!!!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% \\ ||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.) \\