Kuwait
Kuwait (officially State of Kuwait) is a country in Western Asia, with its capital at Kuwait City, and is home to roughly 4.9M people.
Arabic is the official language; the currency in circulation is Kuwaiti dinar (د.ك); people from here are called Kuwaiti.
- »Kuwait has one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds relative to its population.
Kuwait touches two neighbours: Iraq to the northwest and Saudi Arabia to the southwest. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Kuwait City's Kuwait Towers, built in 1979, store water as well as serving as the city's landmark.
17,319 km² (6,687 sq mi), 154th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Eswatini.
Population 4,897,263, 127th of 198 on file. That averages 283 per km² (732 per sq mi).
Pan-Arab colours in a trapezoid arrangement: green for the land, white for deeds, red for the blood on Kuwaiti swords, black for defeated battles.