Local time
Thu, 11:42 PM GMT+3Asia/KuwaitCityCapital
Kuwait City
29.37° N, 47.98° E
- Population
- 2,063,000
- Population from Natural Earth (POP_MAX). The source does not state which year the figure belongs to, so no year is shown.
- Population rank
- 1 of 4
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 4 cities of Kuwait in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Kuwait, so this is not a national ranking.
- Founded
- 1752
- Year of founding from Wikidata (P571). Only the year is known, not the day; a city whose sources give more than one year shows no row.
- Elevation
- 16 m
- Elevation above sea level from Wikidata (P2044), rounded to the metre. A city whose sources give two different elevations shows no row.
- Time zone
- Asia/Kuwait
Traveler brief
Only what this atlas can source — no hours, prices, visas or safety advice.
Practical bearings for Kuwait City, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Kuwait City have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
The name comes from the Arabic "al-kuwayt," a diminutive of the Hindustani "kut," meaning a fortress-like house.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person
