Kuwait is a small country: its total area is about 17,800–17,820 square kilometers (around 6,880 square miles).

Quick Scoop

  • Kuwait covers roughly 17,818 square kilometers of land, with essentially no inland water area.
  • On a map, it sits in the northwestern corner of the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • In simple terms, it is one of the smallest countries in the world by land area.

How big is that, really?

  • North to south, Kuwait is about 200 km at its greatest length; east to west, about 170 km.
  • It has several small islands and a coastline of roughly 500 km when you include the islands.
  • A rough mental picture: you could drive from one end of the country to the other in just a few hours.

HTML fact table (as requested)

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<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Metric</th>
    <th>Value</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Total area (km²)</td>
    <td>17,818–17,820 km²</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Total area (mi²)</td>
    <td>≈ 6,880 mi²</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Max length (north–south)</td>
    <td>≈ 200 km</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Max width (east–west)</td>
    <td>≈ 170 km</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Region</td>
    <td>Northwestern Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Relative size</td>
    <td>One of the smallest countries in the world</td>
  </tr>
</table>