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Kuwait: map and facts

Kuwait is in Western Asia. It has about 4.87 million people (2025), the 125th largest population. It covers 17,820 km², the 152nd largest by area. That is about 273 people per km².

Kuwait and the land around it, with its rivers. The circle marks its capital, Kuwait City. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 4,865,298 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 17,820 km² (2024, World Bank)
Capital: Kuwait City
Forest: 0.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Mutla Ridge: 140 m

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 93.6%, towns and cities 3.5%, grassland 1.4%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 100%.

Forests covered 0.4% of its land in 2024, up from 0.2% in 1990 (World Bank).

Minerals and fuels

World #10 in oil among the countries EIA lists (2025)

Neighbours

Kuwait shares land borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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