Kuwaitis			Non-Kuwaitis			TOTAL
		Government sector	Non-governmental sector	Domestic services sector	Government sector	Non-governmental sector	Domestic services sector	Government sector	Non-governmental sector	Domestic services sector
15-19	males	775	1.490	0	26	108	51	801	1.598	51
	females	19	488	0	3	26	49	22	514	49
	Total	794	1.978	0	29	134	100	823	2.112	100
20-24	males	17.622	10.352	0	714	51.878	21.966	18.336	62.230	21.966
	females	9.424	6.554	0	728	3.931	29.842	10.152	10.485	29.842
	Total	27.046	16.906	0	1.442	55.809	51.808	28.488	72.715	51.808
25-29	males	33.088	9.779	0	6.090	175.606	47.374	39.178	185.385	47.374
	females	30.722	9.181	0	6.362	18.874	68.850	37.084	28.055	68.850
	Total	63.810	18.960	0	12.452	194.480	116.224	76.262	213.440	116.224
30-34	males	32.067	5.337	0	10.802	222.251	60.100	42.869	227.588	60.100
	females	28.662	7.373	0	9.877	23.742	60.266	38.539	31.115	60.266
	Total	60.729	12.710	0	20.679	245.993	120.366	81.408	258.703	120.366
35-39	males	28.750	3.551	0	12.419	184.598	50.055	41.169	188.149	50.055
	females	25.145	6.960	0	9.118	19.289	55.663	34.263	26.249	55.663
	Total	53.895	10.511	0	21.537	203.887	105.718	75.432	214.398	105.718
40-44	males	22.712	2.188	0	11.592	154.136	40.413	34.304	156.324	40.413
	females	17.871	5.496	0	5.410	16.310	42.898	23.281	21.806	42.898
	Total	40.583	7.684	0	17.002	170.446	83.311	57.585	178.130	83.311
45-49	males	16.984	1.669	0	12.013	116.308	24.119	28.997	117.977	24.119
	females	11.239	2.750	0	3.110	11.666	28.303	14.349	14.416	28.303
	Total	28.223	4.419	0	15.123	127.974	52.422	43.346	132.393	52.422
50-54	males	8.311	1.568	0	11.134	77.398	11.788	19.445	78.966	11.788
	females	6.594	1.721	0	2.268	8.040	11.521	8.862	9.761	11.521
	Total	14.905	3.289	0	13.402	85.438	23.309	28.307	88.727	23.309
55-59	males	3.657	1.758	0	9.922	46.712	4.334	13.579	48.470	4.334
	females	3.356	871	0	2.160	4.340	3.689	5.516	5.211	3.689
	Total	7.013	2.629	0	12.082	51.052	8.023	19.095	53.681	8.023
60-64	males	1.616	1.140	0	5.851	21.380	1.279	7.467	22.520	1.279
	females	1.818	635	0	1.341	2.008	1.150	3.159	2.643	1.150
	Total	3.434	1.775	0	7.192	23.388	2.429	10.626	25.163	2.429
>65	males	2.402	1.708	0	4.096	13.724	485	6.498	15.432	485
	females	804	877	0	779	1.251	605	1.583	2.128	605
	Total	3.206	2.585	0	4.875	14.975	1.090	8.081	17.560	1.090
TOTAL	males	167.984	40.540	0	84.659	1.064.099	261.964	252.643	1.104.639	261.964
	females	135.654	42.906	0	41.156	109.477	302.836	176.810	152.383	302.836
	Total	303.638	83.446	0	125.815	1.173.576	564.800	429.453	1.257.022	564.800

Source: PACI

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Characteristics of data and definitions

 

The source of data used here is the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), an independant government body in charge of :

1- centralising all population and labour force data in order to manage a fully computerised population register

2- issuing mandatory civil identification cards to every resident of the country, regardless of age and nationality.

 

The other source of demographic and socioeconomic data on Kuwait is the Central Statistical Office (CSO), operating within the Planning Ministry. The CSO has conducted ten population and housing censuses since its inception in 1957.

Since 1995 a marked discrepancy was witnessed between PACI’ and CSO’ population figures. PACI’ database is connected electronically with other administrations and bodies registering demographic events and professional/ residency issues (births and death; departures and arrivals; end of service, residency and ID deliveries, etc.).

PACI’s records of residents’ movements is thus regularly updated, which limits the risk of population overcount. Therefore, it is more likely that residents were undercounted during CSO- Ministry of Planning’s census operations (see: Shah, N. Population of Kuwait. Structure and Dynamics, Kuwait: Kuwait University Academic Publication Council, 2010, chapter 1).

 

(a) Kuwaiti: the Kuwaiti nationality rests upon a document of Kuwaiti nationality or a certificate proving Kuwaiti nationality issued by the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait.

 

(b) Non-Kuwaiti: his/ her nationality is determined by the name of the State having issued the passport. The foreign national also entered Kuwait legally and has a stamp of residence.

This category includes the Bidoon, a category of stateless persons living in the Emirate. Kuwait’s Bidoon population originates from three broad categories:

1) those whose ancestors failed to apply for nationality or lacked necessary documentation at the time of Kuwait’s independence in 1961;

2) those recruited to work in Kuwait’s army or police force during the 1960s who permanently settled in Kuwait, along with their families;

3) children of Kuwaiti mothers and stateless or foreign fathers (see Human Rights Watch. Prisoners of the Past. Kuwaiti Bidun and the Burden of Statelessness, June 2011, p. 3).

 

(c) Population in the labour force: population aged 15 years and above, included in the labour market, either employed (in the government or private sector, as itinerant worker, employed in the domestic sector), or unemployed.

 

(d) Government sector: any organization of the government (organizations, authority and departments), included within the state budget

(Ministries and government departments; authorities with attached budgets; authorities with independent budgets).

 

(e) Non-governmental sector: any part of the private sector (a company or an individual) or any authority of the non-governmental sector.

 

(f) Domestic services sector: the household/ family sector, where the work is associated with the residence and its inhabitants, their service and their comfort (including maids, nannies, cooks, drivers, etc.).

 

Note: figures of expatriates differ slightly between PACI’s various sources of data (database; tabulated data).

 

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

 

3. Period of data coverage: December 2012

 

The database is updated three times a year and the website presents only the most recent data.

 

4. Data availability

 

The statistics section of PACI’s website (http://www.paci.gov.kw/en/ (English); http://www.paci.gov.kw/ (Arabic)) provides population and socio-economic data broken down by nationality (Kuwaiti/ non-Kuwaiti). Some data are displayed by nationality groups.

Analytical tables and data crosstabulations are available for download in PDF, html, .png and Excel (.csv) formats.

 

Date of access: June 2013.

 

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