Kuwait: Administrative Division

Contents: Al-Kuwayt

Sovereign State

3,065,850 Population [2011] – census

4,385,717 Population [2021] – census

17,294km² Area

253.6/km² Density [2021]

3.6% Annual Population Change [2011 → 2021]

Contents: Governorates and Neighborhood Districts

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

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 1995-04-10	Population Census 2005-04-20	Population Census 2011-06-30	Population Census 2021-06-30
Al-Aḥmadī	Governorate	الاحمدي	399,963	620,935	588,068	923,043	→
Abū Ḥulayfah [Abu Halifa]	District	ابوحليفه	16,283	23,282	29,870	51,486	→
Al-Aḥmadī [Ahmadi City]	District	شرق الاحمدي	21,587	18,516	21,469	28,612	→
Al-E'qīlah [Eqaila]	District	العقيله	525	1,874	13,579	13,859	→
Al-Finṭās [Funtas]	District	الفنطاس	12,946	21,092	32,407	40,768	→
Al-Forūsīyah [Forosyia]	District	الفروسية	...	...	...	...	→
Al-Fuḥayḥīl [Fahaheel]	District	الفحيحيل	38,180	50,283	54,157	96,660	→
Ali Ṣabāḥ as-Sālem [Ali Sabah Al Salem]	District	علي صباح السالم	...	29,359	42,173	57,408	→
Al-Janūbiyah [Jawakher South]	District	الجنوبيه الجواخير	...	...	653	35	→
Al-Khayrān [Al Kayron Residential]	District	الخيران السكنية	...	...	...	515	→
Al-Mahbūlah [Mahboula]	District	المهبوله	10,198	29,173	77,988	142,145	→
Al-Manqaf [Mangaf]	District	المنقف	21,889	43,890	73,378	112,548	→
Al-Maqwa' [Al-Maqwa]	District	المقوع	...	...	32	...	→
Al-Nuwaīṣīb [Al Nuwaiseeb]	District	النويصيب	...	...	537	...	→
Al-Wafrah [Wafra]	District	الوفره	1,761	887	...	198	→
Al-Wafrah al-Jadīdah [New Wafra]	District	الوفره الجديده	...	910	2,488	5,173	→
Ar-Riqqah [Riqqa]	District	الرقه	29,366	27,480	36,058	50,255	→
Ash-Shua'ībah [Shuaiba]	District	الشعيبه	...	...	26	462	→
Ash-Shua'ībah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah al-Gharbiyah [Shuaiba Industrial Western]	District	الشعيبه الصناعيه الغربيه	...	...	...	15,902	→
Aṣ-Ṣabāḥīyah [Sabahiya]	District	الصباحيه	...	50,607	56,640	79,702	→
Aẓ-Ẓahar [Daher]	District	الظهر	23,349	26,480	33,197	40,878	→
Az-Zūr [Al-Zour]	District	الزور	3,232	1,631	2,230	1,195	→
Bir Maḥāfẓah al-Aḥmadī [Ahmadi Desert]	District	بر محافظة الاحمدي	...	512	723	1,475	→
Ḍāḥiyah Jāber al-'Alī [Jaber Al-Ali]	District	ضاحية جابر العلي	21,494	30,948	38,868	53,862	→
Fahad al-Āḥmad [Fahad Al Ahmad]	District	فهد الاحمد	...	4,498	17,096	27,306	→
Hadiyah [Hadiya]	District	هديه	5,315	10,830	17,990	26,450	→
Janūb aṣ-Ṣabāḥīyah [South Sabahiya]	District	جنوب الصباحيه	...	...	73	3	→
Kabad az-Zarā'iyah [Kabad Agricultural]	District	كبد الزراعيه	...	...	...	13	→
Madīnat Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad [Sabah Al Ahmad City]	District	مدينة صباح الأحمد	...	...	...	...	→
Mazār' al-Wafrah [Wafra Agricultural]	District	مزارع الوفرة	5,581	9,006	7,856	11,961	→
Mīnā' 'Abdāllah [Mina Abdullah]	District	ميناء عبدالله	...	1,814	...	1,084	→
