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    Kuwait People - 2003
    https://theodora.com/wfb2003/kuwait/kuwait_people.html
    SOURCE: 2003 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population: 2,183,161
      note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2003 est.)


      Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.9% (male 310,008; female 298,474)
      15-64 years: 69.5% (male 970,282; female 547,753)
      65 years and over: 2.6% (male 36,306; female 20,338) (2003 est.)


      Median age: total: 25.9 years
      male: 28.4 years
      female: 21.8 years (2002)


      Population growth rate: 3.34%
      note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2003 est.)


      Birth rate: 21.83 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)


      Death rate: 2.45 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)


      Net migration rate: 14.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)


      Sex ratio: at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 1.77 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 1.79 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.52 male(s)/female (2003 est.)


      Infant mortality rate: total: 10.57 deaths/1,000 live births
      male: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births
      female: 9.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)


      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.65 years
      male: 75.72 years
      female: 77.62 years (2003 est.)


      Total fertility rate: 3.08 children born/woman (2003 est.)


      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.12% (2001 est.)


      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA


      HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA


      Nationality: noun: Kuwaiti(s)
      adjective: Kuwaiti


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


      Religions: Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15%


      Languages: Arabic (official), English widely spoken


      Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
      total population: 83.5%
      male: 85.1%
      female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

      NOTE: The information regarding Kuwait on this page is re-published from the 2003 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guinea Geography 2003 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kuwait People 2003 should be addressed to the CIA.

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