Kuwait is not divided into rural and non-rural areas like those found in other countries, as it has only a small overall surface area of 17,818 square kilometres with a population which, in 1998, amounted to 2,270,865 inhabitants dispersed throughout five governorates (divided along administrative lines).
L'État du Koweït ne compte pas des zones rurales et d'autres non rurales comme il en existe dans d'autres pays, et ce en raison de sa faible superficie (17 818 km2).