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Kuwait
Kuwait
WaySearch Safat 13012 Kuwait Kuwait Phone: +9654848300, 4819288 Area:

17,820 sq. km (6,882 sq. miles); 8% meadows and pastures, 92% other.

 Coastline: 499km (310 miles). Maritime Claims: Territorial waters 22km (12nm). Population:

2,505,559 (July 2007 est.); annual growth rate 3.561% (2007 estimate). The population is 45% Kuwaiti, 35% other Arab, 9% South Asian, 4% Iranian, 7% other.

 

 Religion:

85% Muslim, 15% Christian, Hindu, Paris and other.

 Languages: Arabic (official); English is widely spoken Literacy Rate: 78%. Paramilitary Forces:

National Guard (see separate heading), Amiri Guard.

 

 Conscription: 24 months Defence budget:

US$2.9 billion, 5.3% of GDP (2006).
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