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Sovereign State

3,065,850 Population [2011] – census

4,385,717 Population [2021] – census

17,294km² Area

253.6/km² Density [2021]

Contents: Governorates and Neighborhood Districts

The population of the governorates and neighborhood districts of Kuwait according to census results.

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NameStatusNativePopulation
Census
1995-04-10		Population
Census
2005-04-20		Population
Census
2011-06-30		Population
Census
2021-06-30
Al-AḥmadīGovernorateالاحمدي399,963620,935588,068923,043
Abū Ḥulayfah [Abu Halifa]Districtابوحليفه16,28323,28229,87051,486
Al-Aḥmadī [Ahmadi City]Districtشرق الاحمدي21,58718,51621,46928,612
Al-E'qīlah [Eqaila]Districtالعقيله5251,87413,57913,859
Al-Finṭās [Funtas]Districtالفنطاس12,94621,09232,40740,768
Al-Forūsīyah [Forosyia]Districtالفروسية............
Al-Fuḥayḥīl [Fahaheel]Districtالفحيحيل38,18050,28354,15796,660
Ali Ṣabāḥ as-Sālem [Ali Sabah Al Salem]Districtعلي صباح السالم...29,35942,17357,408
Al-Janūbiyah [Jawakher South]Districtالجنوبيه الجواخير......65335
Al-Khayrān [Al Kayron Residential]Districtالخيران السكنية.........515
Al-Mahbūlah [Mahboula]Districtالمهبوله10,19829,17377,988142,145
Al-Manqaf [Mangaf]Districtالمنقف21,88943,89073,378112,548
Al-Maqwa' [Al-Maqwa]Districtالمقوع......32...
Al-Nuwaīṣīb [Al Nuwaiseeb]Districtالنويصيب......537...
Al-Wafrah [Wafra]Districtالوفره1,761887...198
Al-Wafrah al-Jadīdah [New Wafra]Districtالوفره الجديده...9102,4885,173
Ar-Riqqah [Riqqa]Districtالرقه29,36627,48036,05850,255
Ash-Shua'ībah [Shuaiba]Districtالشعيبه......26462
Ash-Shua'ībah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah al-Gharbiyah [Shuaiba Industrial Western]Districtالشعيبه الصناعيه الغربيه.........15,902
Aṣ-Ṣabāḥīyah [Sabahiya]Districtالصباحيه...50,60756,64079,702
Aẓ-Ẓahar [Daher]Districtالظهر23,34926,48033,19740,878
Az-Zūr [Al-Zour]Districtالزور3,2321,6312,2301,195
Bir Maḥāfẓah al-Aḥmadī [Ahmadi Desert]Districtبر محافظة الاحمدي...5127231,475
Ḍāḥiyah Jāber al-'Alī [Jaber Al-Ali]Districtضاحية جابر العلي21,49430,94838,86853,862
Fahad al-Āḥmad [Fahad Al Ahmad]Districtفهد الاحمد...4,49817,09627,306
Hadiyah [Hadiya]Districtهديه5,31510,83017,99026,450
Janūb aṣ-Ṣabāḥīyah [South Sabahiya]Districtجنوب الصباحيه......733
Kabad az-Zarā'iyah [Kabad Agricultural]Districtكبد الزراعيه.........13
Madīnat Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad [Sabah Al Ahmad City]Districtمدينة صباح الأحمد............
Mazār' al-Wafrah [Wafra Agricultural]Districtمزارع الوفرة5,5819,0067,85611,961
Mīnā' 'Abdāllah [Mina Abdullah]Districtميناء عبدالله...1,814...1,084
Rajim Khashmān [Rajm Khashman]Districtرجم خشمان.........114
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 1 [Sabah Al Ahmad 1]Districtصباح الأحمد 1.........17,349
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 2 [Sabah Al Ahmad 2]Districtصباح الأحمد 2.........11,733
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 3 [Sabah Al Ahmad 3]Districtصباح الأحمد 3.........9,295
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 4 [Sabah Al Ahmad 4]Districtصباح الأحمد 4.........11,724
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 5 [Sabah Al Ahmad 5]Districtصباح الأحمد 5.........10,156
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad al-Baḥriyah [Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City]Districtصباح الاحمد البحريه.........235
