Editing Demographics of Kuwait (section)

==Population size and structure==
{{Historical populations
|align=right
|percentages=pagr
|1950|152000 |1960|264000|1970|753000 |1980|1377000 |1990|2088000 |2000|1941000 |2010|2737000 |2020|4464000
|footnote = Source:<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228065810/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/unpp/Panel_profiles.htm |date=February 28, 2013 }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+ Population of Kuwait according to nationality
|-
! rowspan="2" |Census year
! colspan="2" |Kuwaiti
! colspan="2" |non-Kuwaiti
! Total
! Change
|-
! Population !! %
! Population !! %
! Population !! %
|-
|align=left|1975
| 307,755 || {{percentage bar|width=50|30.9}}
| 687,082 || {{percentage bar|width=50|69}}
| 994,837
| {{n/a}}
|-
|align=left|1985
| 470,473 || {{percentage bar|width=50|35}}
| 1,226,828 || {{percentage bar|width=50|65}}
| 1,697,301
| 70.6
|-
|align=left|1995
| 653,616 || {{percentage bar|width=50|41.5}}
| 921,954 || {{percentage bar|width=50|58.5}}
| 1,575,570
| -7.2
|-
|align=left|2005
| 860,324 || {{percentage bar|width=50|39.2}}
| 1,333,327 || {{percentage bar|width=50|60.8}}
| 2,193,651
| 39.2
|-
|align=left|2015
| 1,208,643 || {{percentage bar|width=50|32.3}}
| 2,535,017 || {{percentage bar|width=50|67.7}}
| 3,743,660
| 70.6
|}

Source:<ref name="gulfmigration.grc.net">https://gulfmigration.grc.net/kuwait-population-by-nationality-kuwaiti-non-kuwaiti-and-sex-1990-2023/</ref>
{| class="wikitable classable sortable"
|-
! 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.<ref name="hrw">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Kuwait.htm|title=THE BEDOONS OF KUWAIT Citizens without Citizenship|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]]}}</ref> Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region.<ref name="new">{{Cite web|url=https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=7585&file=EnglishTranslation|title=Kuwait's humanitarian disaster Inter-generational erasure, ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Bedoon|publisher=[[OHCHR]]|year=2019}}</ref><ref name="s">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/43213716|title=No Dignity for Kuwait's 'Humanitarian' State - Kuwaiti's Laws and Policies of Ethnic Discrimination, Erasure and Genocide Against The Bedoon Minority Submission on 'Human Rights Protections for Minorities Recognised in the UN System'|journal=Susan Kennedy Nour al Deen|year=2020}}</ref><ref name="una">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/39817003|title=Kuwait Bedoon - Special Rapporteurs, United Nations, Requesting Investigation of Kuwait's Treatment of the Bedoon|journal=Un Special Procedures Request|date=January 2019 }}</ref> The statelessness challenge for the Bedoon in Kuwait is largely [[sectarian]].<ref name="sect">{{Cite web|url=https://tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/38287|title=Government of United Kingdom|quote=“The Kuwaiti Bedoon`s continued exclusion from nationality can only be understood in the light of the power struggle in a system which was largely based on [[sectarianism]] and tribalism within newly emerging emirates striving to assert their legitimacy and authority. The majority of the Bedoon are in fact an extended branch of tribes across the borders between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia and are largely of the [[Shia Islam|Muslim Shi'ite faith]]”.}}</ref><ref name="sha">{{Cite web|url=http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612890/index.pdf|title=State formation of Kuwait|page=83}}</ref><ref name="shia">{{Cite web|url=https://hydra.hull.ac.uk/assets/hull:16877a/content|title=Exploring the perceptions of informed individuals about the education provisions of Bidoun in Kuwait|page=13}}</ref><ref name="alarabi">{{Cite web|url=https://assafirarabi.com/ar/3094/2012/09/19/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%81%D9%80%D9%80%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%80%D9%80%D9%80%D8%AA-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7-%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A/|title=البدون فــي الكويـــت.. مواطنون بلا هوية|work=As-Safir Al-Arabi|author=Eman Shams Aldeen|date=September 19, 2012|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="edcoh">{{Cite web |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/interactive/amp/article/834567|title=כוויית: עושר רב לצד מתחים אתניים ודיכוי|work=[[Israel Hayom]]|language=he}}</ref>

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.<ref name="arabtimes">{{Cite web |date=May 6, 2024 |title=Kuwait population hits 4.91 mn, compared to 4.79 mn in '23 |url=https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/kuwait-population-hits-4-91-mn-on-jan-1-compared-to-4-79-mn-in-23/ |publisher=[[Arab Times]]}}</ref>

