About 96% of Kuwait's population is urban. The majority of people residing in the State of Kuwait are Arab, but only a third (about one million) are Kuwaiti citizens. Large expatriate populations include Egyptians, Indians (400,000)^[1] , Bangladeshis (170,000)^[2], Pakistanis, Sri Lankans, and Filipinos (65,000). There is also a population of approximately 100,000 stateless Arabs, (known locally as Bidoon, an Arabic word meaning without. Before the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait in 1990, there was a large population of Palestinian expatriates, many holding Jordanian nationality, though after the liberation of Kuwait they, along with most nationals of countries who had supported Iraq were deported. In the fifteen years since, the Kuwait national population and expatriate population have increased significantly. The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... An expatriate (in abbreviated form expat) is someone temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. ... Bidoon or bidun (trans. ... The Palestinian flag, adopted in 1948, is a widely recognized modern symbol of the Palestinian people. ... Combatants U.S.-led coalition Iraq Commanders George H. W. Bush, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell Saddam Hussein Strength 660,000 ~545,000 Casualties 345 dead, 1,000 wounded 25,000 - 100,000 dead, 100,000 - 300,000 wounded The 1991 Gulf War (also Persian Gulf War) was a conflict between...

Seventy percent of native Kuwaitis are Sunni Muslims, and 30% are Shi'a Muslims. There are small numbers of Kuwaiti Christians and Jews^[3]. The 79% literacy rate, one of the Arab world's highest, is due to extensive government support for the education system. Public school education, including Kuwait University, is free, but access is restricted for foreign residents. The government sends qualified students abroad for degrees not offered at Kuwait University. About 1,000 Kuwaitis are currently studying in U.S. universities. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Shia Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 10-15% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the New Testament accounts of the life, teachings, and actions of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

Population: 2.868 million ^[4]
note: includes 1.893 million non-nationals (1st half of 2005 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 27.2% (male 323,382; female 311,700)
15-64 years: 70.1% (male 1,045,589; female 591,243)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 40,439; female 23,295) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 8.1% (2004 est.)
note: this rate reflects an immigrant growth rate of 11%

Birth rate: 21.88 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 2.42 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 14.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.77 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.52 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 9.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.03 years
male: 76.01 years
female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.97 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Kuwaiti(s)
adjective: Kuwaiti

Ethnic groups (by nationality): Kuwaiti 35%, other Arab nationals 22%, non-Arab national (mostly Asian) 39%, stateless (Bidoon) 4% ^[5] Bidoon or bidun (trans. ...

Religions: Muslim 75% (Sunni 81%, Shi'a 19%), Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, and other 25%

Languages: Arabic (official), English widely spoken, Hindi/Urdu, Bangla, and other languages are spoken by the large South Asian expatriate population. Hindi (हिन्दी hind), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in North, Central, and West India, is one of the national languages of India. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... This article is about the Bengali language. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.5%
male: 85.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

Historical demographics

April 22, 1975 and April 21, 1980 censuses ^[6]

See also : Kuwait

References

1. ↑ India Kuwait economic relations
2. ↑ Kuwait revisits labour laws for expats
3. ↑ International Religious Freedom Report 2005 (US State Department)
4. ↑ Kuwait population swells to 2.753 million in 04 - Public Authority for Civil Information (Kuwait)
5. ↑ Background Note: Kuwait (US State Department)
6. ↑ Annuaire démographique des Nations-Unies 1983, Département des affaires économiques et sociales internationales, New York, 1985