Kuwait: People & Society#
| Population | 2,832,776 (July 2016 est.) note: Kuwait's Public Authority for Civil Information estimates the country's total population to be 4,183,658 for 2015, with immigrants accounting more than 69% |
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| Nationality | noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti |
| Ethnic groups | Kuwaiti 31.3%, other Arab 27.9%, Asian 37.8%, African 1.9%, other 1.1% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2013 est.) |
| Languages | Arabic (official), English widely spoken |
| Religions | Muslim (official) 76.7%, Christian 17.3%, other and unspecified 5.9% note: represents the total population; about 69% of the population consists of immigrants (2013 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 25.18% (male 371,021/female 342,362) 15-24 years: 15.16% (male 236,012/female 193,303) 25-54 years: 52.28% (male 936,604/female 544,378) 55-64 years: 4.95% (male 79,551/female 60,602) 65 years and over: 2.43% (male 32,096/female 36,847) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 32.1% youth dependency ratio: 29.5% elderly dependency ratio: 2.6% potential support ratio: 38.4% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.2 years male: 30.3 years female: 27.2 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.53% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 19.6 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 2.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | densest settlement is along the Persian Gulf, particularly in Kuwait City and on Bubiyan Island; significant population threads extend south and west along highways that radiate from the capital, particularly in the southern half of the country |
| Urbanization | urban population: 98.3% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 3.63% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | KUWAIT (capital) 2.779 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.22 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.72 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.31 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.41 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 78 years male: 76.6 years female: 79.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.44 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 3% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 1.79 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99% of population rural: 99% of population total: 99% of population unimproved: urban: 1% of population rural: 1% of population total: 1% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 38.3% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3% (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.3% male: 96.5% female: 95.8% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 12 years female: 14 years (2013) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 14.6% male: N/A female: N/A (2011 est.) |