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title: "Kuwait — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Kuwait: capital Kuwait City, area 17,818 km², population 4,865,298 (2025), currency Kuwaiti dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/kuwait/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/slovenia/)
- [Fiji](https://atoneplace.net/country/fiji/)
- [Eswatini](https://atoneplace.net/country/eswatini/)
- [Timor-Leste](https://atoneplace.net/country/timor-leste/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
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- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
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- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]