Expatriates make up 69% of the total population, annual report says
Dubai: Every 5.22 minutes, Kuwait gains a new resident. Whether through births, new arrivals or natural growth, the country’s population has steadily climbed to 4,987,826 by the end of 2024, according to the World Population Review 2025.
Expatriates make up 69 per cent of the total population, with 1.1 million Arab expatriates, 1.4 million from Asian countries, and the remainder from other nationalities, including the Bidoon (People without proper documents) community.
The annual report, sourced from the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Kuwait’s Central Statistical Bureau, ranks Kuwait 52nd globally in population growth, accounting for 0.06 per cent of the world’s total.