Shālīhāt aḍ-Ḍabā'iyah [Dubaeeiya Resort]Districtشاليهات الضباعيه.........10
Shālīhāt al-Julaiya'ah [Jlaiaa Resort]Districtشاليهات الجليعه.........257
Shālīhāt al-Khīrān [Al Kayron Resort]Districtشاليهات الخيران.........1,336
Shālīhāt an-Nuwaīṣīb [Nwaiseeb Resort]Districtشاليهات النويصيب.........5
Shālīhāt az-Zūr [Zoor Resort]Districtشاليهات الزور.........24
Shālīhāt Bnaīder [Bedier Resort]Districtشاليهات بنيدر.........112
Shālīhāt Mīnā' 'Abdāllah [Mina Abdulla Resort]Districtشاليهات ميناء عبدالله.........738
Al-'Āṣimah [Al Asimah, Capital]Governorateالعاصمة263,960390,415326,513574,839
Ad-D'aiyah [Daiya]Districtالدعيه7,5198,42311,28919,201
Ad-Dasmah [Dasma]Districtالدسمة8,4798,89712,98718,136
Ad-Dawḥah [Doha]Districtالدوحه18,19518,47722,04730,270
Al-Fayḥā' [Faiha]Districtالفيحاء9,5318,77512,61322,393
Al-Khāldiyah [Khalidiya]Districtالخالديه7,6467,1559,82018,645
Al-Kuwayt - Al-Murqāb [Murqab]Districtالمرقاب...4,7163,9385,984
Al-Kuwayt - Al-Qiblah [Qibla]Districtالقبله...8,3205,38414,153
Al-Kuwayt - Dasmān [Dasman]Districtدسمان...6268111,942
Al-Kuwayt - Ḥadāq as-Sūr [Wall Garden]Districtحدائق السور......137
Al-Kuwayt - Sharq [Kuwait City East]Districtشرق...17,91216,44833,073
Al-Manṣūriyah [Mansouriya]Districtالمنصوريه4,2774,0695,6738,646
Al-Manṭeqah al-Ḥarah [Shuwaikh Port, Free Trade Zone]Districtالمنطقه الحره......185...
Al-Manṭeqah aṣ-Ṣḥiyah [Health District]Districtالمنطقه الصحيه2,6351,7211,129726
Al-Nuzhha [Nuzha]Districtالنزهه6,6496,2498,63314,013
Al-Qādisiyah [Qadisiya]Districtالقادسيه9,88410,62114,38923,737
Al-'Udayliyah [Adailiya]Districtالعديليه8,4027,38211,00620,970
Al Wājahh al-Baḥriyah [Coastal Strip]Districtالواجهه البحريه......36...
Al-Yarmūk [Yarmouk]Districtاليرموك7,51510,19015,38524,487
Ar-Rawḍah [Rawda]Districtالروضه14,48814,96221,53538,131
Ash-Shāmīyah [Shamiya]Districtالشاميه6,6496,1558,74717,316
Ash-Shūwaīkh [Shuwaikh]Districtالشويخ2,2842,3763,0125,146
Ash-Shūwaīkh aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Shuwaikh Industrial Area]Districtالشويخ الصناعيه5,1388973,4395,533
Aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt [Sulaibekhat]Districtالصليبيخات15,64017,55023,68632,920
As-Surrah [Surra]Districtالسره11,36420,76530,26436,119
Banayd al-Qār [Bneid Al Qar]Districtبنيد القار12,50919,23314,26530,613
Ḍāḥiyah 'Abdāllah as-Sālim [Abdulla Al Salem]Districtضاحية عبدالله السالم9,9309,49013,34621,097
Gharnāṭah [Granada, Kuwait]Districtغرناطة1,4786,0368,7529,973
Jāber al-Aḥmad [Jaber Al Ahmad New City]Districtجابر الأحمد......49347,024
Jazīrat Faylakā [Failaka]Islandجزيرة فيلكا...1171473
Jazīrat Umm An-Namil [Umm Al Namil]Islandجزيرة أم النمل0000
Kayfān [Kaifan]Districtكيفان12,89413,34518,12527,666
Mīnā' ad-Dawḥah [Doha Port]Districtميناء الدوحه......80572
Mu'skrāt al-Mubārekiyah [Mubarakiya Camp]Districtمعسكرات المباركيه......912,452
Qarṭabah [Qurtoba]Districtقرطبه6,84920,04428,73633,267
Shālīhāt ad-Dawḥah [Doha Resort]Districtشاليهات الدوحه.........16
Shamāl Gharb aṣ-Ṣulaībīkhāt [Northwest Sulaibekhat]Districtشمال غرب الصليبيخات.........10,608
Al-Farwānīyah [Farwaniya]Governorateالفروانية360,202482,127818,5711,110,560
Abdāllah Mubārak [Abdullah Al Mubarak]Districtعبدالله مبارك...8,52561,44159,007
Al-Andalus [Andalus]Districtالاندلس19,65730,21742,32548,262
Al-'Ārḍiyah [Ardiya]Districtالعارضيه33,89438,16647,92860,810
Al-'Ārḍiyah 4 [Ardiya Governmental Use]Districtالعارضيه (4)...7658176
Al-'Ārḍiyah 6 [Ardiya Stores]Districtالعارضيه (6)......203445