Rajim Khashmān [Rajm Khashman]	District	رجم خشمان	...	...	...	114	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 1 [Sabah Al Ahmad 1]	District	صباح الأحمد 1	...	...	...	17,349	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 2 [Sabah Al Ahmad 2]	District	صباح الأحمد 2	...	...	...	11,733	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 3 [Sabah Al Ahmad 3]	District	صباح الأحمد 3	...	...	...	9,295	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 4 [Sabah Al Ahmad 4]	District	صباح الأحمد 4	...	...	...	11,724	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad 5 [Sabah Al Ahmad 5]	District	صباح الأحمد 5	...	...	...	10,156	→
Ṣabāḥ al-Āḥmad al-Baḥriyah [Sabah Al Ahmad Sea City]	District	صباح الاحمد البحريه	...	...	...	235	→
Shālīhāt aḍ-Ḍabā'iyah [Dubaeeiya Resort]	District	شاليهات الضباعيه	...	...	...	10	→
Shālīhāt al-Julaiya'ah [Jlaiaa Resort]	District	شاليهات الجليعه	...	...	...	257	→
Shālīhāt al-Khīrān [Al Kayron Resort]	District	شاليهات الخيران	...	...	...	1,336	→
Shālīhāt an-Nuwaīṣīb [Nwaiseeb Resort]	District	شاليهات النويصيب	...	...	...	5	→
Shālīhāt az-Zūr [Zoor Resort]	District	شاليهات الزور	...	...	...	24	→
Shālīhāt Bnaīder [Bedier Resort]	District	شاليهات بنيدر	...	...	...	112	→
Shālīhāt Mīnā' 'Abdāllah [Mina Abdulla Resort]	District	شاليهات ميناء عبدالله	...	...	...	738	→
Al-'Āṣimah [Al Asimah, Capital]	Governorate	العاصمة	263,960	390,415	326,513	574,839	→
Ad-D'aiyah [Daiya]	District	الدعيه	7,519	8,423	11,289	19,201	→
Ad-Dasmah [Dasma]	District	الدسمة	8,479	8,897	12,987	18,136	→
Ad-Dawḥah [Doha]	District	الدوحه	18,195	18,477	22,047	30,270	→
Al-Fayḥā' [Faiha]	District	الفيحاء	9,531	8,775	12,613	22,393	→
Al-Khāldiyah [Khalidiya]	District	الخالديه	7,646	7,155	9,820	18,645	→
Al-Kuwayt - Al-Murqāb [Murqab]	District	المرقاب	...	4,716	3,938	5,984	→
Al-Kuwayt - Al-Qiblah [Qibla]	District	القبله	...	8,320	5,384	14,153	→
Al-Kuwayt - Dasmān [Dasman]	District	دسمان	...	626	811	1,942	→
Al-Kuwayt - Ḥadāq as-Sūr [Wall Garden]	District	حدائق السور	...	...	13	7	→
Al-Kuwayt - Sharq [Kuwait City East]	District	شرق	...	17,912	16,448	33,073	→
Al-Manṣūriyah [Mansouriya]	District	المنصوريه	4,277	4,069	5,673	8,646	→
Al-Manṭeqah al-Ḥarah [Shuwaikh Port, Free Trade Zone]	District	المنطقه الحره	...	...	185	...	→
Al-Manṭeqah aṣ-Ṣḥiyah [Health District]	District	المنطقه الصحيه	2,635	1,721	1,129	726	→
Al-Nuzhha [Nuzha]	District	النزهه	6,649	6,249	8,633	14,013	→
Al-Qādisiyah [Qadisiya]	District	القادسيه	9,884	10,621	14,389	23,737	→
Al-'Udayliyah [Adailiya]	District	العديليه	8,402	7,382	11,006	20,970	→
Al Wājahh al-Baḥriyah [Coastal Strip]	District	الواجهه البحريه	...	...	36	...	→
Al-Yarmūk [Yarmouk]	District	اليرموك	7,515	10,190	15,385	24,487	→
Ar-Rawḍah [Rawda]	District	الروضه	14,488	14,962	21,535	38,131	→
Ash-Shāmīyah [Shamiya]	District	الشاميه	6,649	6,155	8,747	17,316	→
Ash-Shūwaīkh [Shuwaikh]	District	الشويخ	2,284	2,376	3,012	5,146	→
Ash-Shūwaīkh aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Shuwaikh Industrial Area]	District	الشويخ الصناعيه	5,138	897	3,439	5,533	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt [Sulaibekhat]	District	الصليبيخات	15,640	17,550	23,686	32,920	→
