Kuwait , officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in the Middle East. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately 499 km. As of 2021 , Kuwait has a population of 4.5 million people 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 3.2 million are foreign nationals.