Kuwait 科威特
（重定向自Kowait）
![Celebration at Seif Palace in 1944.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Kuwait19442758.jpg")
![Oil fires in Kuwait in 1991, which were a result of the scorched earth policy of Iraqi military forces retreating from Kuwait.](/Images/godic/202501/22/BrennendeOelquellenKuwait19912758.jpg")
![The Kuwait National Assembly Building.](/Images/godic/202501/22/Utzon_Kuwait_National_Assembly2758.jpg")
Kuwait /kuːˈweɪt/ (Arabic:دولة الكويت Dawlat al-Kuwait), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. As of 2014, Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates.