Arrivals
	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Kuwait	3,323,671	3,481,257	3,730,939	4,049,002	4,372,866	4,267,341	4,251,259	4,203,324
Other GCC Countries	1,925,718	2,281,844	2,429,175	2,720,250	2,875,609	3,093,465	3,056,177	3,210,889
Bahrain	122,192	121,482	163,783	230,269	237,507	264,144	237,189	247,687
Oman	18,035	17,865	19,782	20,922	22,862	23,512	24,936	29,205
Qatar	30,873	33,023	35,861	39,048	49,739	58,308	67,682	87,513
Saudi Arabia	1,708,661	2,063,815	2,160,291	2,365,262	2,485,970	2,657,036	2,621,805	2,741,495
United Arab Emirates	45,957	45,659	49,458	64,749	79,531	90,465	104,565	104,989
Asian Arab Countries	607,547	557,787	533,246	518,977	523,968	539,574	534,398	543,045
Iraq	69,080	70,058	76,757	77,213	77,135	76,179	71,145	68,671
Jordan	94,480	97,267	103,020	112,618	121,434	134,986	135,003	135,243
Lebanon	117,686	104,739	108,277	111,408	116,997	123,935	127,702	132,639
Palestine	7,622	6,640	6,775	6,831	7,280	7,832	8,103	8,333
Syria	307,949	269,013	227,429	199,456	189,377	187,310	182,846	187,437
Yemen	10,730	10,070	10,988	11,451	11,745	9,332	9,599	10,722
Asian Muslim Countries	477,386	450,986	425,345	446,888	475,056	487,322	501,677	514,417
Afghanistan	12,607	12,457	12,467	13,120	13,085	13,527	12,527	13,573
Azerbaijan	290	340	410	519	627	638	607	887
Bangladesh	102,390	107,817	105,983	108,788	116,401	127,865	156,274	171,551
Brunei	37	14	21	7	30	19	8	36
Indonesia	35,664	25,793	17,693	13,800	12,218	10,992	10,047	9,308
Iran	81,136	72,067	72,432	76,384	76,988	75,289	72,652	72,354
Kazakhstan	238	159	218	320	438	579	701	1,105
Kyrgyzstan	634	229	649	826	1,028	957	1,087	1,609
Malaysia	4,105	4,320	4,294	4,733	4,038	4,121	4,465	5,342
Maldives Islands	14	36	49	90	67	83	32	37
Pakistan	228,028	215,194	200,037	215,742	232,191	232,150	220,598	208,960
Tajikstan	118	129	208	376	232	289	269	190
Turkey	11,478	11,273	10,254	11,641	17,140	20,063	21,667	28,361
Turkmenistan	48	12	33	22	58	162	128	203
Uzbekistan	599	556	597	519	515	588	615	901
Others				1
Other Asian Countries	1,076,821	1,127,510	1,160,838	1,262,823	1,379,561	1,471,959	1,579,285	1,669,723
Armenia	526	586	643	807	1,275	2,190	2,851	3,141
Bhutan	72	123	77	125	88	261	490	923
Borneo	51	84	88	61	59	114	66	64
Cambodia	64	70	113	81	161	115	99	123
Cyprus	286	380	614	573	556	593	629	712
East Timur	8	6	5	4	7	4	3	3
Georgia	1,832	1,135	551	534	564	690	753	1,110
Hong Kong	244	211	218	269	258	282	217	312
India	751,059	789,694	826,526	917,539	999,947	1,060,175	1,138,733	1,222,829
Japan	4,959	4,798	5,291	5,072	5,215	5,238	5,438	5,601
Korea	7,726	10,348	11,319	12,160	14,172	15,310	15,294	18,641
Laos	20	14	34	25	13	43	30	36
Macau	4	10	4	4	3	6	14	15
Mongolia	170	399	197	187	202	261	205	179
Myanmar (Burma)	188	376	297	288	294	336	335	258
Nepal	52,971	53,812	47,546	50,909	51,950	48,433	57,019	56,016
North Korea	0	442	354	273	182	243	182	666
Philippines	135,182	139,988	154,389	156,952	185,503	214,263	239,588	232,147
Republic of China	10,925	14,208	13,283	15,428	15,411	20,534	25,854	32,624
Singapore	1,457	1,323	1,174	1,126	1,096	1,135	1,201	1,271
South Korea	1,385	1,329	1,412	1,673	1,428	1,222	1,636	628
Sri Lanka	99,330	100,782	90,260	92,066	94,632	92,677	80,007	77,390
Thailand	7,631	6,670	5,544	6,132	5,801	6,832	7,744	13,771
Timur Islands			2	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	158	196	110	184	179	249	264	295
Vietnam	573	526	787	351	565	753	633	968
African Arab Countries	604,544	629,140	686,279	754,446	805,864	875,909	927,436	969,199
Algeria	3,694	3,566	4,116	4,259	4,321	4,229	4,410	4,885
Comoros Islands	425	303	411	460	409	538	512	640
