KUWAIT CITY, May 8: Statistics issued by the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) reveal that the number of Kuwaiti citizens reached 1,567,983 as of the end of December 2024, and the number of non-Kuwaitis totaled 3,419,843. This brings the overall population of Kuwait to 4,987,826, reports Al-Seyassah daily. Kuwaitis made up 31 percent of the total population with 773,060 Kuwaiti males and 794,923 females. The number of non-Kuwaiti males was 2,259,690, and non-Kuwaiti females 1,160,153. In terms of employment, 78 percent of government workers were Kuwaiti, compared to 22 percent expatriates.

In the private sector, Kuwaitis do not exceed four percent, while non-Kuwaitis make up 96 percent. The total number of expatriate workers was 2,560,252, compared to 540,878 Kuwaiti workers. The number of domestic workers reached 780,930. The statistics revealed that the average Kuwaiti family consists of seven members, compared to an average of just two members in expatriate families. The birth rate per thousand population is 21 for Kuwaitis and 4 for non-Kuwaitis. The Indian community ranked first among foreign nationalities in terms of population, followed by Egyptians, Bangladeshis, Filipinos, Syrians, Sri Lankans, Saudis, Nepalese, Pakistanis, and Jordanians, respectively.