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GeographyLocation: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Area: Land boundaries: total 464 km, Iraq 242 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km Coastline: 499 km
PeoplePopulation: 1,817,397 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 7.46% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 21.07 births/1,000 population Death rate: 2.2 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 55.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 11.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.93 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7% Religions: Muslim 85% (Shi'a 30%, Sunni 45%, other 10%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi,and other 15% Languages: Arabic (official), English widely spoken
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
Government
Names:
Type: nominal constitutional monarchy Capital: Kuwait Independence: 19 June 1961 (from UK) Constitution: approved and promulgated 11 November 1962
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $30.7 billion National product real growth rate: 9.3% National product per capita: $16,900 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% Unemployment rate: NEGL%
Electricity:
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