Demographics of Kuwait
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Kuwait.
Expatriates account for around 70% of Kuwait's total population, with Kuwaitis constituting 28%-32% of the total population. The government and some Kuwaiti citizens consider the proportion of expatriates to be a problem, and in 2016 the number of deportations increased. Kuwait consists of six governorates: Hawalli, Asimah, Farwaniyah, Jahra, Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer.
Governorates
Kuwait consists of six governorates: Hawalli, Asimah, Farwaniyah, Jahra, Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer. Most Kuwaitis live in the governorates of Hawalli, Asimah and Farwaniyah.Historical populations
The biggest population difficulty in Kuwait involves the Bedoon, a stateless people numbering just over 100,000 who are classed as illegal residents and who are trying to claim Kuwaiti citizenship. Critics argue that these people are Arabs who migrated from Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia; a large part of the problem the Bedoon face is that these other states do not consider them as their nationals either. In 2013, a law was passed to grant citizenship to 4,000 of these people as part of an attempt to resolve the problem. However, the government has said that only a third of the Bedoon would qualify for possible naturalization as it considers that the rest hold other nationalities, with officials alleging that they have destroyed their documents in order to claim Kuwaiti citizenship.Vital statistics
;UN estimates;Registered births and deaths
| Average population | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Natural change | TFR | |
| 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 | - |
| 1963 | 384,000 | 17,397 | 2,139 | 15,258 | 45.4 | 5.6 | 39.8 | - |
| 1964 | 433,000 | 19,428 | 2,618 | 16,810 | 44.8 | 6.0 | 38.8 | - |
| 1965 | 484,000 | 21,950 | 2,454 | 19,496 | 45.3 | 5.1 | 40.3 | - |
| 1966 | 536,000 | 23,732 | 2,813 | 20,919 | 44.3 | 5.3 | 39.0 | - |
| 1967 | 588,000 | 28,334 | 3,111 | 25,223 | 48.2 | 5.3 | 42.9 | - |
| 1968 | 642,000 | 33,026 | 3,346 | 29,680 | 51.5 | 5.2 | 46.3 | - |
| 1969 | 697,000 | 35,135 | 3,378 | 31,757 | 50.4 | 4.8 | 45.6 | - |
| 1970 | 753,000 | 33,842 | 3,735 | 30,107 | 44.9 | 5.0 | 40.0 | - |
| 1971 | 811,000 | 35,558 | 3,832 | 31,726 | 43.8 | 4.7 | 39.1 | - |
| 1972 | 870,000 | 37,688 | 4,149 | 33,539 | 43.3 | 4.8 | 38.5 | - |
| 1973 | 931,000 | 40,165 | 4,601 | 35,564 | 43.2 | 4.9 | 38.2 | - |
| 1974 | 992,000 | 41,060 | 4,693 | 36,367 | 41.4 | 4.7 | 36.7 | - |
| 1975 | 1,054,000 | 42,861 | 4,778 | 38,083 | 40.7 | 4.5 | 36.1 | - |
| 1976 | 1,116,000 | 46,039 | 4,661 | 41,378 | 41.3 | 4.2 | 37.1 | - |
| 1977 | 1,179,000 | 46,864 | 5,365 | 41,499 | 39.8 | 4.6 | 35.2 | - |
| 1978 | 1,243,000 | 48,010 | 4,936 | 43,074 | 38.6 | 4.0 | 34.7 | - |
| 1979 | 1,309,000 | 48,273 | 5,028 | 43,245 | 36.9 | 3.8 | 33.0 | - |
| 1980 | 1,377,000 | 51,090 | 4,932 | 46,158 | 37.1 | 3.6 | 33.5 | - |
| 1981 | 1,446,000 | 52,041 | 4,678 | 47,363 | 36.0 | 3.2 | 32.8 | - |
| 1982 | 1,514,000 | 54,257 | 4,992 | 49,265 | 35.8 | 3.3 | 32.5 | - |
| 1983 | 1,584,000 | 55,617 | 4,654 | 50,963 | 35.1 | 2.9 | 32.2 | - |
| 1984 | 1,660,000 | 56,776 | 4,544 | 52,232 | 34.2 | 2.7 | 31.5 | - |
| 1985 | 1,742,000 | 55,087 | 4,711 | 50,376 | 31.6 | 2.7 | 28.9 | - |
| 1986 | 1,836,000 | 53,845 | 4,390 | 49,455 | 29.3 | 2.4 | 26.9 | - |
| 1987 | 1,937,000 | 52,412 | 4,113 | 48,299 | 27.1 | 2.1 | 24.9 | - |
| 1988 | 2,028,000 | 53,080 | 4,581 | 48,499 | 26.2 | 2.3 | 23.9 | - |
