Country of citizenship	All residence permits
ARAB COUNTRIES
Iraq	15.262
Syria	135.554
Lebanon	42.586
Jordan	55.081
Yemen	10.762
Palestine	579
Algeria	845
Egypt	482.692
Morocco	3.495
Tunisia	2.863
Libya	149
Palestinian from Egypt	6.153
Palestinian from Lebanon	962
Palestinian from Syria	372
Palestinian from Iraq	3
Non-Kuwaiti	6
Saudi	1
Total	757.365
ASIA
Afghanistan	13.689
Uzbekistan	114
Kyrgyzstan	58
Tajikstan	34
Kazakhstan	34
Mongolia	16
Turkey	2.272
Iran	42.638
Malaysia	441
Japan	126
Indonesia	14.036
Philippines	161.742
Pakistan	120.040
India	692.525
China	3.903
Taiwan	19
South Korea	1.118
Singapore	59
Bangladesh	190.171
Thailand	2.463
Sri Lanka	109.860
Nepal	55.486
Bhutan	23
North Korea	3.571
Vietnam	598
Cambodia	47
Myanmar	349
Other Asian Nationalities	87
Total	1.415.519
EUROPE
Britain	4.177
Ireland	213
France	908
Holland	292
Belgium	94
Italy	405
Malta	23
Sweden	268
Norway	57
Switzerland	46
Austria	107
Germany	552
Spain	201
Portugal	138
Denmark	198
Greece	137
Cyprus	33
Czech Republic	80
Hungary	217
Slovakia	102
Finland	31
Lithuania	15
Poland	257
Russia and USSR	753
Ukraine	303
Moldova	33
Belarus	58
Bosnia-Herzegovina	214
Macedonia	68
Croatia	58
Serbia	211
Yugoslavia	104
Romania	617
Bulgaria	493
Albania	68
Kosovo	23
Armenia	246
Georgia	99
Azerbaidjan	66
Other European Nationalities	75
Total	12.040
AFRICA
Ethiopia	77.279
Eritrea	1.135
Sudan	4.551
Senegal	183
Gambia	37
Guinea	47
Mauritania	142
Mali	94
Niger	139
Burkina Faso	42
Benin	158
Liberia	200
Sierra Leone	122
Togo	81
Ivory Coast	33
Nigeria	547
South Africa	635
Swaziland	21
Zimbabwe	72
Chad	162
Cameroon	24
Somalia	3.661
Djibouti	49
Madagascar	1.225
Mauritius	41
Ghana	791
Uganda	280
Malawi	25
Tanzania	69
Kenya	261
Comore Islands	78
Seychelles Islands	17
Other African Nationalities	123
Total	92.324
AMERICA AND OCEANIA
U.S.A	13.267
Canada	6.530
Dominican Republic	285
Venezuela	224
Colombia	94
Trinidad and Tobago	24
Granada	17
Jamaica	17
Mexico	60
Brasil	198
Bolivia	55
Peru	19
Ecuador	21
Argentina	88
Australia	1.058
New Zealand	311
Fiji Islands	56
Other American and Oceanian Nationalities	111
Total	22.436
U.N.	6
Unknown Nationalities	1
GRAND TOTAL	2.299.691

Source: Ministry of Interior

 

 

ANNEXED NOTE

 

1. Definitions

 

Residency procedures do not apply to GCC nationals.

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

 

The table refers to all types of residency permits, i.e. granted under articles 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24 of the immigration regulations.

Data presented in the table are stock data: all the non-national residents holding a residence permit on December 31st, the given year. The table excludes the Bedoon, 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, 2012

 

4. Data availability

 

Data on residence permits by country of citizenship is not published by Kuwaiti authorities (as of September 15th, 2013). The present data has been obtained from MoI.

 

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