Decrease in rate of citizen deaths and births in Kuwait last year

  • 11/07/2024

In Kuwait, the mortality rate among the population dropped to 2.56 percent last year, down from 2.94 percent in 2022. However, diseases related to the circulatory system, particularly heart diseases, remained the leading cause of death for the second consecutive year, as stated in the recent report released by the Central Administration of Statistics.


With regard to the fertility of female citizens compared to births, it recorded a decline last year compared to the previous year, as it was at a rate of 83.913 percent in 2022, to become 80.610 percent in 2023. As a result of the decline in the fertility rate, the rate of natural increase for citizens declined, and in 2023 it was recorded at 18.73 percent. , while in 2022 it had recorded 19.17 percent.

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