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| Kuwait - Ranking Positions (Facts) |
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| RANKING |
VALUE |
POSITION |
| Geography |
| Area - total |
17,820.00 sq km |
155 |
| Area - land |
17,820.00 sq km |
153 |
| Area - water |
0.00 sq km |
145 |
| Land boundaries |
462.00 km |
139 |
| Coastline |
499.00 km |
103 |
| Elevation extremes - highest point |
306 m |
192 |
| Land use - arable land |
0.84 % |
190 |
| Land use - permanent crops |
0.17 % |
168 |
| Land use - other |
98.99 % |
22 |
| People |
| Population |
2,505,559 |
139 |
| Age structure: 0-14 years |
26.70 % |
115 |
| Age structure: 15-64 years |
70.50 % |
22 |
| Age structure: 65 years and over |
2.80 % |
180 |
| Population growth rate |
3.56 % |
5 |
| Birth rate |
21.95 births/1,000 population |
88 |
| Death rate |
2.39 deaths/1,000 population |
2 |
| Net migration rate |
16.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population |
198 |
| Sex ratio - total population |
1.53 male(s)/female |
3 |
| Infant mortality rate |
9.47 deaths/1,000 live births |
57 |
| Life expectancy at birth - total population |
77.36 years |
45 |
| Life expectancy at birth - male |
76.25 years |
22 |
| Life expectancy at birth - female |
78.52 years |
64 |
| Total fertility rate |
2.86 children born/woman |
80 |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.12 % |
61 |
| Literacy - total population |
93.30 % |
94 |
| Economy |
| GDP - real growth rate |
12.60 % |
7 |
| GDP per capita - purchasing power parity |
23,100 $ |
44 |
| GDP - composition by sector (agriculture) |
0.40 % |
199 |
| GDP - composition by sector (industry) |
48.30 % |
17 |
| GDP - composition by sector (services) |
51.30 % |
131 |
| Inflation rate (consumer prices) |
3.00 % |
68 |
| Labor force |
1,136,000 |
128 |
| Unemployment rate |
2.20 % |
15 |
| Budget - revenues |
59,580,000,000 $ |
35 |
| Electricity - production |
40,370,000,000 kWh |
52 |
| Electricity - consumption |
37,540,000,000 kWh |
50 |
| Electricity - exports |
0 kWh |
83 |
| Exports |
56,060,000,000 $ |
42 |
| Imports |
19,120,000,000 $ |
65 |
| Debt - external |
19,700,000,000 $ |
63 |
| Communications |
| Telephones - main lines in use |
510,300 |
95 |
| Telephones - mobile cellular |
2,536,000 |
84 |
| Internet users |
816,700 |
81 |
| Transportation |
| Roadways - total |
5,749.00 km |
148 |
| Airports with paved runways - total |
4 |
146 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways - total |
3 |
161 |
| Military |
| Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
5.30 % |
16 |
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