From Kuwait Travel Guide you will come to know about the Kuwait Population. From a look at the Kuwait Population you will know that the trend of urbanization is much in vogue in Kuwait. This is proved by the fact that 96% of Kuwait's population live in the cities. Of the 2,868 million Kuwait Population, you will find, that only one million are Kuwaiti citizens. The majorities of the population is Arabs and include the expatriates from Egypt, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Philippines. You will also find among the Kuwait Population about 100,000 Arabs who are known as Bidoon by the locals. Before the Gulf War, there was a significant amount of Palestinian population in Kuwait, who are however, no longer there.
Among the total Population of Kuwait you will find that 1.893 million are non-Kuwaitis. A look at the Kuwait Population shows us that about seventy percent of native Kuwaitis are Sunnis while the rest 30 percent are Shias. A small amount of Christians and Jews are also found among the natives. Of the total population the native Kuwaitis are present by 35%, other Arab nationals 22%, 39%, are Asians and 4% are Bidoons. Male ratio is higher than the female ratio and the population growth rate is of 8.1%. Birth rate has 21.88 births per 1,000 populations while you will find much low death rate in 2.42 deaths per 1,000 populations. Total literacy rate is about 79%, which is highest in the whole of Emirates. This has been achieved due to the government support towards the mass education system in Kuwait. From public school till University education is free in Kuwait. Therefore you will find that 85.1% of the Kuwait male population and 81.7% of the Kuwait female population are literate.
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