Kuwait People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 1,771,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 3.5%

Nationality: noun—Kuwaiti(s); adjective— Kuwaiti

Ethnic divisions: 39% Kuwaiti, 39% other Arab, 9% South Asian, 4% Iranian, 9% other

Religion: 85% Muslim, 15% Christian Hindu, Parsi, and other

Language: Arabiciofficial); English widely spoken

Infant mortality rate: 26.1/1,000'1985)

Life expectancy: men 69, women 74

Literacy: about 71%

Pipelines. 294 km refined products

Labor force. 566,000(1985); 45.0% services, 20.0% construction. 12 0% trade, 8.6% manufacturing, 2.6% finance and real estate, 1.9% agriculture, 1.7% power and water, 1.4% mining and quarrying; 70% of labor force is non-Kuwaiti

Organized labor: labor unions, first authorized in 1964, formed in oil industry and among government personnel

NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.