Kuwait: Facts & Stats

Demographics

Population:

Population: 2,889,042 inhabitants (2009)
Density: 167.5 inhabitants per sq. km

The five largest cities are:

1. As Salimiyah 147,649
2. Sabah as Salim 139,163
3. Al Farwaniyah 86,525
4. Al Fuhayhil 68,290
5. Kuwait 60,064

Welfare:

By 1990 Kuwait had an extensive welfare program, exceeded perhaps by no other country. Citizens receive free medical services from highly trained practitioners in modern facilities; free education through the university level; subsidized food, housing, utilities, and transportation; and various other benefits. For all this, they pay no taxes: the system is supported by oil revenues from outside the country.

The benefits of the welfare system, however, are unevenly distributed among the population. Non-citizens in particular benefit much less, and many, especially those from Arab states and those who have worked many years in Kuwait, resent their disadvantaged position.

Education:

Kuwait offers its citizens free education, including free food, clothing, books, stationery, and transportation, from kindergarten through the fourth year of college. Most expatriates are not eligible for free education and must register their children at a private school. The Ministry of Education sets tuition levels for private schools. The pupil-teacher ratio at the primary level was 14 to 1 in 1999. In the same year, 66% of primary-school-age children were enrolled in school, while an estimated 50% of those eligible attended secondary school. Schools below university level are segregated by sex.

Kuwait University was opened in 1966 with 866 students and in 1995 had a student enrollment of 12,712 and a graduating class of 1,880. Kuwaiti nationals composed 92% of the student body. Kuwaiti students who complete their secondary-school science courses in the upper 80% of their class and arts courses in the upper 70% are eligible to study abroad at government expense.

The government has adopted a program to wipe out illiteracy by opening adult education centers. For the year 2000, adult illiteracy rates were estimated at 17.7% (males, 15.7%; females, 15.7%).

Religion:

Islam is the state religion. According 2002 figures, Muslims comprise about 71% of the total population, with a majority believed to be Sunni Muslim. About 35% of Muslim citizens are of the Shi'a branch. Other religious groups are present, primarily among foreign worker groups. These include Christians (mostly Roman Catholics and Anglicans), Hindus, Parsis, Baha'is, Sikhs, and others.

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