=== Structure of the population ===

Structure of the population (Estimates) (1.01.2020):<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics |access-date=2013-05-11 |archive-date=2004-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040921002557/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80" |Age Group
! width="80" |Male
! width="80" |Female
! width="80" |Total
! width="80" |%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 2,743,617
| align="right" | 1,720,904
| align="right" | 4,464,521
| {{percentage bar|100}}
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 123,865
| align="right" | 111,800
| align="right" | 235,663
| {{percentage bar|5.27}}
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 190,736
| align="right" | 153,412
| align="right" | 344,148
| {{percentage bar|7.7}}
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 160,820
| align="right" | 129,882
| align="right" | 290,702
| {{percentage bar|6.51}}
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 135,324
| align="right" | 111,798
| align="right" | 247,122
| {{percentage bar|5.53}}
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 126,687
| align="right" | 102,773
| align="right" | 229,460
| {{percentage bar|5.13}}
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 113,416
| align="right" | 93,183
| align="right" | 206,599
| {{percentage bar|4.62}}
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 205,555
| align="right" | 157,101
| align="right" | 362,656
| {{percentage bar|8.12}}
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 341,766
| align="right" | 192,989
| align="right" | 534,755
| {{percentage bar|11.97}}
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 368,779
| align="right" | 180,249
| align="right" | 549,028
| {{percentage bar|12.29}}
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 342,307
| align="right" | 165,443
| align="right" | 507,750
| {{percentage bar|11.37}}
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 234,060
| align="right" | 112,764
| align="right" | 346,824
| {{percentage bar|7.76}}
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 158,989
| align="right" | 76,976
| align="right" | 235,965
| {{percentage bar|5.28}}
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 105,746
| align="right" | 46,617
| align="right" | 152,363
| {{percentage bar|3.41}}
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 59,345
| align="right" | 27,921
| align="right" | 87,266
| {{percentage bar|1.95}}
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 26,885
| align="right" | 15,982
| align="right" | 42,867
| {{percentage bar|0.96}}
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 11,984
| align="right" | 8,711
| align="right" | 20,695
| {{percentage bar|0.46}}
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 10,839
| align="right" | 7,912
| align="right" | 18,751
| {{percentage bar|0.42}}
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80" |Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 475,419
| align="right" | 395,094
| align="right" | 870,513
| {{percentage bar|19.49}}
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 2,132,629
| align="right" | 1,239,893
| align="right" | 3,372,522
| {{percentage bar|75.54}}
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 109,053
| align="right" | 60,526
| align="right" | 169,579
| {{percentage bar|3.80}}
|}

Source:<ref name="gulfmigration.grc.net"/>
{| class="wikitable classable sortable"
|-
! 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===
{{further|Governorates of Kuwait}}
Kuwait consists of six [[governorate]]s: [[Hawalli Governorate|Hawalli]], [[Al Asimah Governorate (Kuwait)|Asimah]], [[Al Farwaniyah Governorate|Farwaniyah]], [[Al Jahra Governorate|Jahra]], [[Al Ahmadi Governorate|Ahmadi]] and [[Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate|Mubarak Al-Kabeer]].<ref name=census>{{cite web |url=http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge |title=2013 Population Census |work=Government of Kuwait |year=2013 |access-date=2013-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313222900/http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge |archive-date=2014-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Most people in Kuwait live in the governorates of Hawalli, Asimah, and Farwaniyah.<ref name=census />

Source: <ref>https://gulfmigration.grc.net/kuwait-population-by-nationality-group-sex-and-administrative-region-of-residence-census-2021/</ref>
{| class="wikitable classable sortable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Nationality Group!! GCC countries !! Arab countries !! Asia !! SS Africa !! Europe !! North America !! South America !! Oceania !! Total
|-
! rowspan="3" |Capital 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 || 574,839
|-
! rowspan="3" |Hawalli 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 || 926,170
|-
! rowspan="3" |Al-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 || 923,784
|-
! rowspan="3" |Al-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 || 566,861
|-
! rowspan="3" |Al-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 || 1,109,819
|-
! rowspan="3" |Mubarak 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 || 279,666
|-
! rowspan="3" |Not 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 || 4,578
|-
! rowspan="3" |Total
!Male
|806,172
|735,087
|1,100,082
|10,223
|7,654
|10,206
|1,094
|748
|2,671,266
|-
!Female
|829,028
|328,684
|512,150
|28,792
|7,126
|7,263
|834
|574
|1,714,451
|-
!Total
|1,635,200
|1,063,771
|1,612,232
|39,015
|14,780
|17,469
|1,928
|1,332
|4,385,717
|}