Djibouti	92	82	116	174	194	215	185	216
Egypt	569,452	594,099	646,093	710,415	760,581	828,949	878,127	911,259
Libya	677	455	773	914	658	576	653	1,107
Mauritania	11,808	293	387	516	541	495	545	497
Morocco	266	11,451	13,006	13,978	13,091	13,232	13,408	16,818
Somalia	2,170	1,935	1,948	1,963	1,897	1,972	2,026	2,044
South Sudan				58	8	18	30	46
Sudan	8,043	9,049	10,420	12,995	15,489	16,191	16,818	18,021
Tunisia	7,917	7,907	9,009	8,714	8,675	9,494	10,722	13,666
African Muslim Countries	4,690	4,379	4,909	8,646	7,408	9,904	8,543	12,162
Benin	203	226	260	281	288	343	770	1,160
Burkina Faso	70	101	97	162	145	394	431	422
Cameroon	108	50	60	126	380	2,927	1,271	1,156
Chad	1,032	794	571	835	996	1,069	864	775
Eritrea	1,044	969	976	1,075	1,176	1,104	749	843
Gabon	5	8	12	87	16	14	21	20
Gambia	54	66	72	123	87	311	175	115
Mali	120	143	238	676	1,154	502	952	1,175
Niger	173	189	189	223	223	267	320	360
Nigeria	1,281	1,173	1,170	1,377	1,305	1,637	1,342	1,418
Senegal	336	385	443	452	444	554	712	653
Sierra Leone	133	158	247	293	528	122	275	3,427
Uganda	131	117	574	2,936	666	660	661	638
Other African Countries	55,975	74,349	69,109	80,115	50,993	48,063	39,910	35,171
Angola	12	20	34	46	27	23	23	27
Botswana	6	29	37	42	48	42	40	42
Burundi	11	22	15	62	43	22	108	271
Central African Republic	32	34	37	31	49	30	24	24
Congo (Brazzaville)	0	7	5	45	3	10	7	13
Dem. Republic of Congo	30	36	26	72	40	72	132	129
Ethiopia	43,611	63,866	57,541	65,180	35,602	26,977	18,414	11,835
Ghana	3,084	2,662	2,331	2,307	5,752	10,359	5,396	3,284
Guinea	97	70	78	129	104	65	67	964
Ivory Coast	58	89	71	102	192	515	1,971	3,972
Kenya	1,622	1,416	1,396	1,481	1,448	1,638	1,502	1,751
Lesotho	62	13	23	73	44	47	69	37
Liberia	288	224	221	229	159	109	90	87
Madagascar	705	458	1,978	3,510	1,476	1,205	3,798	5,119
Malawi	50	92	102	153	86	176	628	302
Mauritius	143	86	103	108	111	99	115	148
Mozambique	17	32	37	30	27	138	308	228
Namibia	15	13	9	30	14	14	14	13
Rwanda	3	15	18	54	23	32	36	70
Seychelles Islands	24	34	32	44	26	20	24	26
South Africa	5,023	4,424	4,312	5,098	4,553	4,705	5,141	5,366
Swaziland	231	71	113	115	100	91	270	139
Tanzania	211	212	235	437	249	301	256	277
Togo	299	174	111	244	475	1,013	813	605
Zambia	75	52	23	58	27	38	27	23
Zimbabwe	241	187	199	377	290	310	564	391
Other	25	4	22	58	25	12	73	28
Oceania	19,198	15,479	13,948	13,146	13,007	13,010	13,092	13,538
Australia	15,306	12,543	11,180	10,495	10,538	10,489	10,696	11,099
Fiji Islands	565	147	92	94	75	55	51	41
New Zealand	3,251	2,750	2,641	2,530	2,352	2,414	2,322	2,373
Other	76	39	35	27	41	52	23	25
North America	221,998	217,655	179,215	169,417	156,681	161,185	159,053	172,115
Canada	41,156	39,130	39,060	39,968	39,877	43,146	44,388	46,363
U.S.A	180,838	178,517	140,124	129,448	116,804	118,039	114,661	125,744
Other	4	8	31	1	0	0	4	8
South & Central America	4,945	5,318	5,404	5,489	5,686	5,961	7,004	8,664
Argentina	441	449	532	485	450	415	403	422
Belize	175	124	127	113	58	52	115	161
Bolivia	99	53	80	88	90	80	61	78
Brazil	1,374	945	1,209	1,286	1,322	1,275	1,389	1,623
Chile	99	60	91	75	96	68	88	125
Colombia	420	243	469	451	396	515	915	1,138
Costarica	21	16	19	22	26	28	35	148
Cuba	18	10	65	36	68	39	47	62
Dominican Republic	165	145	248	287	260	286	312	373
El Salvador	159	41	39	20	34	29	36	352
Equador	166	104	197	105	91	220	431	900
Grenada	30	10	17	40	57	40	66	92
Guatemala	10	13	36	71	50	39	12	8
Guyana	20	17	23	24	24	19	22	39
Haiti	31	60	84	77	125	122	52	27
Honduras	4	21	10	13	49	43	66	67
Jamaica	61	88	93	91	77	89	171	172
Mexico	276	249	385	514	648	595	792	792
Nicaragua	4	2	4	17	33	27	29	28
Panama	26	16	55	66	73	48	65	51
