Demographics of Kuwait


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 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

Source:
YearKuwaiti MaleKuwaiti FemaleKuwaiti TotalNon-Kuwaiti MaleNon-Kuwaiti FemaleNon-Kuwaiti TotalTotal MaleTotal FemaleGrand Total
1990286,299292,212578,511944,585628,5841,573,1691,230,884920,7962,151,680
1993325,892331,601657,493682,161305,973988,1341,008,053637,5741,645,627
1995351,314356,801708,115841,320409,3591,250,6791,192,634766,1601,958,794
1996363,476368,927732,403914,327447,1591,361,4861,277,803816,0862,093,889
1998388,687397,323786,0101,002,718482,1371,484,8551,391,405879,4602,270,865
1999401,433410,822812,255970,865471,8341,442,6991,372,298882,6562,254,954
2000415,613426,177841,790927,023448,4451,375,4681,342,636874,6222,217,258
2001429,209441,074870,283960,390478,4291,438,8191,389,599919,5032,309,102
2002442,310455,975898,2851,020,913500,7301,521,6431,463,223956,7052,419,928
2003456,226471,460927,6861,098,878520,1201,618,9981,555,104991,5802,546,684
2004469,327486,907956,2341,240,267557,1551,797,4221,709,5941,044,0622,753,656
2005486,089506,128992,2171,391,322607,6501,998,9721,877,4111,113,7782,991,189
2006501,148522,1681,023,3161,510,818648,8262,159,6442,011,9661,170,9943,182,960
2007516,631537,9661,054,5971,615,273729,7672,345,0402,131,9041,267,7333,399,637
2008532,566554,9851,087,5511,618,766735,4962,354,2622,151,3321,290,4813,441,813
2009548,290570,6201,118,9101,591,935774,0362,365,9712,140,2251,344,6563,484,881
2010563,631584,7121,148,3431,586,716846,9952,433,7112,150,3471,431,7073,582,054
2011580,558602,6161,183,1741,641,135872,9832,514,1182,221,6931,475,5993,697,292
2012595,365617,0711,212,4361,705,468905,8242,611,2922,300,8331,522,8953,823,728
2013610,545631,9541,242,4991,772,413950,2322,722,6452,382,9581,582,1863,965,144
2014626,256649,6011,275,8571,855,279960,8572,816,1362,481,5351,610,4584,091,993
2015641,282666,3231,307,6051,964,264967,1372,931,4012,605,5461,633,4604,239,006
2016656,084681,6091,337,6932,089,302984,1293,073,4312,745,3861,665,7384,411,124
2017671,012699,0011,370,0132,167,409963,0543,130,4632,838,4211,662,0554,500,476
2018686,475716,6381,403,1132,253,768964,7573,218,5252,940,2431,681,3954,621,638
2019700,742731,3031,432,0452,303,5491,040,8133,344,3623,004,2911,772,1164,776,407
2020714,936745,0341,459,9702,177,7311,033,0123,210,7432,892,6671,778,0464,670,713
2021729,638759,0781,488,7161,941,628955,3732,897,0012,671,2661,714,4514,385,717
2022744,238772,8381,517,0762,188,8191,087,6733,276,4922,933,0571,860,5114,793,568
2023758,716787,0651,545,7812,262,5001,104,9903,367,4903,021,2161,892,0554,913,271

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 :
Age groupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total2,743,6171,720,9044,464,521
0-4123,865111,800235,663
5-9190,736153,412344,148
10-14160,820129,882290,702
15-19135,324111,798247,122
20-24126,687102,773229,460
25-29113,41693,183206,599
30-34205,555157,101362,656
35-39341,766192,989534,755
40-44368,779180,249549,028
45-49342,307165,443507,750
50-54234,060112,764346,824
55-59158,98976,976235,965
60-64105,74646,617152,363
65-6959,34527,92187,266
70-7426,88515,98242,867
75-7911,9848,71120,695
80+10,8397,91218,751
Age groupMaleFemaleTotalPercent
0-14475,419395,094870,513
15-642,132,6291,239,8933,372,522
65+109,05360,526169,579

Source:
Age GroupKuwaiti MalesKuwaiti FemalesTotal KuwaitisNon-Kuwaiti MalesNon-Kuwaiti FemalesTotal Non-KuwaitisTotal MalesTotal FemalesGrand Total
Less than 1 year16,91115,86032,7718,9288,48317,41125,83924,34350,182
1-462,96661,810124,77647,62747,08694,713110,593108,896219,489
5-987,29282,393169,68575,84271,866147,708163,134154,259317,393
10-1488,10483,914172,01874,78770,185144,972162,891154,099316,990
15-1976,60975,089151,69855,67952,907108,586132,288127,996260,284
20-2466,81565,104131,91962,23844,489106,727129,053109,593238,646
25-2966,64764,461131,108239,56286,968326,530306,209151,429457,638
30-3448,97552,607101,582288,214125,939414,153337,189178,546515,735
35-3952,23156,948109,179363,465164,133527,598415,696221,081636,777
40-4442,23345,50887,741334,328140,911475,239376,561186,419562,980
45-4934,20339,92374,126245,893111,643357,536280,096151,566431,662
50-5429,38134,45363,834181,92875,451257,379211,309109,904321,213
55-5924,41929,12653,545114,22343,782158,005138,64272,908211,550
60-6417,57222,91340,48554,78022,13576,91572,35245,048117,400
65-6912,77917,48530,26424,29410,51734,81137,07328,00265,075
70-747,49211,39918,8919,9665,34515,31117,45816,74434,202
75-794,7917,47312,2644,1963,0957,2918,98710,56819,555
80+4,8186,37211,1902,8692,7385,6077,6879,11016,797
Total744,238772,8381,517,0762,188,8191,087,6733,276,4922,933,0571,860,5114,793,568