The people residing in the State of Kuwait are primarily Arab in origin, but less than half of them are from the Arabian Peninsula. Many Arabs from nearby states took up residence in Kuwait because of the prosperity brought by oil production after the 1940s. However, following the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation in 1991, the Kuwaiti Government undertook a serious effort to reduce the expatriate population. Kuwait still has a sizable Iranian and Indian population.
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1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |
Population, total (millions) | 2.1 | 2.05 | 2.99 | 4.27 |
Population growth (annual %) | 0.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 17.8 |
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) | 117.6 | 114.8 | 167.9 | 239.7 |