As-Surrah [Surra]	District	السره	11,364	20,765	30,264	36,119	→
Banayd al-Qār [Bneid Al Qar]	District	بنيد القار	12,509	19,233	14,265	30,613	→
Ḍāḥiyah 'Abdāllah as-Sālim [Abdulla Al Salem]	District	ضاحية عبدالله السالم	9,930	9,490	13,346	21,097	→
Gharnāṭah [Granada, Kuwait]	District	غرناطة	1,478	6,036	8,752	9,973	→
Jāber al-Aḥmad [Jaber Al Ahmad New City]	District	جابر الأحمد	...	...	493	47,024	→
Jazīrat Faylakā [Failaka]	Island	جزيرة فيلكا	...	117	147	3	→
Jazīrat Umm An-Namil [Umm Al Namil]	Island	جزيرة أم النمل	0	0	0	0	→
Kayfān [Kaifan]	District	كيفان	12,894	13,345	18,125	27,666	→
Mīnā' ad-Dawḥah [Doha Port]	District	ميناء الدوحه	...	...	80	572	→
Mu'skrāt al-Mubārekiyah [Mubarakiya Camp]	District	معسكرات المباركيه	...	...	91	2,452	→
Qarṭabah [Qurtoba]	District	قرطبه	6,849	20,044	28,736	33,267	→
Shālīhāt ad-Dawḥah [Doha Resort]	District	شاليهات الدوحه	...	...	...	16	→
Shamāl Gharb aṣ-Ṣulaībīkhāt [Northwest Sulaibekhat]	District	شمال غرب الصليبيخات	...	...	...	10,608	→
Al-Farwānīyah [Farwaniya]	Governorate	الفروانية	360,202	482,127	818,571	1,110,560	→
Abdāllah Mubārak [Abdullah Al Mubarak]	District	عبدالله مبارك	...	8,525	61,441	59,007	→
Al-Andalus [Andalus]	District	الاندلس	19,657	30,217	42,325	48,262	→
Al-'Ārḍiyah [Ardiya]	District	العارضيه	33,894	38,166	47,928	60,810	→
Al-'Ārḍiyah 4 [Ardiya Governmental Use]	District	العارضيه (4)	...	76	58	176	→
Al-'Ārḍiyah 6 [Ardiya Stores]	District	العارضيه (6)	...	...	203	445	→
Al-'Ārḍiyah al-Ḥerfiyah [Ardiya Al Herafia]	District	العارضيه الحرفيه	...	...	52	86	→
Al-Farwānīyah [Farwaniya]	District	الفروانيه	52,928	83,478	136,260	250,676	→
Al-Firdaws [Firdous]	District	الفردوس	40,361	41,585	52,173	67,611	→
Al-'Mariyah [Omariya]	District	العمريه	12,418	12,773	17,373	19,016	→
Al-Maṭār al-Dūlī [International Airport]	District	المطار الدولي	...	...	29	1,487	→
Al-Raī [Rai]	District	الري	3,887	2,168	1,054	2,616	→
Ar-Rābiyah [Rabia]	District	الرابيه	22,359	14,757	18,620	21,160	→
Ar-Raḥāb [Rahab]	District	الرحاب	...	10,730	15,682	19,253	→
Ar-Raq'ay [Riggae]	District	الرقعي	11,749	16,736	24,820	32,980	→
Āshbīliyah [Ishbeelia]	District	اشبيليه	...	2,280	21,848	34,317	→
Ash-Shadādyah [Al Shadadyia]	District	الشدادية	...	...	...	...	→
Ash-Shadādyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Al Shadadyia Industrial Area]	District	الشدادية الصناعية	...	...	...	741	→
Ḍajīj aṭ-Ṭārāt [Airplane Noise Region]	District	ضجيج الطائرات	...	...	99	70	→
Gharb Abdāllah Mubārak [West Abdulla al-Mubarak]	District	غرب عبدالله مبارك	...	...	...	1,257	→
Janūb Abdāllah Mubārak [South Abdulla al-Mubarak]	District	جنوب عبدالله مبارك	...	...	...	...	→
Khīṭān [Kheetan]	District	خيطان	91,484	149,389	109,901	173,538	→
Madīnat Ṣabāḥ as-Sālem al-Jām'yah [Sabah Al Salem University City]	District	مدينة صباح السالم الجامعية	...	...	...	...	→
