Kuwaitis				Non-Kuwaitis				TOTAL
Age group	Sex	Student	Housekeeper	Retired/ with means	Total	Student	Housekeeper	Retired/ with means	Total	Student	Housekeeper	Retired/ with means	Total
	males	62.279	0	0	62.279	39.007	0	0	39.007	101.286	0	0	101.286
15-19	females	62.050	1.294	0	63.344	33.204	3.834	0	37.038	95.254	5.128	0	100.382
	total	124.329	1.294	0	125.623	72.211	3.834	0	76.045	196.540	5.128	0	201.668
	males	25.191	0	30	25.221	22.635	0	6	22.641	47.826	0	36	47.862
20-24	females	34.873	3.045	1	37.919	24.075	14.858	6	38.939	58.948	17.903	7	76.858
	total	60.064	3.045	31	63.140	46.710	14.858	12	61.580	106.774	17.903	43	124.720
	males	3.299	0	139	3.438	8.328	0	12	8.340	11.627	0	151	11.778
25-29	females	5.073	2.871	25	7.969	11.947	35.445	3	47.395	17.020	38.316	28	55.364
	total	8.372	2.871	164	11.407	20.275	35.445	15	55.735	28.647	38.316	179	67.142
	males	1.136	0	417	1.553	3.531	0	35	3.566	4.667	0	452	5.119
30-34	females	2.190	2.899	162	5.251	5.102	32.187	4	37.293	7.292	35.086	166	42.544
	total	3.326	2.899	579	6.804	8.633	32.187	39	40.859	11.959	35.086	618	47.663
	males	1.140	0	1.026	2.166	2.313	0	32	2.345	3.453	0	1.058	4.511
35-39	females	2.819	3.296	458	6.573	2.893	23.835	6	26.734	5.712	27.131	464	33.307
	total	3.959	3.296	1.484	8.739	5.206	23.835	38	29.079	9.165	27.131	1.522	37.818
	males	1.488	0	3.384	4.872	1.100	0	15	1.115	2.588	0	3.399	5.987
40-44	females	3.244	4.392	3.109	10.745	1.238	19.216	2	20.456	4.482	23.608	3.111	31.201
	total	4.732	4.392	6.493	15.617	2.338	19.216	17	21.571	7.070	23.608	6.510	37.188
	males	717	0	5.846	6.563	213	0	42	255	930	0	5.888	6.818
45-49	females	1.268	8.207	6.090	15.565	244	16.008	0	16.252	1.512	24.215	6.090	31.817
	total	1.985	8.207	11.936	22.128	457	16.008	42	16.507	2.442	24.215	11.978	38.635
	males	0	0	9.284	9.284	0	0	44	44	0	0	9.328	9.328
50-54	females	0	8.680	6.699	15.379	0	12.433	2	12.435	0	21.113	6.701	27.814
	total	0	8.680	15.983	24.663	0	12.433	46	12.479	0	21.113	16.029	37.142
	males	0	0	8.976	8.976	0	0	74	74	0	0	9.050	9.050
55-59	females	0	9.317	5.695	15.012	0	8.442	1	8.443	0	17.759	5.696	23.455
	total	0	9.317	14.671	23.988	0	8.442	75	8.517	0	17.759	14.746	32.505
	males	0	0	6.223	6.223	0	0	257	257	0	0	6.480	6.480
60-64	females	0	8.009	2.893	10.902	0	5.421	1	5.422	0	13.430	2.894	16.324
	total	0	8.009	9.116	17.125	0	5.421	258	5.679	0	13.430	9.374	22.804
	males	0	0	14.104	14.104	0	0	223	223	0	0	14.327	14.327
>65	females	0	19.942	1.837	21.779	0	8.703	6	8.709	0	28.645	1.843	30.488
	total	0	19.942	15.941	35.883	0	8.703	229	8.932	0	28.645	16.170	44.815
	males	95.250	0	49.429	144.679	77.127	0	740	77.867	172.377	0	50.169	222.546
TOTAL	females	111.517	71.952	26.969	210.438	78.703	180.382	31	259.116	190.220	252.334	27.000	469.554
	total	206.767	71.952	76.398	355.117	155.830	180.382	771	336.983	362.597	252.334	77.169	692.100

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) Population out of the labour force: population aged 15 years and above, not contributing to any economic activity and not included in the labour market, among which the students, the housewives, the retired persons or self-sufficients.

 

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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