Kuwait

Kuwait 

Country name Kuwait (Kuwait)

The capital, Kuwait City

Population (name) 4,890,000 ('23, IMF)

Area (km²) 17,818 (one-fifth of the size of Korea in North Gyeongsang Province)

Language Arabic

Religious Islam (70% Sunnis, 30% Shia)

Ethnic Arabs (80%)

Foundation of Korea on February 25, 1961 (independence from the United Kingdom) (Border Day on February 25, 1961 (Impeachment Day of the King)

politics

the form of government

Constitutional monarchy

a major figure

국왕(Amir) : H.H. Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah(‘20.09)

왕세제 : H.H. Sheikh Mishaal al-Ahmed a-Jaber Al Sabah(‘20.10)

총리 : H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah(‘22.07)

외교장관 : H.E. Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah(‘22.10)

국회의장 : H.E. Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Sadoun(‘23.06.)

the composition of Parliament

A total of 65 members (50 elected and 15 ex officio members) in the unit system, 4 years in office

Economy

GDP($)

164,700,000,000 ('23, IMF)

GDP per capita ($)

33,650 ('23, IMF)

Economic growth rate (%)

0.9 ('22, EIU)

monetary unit

Kuwait Dinar(KWD) / 1US$ =0.307 KWD(‘23, EIU)

trade

Export amount ($) 74,300,000,000,000

Import amount ($) 35,800,000,000,000

a major resource

* * '21, BP

- Crude oil reserves: 101.5 billion barrels (5.9% share, 7th in the world)

- Natural gas reserves: 1.7 trillion ㎥ (0.9% share, 19th in the world)