| 1989 | 2,084,000 | 52,858 | 4,628 | 48,230 | 25.4 | 2.2 | 23.1 | - |
| 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 | - |
| 1993 | 1,796,000 | 37,379 | 3,441 | 33,938 | 20.8 | 1.9 | 18.9 | - |
| 1994 | 1,688,000 | 38,868 | 3,464 | 35,404 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 21.0 | - |
| 1995 | 1,628,000 | 41,169 | 3,781 | 37,388 | 25.3 | 2.3 | 23.0 | - |
| 1996 | 1,628,000 | 44,620 | 3,812 | 40,808 | 27.4 | 2.3 | 25.1 | - |
| 1997 | 1,679,000 | 42,815 | 4,017 | 38,798 | 25.5 | 2.4 | 23.1 | - |
| 1998 | 1,764,000 | 41,424 | 4,216 | 37,208 | 23.5 | 2.4 | 21.1 | - |
| 1999 | 1,857,000 | 41,135 | 4,187 | 36,948 | 22.1 | 2.3 | 19.9 | - |
| 2000 | 1,941,000 | 41,843 | 4,227 | 37,616 | 21.6 | 2.2 | 19.4 | - |
| 2001 | 2,010,000 | 41,342 | 4,364 | 36,978 | 20.6 | 2.2 | 18.4 | - |
| 2002 | 2,070,000 | 43,490 | 4,342 | 39,148 | 21.0 | 2.1 | 18.9 | - |
| 2003 | 2,127,000 | 43,982 | 4,424 | 39,558 | 20.7 | 2.1 | 18.6 | - |
| 2004 | 2,189,000 | 47,274 | 4,793 | 42,481 | 21.6 | 2.2 | 19.4 | - |
| 2005 | 2,264,000 | 50,941 | 4,784 | 46,157 | 22.5 | 2.1 | 20.4 | - |
| 2006 | 2,351,000 | 52,759 | 5,247 | 47,512 | 22.4 | 2.2 | 20.2 | - |
| 2007 | 2,448,000 | 53,587 | 5,293 | 48,294 | 21.9 | 2.2 | 19.7 | - |
| 2008 | 2,548,000 | 54,571 | 5,701 | 48,870 | 21.4 | 2.2 | 19.2 | - |
| 2009 | 2,778,000 | 56,503 | 6,266 | 50,237 | 20.3 | 2.3 | 18.1 | - |
| 2010 | 2,933,000 | 57,533 | 5,448 | 52,085 | 19.6 | 1.9 | 17.8 | - |
| 2011 | 3,099,000 | 58,198 | 5,339 | 52,859 | 18.7 | 1.7 | 17.0 | 1.95 |
| 2012 | 59,753 | 5,950 | 53,803 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 16.6 | 1.86 | |
| 2013 | 59,426 | 5,909 | 53,517 | 17.3 | 1.7 | 15.6 | 1.72 | |
| 2014 | 61,313 | 6,031 | 55,282 | 16.3 | 1.6 | 14.7 | 1.90 | |
| 2015 | 59,271 | 6,481 | 52,790 | 14.9 | 1.6 | 13.3 | ||
| 2016 | 58,797 | 6,338 | 52,459 | 14.4 | 1.5 | 12.9 | 1.47 | |
| 2017 | 59,172 | 6,679 | 52,493 | 14.7 | 1.7 | 13.0 | 2.15 | |
| 2018 | 56,121 | 6,807 | 49,314 | 13.6 | 1.7 | 11.9 | 2.16 |
Structure of the population http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
Structure of the population :| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
| Total | 1 738 372 | 1 327 478 | 3 065 850 | 100 |
| 0-4 | 138 688 | 128 265 | 266 953 | 8,71 |
| 5-9 | 116 278 | 109 797 | 226 075 | 7,37 |
| 10-14 | 104 034 | 98 101 | 202 135 | 6,59 |
| 15-19 | 96 131 | 87 401 | 183 532 | 5,99 |
| 20-24 | 132 661 | 128 040 | 260 701 | 8,50 |
| 25-29 | 219 431 | 173 309 | 392 740 | 12,81 |
| 30-34 | 249 945 | 159 492 | 409 437 | 13,35 |
| 35-39 | 201 460 | 133 526 | 334 986 | 10,93 |
| 40-44 | 170 762 | 108 085 | 278 847 | 9,10 |
| 45-49 | 121 610 | 76 804 | 198 414 | 6,47 |
| 50-54 | 83 022 | 48 509 | 131 531 | 4,29 |
| 55-59 | 49 821 | 30 238 | 80 059 | 2,61 |
| 60-64 | 25 262 | 18 688 | 43 950 | 1,43 |
| 65+ | 29 267 | 27 223 | 56 490 | 1,84 |
Life expectancy
Source: UN World Population ProspectsCIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.;Age structure
- 0–14 years: 25.8%
- 15–64 years: 72.2%
- 65 years and over: 2%
- 1.986%
- at birth: 1.047 male/female
- under 15 years: 1.04 male/female
- 15–64 years: 1.79 male/female
- 65 years and over: 1.65 male/female
- total population: 1.54 male/female
- total population: 77.09 years
- male: 75.95 years
- female: 78.3 years
- 2.64 children born/woman
- noun: Kuwaiti
- adjective: Kuwaiti
;Languages
- Arabic
- English spoken widely
- Muslim 99%
- Christian 1%
- Other and Unspecified 0.2%
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 94%