Kuwait

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Facts

Population: 2,505,559 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 26.7% (male 340,814/female 328,663) 15-64 years: 70.5% (male 1,128,231/female 636,967) 65 years and over: 2.8% (male 44,542/female 26,342) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 3.561% note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 21.95 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 2.39 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 16.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.037 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.771 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.691 male(s)/female total population: 1.526 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.36 years male: 76.25 years female: 78.52 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.86 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.12% (2001 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.

Nationality: noun: Kuwaiti(s) adjective: Kuwaiti.

Ethnic groups: Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%.

Religions: Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%.

Languages: Arabic (official), English widely spoken.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.3% male: 94.4% female: 91% (2005 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $55.91 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 12.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $23,100 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0.4% industry: 48.3% services: 51.3% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 1.136 million note: non-Kuwaitis represent about 80% of the labor force (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%.

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 2.2% (2004 est.).

Budget: revenues: $59.58 billion expenditures: $33.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: practically no crops; fish.

Industries: petroleum, petrochemicals, cement, shipbuilding and repair, water desalination, food processing, construction materials.

Industrial production growth rate: 13.1% (2005 est.).

Electricity - production: 40.37 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 37.54 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).

Exports: $56.06 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: oil and refined products, fertilizers.

Exports - partners: Japan 19.7%, South Korea 15.4%, US 11.9%, Taiwan 11.1%, Singapore 9.5%, Netherlands 4.7% (2005).

Imports: $19.12 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, clothing.

Imports - partners: US 14.1%, Germany 10.8%, Japan 8.4%, Saudi Arabia 6.2%, UK 5.7%, France 4.8%, China 4.5% (2005).

Debt - external: $19.7 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: $NA.

Currency (code): Kuwaiti dinar (KD).

Exchange rates: Kuwaiti dinars per US dollar - 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947 (2004), 0.298 (2003), 0.3039 (2002).

Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.