This is a demography of the population of Kuwait ().

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. Most were deported for outstaying their residency permits but others also for traffic offences.

Population size and structure

+ Population of Kuwait according to nationalityCensus yearKuwaitinon-Kuwaiti Total Change Population % Population % Population %1975 307,755 687,082 994,837 1985 470,473 1,226,828 1,697,301 70.61995 653,616 921,954 1,575,570 -7.22005 860,324 1,333,327 2,193,651 39.22015 1,208,643 2,535,017 3,743,660 70.6

Source: Year Kuwaiti Male Kuwaiti Female Kuwaiti Total Non-Kuwaiti Male Non-Kuwaiti Female Non-Kuwaiti Total Total Male Total Female Grand Total 1990 286,299 292,212 578,511 944,585 628,584 1,573,169 1,230,884 920,796 2,151,680 1993 325,892 331,601 657,493 682,161 305,973 988,134 1,008,053 637,574 1,645,627 1995 351,314 356,801 708,115 841,320 409,359 1,250,679 1,192,634 766,160 1,958,794 1996 363,476 368,927 732,403 914,327 447,159 1,361,486 1,277,803 816,086 2,093,889 1998 388,687 397,323 786,010 1,002,718 482,137 1,484,855 1,391,405 879,460 2,270,865 1999 401,433 410,822 812,255 970,865 471,834 1,442,699 1,372,298 882,656 2,254,954 2000 415,613 426,177 841,790 927,023 448,445 1,375,468 1,342,636 874,622 2,217,258 2001 429,209 441,074 870,283 960,390 478,429 1,438,819 1,389,599 919,503 2,309,102 2002 442,310 455,975 898,285 1,020,913 500,730 1,521,643 1,463,223 956,705 2,419,928 2003 456,226 471,460 927,686 1,098,878 520,120 1,618,998 1,555,104 991,580 2,546,684 2004 469,327 486,907 956,234 1,240,267 557,155 1,797,422 1,709,594 1,044,062 2,753,656 2005 486,089 506,128 992,217 1,391,322 607,650 1,998,972 1,877,411 1,113,778 2,991,189 2006 501,148 522,168 1,023,316 1,510,818 648,826 2,159,644 2,011,966 1,170,994 3,182,960 2007 516,631 537,966 1,054,597 1,615,273 729,767 2,345,040 2,131,904 1,267,733 3,399,637 2008 532,566 554,985 1,087,551 1,618,766 735,496 2,354,262 2,151,332 1,290,481 3,441,813 2009 548,290 570,620 1,118,910 1,591,935 774,036 2,365,971 2,140,225 1,344,656 3,484,881 2010 563,631 584,712 1,148,343 1,586,716 846,995 2,433,711 2,150,347 1,431,707 3,582,054 2011 580,558 602,616 1,183,174 1,641,135 872,983 2,514,118 2,221,693 1,475,599 3,697,292 2012 595,365 617,071 1,212,436 1,705,468 905,824 2,611,292 2,300,833 1,522,895 3,823,728 2013 610,545 631,954 1,242,499 1,772,413 950,232 2,722,645 2,382,958 1,582,186 3,965,144 2014 626,256 649,601 1,275,857 1,855,279 960,857 2,816,136 2,481,535 1,610,458 4,091,993 2015 641,282 666,323 1,307,605 1,964,264 967,137 2,931,401 2,605,546 1,633,460 4,239,006 2016 656,084 681,609 1,337,693 2,089,302 984,129 3,073,431 2,745,386 1,665,738 4,411,124 2017 671,012 699,001 1,370,013 2,167,409 963,054 3,130,463 2,838,421 1,662,055 4,500,476 2018 686,475 716,638 1,403,113 2,253,768 964,757 3,218,525 2,940,243 1,681,395 4,621,638 2019 700,742 731,303 1,432,045 2,303,549 1,040,813 3,344,362 3,004,291 1,772,116 4,776,407 2020 714,936 745,034 1,459,970 2,177,731 1,033,012 3,210,743 2,892,667 1,778,046 4,670,713 2021 729,638 759,078 1,488,716 1,941,628 955,373 2,897,001 2,671,266 1,714,451 4,385,717 2022 744,238 772,838 1,517,076 2,188,819 1,087,673 3,276,492 2,933,057 1,860,511 4,793,568 2023 758,716 787,065 1,545,781 2,262,500 1,104,990 3,367,490 3,021,216 1,892,055 4,913,271

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. Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region. The statelessness challenge for the Bedoon in Kuwait is largely sectarian.

According to recent statistics provided by the Central Statistics Bureau, as of January 2024, Kuwait's population reached 4.91 million, an increase of 119,700 from the previous year's 4.79 million. The number of Kuwaiti citizens rose by 28,700 to reach a total of 1.545 million. Specifically, the number of male citizens increased to 758,700, and female citizens reached 787,000. Concurrently, the expatriate population also increased by 90,990, totaling 3.36 million. Amongst the expatriates, the male population reached 2.26 million and the female population 1.1 million.