Qalīb ash-Shuyūkh [Jaleeb Al Shuyoukh]	District	جليب الشيوخ	102,169	179,425	227,980	271,168	→
Ṣabāḥ an-Nāṣr [Sabah Al Nasser]	District	صباح الناصر	9,057	28,623	38,507	45,884	→
Al-Jahrā'	Governorate	الجهراء	224,515	269,915	400,975	566,861	→
Al-A'bdilī [Abdilee]	District	العبدلي	...	6,448	5,180	10,169	→
Al-Baḥyaṭ [Bhaith]	District	البحيث	...	...	...	...	→
Al-Jahrā' [Jahra]	District	الجهراء	14,660	28,406	38,664	68,023	→
Al-Jahrā' aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Jahra Industrial Area]	District	الجهراء الصناعيه	...	239	1,259	764	→
Al-Maṭlā' [Mitlaa]	District	المطلاع	...	...	...	25	→
Al-Qaīrawān [Quirawan]	District	القيروان	...	2,473	15,200	25,829	→
Al-Qaṣr [Qasser]	District	القصر	39,128	36,187	42,050	58,525	→
Al-'Uyawn [Oyoun]	District	العيون	21,488	23,500	31,009	47,335	→
Al-Wāḥah [Waha]	District	الواحه	26,070	25,675	28,154	41,785	→
Ām Āl'īsh [Aum Al Ash]	District	ام العيش	...	...	...	8	→
Āmghrah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Amgara Industrial Area]	District	امغرة الصناعيه	8,029	8,223	8,623	7,581	→
An-Nahḍah [Al Nahda]	District	النهضه	...	...	6,756	8,770	→
An-Na'īm [Na'eem]	District	النعيم	...	10,326	13,913	20,250	→
An-Nasīm [Naseem]	District	النسيم	10,839	11,797	18,745	32,256	→
An-Ne'āyem [Neayem]	District	النعايم	...	...	...	94	→
Ar-Rūḍtīn [Al Rawadatain]	District	الروضتين	...	...	...	48	→
Ash-Sheqāyā [Shegaya]	District	الشقايا	...	...	...	...	→
Aṣ-Ṣābryah [Sabryia]	District	الصابرية	...	...	...	...	→
As-Sālmī [Salmy]	District	السالمي	...	873	1,187	860	→
Aṣ-Ṣubiyah [Subiya]	District	الصبيه	...	...	...	6	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah ash-Sha'abyah [Sulaibiah Shaabia]	District	الصليبيه الشعبيه	53,639	54,693	58,275	54,498	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 1 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 1]	District	الصليبيه الصناعيه (1)	...	1,027	1,101	2,041	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 2 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 2]	District	الصليبيه الصناعيه (2)	...	...	716	1,883	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah 3 [Sulaibiah Industrial Area 3]	District	الصليبيه الصناعيه (3)	...	...	...	8	→
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah az-Zarā'iyah [Sulaibiya Agriculture]	District	الصليبيه الزراعيه	...	...	...	2,858	→
Bir Maḥāfẓah al-Jahrā' [Jahra Desert]	District	بر محافظة الجهراء	...	644	1,044	2,669	→
Janūb al-Muṭlā' [South Al Mutlaa]	District	جنوب المطلاع	...	...	...	83	→
Janūb Amghrah [South Amgara]	District	جنوب امغره	...	...	...	407	→
Jawākhīr al-Jahrā' [Jahraa Jawakher]	District	جواخير الجهراء	...	...	...	7	→
Jazīrat Būbiyān [Bubiyan Island]	Island	جزيرة بوبيان	0	0	0	0	→
Jazīrat Warbah [Warba Island]	Island	جزيرة وربه	0	0	0	0	→
Kabad	District	كبد	...	2,921	3,602	508	→
Kāṭmah [Kathma]	District	كاطمة	...	...	...	119	→
Madīnat Sa'ad al-'Abdāllah [Saad Al-Abdullah City]	District	مدينة سعد العبدالله	...	2,446	65,394	114,897	→
