Kuwait
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 3.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 154.5K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 6.6%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 24.8 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
6 languages, 1 of them endangered
- KurmanjiVulnerable
- Gulf Arabic
- Mehri
- Najdi Arabic
- Standard Arabic
- Kuwaiti Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Traditional weaving of Al Sadu2025
- Bisht (men's Abaa): skills and practices2025
- The Diwaniya, a unifying cultural practice in Kuwait2025
- Henna: rituals, aesthetic and social practices2024
- Date palm, knowledge, skills, traditions and practices2022
- Al Sadu Educational Programme: Train the trainers in the art of weaving2022
- Arabic calligraphy: knowledge, skills and practices2021
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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