2010			2011			2012			2013
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Arab countries	36,867	18,027	54,894	38,764	18,936	57,700	38,959	19,347	58,306	39,533	19,958	59,491
Non-Arab Asian countries	20,813	12,692	33,505	21,680	14,817	36,497	21,945	14,829	36,774	22,347	14,835	37,182
Non-Arab African countries	386	119	505	428	147	575	416	153	569	377	154	531
Europe	664	317	981	664	323	987	669	338	1,007	640	332	972
North America	691	153	844	670	178	848	708	174	882	729	169	898
Central and South America	55	8	63	59	11	70	58	17	75	59	20	79
Australia and Oceania	55	12	67	53	12	65	49	11	60	50	12	62
Other	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	0	4	3	0	3
Total	59,531	31,328	90,859	62,321	34,424	96,745	62,808	34,869	97,677	63,738	35,480	99,218

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: all the non-national residents holding a residence permit on December 31st, the given year. The table excludes the Bedoon, the non-Kuwaiti GCC citizens and those in irregular situation.

Permits 17, 18, 19 and 20 are only granted after Ministry of Labour issues a work permit.

Totals for the year 2012 presented here differ slightly from totals in other tables pertaining to this year published in the database.

2. Institution which provides data

Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), Ministry of Planning.

3. Period of data coverage

December 31st, given years.

4. Data availability

The present data is taken from the report “Migration Statistics 2013”, published by the CSB.
The report processes Ministry of Interior’s (Directorate of Migration’s) raw figures of permits granted to foreign residents by type/ purpose of permit, sex and regional origin of holder, for the years 2010 to 2013.
The report (in Arabic, PDF format with Excel tables) is available on CSB’s website (Population Statistics, then Migration Statistics)
http://www.csb.gov.kw/Socan_Statistic.aspx?ID=56

Date of access: May 2015.

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