Kuwait: Population by nationality group (2018)
| Total | |
| Kuwaitis | 1,403,113 |
| Arabs | 1,261,062 |
| Asians | 1,868,208 |
| Africans | 47,227 |
| Europeans | 18,076 |
| N. Americans | 20,513 |
| S. Americans | 1,813 |
| Australians/ Oceanians | 1,626 |
| Total non-Kuwaitis | 3,218,525 |
| Total | 4,621,638 |
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.
(a) Kuwaiti: the Kuwaiti nationality rests upon a document of Kuwaiti nationality or a certificate proving Kuwaiti nationality issued by the Ministry of Interior of Kuwait.
(b) Non-Kuwaiti: his/ her nationality is determined by the name of the State which issued the passport. The foreign national also entered Kuwait legally and has a stamp of residence.
This category includes the Bidoon, a category of stateless persons living in the Emirate.
(c) Nationality group: collected according to the nationality of 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.).
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 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
Date of access: January 2019.