Kuwait

Interesting Facts About Kuwait

• Kuwait's official state religion is Maliki Sunni Islam, with an estimated 60-70% of the Muslim population following Sunni Islam and 30-40% following Shia Islam.
• As of 2024, Kuwait has the world's seventh largest number of foreign nationals as a percentage of the population, with citizens making up fewer than 30% of the overall population.
• Kuwait has a large Christian community comprising an estimated 17.93% of the population as of 2020, making Christianity the second largest religious group.
• The first Malankara Orthodox parish in Kuwait, St. Thomas Indian Orthodox Pazhayapally Ahmadi, was established in 1934.
• Kuwaiti Arabic borrowed extensively from Persian, Indian languages, Balochi, Turkish, English and Italian due to historical immigration and trade.
• Kuwait is the only GCC country besides Bahrain to have a native Christian population holding citizenship.
• English is widely understood and often used as a business language in Kuwait, alongside the official Modern Standard Arabic and everyday Kuwaiti Arabic.

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