Kuwait
Kuwait
Capital Kuwait City
17,818 km² · 4,865,298 people (2025) · Kuwaiti dinar
Almost entirely desert, with no permanent rivers or lakes. Summer temperatures at Mitribah have reached 53.9 °C, among the highest reliably recorded anywhere. Kuwait Bay gives the country a natural deep-water harbour on an otherwise shallow coast.
The facts
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Area
- 17,818 km² — 6,880 sq mi
- Population
- 4,865,298 (2025)
- Density
- 273.1 people per km²
- Currency
- Kuwaiti dinar (KWD, د.ك)
- Official language
- Arabic
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Calling code
- +965
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- KW · KWT
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 154 of 200
- By population
- 128 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 20,273 | 2,130,986 |
| Fiji | 18,274 | 933,154 |
| Kuwait ← | 17,818 | 4,865,298 |
| Eswatini | 17,364 | 1,256,174 |
| Timor-Leste | 14,874 | 1,418,517 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Kuwait?
- Kuwait City
- What currency does Kuwait use?
- The Kuwaiti dinar (KWD).
- How big is Kuwait?
- 17,818 km², or 6,880 square miles — 154 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Kuwait drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Slovenia 20,273 km²
- Fiji 18,274 km²
- Eswatini 17,364 km²
- Timor-Leste 14,874 km²
- India Asia
- China Asia
- Indonesia Asia
- Pakistan Asia
- Bangladesh Asia
- Japan Asia
- Philippines Asia
- Vietnam Asia
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)