Non-Kuwaiti population by sex, migration status and country of citizenship of holder (2012)

 

	Migration Status												TOTAL
Country of citizenship	Worker			Family member			Student			Other resident
ARAB COUNTRIES	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total	males	females	total
Iraq	3,630	736	4,366	3,545	6,939	10,484	0	0	0	158	254	412	15,262
Syria	53,452	4,300	57,752	30,726	45,119	75,845	3	0	3	1,565	389	1,954	135,554
Lebanon	13,957	4,708	18,665	8,285	15,016	23,301	1	2	3	423	194	617	42,586
Jordan	15,893	4,609	20,502	12,220	21,532	33,752	1	2	3	577	247	824	55,081
Yemen	5,164	294	5,458	1,879	3,288	5,167	2	0	2	111	24	135	10,762
Palestine	12	10	22	279	277	556	0	0	0	0	1	1	579
Algeria	242	74	316	182	327	509	1	0	1	12	7	19	845
Egypt	305,781	24,988	330,769	52,735	84,765	137,500	10	2	12	13,408	1,003	14,411	482,692
Morocco	849	942	1,791	302	1,292	1,594	0	0	0	49	61	110	3,495
Tunisia	783	1,009	1,792	340	644	984	2	1	3	36	48	84	2,863
Libya	35	4	39	34	74	108	1	0	1	1	0	1	149
Palestinian from Egypt	1,967	756	2,723	1,145	2,117	3,262	0	0	0	133	35	168	6,153
Palestinian from Lebanon	341	123	464	140	341	481	0	0	0	14	3	17	962
Palestinian from Syria	119	52	171	69	125	194	0	0	0	5	2	7	372
Palestinian from Iraq	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Non-Kuwaiti	1	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Saudi	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	402,227	42,606	444,833	111,883	181,861	293,744	21	7	28	16,492	2,268	18,760	757,365
ASIA
Afghanistan	10,209	46	10,255	1,234	1,810	3,044	19	4	23	324	43	367	13,689
Uzbekistan	25	22	47	14	51	65	0	0	0	1	1	2	114
Kyrgyzstan	7	18	25	6	17	23	5	2	7	1	2	3	58
Tajikstan	7	2	9	8	11	19	4	2	6	0	0	0	34
Kazakhstan	6	7	13	4	17	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
Mongolia	3	3	6	3	4	7	3	0	3	0	0	0	16
Turkey	1,204	155	1,359	275	511	786	1	0	1	102	24	126	2,272
Iran	23,830	1,698	25,528	5,245	11,120	16,365	3	2	5	619	121	740	42,638
Malaysia	108	53	161	87	166	253	19	3	22	3	2	5	441
Japan	49	14	63	7	47	54	3	2	5	4	0	4	126
Indonesia	1,031	11,676	12,707	292	885	1,177	4	5	9	26	117	143	14,036
Philippines	29,172	122,258	151,430	2,487	5,308	7,795	17	14	31	768	1,718	2,486	161,742
Pakistan	89,953	1,107	91,060	9,232	17,280	26,512	27	4	31	2,367	70	2,437	120,040
India	474,755	110,751	585,506	30,674	62,131	92,805	15	1	16	12,260	1,938	14,198	692,525
China	2,318	577	2,895	51	236	287	8	7	15	636	70	706	3,903
Taiwan	6	1	7	1	3	4	5	3	8	0	0	0	19
South Korea	737	16	753	83	160	243	1	6	7	113	2	115	1,118
Singapore	18	5	23	1	18	19	14	2	16	0	1	1	59
Bangladesh	173,484	5,001	178,485	2,556	4,380	6,936	9	0	9	4,520	221	4,741	190,171
Thailand	1,767	300	2,067	28	149	177	23	18	41	155	23	178	2,463
Sri Lanka	30,887	72,520	103,407	1,143	3,127	4,270	23	1	24	704	1,455	2,159	109,860
Nepal	27,861	25,792	53,653	60	194	254	0	1	1	1,017	561	1,578	55,486
Bhutan	7	3	10	6	7	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
North Korea	3,063	2	3,065	3	8	11	2	1	3	492	0	492	3,571
Vietnam	496	19	515	4	13	17	0	0	0	66	0	66	598
Cambodia	5	4	9	2	2	4	28	6	34	0	0	0	47
Myanmar	241	88	329	2	3	5	0	0	0	15	0	15	349
Other Asian Nationalities	40	13	53	9	19	28	3	2	5	0	1	1	87
Total	871,289	352,151	1,223,440	53,517	107,677	161,194	236	86	322	24,193	6,370	30,563	1,415,519
EUROPE						0			0
Britain	1,772	590	2,362	620	1,104	1,724	1	0	1	53	37	90	4,177
Ireland	83	41	124	32	52	84	0	0	0	3	2	5	213
France	342	107	449	179	265	444	1	1	2	8	5	13	908
Holland	105	19	124	72	91	163	0	0	0	3	2	5	292
Belgium	43	11	54	11	28	39	0	0	0	1	0	1	94
Italy	191	35	226	56	104	160	0	2	2	15	2	17	405
Malta	17	0	17	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	23
Sweden	74	19	93	67	103	170	0	0	0	2	3	5	268
Norway	17	10	27	10	20	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	57
Switzerland	21	6	27	4	14	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	46
Austria	32	13	45	20	40	60	0	0	0	1	1	2	107
Germany	212	51	263	98	170	268	3	2	5	10	6	16	552
Spain	82	25	107	27	54	81	1	1	2	9	2	11	201
Portugal	68	26	94	12	28	40	0	0	0	4	0	4	138
Denmark	71	14	85	35	74	109	2	0	2	2	0	2	198
Greece	55	20	75	14	32	46	0	0	0	6	10	16	137
Cyprus	11	4	15	5	11	16	0	0	0	2	0	2	33
Czech Republic	33	15	48	5	25	30	0	2	2	0	0	0	80
Hungary	87	36	123	28	58	86	1	2	3	1	4	5	217
Slovakia	25	18	43	11	43	54	0	0	0	2	3	5	102
