Nationality:
noun: Kuwaiti(s)
adjective: Kuwaiti

Ethnic groups:
Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%

Languages:
Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Religions:
Muslim (official) 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%

Population:
2,646,314 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 140
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.8% (male 348,816/female 321,565)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years: 72.2% (male 1,153,433/female 720,392)
[see also: Age structure 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 2% (male 25,443/female 25,979) (2011 est.)
[see also: Age structure 65 years and over country ranks ]

Median age:
total: 28.5 years
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male: 29.8 years
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female: 26.3 years (2011 est.)
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Population growth rate:
1.883%
country comparison to the world: 61
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2012 est.)
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Birth rate:
20.96 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
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Death rate:
2.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 221
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Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
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Urbanization:
urban population: 98% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]

Major cities - population:
KUWAIT (capital) 2.23 million (2009)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
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15-64 years: 1.6 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.43 male(s)/female (2012 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 7.87 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 160
male: 7.56 deaths/1,000 live births
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female: 8.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.28 years
country comparison to the world: 66
male: 76.09 years
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female: 78.51 years (2012 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
2.6 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
6.8% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
1.793 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
country comparison to the world: 74
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved: