• Official name: State of Kuwait
• Location: Head of Persian Gulf, borders Iraq and Saudi Arabia
• Population (2024): 4.82 million; 1.53 million citizens, 3.29 million foreigners

• Inhabited since ancient times due to strategic location
• Became Sheikdom of Kuwait in 1752; British protectorate in 1899
• Discovered oil in 1938; independent state declared in June 1961

• Major modernization from 1946 to 1982 through oil income
• Experienced geopolitical instability and economic crisis in the 1980s
• Invaded by Iraq in 1990; liberation occurred on February 26, 1991

• High-income economy supported by sixth largest oil reserves
• Emirates government led by Al Sabah family; Maliki Sunni Islam predominant
• Member of GCC, UN, OPEC, Arab League; currency: most valuable by 2026

List of newspapers published in Kuwait.