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Kuwait
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$2994,96 (2024)
Inflation rate
3.64% (2023)
Unemployment rate
2.08% (2023)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
17.9%
Smoking men
33.5%
Smoking women
2.2%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
17818
Land area
17818
Popular payment systems
- Visa
- PayPal
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Facebook
- Threads
- TikTok
- Instagram
Age structure
0-14 years
23%
15-64 years
73.4%
65+ years
3.6%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Islam
Not specified
7.2%
Current as of
2013
General information
Сontinent
Asia
Region
Middle East
Time zone
UTC+3
Tier
Tier-1
ISO code
KW
Capital
Kuwait
Official language
Arabic
Average consumer spendings
Food products
19.2%
Alcohol and tobacco
0.2%
Current as of
2023
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
0
Beer
0
Wine
0
Spirits
0
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
3138355
Male population
1810542
Female population
1327813
Population growth rate
1.1% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
17.5 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
2.3 (2024)
Urbanization
100% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
AA (2008)
Moody's
A1 (2020)
Standard & Poors
AA- (2020)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
61.47%
iOS
38.25%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+965
Internet domain
.kw
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
181 (2022)
Internet user penetration
100% (2023)
Fixed internet penetration
1% (2023)
Last update: 2025-08-21