -1.07

| 1986

|1,836,000

|53,845||4,390||49,455

|29.3||2.4||26.9

| -0.50

| 1987

|1,937,000

|52,412||4,113||48,299

|27.1||2.1||24.9

| -0.60

| 1988

|2,028,000

|53,080||4,581||48,499

|26.2||2.3||23.9

|0.10

| 1989

|2,084,000

|52,858||4,628||48,230

|25.4||2.2||23.1

| -0.13

| 1990

|2,088,000

| || ||

| 1991

|2,031,000

|20,609||3,380||17,229

|10.1||1.7||8.5

| 1992

|1,924,000

|34,817||3,369||31,448

|18.1||1.8||16.3

|7.39

| 1993

|1,796,000

|37,379||3,441||33,938

|20.8||1.9||18.9

|1.39

| 1994

|1,688,000

|38,868||3,464||35,404

|23.0||2.1||21.0

|0.87

| 1995

|1,628,000

|41,169||3,781||37,388

|25.3||2.3||23.0

|1.22

| 1996

|1,628,000

|44,620||3,812||40,808

|27.4||2.3||25.1

|2.10

| 1997

|1,679,000

|42,815||4,017||38,798

|25.5||2.4||23.1

| -1.20

| 1998

|1,764,000

|41,424||4,216||37,208

|23.5||2.4||21.1

| -0.90

| 1999

|1,857,000

|41,135||4,187||36,948

|22.1||2.3||19.9

| -0.14

| 2000

|1,941,000

|41,843||4,227||37,616

|21.6||2.2||19.4

|0.34

| 2001

|2,010,000

|41,342||4,364||36,978

|20.6||2.2||18.4

| -0.32

| 2002

|2,070,000

|43,490||4,342||39,148

|21.0||2.1||18.9

|1.05

| 2003

|2,127,000

|43,982||4,424||39,558

|20.7||2.1||18.6

|0.19

| 2004

|2,189,000

|47,274||4,793||42,481

|21.6||2.2||19.4

|1.34

| 2005

|2,264,000

|50,941||4,784||46,157

|22.5||2.1||20.4

|1.62

| 2006

|2,351,000

|52,759||5,247||47,512

|22.4||2.2||20.2

|0.58

| 2007

|2,448,000

|53,587||5,293||48,294

|21.9||2.2||19.7

|0.32

| 2008

|2,548,000

|54,571||5,701||48,870

|21.4||2.2||19.2

|0.24

| 2009

|2,778,000

|56,503||6,266||50,237

|20.3||2.3||18.1

|0.49

| 2010

|2,933,000

|57,533||5,448||52,085

|19.6||1.9||17.8

|0.63

| 2011

|3,099,000

|58,198||5,339||52,859

|18.7||1.7||17.0

|0.25

|1.95

| 2012

|3,246,622

|59,753||5,950||53,803

|18.4||1.8||16.6

|0.29

|1.86

| 2013

|3,427,595

|59,426||5,909||53,517

|17.3||1.7||15.6

| -0.08

|1.719

| 2014

|3,588,092

|61,313||6,031||55,282

|16.3||1.6||14.7

|0.49

|1.915

| 2015

|3,743,660

|59,271||6,481||52,790

|14.9||1.6||13.3

| -0.67

| 2016

|3,925,487

|58,797||6,338||52,459

|14.4||1.5||12.9

| -0.08

|2.062

| 2017

|4,082,704

|59,172||6,679||52,493

|14.7||1.7||13.0

|0.01

|2.152

| 2018

|4,226,920

|56,121||6,807||49,314

|13.6||1.7||11.9

| -0.75

|2.161

| 2019

|4,420,110

|53,565||7,306||46,259

|12.1||1.6||10.4

| -0.69

|2.082

| 2020

|4,464,521

|52,463||10,569||41,894

|11.7||2.4||9.3

| -0.98

|2.033

| 2021

|4,336,012

|51,585||10,938||40,647

|11.9||2.5||9.4

| -0.29

|2.148

| 2022

|4,385,717

|49,793||8,041||41,752

|10.9||1.8||9.1

|0.25

|1.546

| 2023

|4,793,568

|50,034||7,436||42,568

|10.3||1.5||8.8

|0.19

| style="color: red" |1.524

| 2024

|4,913,271

|49,063||7,422||41,641

|10.0||1.5||8.5

| -0.22

|1.560

| 2025

|4,881,254

|||||

Life expectancy

thumb|300px|[[Life expectancy at birth in Kuwait]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

!Period

!Life expectancy in<br />Years

!Period

!Life expectancy in<br />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

Source: UN World Population Prospects

Ethnic groups

By continent

Source:

{| class="wikitable classable sortable"

! Nationality Group !! Population

| GCC countries || 1,635,200

| Arab countries || 1,063,771

| Asia || 1,612,232

| Sub-Saharan Africa || 39,015

| Europe || 14,780

| North America || 17,469

| South America || 1,928

| Oceania || 1,322

| Total || 4,385,717

By nationality

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

{| class="wikitable classable sortable"

! Nationality !! Population !! % of Total Population !! Year of Data

| || 1,294,513 || 30.90% || 2015

| || 1,152,000 || 24.04% || 2020

| || 666,000 || 15.70% || 2020

| || 350,000 || 8.40% || 2021

| || 339,000|| 8.30% || 2021

| || 241,000 || 3.80% || 2015

| || 106,000 || 2.24% || 2019

| || 96,000 || 2.26% || 2016

| Stateless || 93,000 || 2.20% || 2015

| || 74,000 || 1.80% || 2012

| || 50,000 || 1.20% || 2015

| || 33,000|| 0.83% || 2022

| || 30,000 || 0.70% || 2013

| || 28,954 || 0.68% || 2020

| || 16,000 - 18,000 || ~0.4% || 2015

| || 15,000 || 0.36% || 2015

| || 11,000 || 0.26% || 2012

| || 7,000 || 0.17% || 2015

| || 7,000 || 0.17% || 2020

| || 6,856 || 0.16% || 2021

| || 5,000 || 0.12% || 2015

| || 5,000 || 0.12% || 2014

| || 4,000 || 0.10% || 2013

| || 4,000 || 0.10% || 2009

| || 4,000 || 0.10% || 2022

| || 3,634 || 0.02% || 2024

| || 500 - 600 || ~0.01% || 2015

| || 500 || 0.01% || ?

| || 500 || 0.01% || 2015

| || 400 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 300 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 300 || <0.01% || 2014

| || 300 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 250 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 200 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 200 || <0.01% || 2021

| || 170 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 120 - 150 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 100 - 150 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 105 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 100 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 50 || <0.01% || 2015

| || <50 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 47 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 30 - 50 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 40 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 37 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 20 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 14 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 10 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 7 || <0.01% || 2015

| || 2 || <0.01% || 2015

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.)

Languages

Arabic (official)
English (lingua franca, spoken widely)
Tagalog
Gulf Pidgin Arabic (lingua franca)
Hindi
Persian
Bengali
Urdu
French
Malayalam
Pashto
Turkish
Armenian
Kurdish

Religion

Muslim (official) 74.6%
Christian 18.2%
Other and Unspecified 7.2%