<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Arabic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> You may need rendering support to display the Arabic text in this article correctly . </Td> </Tr> <P> Kuwait (/ kʊˈweɪt / (listen); Arabic: الكويت ‎ ‎ al - Kuwait, Gulf Arabic pronunciation: (ɪl ‿ ɪkweːt) or (lɪkweːt)), officially the State of Kuwait (Arabic: دولة الكويت ‎ ‎ Dawlat al - 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 2016, Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates . Expatriates account for 70% of the population . </P> <P> Oil reserves were discovered in 1938 . From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large - scale modernization . In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash . In 1990, Kuwait was invaded, and later annexed, by Saddam's Iraq . The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces . At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure . </P>

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