Kuwait: non-Kuwaiti population by region and selected countries of origin, and sex (2018)

Country/ region of citizenship	Males	Females	Total
Arab countries	855,136	405,926	1,261,062
of which Egypt	531,422	139,102	670,524
Syria	95,695	64,425	160,120
Saudi Arabia	66,683	60,921	127,604
Asia	1,364,546	503,662	1,868,208
of which India	811,409	200,695	1,012,104
Bangladesh	271,590	9,541	281,131
Philippines	41,868	172,121	213,989
Pakistan	91,421	18,006	109,427
Sri Lanka	34,888	58,861	93,749
Nepal	50,469	19,909	70,378
Africa	9,752	37,475	47,227
Other regions	24,334	17,694	42,028
Total	2,253,768	964,757	3,218,525

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.
Data published by PACI are, therefore, administrative data.

Nationality group/ citizenship: collected according to the nationality group or citizenship of individuals, or the head of the household.
Nationalities are grouped according to specific features common to certain population subgroups: language, geographic origin, etc.
or according to internationally recognized categories such as: (Arab / non-Arab Asian countries / non-Arab African countries; European countries … etc.).

The table was built out of a selection of data from two distinct datasets:
– PACI statistical database
– PACI “Population and labor market indicators”

2. Institution which provides data

The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

3. Period of data coverage: 31 December

The database is updated three times a year and the website presents only the most recent data.

4. Data availability

Data by nationality group of expatriates can be downloaded from the “statistics” section of PACI’s website (http://www.paci.gov.kw/en/ (English); http://www.paci.gov.kw/ (Arabic))
section “Statistical reports”
Analytical tables and data crosstabulations are available for download in PDF, html, .png and Excel (.csv) formats.
A selection of tables is available in the sections “General Stats” (https://www.paci.gov.kw/stat/GeneralStat.aspx) and “Analytic Statistics” https://www.paci.gov.kw/stat/SubCategory.aspx?ID=7

Data pertaining to the citizens of selected foreign countries residing in Kuwait can be found in the “Population and labor market indicators” section of PACI’s website:
https://www.paci.gov.kw/stat/StatIndicators.aspx

Date of access: February 2019.