Population: 2,008,053 (July 1989), growth rate 3.6% (1989)

Birth rate: 30 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 2 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 9 migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (July 1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 76 years female (July 1989)

Total fertility rate: 3.9 children born/woman (1989)

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

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

Religion: 85% Muslim (30% Shia, 45% Sunni, 10% other), 15% Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other

Language: Arabic (official); English widely spoken

Literacy: 71% (est.)

Labor force: 566,000 (1986); 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 exist in oil industry and among government personnel

NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.