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Kuwait People 1996

Population:

1,817,397 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

34% (female 302,908; male 319,659)

15-64 years:

64% (female 467,163; male 697,849)

65 years and over:

2% (female 13,476; male 16,342) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

7.46% (1995 est.)

note:

this rate reflects the continued post-Gulf crisis return of nationals and expatriates

Birth rate:

21.07 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

2.2 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

55.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

11.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

75.64 years

male:

73.33 years

female:

78.06 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.93 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Kuwaiti(s)

adjective:

Kuwaiti

Ethnic divisions:

Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%

Religions:

Muslim 85% (Shi'a 30%, Sunni 45%, other 10%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%

Languages:

Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1985)

total population:

74%

male:

78%

female:

69%

Labor force:

566,000 (1986)

by occupation:

services 45.0%, construction 20.0%, trade 12.0%, manufacturing 8.6%, finance and real estate 2.6%, agriculture 1.9%, power and water 1.7%, mining and quarrying 1.4%

note:

70% of labor force non-Kuwaiti (1986)

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