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Kuwait: Non-Kuwaiti population born in Kuwait by nationality group, sex and age group (census 2021)

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    Arabic Asian African European North America South America Australian Total
0-4 Male 33,130 14,371 387 340 384 52 33 48,697
  Female 31,797 13,752 336 306 344 48 41 46,624
  Total 64,927 28,123 723 646 728 100 74 95,321
5-9 Male 37,641 12,573 171 256 389 52 42 51,124
  Female 36,196 11,775 176 284 333 41 47 48,852
  Total 73,837 24,348 347 540 722 93 89 99,976
10-14 Male 31,110 9,714 90 228 318 56 46 41,562
  Female 29,745 9,197 101 250 320 46 42 39,701
  Total 60,855 18,911 191 478 638 102 88 81,263
15-19 Male 21,876 5,941 53 147 193 48 26 28,284
  Female 21,286 5,466 44 149 181 50 22 27,198
  Total 43,162 11,407 97 296 374 98 48 55,482
20-24 Male 17,301 3,183 36 67 81 48 16 20,732
  Female 17,663 3,118 46 108 110 38 17 21,100
  Total 34,964 6,301 82 175 191 86 33 41,832
25-29 Male 16,641 2,110 51 69 96 44 21 19,032
  Female 16,126 1,854 103 83 148 44 24 18,382
  Total 32,767 3,964 154 152 244 88 45 37,414
30-34 Male 16,171 1,528 49 91 176 40 30 18,085
  Female 14,066 1,345 106 78 192 34 19 15,840
  Total 30,237 2,873 155 169 368 74 49 33,925
35-39 Male 17,058 1,953 47 126 182 40 26 19,432
  Female 14,146 1,475 57 102 154 33 22 15,989
  Total 31,204 3,428 104 228 336 73 48 35,421
40-44 Male 13,505 2,064 24 114 137 14 28 15,886
  Female 10,225 1,154 19 73 93 9 13 11,586
  Total 23,730 3,218 43 187 230 23 41 27,472
45-49 Male 9,041 1,483 12 107 109 18 11 10,781
  Female 6,741 704 14 36 62 2 4 7,563
  Total 15,782 2,187 26 143 171 20 15 18,344
50-54 Male 6,833 1,031 9 83 126 27 16 8,125
  Female 5,106 572 4 36 67 5 9 5,799
  Total 11,939 1,603 13 119 193 32 25 13,924
55-59 Male 4,179 569 9 44 133 17 29 4,980
  Female 2,770 266 4 21 63 5 12 3,141
  Total 6,949 835 13 65 196 22 41 8,121
60-64 Male 1,912 236 6 19 82 19 9 2,283
  Female 1,019 97 1 7 24 2 2 1,152
  Total 2,931 333 7 26 106 21 11 3,435
65-69 Male 981 68 3 7 34 5 4 1,102
  Female 345 40 1 1 7 1 0 395
  Total 1,326 108 4 8 41 6 4 1,497
70-74 Male 546 27 1 3 14 3 0 594
  Female 124 9 0 3 0 0 0 136
  Total 670 36 1 6 14 3 0 730
75-79 Male 436 9 0 2 2 0 0 449
  Female 76 6 0 0 0 0 0 82
  Total 512 15 0 2 2 0 0 531
80-84 Male 206 0 0 0 1 0 1 208
  Female 28 1 0 0 1 0 0 30
  Total 234 1 0 0 2 0 1 238
85+ Male 114 1 0 0 0 0 0 115
Female 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Total 154 1 0 0 0 0 0 155
Total Male 228,681 56,861 948 1,703 2,457 483 338 291,471
  Female 207,499 50,831 1,012 1,537 2,099 358 274 263,610
  Total 436,180 107,692 1,960 3,240 4,556 841 612 555,081

Source: Central Statistics Bureau (CSB)/The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

  1. Characteristics of data and definitions

 

The 2021 Kuwait census is the eleventh census conducted in the country, and the first to be based on administrative records.

The Ministry of State for Communications and Information Technology has implemented the records-based population, establishments and building

census through cooperation with the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) and the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI).

The census data was selected from the recommended data basket guide for the Unified Population and Housing Register-based Census 2020

for the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf issued by the Gulf Statistics Center for the year 2019,

and from the data basket of the general census of the State of Kuwait 2011.

Definitions and concepts used:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN

 

  1. Institution which provides data

 

The Central Statistical Bureau (CSB)

https://www.csb.gov.kw/

https://www.csb.gov.kw/default_en

 

  1. Data availability

 

Kuwait Census 2022 page (Population, Housing and Establishments census):

https://census.csb.gov.kw/index_EN

 

Population census:

https://census.csb.gov.kw/CensusData_EN?id=1

 

Last date of access: 05 August 2023.

 

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change; that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from; that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

 

Keywords: Kuwait, Foreign Population, Identity, Second Generation.

 

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