Kuwait

State of Kuwait دولة الكويت (Arabic) Dawlat al-Kuwait
Flag Emblem
Anthem: "Al-Nasheed Al-Watani" "National Anthem"
Location of  Kuwait  (green)
Capital and largest city	Kuwait City 29°22′N 47°58′E / 29.367°N 47.967°E / 29.367; 47.967
Official languages	Arabic
Ethnic groups	60% Arab (31.1% Kuwaiti, 28.9% other Arabs)[1] 37.8% South Asian 1.9% African
Religion	Islam
Demonym(s)	Kuwaiti
Government	Unitary constitutional monarchy[1]
• Emir	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Prime Minister	Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah
• Speaker of the National Assembly	Ahmed Al-Sadoun
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment
• Independence from the Emirate of Al Hasa	1752
• Anglo-Ottoman Convention	1913
• End of treaties with the United Kingdom	19 June 1961
Area
• Total	17,818 km2 (6,880 sq mi) (152nd)
• Water (%)	negligible
Population
• 2021 estimate	4,250,114[2][3] (128th)
• 2005 census	2,213,403[4]
• Density	200.2/km2 (518.5/sq mi) (61st)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$303 billion[5]
• Per capita	$69,669[5] (5th)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	$118.271 billion[5] (55th)
• Per capita	$28,199[5] (23rd)
HDI (2017)	0.803[6] very high · 56th
Currency	Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+965
ISO 3166 code	KW
Internet TLD	.kw
Website www.e.gov.kw
Nominal succession within the House of Sabah. Emirate

Kuwait (Arabic: الكويت) is a small Arab country (about 17,819 square kilometers) in the Middle East.

Kuwait is the most socially progressive country in the Gulf region. It has a small and rich economy. It has about 96 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. Crude oil reserves are the oil that is still under the ground and has not yet been cleaned up. Kuwait has 10% of all of the oil reserves in the world. The country makes a lot of money by selling oil. This money is almost half of all the money the country makes. The oil money is also 95% of the money made by selling things to different countries (people call that exports). Also, the oil money is 80% of the money the government makes. Kuwait is now talking with oil companies of other countries to make oil fields in the northern part of the country.

Kuwait's weather makes farming hard (too little rain). Instead of farming, the country catches fish and buys food from other countries. About 75% of the country's water to drink has to be distilled (have the salt removed) or purchased from other countries.

In 1990, Iraq invaded (brought an army in to fight against) Kuwait. This started the first Gulf War. Kuwait's official religion is Islam, although 15% of its population are Christian or Hindu. Arabic is mostly spoken in Kuwait but English is widespread among Kuwaitis (residents of Kuwait). Kuwait is one of the few nations that has education for every age.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Kuwait". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014.
2. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
3. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX). population.un.org ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
4. ↑ "Population of Kuwait". Kuwait Government Online. 2013. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} "IMF Report for Selected Countries and Subjects : Kuwait". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
6. ↑ "2018 Human Development Report". United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.