Maqbarat aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt [Sulaibekhat Cemetery]	District	مقبرة الصليبيخات	...	...	58	27	→
Mu'skrāt al-Jahrā' [Jahra Camp]	District	معسكرات الجهراء	...	...	...	62	→
Shālīhāt aṣ-Ṣubiyah [Al Subbiya Resort]	Coastal Zone	شاليهات الصبيه	...	...	...	...	→
Shālīhāt Kāẓmh [Kazma Resort]	Coastal Zone	شاليهات كاظمه	...	...	...	...	→
Shamāl Gharb al-Jahrā' [Northwestern Jahra]	District	شمال غرب الجهراء	...	...	388	96	→
Taymā' [Taima]	District	تيماء	46,066	47,803	52,740	64,370	→
Ḥawallī	Governorate	حولي	218,702	254,503	672,910	926,170	→
Al-Bida' [Bedi]	District	البدع	...	...	...	652	→
Al-Jābiriyah [Jabriya]	District	الجابريه	30,401	43,446	56,392	73,448	→
Al-Mubārkiyah [Mubarakyia]	District	المباركيه	...	...	...	...	→
Al-Zahrā' [Zahraa]	District	الزهراء	...	10,216	23,792	34,660	→
Ānjafah [Anjafa]	District	انجفه	...	...	596	360	→
Ar-Rumayṭīyah [Rumaithiya]	District	الرميثيه	28,310	27,854	41,787	56,190	→
Ash-Sha'ab [Sha'ab]	District	الشعب	7,823	6,707	10,084	15,293	→
Ash-Shuhadā' [Shuhada]	District	الشهداء	...	5,707	15,258	17,239	→
As-Salām [Salam]	District	السلام	...	11,826	22,314	5,210	→
As-Sālimīyah [Salmiya]	District	السالميه	129,775	145,314	196,153	282,541	→
Aṣ-Ṣidīq [Sideek]	District	الصديق	...	...	26	28,794	→
Bayān [Bayan]	District	بيان	27,082	28,635	39,799	45,773	→
Ḥaṭīn [Hateen]	District	حطين	...	12,138	20,809	22,984	→
Ḥawallī [Hawalli]	District	حولي	82,154	104,901	128,549	205,895	→
Manṭeqah Wizārāt [Ministries Area]	District	منطقة وزارات	...	...	...	131	→
Mishref [Mishrif]	District	مشرف	16,561	18,171	27,391	45,877	→
Mubārak al-'Abdāllah [Mubarak Al Abdullah]	District	مبارك العبدالله	...	4,360	9,677	13,839	→
Salwā' [Salwa]	District	سلوى	36,108	62,852	80,283	77,284	→
Mubarāk al-Kabīr [Mubarak Al Kabeer]	Governorate	مبارك الكبير	108,228	175,244	258,813	279,666	→
Abū al-Ḥaṣāniyah [Abu Hasaniya]	District	ابو الحصانيه	...	...	...	1,040	→
Al-Adan [Adān]	District	العدان	...	31,081	48,095	39,545	→
Al-Manṭeqah al-Wusṭa [Wista]	District	المنطقة الوسطى	...	403	570	2,501	→
Al-Masāyel [Masayel]	District	المسايل	...	...	...	3,177	→
Al-Mesīlah [Messila]	District	المسيله	923	1,374	1,022	1,056	→
Al-Qoṣūr [Qusour, Kuwait]	District	القصور	...	27,263	38,606	40,356	→
Al-Qurayn [Qurain]	District	القرين	...	22,019	33,616	35,025	→
Ḍāḥiyah Abū Faṭīrah [Abu Fatira]	District	ضاحية ابو فطيره	...	...	1,739	10,085	→
Ḍāḥiyah al-Funaīṭīs [Fanatees]	District	ضاحية الفنيطيس	681	1,154	578	3,415	→
Gharb Abū Faṭīra al-Ḥerfiyah [West Abu Fatira Al Herafia]	District	غرب ابو فطير الحرفيه	...	...	51	54	→
Mubarāk al-Kabīr [Mubarak Al Kabeer]	District	مبارك الكبير	...	33,147	48,196	49,082	→
Sabāh as-Sālim [Sabah Al Salem]	District	صباح السالم	...	55,927	83,437	88,904	→
Ṣabḥān aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Sabhan Industrial Area]	District	صبحان الصناعيه	1,327	2,876	2,903	5,426	→
Al-Kuwayt [Kuwait]	Sovereign State	الكويت‎	1,575,570	2,193,651	3,065,850	4,385,717

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.