Full name: State of Kuwait
Coordinates: 29 30 N, 45 45 E
Land area: 17,818 sq km, Land borders: 462 km
Sea area: 0 sq km, Coastline: 499 km
Population: 2,595,628 (July 2011 est.)
Position: Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Neighbors: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km
Government: constitutional emirate
Telephones: 3.876 million (2009) mobile, 553,500 (2009) landline
Phone international country code: 965