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Demographics of Kuwait

Demographics of Kuwait

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

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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.[1]

Governorates

Kuwait consists of six governorates: Hawalli, Asimah, Farwaniyah, Jahra, Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.[2] Most people in Kuwait live in the governorates of Hawalli, Asimah, and Farwaniyah.[2]

Historical populations

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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 Bedoon issue in Kuwait is largely sectarian.[8][9][10][11][12]

Vital statistics

UN estimates

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Registered births and deaths

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Structure of the population

Structure of the population (1.01.2020) (Census - provisional):[16]

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Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Kuwait
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Source: UN World Population Prospects[17]

Ethnic groups[18]
Languages[18]
Religion[18]

See also


References

  1. "Kuwait steps up deportations of expat workers". 29 April 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. "2013 Population Census". Government of Kuwait. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  3. "Government of United Kingdom". "The Kuwaiti Bedoon`s continued exclusion from nationality can only be understood in the light of the power struggle in a system which was largely based on sectarianism and tribalism within newly emerging emirates striving to assert their legitimacy and authority. The majority of the Bedoon are in fact an extended branch of tribes across the borders between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia and are largely of the Muslim Shi'ite faith".
  4. Eman Shams Aldeen (September 19, 2012). "البدون فــي الكويـــت.. مواطنون بلا هوية". As-Safir Al-Arabi (in Arabic).
  5. United nations. Demographic Yearbooks
  6. Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine Central Statistical Bureau
  7. "Middle East ::KUWAIT". CIA The World Factbook. 6 October 2022.

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