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Governorates

The population of the governorates of Kuwait according to official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A-L (km²)	Population Estimate (E) 1990-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 1995-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2000-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2005-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2010-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2015-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2018-12-31
Kuwait	KWT	الكويت	Al-Kuwayt	16,970	2,143,436	1,953,515	2,217,257	2,991,189	3,582,054	4,183,658	4,621,638
Al-Aḥmadī	AHM	الاحمدي	Al-Aḥmadī	4,485	338,162	320,327	360,210	520,323	682,340	853,507	1,027,700	448500	→
Al-'Āṣimah [Al Asimah, Capital]	ASM	العاصمة	Al-Kuwayt	169	341,399	340,718	382,745	469,542	509,692	551,207	584,313	16900	→
Al-Farwānīyah [Farwaniya]	FWN	الفروانية	Al-Farwānīyah	139	374,008	376,991	438,913	801,059	931,138	1,115,625	1,206,377	13900	→
Al-Jahrā' (incl. Bubiyan & Warbah)	JHR	الجهراء	Al-Jahrā'	11,992	276,852	244,540	279,349	368,839	459,598	507,657	567,768	1199200	→
Ḥawallī	HWL	حولي	Ḥawallī	83	533,633	434,502	483,177	632,041	769,752	911,996	960,779	8300	→
Mubarāk al-Kabīr [Mubarak Al Kabeer]	MAK	مبارك الكبير	Mubarāk al-Kabīr	100	72,602	111,180	144,351	192,085	224,154	238,507	269,331	10000	→

The total population includes 206,780 (1990), 125,257 (1995), 128,512 (2000), 7,300 (2005), 5,389 (2010), 5,061 (2015) and 5,370 persons (2018) with non-stated place of residence.
The tabulated population estimates are considerably higher than the corresponding census results of 1995 (1,575,570), of 2005 (2,193,651) and of 2011 (3,065,850; Al-Aḥmadī: 588,068, Al-Farwānīyah: 818,571, Al-Jahrā': 400,975, Al-Kuwayt: 326,513, Ḥawallī: 672,910, Mubarāk al-Kabīr: 258,813).
(census) Central Statistical Office, State of Kuwait (web).
(estimates) Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information, Kuwait (web).

Major Places

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2018-12-31
1	Ḥawallī	HWL	957,090
2	Al-Farwānīyah	FWN	892,915
3	Al-Finṭās	AHM	516,252
4	Al-Jahrā'	JHR	452,259
5	Janūb al-Kuwayt	ASM	406,596
6	Al-Manqaf	AHM	337,114
7	Al-Firdaws	FWN	264,718
8	Mubarāk al-Kabīr	MAK	250,135

Contents: Places

The population of Kuwaiti places with more than 10,000 inhabitants.

These places are composed of → neighborhood districts.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 1990-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 1995-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2000-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2005-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2010-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2015-06-30	Population Estimate (E) 2018-12-31	Area
Abdāllah Mubārak aṣ-Ṣabāḥ	عبدالله مبارك الصباح	FWN	...	...	...	...	35,311	48,340	55,481	576
Al-Aḥmadī [Ahmadi City]	الأحمدي	AHM	32,519	24,476	25,880	27,835	31,082	30,890	30,991	2169
Al-Farwānīyah (incl. Khīṭān, Qalīb ash-Shuyūkh) [Farwaniya]	الفروانيه	FWN	279,578	248,891	285,348	593,062	660,499	816,015	892,915	3550
Al-Finṭās (incl. Al-Mahbūlah, Ar-Riqqah, Abū Ḥulayfah) [Funtas]	الفنطاس	AHM	130,488	141,754	162,182	236,484	308,090	417,137	516,252	3559
Al-Firdaws (incl. Al-'Ārdhiyah, Al-Andalus) [Firdous]	الفردوس	FWN	92,921	126,916	152,495	206,142	239,164	257,252	264,718	2341
Ali Ṣabāḥ as-Sālem	علي صباح السالم	AHM	...	...	...	26,249	45,613	52,716	56,892	765
Al-Jahrā' (incl. Al-Qaṣr, Taymā', South Jahra) [Jahra]	الجهراء	JHR	210,062	187,223	220,073	289,672	361,699	404,688	452,259	5425
Al-Kuwayt [Kuwait City]	مدينة الكويت	ASM	59,712	48,030	47,767	56,285	56,234	59,590	62,074	910
Al-Manqaf (incl. Al-Fuḥayḥīl, Aṣ-Ṣabāḥīyah) [Mangaf]	المنقف	AHM	152,952	140,957	158,410	207,452	261,304	304,936	337,114	1954
Ash-Shua'ībah (incl. Industrial Area) [Shuaiba]	الشعيبه	AHM	3,397	3,860	3,588	8,683	21,332	28,972	27,272	8207
Aṣ-Ṣulaybikhāt (incl. Ad-Dawḥah) [Sulaibekhat]	الصليبخات	ASM	48,542	46,788	53,564	67,460	74,215	76,610	76,829	1613
Aṣ-Ṣulaybīyah [Sulaibiah]	الصليبية	JHR	60,683	52,281	54,254	68,364	83,725	83,685	87,000	12150
Ḥawallī (incl. As-Sālimīyah, Salwā', Al-Jābiriyah, Ar-Rumayṭīyah)	حولي	HWL	533,630	434,502	483,177	632,038	769,746	911,274	957,090	7681
Jāber al-Aḥmad [Jaber Al Ahmad New City]	جابر الأحمد	ASM	...	...	...	...	...	7,051	32,469	2045
Janūb al-Kuwayt (incl. Ar-Rawḍah, As-Surrah, Qarṭabah) [Southern suburbs of Kuwait City]		ASM	232,716	245,383	280,932	345,307	378,546	407,123	406,596	6223
Mubarāk al-Kabīr (incl. Sabāh as-Sālim, Al-Qoṣūr, Al-Adan, Al-Qurayn) [Mubarak al Kabeer]	مبارك الكبير‎	MAK	59,586	101,511	132,594	178,196	209,116	228,954	250,135	3639
Ṣabḥān aṣ-Ṣinā'iyah [Sabhan Industrial Area]	صبحان الصناعيه	MAK	8,928	7,116	8,324	10,643	12,228	5,886	7,761	445

Demarcation and computation by »City Population« using data of the Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information.