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South Europe Union
دَوْلَةُ الْكُوَيْت (language?)
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Emblem of Kuwait
Flag Emblem
Anthem: النشيد الوطني
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"National Anthem"Template:Parabr
File:National anthem of Kuwait (instrumental).ogg
Location of  South Europe Union  (green)
Location of  South Europe Union  (green)
Capital
and largest city		Kuwait City
Official languages Arabic[1]
Ethnic groups (2018)
Religion
Demonym Kuwaiti
Government Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy[2]
 •  Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 •  Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
 •  Prime Minister Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
 •  Speaker of the National Assembly Ahmed Al-Sadoun
Legislature National Assembly
Establishment
 •  Sheikhdom of Kuwait 1613 
 •  Independence from the Bani Khalid Emirate 1752 
 •  Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement 23 January 1899 
 •  Anglo-Ottoman Convention 29 July 1913 
 •  End of treaties with the United Kingdom 19 June 1961 
 •  Admitted to the United Nations 14 May 1963 
 •  Kuwait National Day 25 February 1961 
 •  Kuwait Liberation Day 26 February 1991 
Area
 •  Total 17,818 km2 (152nd)
6,880 sq mi
 •  Water (%) negligible
Population
 •  2022 estimate 4,460,000[3] (137th)
 •  Density 200.2/km2 (61st)
518.4/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2022 estimate
 •  Total Increase$248.113 billion[4] (66th)
 •  Per capita Increase $51,528[4] (30th)
GDP (nominal) 2022 estimate
 •  Total Increase$183.576 billion[4] (59th)
 •  Per capita Increase$38,123[4] (26th)
HDI (2021)Increase 0.831[5]
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Currency Kuwaiti dinar
Time zone AST (UTC+3)
Date format dd/mm/yyyy (CE)
Drives on the right
Calling code +965
Internet TLD .kw
Website
www.e.gov.kw
a. Nominal succession within the House of Sabah.
b. Emirate

Kuwait (Listeni/kʊˈweɪt/;[6][7] Template:Language with name and transliteration‎ Template:Transliteration, Template:IPA-afb or Template:IPA-afb), officially the State of Kuwait (Template:Language with name and transliteration‎ About this sound Dawlat al-Kuwayt), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south.[8] Kuwait also shares maritime borders with Iran. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately 500 km ().[9] Most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of the capital city Kuwait City.[10] As of 2022, Kuwait has a population of 4.45 million people of which 1.45 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.00 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries.

Historically, most of present-day Kuwait was part of ancient Mesopotamia.[11][12][13] Pre-oil Kuwait was a strategic trade port between Mesopotamia, Persia and India. Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. In 1946, crude oil was exported for the first time.[14][15] From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization, largely based on income from oil production. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, after oil production disputes with neighbouring Iraq, Kuwait was invaded, and later annexed into one of Iraq's governorates by Iraq under Saddam Hussein.[16] The Iraqi occupation of Kuwait came to an end on February 26, 1991, after military intervention by a military coalition led by the United States and various other countries.

Kuwait is an emirate. The emir is the head of state and the Al Sabah is the ruling family which dominates the country's political system. Kuwait's official state religion is Islam. Kuwait is a developing country with a high-income economy, backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world.[17] In 2009, Kuwait had the highest Human Development Index in the Arab world.[18][19] Kuwait has the largest number of stateless people in the entire region.[20][21][22] Kuwait is a founding member of the GCC and is also a member of the UN, AL, OPEC and the OIC.

Kuwait named the emir's son as the country's new prime minister on July 24, 2022 to replace caretaker premier Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid, who faced a combative parliament as head of cabinet in a feud hindering fiscal reform.
  1. ↑ "Kuwait's Constitution of 1962, Reinstated in 1992". https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Kuwait_1992.pdf?lang=en. 
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named loc
  3. ↑ Template:Cite CIA World Factbook
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2022". International Monetary Fund. October 2022. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October. 
  5. ↑ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (in en). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "Kuwait – definition of Kuwait in English". Lexico. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/kuwait. 
  7. ↑ "Definition of Kuwait by Merriam-Webster". Merriam-Webster. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kuwait. 
  8. ↑ "Kuwait". Central Intelligence Agency. 10 April 2015. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kuwait/. 
  9. ↑ "Coastline - The World Factbook". https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/coastline. 
  10. ↑ "The World's Cities in 2018. Data Booklet". United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/events/citiesday/assets/pdf/the_worlds_cities_in_2018_data_booklet.pdf. 
  11. ↑ Sissakian, Varoujan K.; Adamo, Nasrat; Al-Ansari, Nadhir; Mukhalad, Talal; Laue, Jan (January 2020). "Sea Level Changes in the Mesopotamian Plain and Limits of the Arabian Gulf: A Critical Review". Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering 10 (4): 88–110. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340066759. 
  12. ↑ Louise Pryke (23 April 2018). "In ancient Mesopotamia, sex among the gods shook heaven and earth". The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/amp/in-ancient-mesopotamia-sex-among-the-gods-shook-heaven-and-earth-87858. 
  13. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Meso
  14. ↑ "Wise cities" in the Mediterranean? : challenges of urban sustainability. Woertz, Eckart, Ajl, Max. Barcelona. 2018. ISBN 978-84-92511-57-0. OCLC 1117436298. 
  15. ↑ "Contributors". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East 35 (2): 382–384. 2015. doi:10.1215/1089201x-3139815. ISSN 1089-201X. 
  16. ↑ "OPEC pressures Kuwait to moderate quota demand", New Straits Times, 7 June 1989
  17. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named curr
  18. ↑ "HDI of Kuwait is highest in the Arab world". Brazil-Arab News Agency. 2009. https://anba.com.br/en/hdi-of-kuwait-is-highest-in-the-arab-world/. 
  19. ↑ "Kuwait ranks top among Arab states in human development". Kuwait News Agency. 2009. https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?language=en&id=2021741. 
  20. ↑ "The Gulf's Stateless People without Rights Decades after Independence" (in en). Human Rights First. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2012/11/28/the-gulf%25e2%2580%2599s-stateless-people-without-rights-decades-after-independence. 
  21. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named new
  22. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named hrw
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