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Kuwait Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Kuwait with its 6 first-level divisions, the capital Kuwait City and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Kuwait

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 6 units

Kuwait is divided into 6 first-level administrative divisions:

Al AhmadiAl AsimahAl FarwaniyahAl JahrahHawalliMubarak Al-Kabeer

Largest cities in Kuwait

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1Kuwait CityCapital2,063,000
2Al Jahra194,193
3Hawalli164,212
4Al Ahmadi68,763

Kuwait City is the largest urban area in Kuwait with about 2,063,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Kuwait: ≈ 294 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Kuwait at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Kuwait

CIA World Factbook · 2018
Kuwaiti
30.4%other Arab
27.4%Asian
40.3%African
1%other
0.9%

Kuwaiti 30.4%, other Arab 27.4%, Asian 40.3%, African 1%, other 0.9% (includes European, North American, South American, and Australian) (2018 est.)

Regionally, Asian is the most common ethnic group across most of the 6 divisions, while Kuwaiti predominates in 1 division (Mubarak Al-Kabeer).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2018 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Kuwait

CIA World Factbook · 2013
Muslim
74.6%Christian
18.2%other and unspecified
7.2%

Muslim (official) 74.6%, Christian 18.2%, other and unspecified 7.2% (2013 est.)

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 6 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2013 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Kuwait

CIA World Factbook

Arabic (official), English widely spoken

Regionally, Arabic is the most common language group across most of the 6 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.