Population aged 10 and above by nationality (Kuwaiti/ non-Kuwaiti), sex, age group and highest education level reached (December 2013)

Age	Nationality	KUWAITIS										NON KUWAITIS
group	Education level	Illiterate	Reads and writes	Elementary	Intermediate	High school diploma	Diploma	University degree	Postgraduate	NA	Total	Illiterate	Reads and writes	Elementary	Intermediate	High school diploma	Diploma	University degree	Postgraduate	NA	Total
10-14	males	0	34	36,480	0	0	0	0	0	32,894	69,408	224	8,406	16,540			1		1	26,962	52,134
	females	1	28	37,014	0	0.00	0	0	0	29,932	66,975	236	7,321	15,867						24,673	48,097
	total	1	62	73,494	0	0	0	0	0	62,826	136,383	460	15,727	32,407	0	0	1	0	1	51,635	100,231
15-19	males	10	0	23,264	38,417	1,870	0	0	0	3,631	67,192	112	2,300	19,354	13,622	826	5			8,207	44,426
	females	9	11	16,274	41,816	3,708	1	0	0	2,601	64,420	110	2,270	17,375	13,260	1,104	18	2		6,345	40,484
	total	19	11	39,538	80,233	5,578	1	0	0	6,232	131,612	222	4,570	36,729	26,882	1,930	23	2	0	14,552	84,910
20-24	males	3	5	13,908	18,790	18,979	2,329	378	0	3,641	58,033	1,864	34,782	8,770	32,836	8,949	1,764	1,490	8	6,041	96,504
	females	6	1	8,328	14,172	27,138	3,538	446	1	2,808	56,438	2,099	24,639	6,658	24,152	8,428	985	1,385	2	2,538	70,886
	total	9	6	22,236	32,962	46,117	5,867	824	1	6,449	114,471	3,963	59,421	15,428	56,988	17,377	2,749	2,875	10	8,579	167,390
25-29	males	3	7	4,253	16,256	17,679	5,679	4,755	37	2,244	50,913	7,076	110,291	10,260	77,434	26,460	5,919	10,195	83	10,935	258,653
	females	3	14	2,115	7,310	17,705	10,497	10,786	31	2,468	50,929	5,696	64,922	7,240	40,860	17,548	3,195	8,761	90	4,361	152,673
	total	6	21	6,368	23,566	35,384	16,176	15,541	68	4,712	101,842	12,772	175,213	17,500	118,294	44,008	9,114	18,956	173	15,296	411,326
30-34	males	0	13	3,725	12,654	14,280	5,000	4,513	148	1,846	42,179	8,087	107,837	10,755	76,688	29,518	6,875	12,645	495	52,570	305,470
	females	2	14	2,130	6,734	12,139	9,150	11,629	194	2,287	44,279	4,834	56,227	6,032	33,643	17,909	3,394	9,585	258	9,823	141,705
	total	2	27	5,855	19,388	26,419	14,150	16,142	342	4,133	86,458	12,921	164,064	16,787	110,331	47,427	10,269	22,230	753	62,393	447,175
35-39	males	1	32	4,655	10,381	10,127	4,133	4,502	199	1,735	35,765	7,430	86,504	11,728	60,307	25,216	6,193	10,741	562	58,280	266,961
	females	4	25	2,502	8,283	7,568	5,760	12,778	121	2,905	39,946	4,893	45,676	6,007	28,547	12,569	2,851	6,970	230	11,919	119,662
	total	5	57	7,157	18,664	17,695	9,893	17,280	320	4,640	75,711	12,323	132,180	17,735	88,854	37,785	9,044	17,711	792	70,199	386,623
40-44	males	1	24	3,768	11,102	6,946	3,556	3,975	245	1,622	31,239	9,965	69,497	10,991	50,109	24,129	5,736	9,025	469	35,451	215,372
	females	12	16	2,403	9,720	6,198	4,294	9,124	125	3,334	35,226	5,252	32,237	4,098	20,699	10,371	2,362	5,140	182	9,890	90,231
	total	13	40	6,171	20,822	13,144	7,850	13,099	370	4,956	66,465	15,217	101,734	15,089	70,808	34,500	8,098	14,165	651	45,341	305,603
45-49	males	2	8	1,740	8,622	7,175	3,452	3,949	328	1,419	26,695	11,980	48,780	11,334	34,175	20,796	5,015	9,198	413	21,638	163,329
	females	47	20	2,374	8,032	5,317	3,863	7,291	118	3,806	30,868	5,542	21,213	3,000	12,942	8,364	1,993	3,990	139	6,787	63,970
	total	49	28	4,114	16,654	12,492	7,315	11,240	446	5,225	57,563	17,522	69,993	14,334	47,117	29,160	7,008	13,188	552	28,425	227,299
50-54	males	64	139	1,454	5,616	4,355	3,304	4,431	460	724	20,547	9,266	27,935	9,411	20,531	14,321	3,310	8,332	468	10,539	104,113
	females	1,377	609	2,032	5,317	3,656	4,249	5,105	157	2,332	24,834	4,447	9,904	1,934	5,936	5,831	1,547	3,250	142	3,719	36,710
	total	1,441	748	3,486	10,933	8,011	7,553	9,536	617	3,056	45,381	13,713	37,839	11,345	26,467	20,152	4,857	11,582	610	14,258	140,823
55-59	males	129	343	1,333	4,178	2,527	2,459	3,149	694	344	15,156	5,974	15,466	6,511	11,562	10,018	2,425	6,475	492	5,383	64,306
	females	3,904	1,414	1,953	4,006	2,010	3,212	3,167	205	365	20,236	3,125	4,156	1,126	2,733	3,437	1,217	2,360	127	1,484	19,765
	total	4,033	1,757	3,286	8,184	4,537	5,671	6,316	899	709	35,392	9,099	19,622	7,637	14,295	13,455	3,642	8,835	619	6,867	84,071
60-64	males	127	478	1,260	2,498	1,399	1,588	1,870	548	262	10,030	3,214	6,309	3,212	4,480	4,710	1,411	4,771	458	2,052	30,617
	females	4,171	1,304	1,558	2,462	1,019	1,979	1,328	196	281	14,298	2,179	1,921	657	1,355	1,703	793	1,351	95	681	10,735
	total	4,298	1,782	2,818	4,960	2,418	3,567	3,198	744	543	24,328	5,393	8,230	3,869	5,835	6,413	2,204	6,122	553	2,733	41,352
>65	males	2,542	3,784	3,275	3,577	1,440	1,235	1,813	628	875	19,169	3,141	3,718	2,156	2,525	2,474	841	3,515	650	1,602	20,622
	females	14,222	3,508	1,989	2,096	751	759	759	143	637	24,864	4,437	1,962	708	1,261	1,277	443	710	89	939	11,826
	total	16,764	7,292	5,264	5,673	2,191	1,994	2,572	771	1,512	44,033	7,578	5,680	2,864	3,786	3,751	1,284	4,225	739	2,541	32,448
TOTAL	males	2,882	4,867	99,115	132,091	86,777	32,735	33,335	3,287	51,237	446,326	68,333	521,825	121,022	384,269	167,417	39,495	76,387	4,099	239,660	1,622,507
	females	23,758	6,964	80,672	109,948	87,209	47,302	62,413	1,291	53,756	473,313	42,850	272,448	70,702	185,388	88,541	18,798	43,504	1,354	83,159	806,744
	total	26,640	11,831	179,787	242,039	173,986	80,037	95,748	4,578	104,993	919,639	111,183	794,273	191,724	569,657	255,958	58,293	119,891	5,453	322,819	2,429,251

