{"id":15023,"date":"2025-05-23T08:17:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jislam.com\/?p=15023"},"modified":"2025-05-23T08:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:19:51","slug":"kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State of Kuwait (Arabic: \u062f\u3044\u0644\u0629\u0627\u0644\u3044\u062a, English: The State of Kuwait), commonly known as Kuwait (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u3044\u062a); Kuwait, located on the northwest coast of the Persian Gulf in western Asia. Adjacent to Saudi Arabia and Iraq, bordered by the Persian Gulf to the east, and facing Iran across the sea. The coastline is 290 kilometers long. There are 9 islands including Bubiyan and Faraka, with a water area of 5625 square kilometers. The area is 17818 square kilometers. The population of Kuwait is 4.859 million, with Kuwaiti nationals accounting for approximately 32%. The country is divided into six administrative provinces, with Kuwait City as its capital. [1]<br>In the 7th century AD, it was part of the Arab Empire. After 1871, it belonged to the Ottoman Empire. It became a British colony in 1899 and gained independence in 1961. On August 2, 1990, it was invaded by Iraq and subsequently triggered the Gulf War. On February 26, 1991, the country was restored. [1]<br>Kuwait has abundant oil and natural gas reserves, with proven oil reserves of 14 billion tons, ranking seventh in the world. The natural gas reserves are 1.78 trillion cubic meters, ranking 18th in the world. [1] In 2022, Kuwait&#8217;s gross domestic product was 176 billion US dollars, with a per capita gross domestic product of 39000 US dollars and an economic growth rate of 7.6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese name<br>State of Kuwait [1]<br>Foreign Name<br>The State of Kuwait\uff1b Kuwait [1] (in English)<br>\u062f\u3044\u0644\u0629\u0627\u0644\u3044\u062a, (Arabic)<br>abbreviation<br>Kuwait<br>Belonging continent<br>Asia<br>Capital City<br>Kuwait City [1] (largest city)<br>major city<br>Ferwaniye City<br>National Day<br>February 25th [1]<br>National Anthem<br>The National Anthem of Kuwait<br>Country code<br>KWT<br>official language<br>Arabic [1]<br>Currency<br>Kuwaiti Dinar [1]<br>Time Zone<br>UTC+3<br>political system<br>Binary constitutional monarchy<br>National leaders<br>Mishal Ahmed Jaber Al Sabah (Emir), Ahmed Abdullah Ahmad Al Sabah (Prime Minister)<br>population size<br>4.859 million (September 2023)<br>population density<br>239.7 people per square kilometer 7<br>Main ethnic groups<br>Arab [1]<br>Main religions<br>Islam <a href=\"Sunni\">1<\/a><br>land area<br>17818 km\u00b2<br>Total GDP<br>176 billion US dollars (2022)<br>Per Capita GDP<br>39000 USD (2021)<br>International telephone area code<br>nine hundred and sixty-five<br>International Domain Abbreviations<br>.kw<br>Road traffic<br>Drive on the right side<br>Climate<br>tropical desert climate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April 2019, the population of Kuwait was 4.43 million, of which Kuwaiti nationals accounted for about 30%. [2]<br>According to a report by The Arab Times on July 8, 2014, the latest statistics show that the number of foreign nationals in Kuwait has reached 2413081, with the highest number of Indians at 762471. Following India is Egypt, with 517973 people; Bangladesh, 181265 people.<br>According to the update on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People&#8217;s Republic of China in February 2021, the population of Kuwait is 4.776 million, of which Kuwaiti nationals account for about 30%.<br>As of September 2023, the population of Kuwait is 4.824 million, with Kuwaiti nationals accounting for approximately 34%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State of Kuwait (Arabic: \u062f\u3044\u0644\u0629\u0627\u0644\u3044\u062a, English: The State of Kuwait), commonly known as Kuwait (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u3044\u062a); Kuwait,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15023"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15025,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15023\/revisions\/15025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jislam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}