Finland	9	4	13	3	15	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
Lithuania	4	4	8	3	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Poland	83	45	128	20	96	116	2	3	5	4	4	8	257
Russia and USSR	219	72	291	138	304	442	2	3	5	10	5	15	753
Ukraine	66	32	98	43	154	197	0	0	0	3	5	8	303
Moldova	5	15	20	2	7	9	0	0	0	0	4	4	33
Belarus	14	6	20	9	28	37	0	0	0	1	0	1	58
Bosnia-Herzegovina	100	34	134	15	53	68	6	3	9	2	1	3	214
Macedonia	33	10	43	3	16	19	3	0	3	3	0	3	68
Croatia	26	13	39	5	10	15	0	0	0	4	0	4	58
Serbia	86	34	120	24	55	79	0	0	0	8	4	12	211
Yugoslavia	47	15	62	11	31	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	104
Romania	168	172	340	60	167	227	0	0	0	20	30	50	617
Bulgaria	127	233	360	30	94	124	4	0	4	5	0	5	493
Albania	16	2	18	16	30	46	1	1	2	1	1	2	68
Kosovo	7	3	10	6	6	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	23
Armenia	98	40	138	17	80	97	0	2	2	3	6	9	246
Georgia	37	23	60	13	13	26	0	2	2	4	7	11	99
Azerbaidjan	14	6	20	16	29	45	0	0	0	1	0	1	66
Other European Nationalities	32	15	47	10	18	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	75
Total	4,532	1,838	6,370	1,751	3,531	5,282	27	24	51	192	145	337	12,040
AFRICA
Ethiopia	4,984	70,826	75,810	57	209	266	1	1	2	111	1,090	1,201	77,279
Eritrea	255	313	568	191	354	545	2	1	3	8	11	19	1,135
Sudan	3,175	159	3,334	330	692	1,022	3	0	3	96	96	192	4,551
Senegal	48	25	73	20	40	60	32	13	45	1	4	5	183
Gambia	8	4	12	3	4	7	18	0	18	0	0	0	37
Guinea	15	4	19	10	9	19	7	2	9	0	0	0	47
Mauritania	66	1	67	15	41	56	4	2	6	12	1	13	142
Mali	55	3	58	4	8	12	16	5	21	3	0	3	94
Niger	44	9	53	28	35	63	21	1	22	1	0	1	139
Burkina Faso	11	1	12	3	6	9	16	4	20	1	0	1	42
Benin	53	3	56	12	25	37	51	8	59	6	0	6	158
Liberia	60	19	79	46	70	116	0	0	0	2	3	5	200
Sierra Leone	57	7	64	11	16	27	0	0	0	31	0	31	122
Togo	29	31	60	4	6	10	7	2	9	1	1	2	81
Ivory Coast	10	8	18	1	8	9	6	0	6	0	0	0	33
Nigeria	181	60	241	87	146	233	54	9	63	7	3	10	547
South Africa	258	151	409	53	142	195	0	0	0	8	23	31	635
Swaziland	3	5	8	5	7	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	21
Zimbabwe	35	3	38	7	17	24	0	0	0	9	1	10	72
Chad	79	15	94	25	30	55	11	1	12	1	0	1	162
Cameroon	6	12	18	2	1	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	24
Somalia	962	410	1,372	825	1,300	2,125	33	5	38	70	56	126	3,661
Djibouti	17	3	20	6	17	23	4	2	6	0	0	0	49
Madagascar	3	1,197	1,200	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	22	22	1,225
Mauritius	6	3	9	1	7	8	5	0	5	19	0	19	41
Ghana	380	327	707	13	30	43	13	1	14	15	12	27	791
Uganda	13	247	260	8	4	12	3	1	4	0	4	4	280
Malawi	8	2	10	7	8	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	25
Tanzania	32	1	33	4	18	22	10	3	13	1	0	1	69
Kenya	117	41	158	36	60	96	0	2	2	4	1	5	261
Comore Islands	34	2	36	11	17	28	11	1	12	2	0	2	78
Seychelles Islands	3	4	7	2	7	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	17
Other African Nationalities	39	13	52	14	45	59	6	5	11	1	0	1	123
Total	11,046	73,909	84,955	1,841	3,382	5,223	337	69	406	410	1,330	1,740	92,324
AMERICA AND OCEANIA						0			0
U.S.A	6,157	1,649	7,806	2,254	2,733	4,987	2	3	5	371	98	469	13,267
Canada	1,951	675	2,626	1,523	2,273	3,796	5	2	7	72	29	101	6,530
Dominican Republic	90	10	100	93	86	179	0	0	0	6	0	6	285
Venezuela	78	19	97	35	90	125	0	0	0	2	0	2	224
Colombia	39	10	49	12	31	43	0	0	0	1	1	2	94
Trinidad and Tobago	8	3	11	6	6	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	24
Granada	10	0	10	1	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Jamaica	6	6	12	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Mexico	12	4	16	7	35	42	0	0	0	1	1	2	60
Brasil	66	21	87	34	52	86	0	0	0	20	5	25	198
Bolivia	10	4	14	15	25	40	0	0	0	1	0	1	55
Peru	9	2	11	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	19
Ecuador	8	0	8	5	7	12	0	0	0	0	1	1	21
Argentina	48	9	57	7	18	25	0	0	0	4	2	6	88
Australia	315	85	400	263	382	645	0	0	0	6	7	13	1,058
New Zealand	88	38	126	67	108	175	0	0	0	6	4	10	311
Fiji Islands	47	2	49	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	2	56
Other American and Oceanian Nationalities	44	11	55	12	40	52	0	0	0	2	2	4	111
Total	8,986	2,548	11,534	4,339	5,904	10,243	8	5	13	496	150	646	22,436
U.N.	4	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Unknown Nationalities	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
GRAND TOTAL	1,298,084	473,053	1,771,137	173,332	302,356	475,688	629	191	820	41,783	10,263	52,046	2,299,691