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (Estimates) (1.01.2020): Age groupMaleFemaleTotal% Total 2,743,617 1,720,904 4,464,521 0-4 123,865 111,800 235,663 5-9 190,736 153,412 344,148 10-14 160,820 129,882 290,702 15-19 135,324 111,798 247,122 20-24 126,687 102,773 229,460 25-29 113,416 93,183 206,599 30-34 205,555 157,101 362,656 35-39 341,766 192,989 534,755 40-44 368,779 180,249 549,028 45-49 342,307 165,443 507,750 50-54 234,060 112,764 346,824 55-59 158,989 76,976 235,965 60-64 105,746 46,617 152,363 65-69 59,345 27,921 87,266 70-74 26,885 15,982 42,867 75-79 11,984 8,711 20,695 80+ 10,839 7,912 18,751 Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent 0-14 475,419 395,094 870,513 15-64 2,132,629 1,239,893 3,372,522 65+ 109,053 60,526 169,579

Source: Age Group Kuwaiti Males Kuwaiti Females Total Kuwaitis Non-Kuwaiti Males Non-Kuwaiti Females Total Non-Kuwaitis Total Males Total Females Grand Total Less than 1 year 16,911 15,860 32,771 8,928 8,483 17,411 25,839 24,343 50,182 1-4 62,966 61,810 124,776 47,627 47,086 94,713 110,593 108,896 219,489 5-9 87,292 82,393 169,685 75,842 71,866 147,708 163,134 154,259 317,393 10-14 88,104 83,914 172,018 74,787 70,185 144,972 162,891 154,099 316,990 15-19 76,609 75,089 151,698 55,679 52,907 108,586 132,288 127,996 260,284 20-24 66,815 65,104 131,919 62,238 44,489 106,727 129,053 109,593 238,646 25-29 66,647 64,461 131,108 239,562 86,968 326,530 306,209 151,429 457,638 30-34 48,975 52,607 101,582 288,214 125,939 414,153 337,189 178,546 515,735 35-39 52,231 56,948 109,179 363,465 164,133 527,598 415,696 221,081 636,777 40-44 42,233 45,508 87,741 334,328 140,911 475,239 376,561 186,419 562,980 45-49 34,203 39,923 74,126 245,893 111,643 357,536 280,096 151,566 431,662 50-54 29,381 34,453 63,834 181,928 75,451 257,379 211,309 109,904 321,213 55-59 24,419 29,126 53,545 114,223 43,782 158,005 138,642 72,908 211,550 60-64 17,572 22,913 40,485 54,780 22,135 76,915 72,352 45,048 117,400 65-69 12,779 17,485 30,264 24,294 10,517 34,811 37,073 28,002 65,075 70-74 7,492 11,399 18,891 9,966 5,345 15,311 17,458 16,744 34,202 75-79 4,791 7,473 12,264 4,196 3,095 7,291 8,987 10,568 19,555 80+ 4,818 6,372 11,190 2,869 2,738 5,607 7,687 9,110 16,797 Total 744,238 772,838 1,517,076 2,188,819 1,087,673 3,276,492 2,933,057 1,860,511 4,793,568

Governorates

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

Source: +Nationality Group GCC countries Arab countries Asia SS Africa Europe North America South America Oceania TotalCapital Governorate Male 144,354 45,550 118,393 991 953 1,000 115 105 311,461 Female 150,029 22,018 84,561 4,759 971 887 88 65 263,378 Total 294,383 67,568 202,954 5,750 1,924 1,887 203 170 574,839Hawalli Governorate Male 124,551 224,700 162,749 1,477 3,890 4,549 369 353 522,638 Female 127,709 127,931 133,244 5,883 4,098 3,979 372 316 403,532 Total 252,260 352,631 295,993 7,360 7,988 8,528 741 669 926,170Al-Ahmadi Governorate Male 176,599 98,007 312,505 3,214 1,717 3,239 312 139 595,732 Female 179,803 40,929 99,448 5,282 983 1,376 145 86 328,052 Total 356,402 138,936 411,953 8,496 2,700 4,615 457 225 923,784Al-Jahra Governorate Male 138,772 85,450 94,286 1,630 262 260 115 59 320,834 Female 141,876 57,551 40,935 5,068 268 198 81 50 246,027 Total 280,648 143,001 135,221 6,698 530 458 196 109 566,861Al-Farwaniya Governorate Male 130,514 273,035 369,097 2,551 463 493 91 59 776,303 Female 135,497 74,258 117,987 4,927 383 352 79 33 333,516 Total 266,011 347,293 487,084 7,478 846 845 170 92 1,109,819Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate Male 89,764 7,764 42,714 339 359 650 87 31 141,708 Female 92,949 5,429 35,767 2,856 417 452 66 22 137,958 Total 182,713 13,193 78,481 3,195 776 1,102 153 53 279,666Not Stated Male 1,618 581 338 21 10 15 5 2 2,590 Female 1,165 568 208 17 6 19 3 2 1,988 Total 2,783 1,149 546 38 16 34 8 4 4,578TotalMale806,172735,0871,100,08210,2237,65410,2061,0947482,671,266Female829,028328,684512,15028,7927,1267,2638345741,714,451Total1,635,2001,063,7711,612,23239,01514,78017,4691,9281,3324,385,717

Vital statistics UN estimates

PeriodLive births per yearDeaths per yearNatural change per yearCBR*CDR*NC*TFR*IMR* 1950-1955 8,000 2,000 6,00043.712.331.47.21113 1955-1960 9,000 2,000 7,00040.09.630.47.2190 1960-1965 16,000 3,000 13,00043.47.635.87.3170 1965-1970 30,000 4,000 26,00048.86.342.57.4153 1970-1975 43,000 5,000 38,00047.65.242.46.9040 1975-1980 49,000 5,000 44,00040.74.236.55.8929 1980-1985 58,000 5,000 52,00037.13.433.65.1022 1985-1990 51,000 5,000 45,00026.52.823.73.3416 1990-1995 33,000 5,000 28,00018.02.715.32.2013 1995-2000 43,000 5,000 38,00024.13.021.12.9311 2000-2005 39,000 6,000 32,00018.53.115.42.2410 2005-2010 47,000 7,000 40,00018.73.115.62.328 2010-2015 58,000 9,000 49,00016.12.413.72.088 2015-2020 60,000 12,000 48,00012.62.99.72.077 * CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Registered births and deaths United nations. Demographic Yearbooks Central Statistical Bureau