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KUWAIT
State of Kuwait
KW · KWT
INDEPENDENT 1961
ONE OF THE WORLD'S TOP OIL RESERVES PER CAPITA
POPULATION
4.9M
AREA
17,818 km²
CAPITAL
Kuwait City
CURRENCY
KWD
GDP / CAPITA
$33,000
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Unnamed area near Al Salmi, 306 m
LOWEST POINT
Persian Gulf, 0 m
COASTLINE
499 km
LAND BORDERS
464 km, 2 countries
TERRAIN
Flat to gently undulating desert plain.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
29.38°N, 47.99°E
TIME ZONE
AST, UTC+3 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Constitutional emirate
RELIGION
Islam, ~75% (state religion)
LIFE EXPECTANCY
79 years
HDI
0.847 — Very high (rank 40)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum extraction & refining
Petrochemicals
Financial services
Construction
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum
Refined petroleum
Chemicals
TOP IMPORTS
Machinery
Vehicles
Foodstuffs
LAND USE
Agricultural, 9%
Forest, 0%
Desert / other, 91%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
0.74M
1970
1.38M
1980
2.14M
1990
2.23M
2000
3.05M
2010
4.27M
2020
4.31M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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