Kuwait September 30, 2020 Arab League , Arabia , Arabic , Arabic language , Asia , British colony , Bubiyan , colony , Dawlat al-Kuwayt , desert , Emirates , Failaka , Guerre du Golfe , Gulf Cooperation Council , hydrocarbons , Iraq , Kuwait , Middle East , monarchy , oil , OPEC , Ottoman Empire , Péninsule Arabique , péninsule d'Arabie , Persian Gulf , Western Asia , دولة الكويت Official name State of Kuwait Name in local language دولة الكويت - Dawlat al-Kuwayt (ar) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 131e ) 4,420,110 inhabitants (2019) Population growth -6.96 % / year Area 17,818 km² Density 248.07 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 60e )141.678 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 34,244 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.20 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.40 years (2018) Birth rate 16.30 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 1.90 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 1.60 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.40 ‰ (2014) Literacy rate 99.49 % (2015) Official languages Arabic Currency Kuwaiti dinar (KWD) HDI (ranking: 82e )0.808 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )62.28 (2018) Government Unitary constitutional monarchy (Emirate) Head of State Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah National Day 25 February ISO Codes KW, KWT Demonym Kuwaiti Tourists (ranking ) 203,000 people (2016)
Kuwait is a state located in the Middle East, north of the Arabian Peninsula, on the Persian Gulf. Its neighbors are Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west. A modest emirate, Kuwait has huge oil resources and is part of OPEC. These resources have fueled the greed of both Iraq, which demanded the return of this former Iraqi province in 1990 by forcibly annexing it, and Western countries backed by the UN. The first “Gulf War” in 1991 drove the Iraqi military out of Kuwaiti soil.
Kuwait City. Photo: TwoWheelsAcross Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Kuwait 4,727,665 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Governorates Population Area Al Ahmadi 909,812 inhabitants 5,120 km² Al Asimah (capitale) 552,237 inhabitants 200 km² Al Farwaniyah 1,155,856 inhabitants 190 km² Al Jahra 531,498 inhabitants 12,130 km² Hawalli 928,783 inhabitants 84 km² Mubarak Al-Kabeer 246,877 inhabitants 94 km²
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