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Kuwait: Population by nationality (Kuwaiti/ non-Kuwaiti), sex and administrative region of residence (census 2021)

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  Kuwaiti Non-Kuwaiti Total
 Governorate Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total
The Capital 138,639 144,940 283,579 172,822 118,438 291,260 311,461 263,378 574,839
Hawalli  119,799 124,120 243,919 402,839 279,412 682,251 522,638 403,532 926,170
Al-Ahmadi 162,729 166,392 329,121 433,003 161,660 594,663 595,732 328,052 923,784
Al-Jahra 103,272 108,888 212,160 217,562 137,139 354,701 320,834 246,027 566,861
Al-Farwaniya 118,602 125,310 243,912 657,701 208,206 865,907 776,303 333,516 1,109,819
Mubarak Al-Kabeer 86,430 89,314 175,744 55,278 48,644 103,922 141,708 137,958 279,666
Not Stated 167 114 281 2,423 1,874 4,297 2,590 1,988 4,578
Total 729,638 759,078 1,488,716 1,941,628 955,373 2,897,001 2,671,266 1,714,451 4,385,717

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, National Population.

 

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