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Video shows white orb coming out of ocean off Kuwait coast, major UFO hearing in US Congress told - Kuwait Is Said to Weigh Replacing MD of $1 Trillion Wealth Fund - Delhi man loses Rs 2.7 lakh in Kuwait job scam - Kuwait hopes Arabian summit on Gaza and Lebanon will facilitate ceasefire -- top diplomat - Russian Seasons to be held in Kuwait in 2025 -- Russian foreign minister - Russia and Kuwait to make a decision on facilitating visa regime -- Lavrov - Russia welcomes Kuwait's growing interest in developing bilateral relations -- Lavrov - Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 banned in Kuwait - Kuwait bans 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 6' video game, likely over it featuring Saddam Hussein in 1990s - Kuwait withdraws approval for Call of Duty game which features Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
Key facts
- currency: Kuwaiti dinar
- capital city: Kuwait City
- region: Western Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 17,820 km²
- population: 4,310,108 people
- political leader: Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Emir)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [29°50′N, 45°75′E]
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Summary
Kuwait is a country. The capital city is Kuwait City, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 17,820 km², a population of 4,310,108 people and uses the currency Kuwaiti dinar. The Emir is Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Environment see more
Kuwait is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 1,500.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.00 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 110.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 36.42 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 63.58 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.00 % of total
- Net energy imports: -391.06 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 2.09 births per woman
- Forest area: 62 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.69 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 167.86 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 35.80
- Methane emissions: 41.13 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 0.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 1,693,808 people
- Male population: 2,616,300 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 0.10 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 16,647.65 km²
- Rural population: 0 people
- Urban land area: 772.94 km²
- Urban population: 4,310,108 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.91 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Kuwait by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Kuwait
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Kuwait
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Kuwait
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Kuwait relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Kuwait
Evolution of historical internet access in Kuwait
Evolution of historical land area in Kuwait
Evolution of historical median age in Kuwait
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Kuwait
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Kuwait relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Kuwait
Evolution of historical male population in Kuwait
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Kuwait
Evolution of historical total rural land area in Kuwait
Evolution of historical rural population in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical total urban land in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Kuwait
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between date and population over time
Kuwait relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Kuwait relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Kuwait
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Kuwait relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Kuwait relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Kuwait relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Kuwait relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Kuwait relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Kuwait relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Kuwait relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Kuwait relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Kuwait
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Kuwait
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Kuwait
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Kuwait
Distribution of sites in Kuwait by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Kuwait by area
Distribution of transboundary sites in Kuwait
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Kuwait by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Kuwait
Cities in Kuwait
Sites in Kuwait
Wildfires in Kuwait
Business see more
- Expense: 52.00 % of GDP
- Gdp: 161,772,221,950.94 current US$
- Inflation: 3.64 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 2.09 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 1.38 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 2.08 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 1.43 % of total employment
Distribution of companies from Kuwait by foundation year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Kuwait
Evolution of historical expense in Kuwait
Evolution of historical GDP in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Kuwait
Evolution of historical self employed in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Kuwait
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Kuwait
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Kuwait
Distribution of shops in Kuwait by country
Companies in Kuwait
Exchanges in Kuwait
Shops from Kuwait
Health see more
- Birth rate: 9.73 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 2.61 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 1,860.78 current US$
- Health expenditure: 5.78 % of GDP
- Hospital beds: 2.35 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 80
- Suicide mortality rate: 2.90 per 100,000 population
Distribution of diseases in Kuwait by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Kuwait by start date
Evolution of historical birth rate in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Kuwait relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Kuwait relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Kuwait relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Kuwait relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Kuwait
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Kuwait
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Kuwait
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Kuwait
Evolution of historical life expectancy in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Kuwait relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide rate in Kuwait
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Kuwait
Evolution of historical covid cases in Kuwait
Evolution of historical covid deaths in Kuwait
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Kuwait
Diseases in Kuwait
Politics see more
- Armed forces personnel: 25,000 people
- Democracy score: 3.85
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Military expenditure: 4.53 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 3.08 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Kuwait
Kuwait relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Kuwait relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Kuwait
Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Kuwait
Distribution of politicians from Kuwait by birth date
Distribution of politicians from Kuwait by gender
Political parties in Kuwait
Politicians from Kuwait
Sports see more
Distribution of athletes from Kuwait by birth year
Distribution of athletes by gender in Kuwait
Distribution of competitions by city in Kuwait
Distribution of competitions by country in Kuwait
Distribution of competitions in Kuwait by start date
Distribution of medals won by Kuwait at the Olympics
Athletes from Kuwait
Competitions in Kuwait
Culture see more
Distribution of artists from Kuwait by birth date
Distribution of artists from Kuwait by gender
Geographical distribution of museums in Kuwait by visitors
Artists from Kuwait
Museums in Kuwait
Research see more
Geographical distribution of universities in Kuwait by total students
Distribution of universities in Kuwait by foundation year
Universities in Kuwait
In literature
There are 81 books written about Kuwait in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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