Kuwait People 2008

Population:
2,505,559
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 340,814/female 328,663)
15-64 years: 70.5% (male 1,128,231/female 636,967)
65 years and over: 2.8% (male 44,542/female 26,342) (2007 est.)

Median age:
total: 26 years
male: 27.9 years
female: 22.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:
3.561%
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2007 est.)

Birth rate:
21.95 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:
2.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate:
16.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.037 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.771 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.691 male(s)/female
total population: 1.526 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.36 years
male: 76.25 years
female: 78.52 years (2007 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
2.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.12% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA

Nationality:
noun: Kuwaiti(s)
adjective: Kuwaiti

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

Religions:
Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%

Languages:
Arabic (official), English widely spoken