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Nationality group		age group				Total
	year	15-30	31-40	41-50	50 and more
Arabs	2009	236.897	86.630	37.757	11.755	373.039
	2011	255.915	78.961	32.763	9.608	377.247
Europeans/ Americans	2009	6.346	4.864	3.584	1.338	16.132
	2011	6.812	4.714	3.266	998	15.790
Asians	2009	365.276	155.206	67.566	13.791	601.839
	2011	405.273	145.939	59.364	10.680	621.256
Africans	2009	1.475	597	271	59	2.402
	2011	3.141	520	227	52	3.940
Total	2009	609.994	247.297	109.178	26.943	993.412
	2011	671.141	230.134	95.620	21.338	1.018.233

Source: Ministry of Interior

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions

 

Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals.

 

The bidoun, a stateless population, are not included in the residency documents holders.

 

Data presented in the table are stock data: non-national residents holding a residence permit under Article 18 (non-governmetal labor) on December 31st, the given year. The table excludes the Bedoon, the non-Kuwaiti GCC citizens and those in irregular situation.

 

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Ministry of Interior

 

3. Period of data coverage

 

December 31st, 2009 and 2011

 

4. Data availability

 

2009′ data is published in MoI’ 2009 Statistical Yearbook, in Chapter “Immigration statistics”, available online at: http://www.moi.gov.kw/portal/varabic/statistics/stats.htm

Last date of access: September 2013.

2011′ data is tabulated in MoI’ 2011 Statistical Yearbook, in Chapter “Immigration statistics” (not available online). The volume may be directly obtained from MoI.

 

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