Paraguay	6	4	7	30	21	7	9	75
Peru	42	41	149	111	104	110	105	108
Suriname	9	12	26	32	17	154	130	31
Trinidad & Tobago	123	125	99	132	96	179	129	95
Uruguay	29	46	48	59	45	46	52	42
Venezuela	1,064	870	1,248	1,172	1,206	1,398	1,413	1,405
Others	73	51	44	72	170	215	471	767
Europe	175,406	172,922	171,050	184,700	189,683	196,323	197,130	225,895
Albania	199	205	224	171	268	262	308	852
Andorra	2	7	8	3	3	0	4	4
Austria	1,997	1,914	1,690	1,826	1,805	1,866	1,964	2,135
Belarus	454	376	287	388	342	473	537	668
Belgium	2,755	2,407	2,035	2,100	2,090	2,331	2,405	2,291
Bosnia & Herzegovina	1,124	1,327	904	816	737	889	928	1,031
Bulgaria	3,490	3,223	3,365	3,325	3,546	3,268	2,903	3,827
Croatia	806	774	658	899	1,157	1,068	967	1,252
Czech Republic	1,353	779	618	669	955	1,055	1,094	1,431
Denmark	3,206	3,063	3,279	3,304	3,373	3,770	3,854	4,142
Estonia	38	33	51	65	66	124	105	136
Finland	1,025	1,097	930	930	1,043	894	853	927
France	15,084	15,209	15,844	15,818	16,377	17,111	17,840	19,240
Germany	15,283	14,962	14,455	18,082	17,589	16,725	14,086	14,700
Greece	2,416	2,759	2,510	2,909	3,144	3,724	3,671	4,107
Hungary	1,380	1,345	1,497	1,583	1,785	1,714	1,955	2,204
Iceland	81	110	105	105	85	114	93	109
Ireland	3,000	3,174	3,424	3,441	3,954	3,678	3,651	3,829
Italy	10,925	10,021	11,002	13,598	13,108	14,121	14,662	17,125
Kosovo	198	189	192	116	109	107	153	529
Latvia	85	98	152	142	143	162	129	247
Liechtenstein	13	23	70	13	32	25	16	8
Lithuania	107	120	209	188	265	395	333	396
Luxembourg	97	87	104	95	86	96	82	115
Macedonia	791	372	386	459	542	532	575	2,003
Malta	222	169	223	230	246	227	242	363
Moldova	54	52	86	41	44	65	73	66
Monaco	6	0	3	3	1	1	4	3
Montenegro	11	33	48	38	46	102	64	69
Netherlands	7,101	7,869	7,243	8,919	9,707	10,978	10,323	9,825
Norway	2,659	2,433	1,962	1,545	1,392	1,327	1,368	1,798
Poland	1,955	1,806	1,781	1,960	2,423	2,933	2,796	4,272
Portugal	1,141	989	1,449	2,019	2,590	3,212	3,622	4,123
Romania	5,609	3,499	3,480	3,947	4,585	5,585	5,022	6,377
Russian Federation	2,579	3,190	3,119	3,263	3,590	3,797	4,810	6,255
San Marino	3	7	8	12	6	2	3	6
Serbia	628	923	942	1,150	1,306	1,771	2,141	2,592
Slovakia	2,772	915	693	772	769	842	678	879
Slovenia	286	231	296	386	393	428	320	448
Spain	6,771	6,382	5,691	7,046	7,970	8,594	9,119	10,193
Sweden	6,614	6,826	6,820	5,539	4,630	4,306	4,271	4,491
Switzerland	2,115	2,198	2,042	2,067	2,082	1,944	1,891	1,916
Ukraine	1,050	1,051	1,141	1,424	1,483	1,818	2,446	9,395
United Kingdom	67,362	70,297	69,702	73,000	73,539	73,430	74,194	78,851
Vatican	7	18	20	25	31	23	9	25
Yugoslavia	551	360	302	269	246	257	153	123
Others	1
Others	33,557	36,933	50,179	52,039	43,997	38,022	31,151	32,155
U.N	67	143	202	134	171	76	96	75
Unstated Nationality	281	257	218	184	152	139	98	97
Non Kuwaiti	33,209	36,533	49,759	51,721	43,674	37,807	30,957	31,983
Grand Total	8,531,456	9,055,559	9,459,636	10,265,938	10,900,379	11,208,038	11,306,115	11,610,297

Source: Annual Statistical Bulletin of Transport and Communication
 
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Definitions

The “Non-Kuwaitis are the Bidoun populations.

2. Institution which provides data 

Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning

3. Data availability 
 
The data is taken from the Annual Statistical Bulletin of Transport and Communication (available in PDF; also in Excel format since 2013).
https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics_en?ID=41&ParentCatID=%2070
https://www.csb.gov.kw/Pages/Statistics?ID=41&ParentCatID=+70

Date of access: December 2018.

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