| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
KWT
|
| Continent |
Asia
|
| Country Name |
Kuwait
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
1
|
| Leve1 Type |
Governorate
|
| Number of Units |
5
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
445
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
2,091
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
2,157
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
2,226
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
2,143
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
1,691
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
1,914
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
17,259
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
59
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
27
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
152,962
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
11,177
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
41,236
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
1
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
3,691
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
3,691
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
3,691
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
3,691
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,610,881
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,610,881
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,610,881
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
1,610,881
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
21%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
72%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
96%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
1
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: Kuwait Annual Statistical Abstract 2001, http://www.mop.gov.kw/mopwebsite/statpdf2001/Chapter03.pdf . |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Spatial data received via collaborative input-data exchange with the LandScan Project, http://www.ornl.gov/gist/ . |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: Annual Statistical Abstract 1998 Kuwait, UN Statistical Library; City Population, www.citypopulation.de |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Agglomerations of 10,000 inhabitants or more. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: "The last census year was 1995. According to the 2001 Annual Statistical Abstract, ""for the years 1999?2001 the numbers have been derived by using estimates of different annual growth rates for both natural increase in population and numbers of naturalized citizens during 1995?1998."" The population figures of Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorates were aggregated and called Hawalli-incl.Mubarak Al-Kabeer to match the boundaries." |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: "According to the 2001 Annual Statistical Abstract, there are now a total of 6 govenorates (administrative level 1) in Kuwait. The newest governorate, Mubarak Al-Kabeer, appears to have been added in 2000 and was split from Hawalli. To create matched boundaries at two time periods, Hawalli and Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorates were aggregated and called Hawalli-incl.MubarakAl-Kabeer. The governorate called Al Kuwayt in the spatial data is called Capital in the population data. " |
