Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Kuwait

(Data and Analysis Series)

This study is a close consideration of the impact of oil wealth, the two Gulf wars, the Iraqi occupation, the reconstruction process, and government policy on the demographic composition of the Kuwaiti city-state. Winckler's research points to trends that are likely to determine the future not only of Kuwait, but of all the smaller Gulf states, which must somehow root their identity in rapidly changing demographic realities.