Al-'Ārḍiyah al-Ḥerfiyah [Ardiya Al Herafia]Districtالعارضيه الحرفيه......5286
Al-Farwānīyah [Farwaniya]Districtالفروانيه52,92883,478136,260250,676
Al-Firdaws [Firdous]Districtالفردوس40,36141,58552,17367,611
Al-'Mariyah [Omariya]Districtالعمريه12,41812,77317,37319,016
Al-Maṭār al-Dūlī [International Airport]Districtالمطار الدولي......291,487
Al-Raī [Rai]Districtالري3,8872,1681,0542,616
Ar-Rābiyah [Rabia]Districtالرابيه22,35914,75718,62021,160
Ar-Raḥāb [Rahab]Districtالرحاب...10,73015,68219,253
Ar-Raq'ay [Riggae]Districtالرقعي11,74916,73624,82032,980
Āshbīliyah [Ishbeelia]Districtاشبيليه...2,28021,84834,317
Ash-Shadādyah [Al Shadadyia]Districtالشدادية............
Ash-Shadādyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Al Shadadyia Industrial Area]Districtالشدادية الصناعية.........741
Ḍajīj aṭ-Ṭārāt [Airplane Noise Region]Districtضجيج الطائرات......9970
Gharb Abdāllah Mubārak [West Abdulla al-Mubarak]Districtغرب عبدالله مبارك.........1,257
Janūb Abdāllah Mubārak [South Abdulla al-Mubarak]Districtجنوب عبدالله مبارك............
Khīṭān [Kheetan]Districtخيطان91,484149,389109,901173,538
Madīnat Ṣabāḥ as-Sālem al-Jām'yah [Sabah Al Salem University City]Districtمدينة صباح السالم الجامعية............
Qalīb ash-Shuyūkh [Jaleeb Al Shuyoukh]Districtجليب الشيوخ102,169179,425227,980271,168
Ṣabāḥ an-Nāṣr [Sabah Al Nasser]Districtصباح الناصر9,05728,62338,50745,884
Al-Jahrā'Governorateالجهراء224,515269,915400,975566,861
Al-A'bdilī [Abdilee]Districtالعبدلي...6,4485,18010,169
Al-Baḥyaṭ [Bhaith]Districtالبحيث............
Al-Jahrā' [Jahra]Districtالجهراء14,66028,40638,66468,023
Al-Jahrā' aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Jahra Industrial Area]Districtالجهراء الصناعيه...2391,259764
Al-Maṭlā' [Mitlaa]Districtالمطلاع.........25
Al-Qaīrawān [Quirawan]Districtالقيروان...2,47315,20025,829
Al-Qaṣr [Qasser]Districtالقصر39,12836,18742,05058,525
Al-'Uyawn [Oyoun]Districtالعيون21,48823,50031,00947,335
Al-Wāḥah [Waha]Districtالواحه26,07025,67528,15441,785
Ām Āl'īsh [Aum Al Ash]Districtام العيش.........8
Āmghrah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Amgara Industrial Area]Districtامغرة الصناعيه8,0298,2238,6237,581
An-Nahḍah [Al Nahda]Districtالنهضه......6,7568,770
An-Na'īm [Na'eem]Districtالنعيم...10,32613,91320,250
An-Nasīm [Naseem]Districtالنسيم10,83911,79718,74532,256
An-Ne'āyem [Neayem]Districtالنعايم.........94
Ar-Rūḍtīn [Al Rawadatain]Districtالروضتين.........48
Ash-Sheqāyā [Shegaya]Districtالشقايا............
Aṣ-Ṣābryah [Sabryia]Districtالصابرية............
As-Sālmī [Salmy]Districtالسالمي...8731,187860
Aṣ-Ṣubiyah [Subiya]Districtالصبيه.........6
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah ash-Sha'abyah [Sulaibiah Shaabia]Districtالصليبيه الشعبيه53,63954,69358,27554,498
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 1 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 1]Districtالصليبيه الصناعيه (1)...1,0271,1012,041
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 2 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 2]Districtالصليبيه الصناعيه (2)......7161,883
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 3 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 3]Districtالصليبيه الصناعيه (3).........8
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah az-Zarā'iyah [Sulaibiya Agriculture]Districtالصليبيه الزراعيه.........2,858
Bir Maḥāfẓah al-Jahrā' [Jahra Desert]Districtبر محافظة الجهراء...6441,0442,669
