Demographics of Kuwait

Demographics of Kuwait
Population pyramid of Kuwait in 2020
Population3,068,155 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.17% (2022 est.)
Birth rate17.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate2.25 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy79.13 years
 • male77.67 years
 • female80.65 years
Fertility rate2.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate7.43 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate-3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years19.49%
15–64 years76.71%
65 and over3.80%
Sex ratio
Total1.37 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.09 male(s)/female
65 and over0.66 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityKuwaiti
Language
OfficialArabic
Crowd of Kuwaiti spectators.

This is a demography of the population of Kuwait (Arabic: سكان الكويت).

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.[1]

  1. ^ "Kuwait steps up deportations of expat workers". 29 April 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.