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Kuwait
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29.5° N / 45.75° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Population
- 4,897,263 2024
- Area
- 17,818 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic
- Currency
- Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Kuwait
Kuwait (Arabic: الكويت) is a monarchy situated at the Persian Gulf, nestled between Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Historically, Kuwait was a strategic trade port between Mesopotamia, India, and Persia. Like many of its neighbours, Kuwait is endowed with oil and gas wealth.
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-20. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Calling code
- +965
- Internet domain
- .kw
- Land border codes
- IRQ, SAU
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .kw. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.