Profile: Kuwait
Location: Arabian Peninsula, bordering Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf
Capital city: Kuwait City
Population: 2,500,000 (approx.)
People: Kuwaiti, 45%; other Arab, 35%; South Asian, 9%; Iranian, 4%; other, 7%
Religion: Muslim, 85% (Sunni and Shia); other, 15% (Christian, Hindu, Parsi)
Christianity: small numbers of Kuwaiti believers; but majority by far expatriate
Mission work: very few workers and hard to make connections with Kuwaitis
Prayer: expatriate workers need to establish deep friendships with neighbours and colleagues