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.

The other source of demographic and socioeconomic data on Kuwait is the Central Statistical Office (CSO), operating within the Planning Ministry. The CSO has conducted ten population and housing censuses since its inception in 1957.

Since 1995 a marked discrepancy was witnessed between PACI’ and CSO’ population figures. PACI’ database is connected electronically with other administrations and bodies registering demographic events and professional/ residency issues (births and death; departures and arrivals; end of service, residency and ID deliveries, etc.).

PACI’s records of residents’ movements is thus regularly updated, which limits the risk of population overcount. Therefore, it is more likely that residents were undercounted during CSO- Ministry of Planning’s census operations (see: Shah, N. Population of Kuwait. Structure and Dynamics, Kuwait: Kuwait University Academic Publication Council, 2010, chapter 1).

(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. Kuwait’s Bidoon population originates from three broad categories:

1) those whose ancestors failed to apply for nationality or lacked necessary documentation at the time of Kuwait’s independence in 1961;

2) those recruited to work in Kuwait’s army or police force during the 1960s who permanently settled in Kuwait, along with their families;

3) children of Kuwaiti mothers and stateless or foreign fathers (see Human Rights Watch. Prisoners of the Past. Kuwaiti Bidun and the Burden of Statelessness, June 2011, p. 3).

(The children of Kuwaiti mothers and non-Kuwaiti fathers (with specific nationality) inherit the father’s nationality. They are stateless if the father is stateless).

2. Institution which provides data

The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI)

3. Period of data coverage: December 2013

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

4. Data availability

The statistics section of PACI’s website (http://www.paci.gov.kw/en/ (English); http://www.paci.gov.kw/ (Arabic)) provides population and socio-economic data broken down by nationality (Kuwaiti/ non-Kuwaiti). Some data are displayed by nationality groups.

Analytical tables and data crosstabulations are available for download in PDF, html, .png and Excel (.csv) formats.

Date of access: March 2014.