Demographics of Kuwait

This is a demographic breakdown of Kuwait's resident population.

Around sixty percent of Kuwait's entire population is made up of foreign nationals, with native Kuwaitis making up between 38 and 42 percent of the country's overall population. The percentage of expats, which has remained essentially unchanged since the middle of the 1970s, is seen as a concern by the government as well as by certain Kuwaiti natives. As a result, the number of expatriates who were deported surged in 2016.

Kuwait consists of six governorates: Hawalli, Asimah, Farwaniyah, Jahra, Ahmadi and Mubarak Al-Kabeer. The governorates of Hawalli, Asimah, and Farwaniyah are home to the vast majority of Kuwait's population.

Bedoons, who have no official citizenship, are the source of Kuwait's most significant demographic problem. In 1995, Human Rights Watch said that Kuwait was responsible for the statelessness of 300,000 Bedoon people. Statelessness affects a big population in Kuwait compared to other countries in the area. The Bedoon problem in Kuwait may mostly be attributed to sectarian tensions.