State of Kuwait دولة الكويت (Arabic) <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Dawlat al-Kuwait | |
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Capital and largest city | Kuwait City 29°22′N 47°58′E / 29.367°N 47.967°E |
Official languages | Arabic |
Ethnic groups | |
Religion | Islam |
Demonym(s) | Kuwaiti |
Government | Unitary constitutional monarchy |
• Emir | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah | |
Marzouq Al-Ghanim | |
Legislature | National Assembly |
Establishment | |
• Independence from the Emirate of Al Hasa | 1752 |
1913 | |
• End of treaties with the United Kingdom | 19 June 1961 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (152nd) |
• Water (%) | negligible |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 4,052,584 (128th) |
• 2005 census | 2,213,403 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (61st) |
GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $303 billion |
• Per capita | $69,669 (5th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $118.271 billion (55th) |
• Per capita | $28,199 (23rd) |
HDI (2017) | 0.803 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 | |
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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.