Janūb al-Muṭlā' [South Al Mutlaa]Districtجنوب المطلاع.........83
Janūb Amghrah [South Amgara]Districtجنوب امغره.........407
Jawākhīr al-Jahrā' [Jahraa Jawakher]Districtجواخير الجهراء.........7
Jazīrat Būbiyān [Bubiyan Island]Islandجزيرة بوبيان0000
Jazīrat Warbah [Warba Island]Islandجزيرة وربه0000
KabadDistrictكبد...2,9213,602508
Kāṭmah [Kathma]Districtكاطمة.........119
Madīnat Sa'ad al-'Abdāllah [Saad Al-Abdullah City]Districtمدينة سعد العبدالله...2,44665,394114,897
Maqbarat aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt [Sulaibekhat Cemetery]Districtمقبرة الصليبيخات......5827
Mu'skrāt al-Jahrā' [Jahra Camp]Districtمعسكرات الجهراء.........62
Shālīhāt aṣ-Ṣubiyah [Al Subbiya Resort]Coastal Zoneشاليهات الصبيه............
Shālīhāt Kāẓmh [Kazma Resort]Coastal Zoneشاليهات كاظمه............
Shamāl Gharb al-Jahrā' [Northwestern Jahra]Districtشمال غرب الجهراء......38896
Taymā' [Taima]Districtتيماء46,06647,80352,74064,370
ḤawallīGovernorateحولي218,702254,503672,910926,170
Al-Bida' [Bedi]Districtالبدع.........652
Al-Jābiriyah [Jabriya]Districtالجابريه30,40143,44656,39273,448
Al-Mubārkiyah [Mubarakyia]Districtالمباركيه............
Al-Zahrā' [Zahraa]Districtالزهراء...10,21623,79234,660
Ānjafah [Anjafa]Districtانجفه......596360
Ar-Rumayṭīyah [Rumaithiya]Districtالرميثيه28,31027,85441,78756,190
Ash-Sha'ab [Sha'ab]Districtالشعب7,8236,70710,08415,293
Ash-Shuhadā' [Shuhada]Districtالشهداء...5,70715,25817,239
As-Salām [Salam]Districtالسلام...11,82622,3145,210
As-Sālimīyah [Salmiya]Districtالسالميه129,775145,314196,153282,541
Aṣ-Ṣidīq [Sideek]Districtالصديق......2628,794
Bayān [Bayan]Districtبيان27,08228,63539,79945,773
Ḥaṭīn [Hateen]Districtحطين...12,13820,80922,984
Ḥawallī [Hawalli]Districtحولي82,154104,901128,549205,895
Manṭeqah Wizārāt [Ministries Area]Districtمنطقة وزارات.........131
Mishref [Mishrif]Districtمشرف16,56118,17127,39145,877
Mubārak al-'Abdāllah [Mubarak Al Abdullah]Districtمبارك العبدالله...4,3609,67713,839
Salwā' [Salwa]Districtسلوى36,10862,85280,28377,284
Mubarāk al-Kabīr [Mubarak Al Kabeer]Governorateمبارك الكبير108,228175,244258,813279,666
Abū al-Ḥaṣāniyah [Abu Hasaniya]Districtابو الحصانيه.........1,040
Al-Adan [Adān]Districtالعدان...31,08148,09539,545
Al-Manṭeqah al-Wusṭa [Wista]Districtالمنطقة الوسطى...4035702,501
Al-Masāyel [Masayel]Districtالمسايل.........3,177
Al-Mesīlah [Messila]Districtالمسيله9231,3741,0221,056
Al-Qoṣūr [Qusour, Kuwait]Districtالقصور...27,26338,60640,356
Al-Qurayn [Qurain]Districtالقرين...22,01933,61635,025
Ḍāḥiyah Abū Faṭīrah [Abu Fatira]Districtضاحية ابو فطيره......1,73910,085
Ḍāḥiyah al-Funaīṭīs [Fanatees]Districtضاحية الفنيطيس6811,1545783,415
Gharb Abū Faṭīra al-Ḥerfiyah [West Abu Fatira Al Herafia]Districtغرب ابو فطير الحرفيه......5154
Mubarāk al-Kabīr [Mubarak Al Kabeer]Districtمبارك الكبير...33,14748,19649,082
Sabāh as-Sālim [Sabah Al Salem]Districtصباح السالم...55,92783,43788,904
Ṣabḥān aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Sabhan Industrial Area]Districtصبحان الصناعيه1,3272,8762,9035,426
Al-Kuwayt [Kuwait]Sovereign Stateالكويت‎1,575,5702,193,6513,065,8504,385,717

Source: Central Statistical Office, State of Kuwait.

Explanation: The 2021 census was registered-based; its total population includes 4,578 persons with non-stated place of residence. Area figures are calculated by geospatial data.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males2,671,266
Females1,714,451
Citizenship (C 2021)
Kuwait1,488,716
Other Citizenship2,897,001