Source: Ministry of Interior

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions and data collection method

 

The migration status is inferred from the distribution of expatriates by type of residence permits they hold as of December 31st, the given year (cf. table in file MOV 2.3).

 

Workers are holders of permits n°17 (governmental labor), 18 (non-governmental labor); 19 (business) and 20 (domestic help).

Family members are holders of a dependent permit: spouse, children or elderly dependent relatives can join visa holder (sponsor) in Kuwait, if the expatriate has obtained a residency and is earning a minimum of KD250 a month (private and governement sector alike).

A working wife cannot sponsor her husband as a dependent. Also, sons over the age of 21 years cannot be sponsored as dependants, though adult daughters and parents may be permitted. Dependent family members are not allowed to work on a Dependent Visa, unless they transfer it into a work visa under Kuwaiti sponsorship. This can be done only after 6 to 12 months of holding a dependent visa.

Every children including new born babies must hold a residency permit. The application for the infant’s residence must be made within 60 days of the birth

The Dependent Visa holder is permitted to stay as long as the sponsor holds a valid visa.

Students are holders of a study visa

Other residents are holders of:

 

* Temporary permit: An expatriate may be granted temporary residence under article 14 of the immigration regulations in special cases where he does not need or cannot get ordinary residence.

This allows the expatriate to stay for up to one year, for personal emergencies such as illness, or after resignation from employment in order to settle financial affairs or a court case.

* Self residence permit: Expatriates may sponsor themselves under article 24 of the regulations and obtain a residence for two to five years under several conditions

(among which: being aged 60 and more, having worked no less than 25 years in Kuwait, owning a capital of 10000 KD at least; being able to produce a certificate of good conduct, being effectively residing in Kuwait with his/her family, etc.).

This form of residence can be renewed upon expiry. Self-sponsored expatriates may sponsor their wives and children.

 

Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals.

The bidoun, a stateless population, are not included in the residency documents holders.

The table thus excludes the Bidoun residents, the non-Kuwaiti GCC citizens and those in irregular situation.

 

2. Institution which provides data

 

Ministry of Interior

 

3. Period of data coverage

 

December 31st, given years

 

4. Data availability

 

2012 data is unpublished as of January 2014 and has been obtained from MoI.