Kuwait
State of Kuwait · الكويت
Kuwait (KW, KWT) is a country in Western Asia, with Kuwait City as its capital. The currency is the Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD, KWD). The international dialling code is +965; mobile numbers are written like 500 12345. The time zone is Asia/Kuwait. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyKWDKWD
Dial code+965e.g. 500 12345
Time zoneKuwaitUTC+03:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalKuwait City
Population3.1M17.8K km²
Overview
- Official name
- State of Kuwait
- Native name
- الكويت
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- KW
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- KWT
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 414
- IOC code
- KUW
- Demonym
- Kuwaiti
- Capital
- Kuwait City
- Region
- Asia › Western Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Western Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .kw
- Coordinates
- 29.5, 45.75
- Area
- 17,818 km²
- Population
- 3,138,360
- GDP
- $219.1B ($69.8K per person)
- Literacy
- 93.9%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Kuwaiti Dinar KWD
- Symbol
- KWD
- Minor units
- 3 decimals
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠٠ د.ك.
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic ar | Official | 100% (3.1M) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Kuwait | UTC+03:00 | none | Arabian Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +965
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7–8 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 112
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 2234 5678 | +965 2234 5678 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 500 12345 | +965 500 12345 | XXX XXXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 1801 234 | +965 1801 234 | XXXX XXX | 7 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{4})(\d{3,4}) | [169]|2(?:[235]|4[1-35-9])|52 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{5}) | [245] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code} {City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{5}- Examples
- 54541 · 54551 · 54404 · 13009
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Saturday
- Weekend
- Friday to Saturday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic-umalqura, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Kuwait) locale (ar-KW), amounts in KWD.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (KWD)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١ د.ك.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١ د.ك.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١ دينار كويتي
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C