Expats totaled 3.229 million, while Kuwaitis increased to 1.5 million in 22 years

 
 
 

According to the Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), Kuwaitis increased by 28,700 on average in 2022 compared to 2021, a percentage estimated at 0.019%. According to PACI, whose report was obtained by the daily, the total number of citizens in Kuwait rose to 1.5 million until 2022, an increase of 28,700 over last year, while the total population reached 4.7 million. A report shows an increase in the number of children of 17 communities living in Kuwait, compared to a decrease in only three nationalities - Ethiopia, Afghanistan, and Iran.

Kuwait's non-Kuwaiti population reached 3.229 million people, of whom 2.99 million belong to 20 nationalities. The Indians topped the list with 965.7 thousand people, followed by the Egyptians with 655.2 thousand, followed by the Philippines, Bangladesh, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Sri Lanka.

In the report, 35 percent of Kuwaitis over 15 are students, full-time houseworkers, or retirees with income, while only 32 percent are in the labor force. According to a comparison of the number of nationalities living in the country and the size of their contributions to the labor market, 87 percent of the Indian population is employed. The percentage of Filipino and Bangladeshi workers increased to 97 percent of their total number in the country, followed by Egyptians with 74 percent of their workers joining the labor force. The percentage of Syrians working in Kuwait was 40 percent, while the percentage of Saudis was 52 percent, and the percentage of Sri Lankans was 94 percent.

Kuwait has a total of 2.05 million workers, 24 percent of whom work in the government sector, with the exception of the domestic sector "domestic labour". In the public and private sectors, Kuwaitis occupy the third place with 22 percent of the workforce, ahead of Indians and Egyptians. Kuwaitis make up 78.2% of the government sector's workers, which is the highest percentage. Meanwhile, they come in fourth place in the private sector with 5 percent of the total number of workers, behind "India, Egypt, and Bangladesh", who account for about 68 percent of the total number of workers in this sector. The total population of Kuwait is 4.7 million, of which 1.5 million are Kuwaitis and 3.2 million are non-Kuwaitis. In total, there are 2.05 million workers in the labor market, of which 492,300 are government employees, 772,700 are domestic workers, and the remainder are expatriates.

 
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IFL Kuwait