Population: 2,204,400 (July 1991), growth rate 3.6% (1991)

Birth rate: 29 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 2 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 10 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 15 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman (1991)

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

Ethnic divisions: Kuwaiti 27.9%, other Arab 39%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 20.1%

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

Language: Arabic (official); English widely spoken

Literacy: 74% (male 78%, female 69%) age 15 and over can read and write (1985)

Labor force: 566,000 (1986); services 45.0%, construction 20.0%, trade 12.0%, manufacturing 8.6%, finance and real estate 2.6%, agriculture 1.9%, power and water 1.7%, mining and quarrying 1.4%; 70% of labor force was 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 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kuwait People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.