The Kuwaitis are 2.228 million

In a new Census the Kuwaiti ministry of planning said that population of Kuwait totaled 2.228.363 in the year 2000 with 826,000 that carry the Kuwaiti nationality.

The statistics which was issued on Sunday by the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas said that age average between the two sexes is almost the same between males and females among the Kuwaitis as number of males reached 407.871 and the females 418.212.