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Transportation of Kuwait

Airports:7 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 4
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 2 (2006)
Heliports:5 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 269 km; oil 540 km; refined products 57 km (2006)
Roadways:total: 5,749 km
paved: 4,887 km
unpaved: 862 km (2004)
Merchant marine:total: 38 ships (1000 GRT or over) 2,424,983 GRT/3,996,755 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 1, container 6, liquefied gas 5, livestock carrier 3, petroleum tanker 21
registered in other countries: 28 (Bahrain 3, Comoros 1, Liberia 1, Libya 1, Panama 2, Qatar 7, Saudi Arabia 5, UAE 8) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Ash Shu'aybah, Ash Shuwaykh, Az Zawr (Mina' Sa'ud), Mina' 'Abd Allah, Mina' al Ahmadi

Kuwait Quickstats

  • Population: 2,505,559
  • Area: 17,820 sq km
  • Density: 131 /km² (68th)
  • GDP (total): $88,7 billion
  • GDP (per capita): $29,566
  • Literacy: 93.3%

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  • Currency: Kuwaiti dinar (KWD)
  • Dial code: +965

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