ARRIVALS

Groups of countries	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kuwait	847.846	971.637	1.066.757	1.223.459	1.191.092	1.354.962	1.638.307	1.693.212	1.753.923	1.909.480	2.149.827	2.456.901	2.714.495	2.866.762	3.234.577	3.323.671	3.481.257
GCC Countries	n.a.	939.134	993.233	1.058.316	1.130.123	971.329	1.277.051	1.409.905	1.523.604	1.788.683	1.185.704	1.320.989	1.531.896	1.620.195	1.830.066	1.925.718	2.281.844
Other Arab countries											841.251	926.387	1.115.053	1.188.381	1.199.130	1.212.091	1.186.927
Non-Arab Asian countries	n.a.	521.209	530.615	584.287	621.884	510.266	678.210	767.481	872.359	1.016.171	1.164.862	1.322.351	1.429.068	1.468.120	1.561.287	1.554.207	1.578.496
Non-Arab African countries	n.a.	4.304	4.116	6.184	5.349	467.120	5.551	5.798	8.298	9.681	13.109	18.602	26.265	34.258	40.533	60.665	78.728
Europe	n.a.	55.999	59.948	60.491	68.684	66.121	63.455	73.939	85.137	112.152	121.507	135.618	157.487	163.041	167.479	175.406	172.922
America	n.a.	27.215	31.815	33.392	39.191	39.479	39.261	50.267	103.447	115.260	131.644	155.203	189.775	219.039	229.288	226.943	222.973
Australia and Pacific	n.a.	3.463	3.621	3.769	4.327	4.529	4.453	5.230	7.219	10.922	13.002	16.339	18.243	19.179	21.286	19.198	15.479
Other	n.a.	13.736	14.472	16.200	14.071	23.384	3.635	2.950	2.236	3.224	3.188	3.616	13.847	23.697	38.712	33.557	36.933
Total non-Kuwaitis	0	1.565.060	1.637.820	1.762.639	1.883.629	2.082.228	2.071.616	2.315.570	2.602.300	3.056.093	3.474.267	3.899.105	4.481.634	4.735.910	5.087.781	5.207.785	5.574.302
Grand total	847.846	2.536.697	2.704.577	2.986.098	3.074.721	3.437.190	3.709.923	4.008.782	4.356.223	4.965.573	5.624.094	6.356.006	7.196.129	7.602.672	8.322.358	8.531.456	9.055.559

 

DEPARTURES

Groups of countries	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kuwait	878.222	1.050.877	1.097.410	1.263.584	1.208.742	1.236.431	1.666.029	1.725.271	1.773.781	1.927.851	2.172.839	2.529.313	2.648.845	2.899.114	3.251.020	3.330.064	3.484.743
GCC Countries	687.198	952.727	1.008.681	1.078.016	1.144.389	870.636	1.637.747	1.409.434	1.505.863	1.749.208	1.178.081	1.308.567	1.539.347	1.626.516	1.817.341	1.921.482	2.274.580
Other Arab countries											825.887	920.807	1.077.131	1.182.075	1.215.340	1.207.493	1.167.598
Non-Arab Asian countries	423.764	482.795	516.468	561.388	601.052	490.443	659.906	722.515	782.746	897.580	1.071.383	1.270.153	1.422.153	1.496.161	1.569.585	1.543.328	1.575.576
Non-Arab African countries	195.443	3.858	4.258	6.221	5.452	487.793	5.728	6.234	7.917	9.336	12.601	16.894	20.118	24.575	32.963	39.478	49.865
Europe	49.776	55.943	60.572	61.104	68.206	66.884	63.789	72.276	80.450	108.584	119.276	134.754	153.714	157.415	167.541	173.568	171.244
America	24.784	27.917	32.540	34.223	39.206	304.101	273.924	47.731	77.212	106.068	122.644	142.924	169.549	192.728	209.929	203.706	195.533
Australia and Pacific	3.106	3.845	4.028	4.066	4.617	4.591	4.526	5.192	6.635	10.390	12.908	15.868	17.031	17.999	20.773	19.154	15.540
Other	11.295	15.367	15.846	17.619	15.356	13.084	3.832	3.079	2.359	3.337	3.622	4.242	14.339	24.548	39.297	34.686	37.330
Total non-Kuwaitis	1.395.366	1.542.452	1.642.393	1.762.637	1.878.278	2.237.532	2.649.452	2.266.461	2.463.182	2.884.503	3.346.402	3.814.209	4.413.382	4.722.017	5.072.769	5.142.895	5.487.266
Grand total	2.273.588	2.593.329	2.739.803	3.026.221	3.087.020	3.473.963	4.315.481	3.991.732	4.236.963	4.812.354	5.519.241	6.343.522	7.062.227	7.621.131	8.323.789	8.472.959	8.972.009

Source: Ministry of Interior

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions

 

Kuwait and the countries classified as “Arab countries” are the 22 members of the League of the Arab States:

Kuwait and the other Gulf Cooperation Council member states (Saudi Arabia; the UAE; Bahrain; Oman, Qatar), as well as Yemen; Syria; Lebanon; Jordan; Palestine; Iraq; Egypt; Libya; Tunisia; Algeria; Morocco; Mauritania; Sudan; Djibouti; Comores Islands; Somalia.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning

 

3. Data availability

 

Published in the CSB’ Statistical Yearbooks, in Chapter “Transport and Communication”

Statistical Yearbooks are available online at: http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic_EN.aspx?ID=18 (website in English) and at http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic.aspx (Arabic website).

Volumes are bilingual (English and Arabic). Every Yearbook is published in PDF format since 2000 and a selection of 1964 to 1999 volumes is also available in one publication.

Date of access: May 2013.

 

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