2010			2011			2012			2013
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Arab countries	2,444	287	2,731	2,520	286	2,806	2,491	271	2,762	2,574	266	2,840
Non-Arab Asian countries	245,720	278,463	524,183	250,873	272,878	523,751	252,386	278,466	530,852	256,398	284,942	541,340
Non-Arab African countries	1,069	41,661	42,730	1,933	64,769	66,702	3,297	72,023	75,320	4,249	79,959	84,208
Europe	3	2	5	2	2	4	2	6	8	3	2	5
North America	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	4	0	2	2
Central and South America	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	3	5
Australia and Oceania	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	5	5
Other	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Total	249,238	320,418	569,656	255,333	337,937	593,270	258,180	350,773	608,953	263,227	365,179	628,406

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.
“Domestic services” designate the activities performed within households, such as that of personal drivers, cooks, nannies, servants, sheperds, governesses, etc.

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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