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People
2,789,132
country comparison to the world: 
139
note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 26.4% (male 361,274/female 348,351)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male 1,219,674/female 683,494)
65 years and over: 3% (male 49,807/female 29,926) (2010 est.)
total: 26.4 years
male: 28.2 years
female: 22.9 years (2010 est.)
3.501%
country comparison to the world: 5
note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2010 est.)
21.64 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
2.29 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 224
15.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
urban population: 98% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.041 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.79 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.65 male(s)/female
total population: 1.54 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 8.75 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 159
male: 9.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 77.89 years
country comparison to the world: 51
male: 76.64 years
female: 79.18 years (2010 est.)
2.7 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 77
0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 147
NA (2007 est.)
NA
noun: Kuwaiti(s)
adjective: Kuwaiti
Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%
Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%
Arabic (official), English widely spoken
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 93.3%
male: 94.4%
female: 91% (2005 census)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2006)
3.8% of GDP (2006)
country comparison to the world: 118
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