Bahrain–Kuwait relations

Bahrain	Kuwait
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Bahrain in Kuwait City, Kuwait	Embassy of Kuwait in Manama, Bahrain
Envoy
Bahraini Ambassador to Kuwait Salah Ali Hasan Hilal Al-Malki[1]	Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain Shaikh Thamer Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah

Bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait began on 19 August 1971.^[2]

	Kuwait	Bahrain
Population	4,044,500	1,501,635
Area	17,820  km2 (4,467.6 sq mi)	780  km2 (304.5 sq mi )
Population Density	202.2/km2 (455/sq mi)	1,626.6/km2 (4,212.8/sq mi)
Capital	Kuwait City	Manama
Largest City	Kuwait City	Manama
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Official language	Arabic English (de facto)	Arabic English (de facto)
Ethnic groups	31.3% Kuwaiti 37.8% Asian 27.9% other Arabs 1.9% African	46% Bahraini 45.5% Asian 4.7% other Arabs 1.6% African 1% European 1.2% Other
GDP (PPP)	$163.671 billion, $58,080 per capita	$31.1 billion, $28,691 per capita
GDP (nominal)	$173.240 billion, $45,824 per capita	$26.108 billion, $23,555 per capita

On 5 July 2011, the media advisor to the Bahraini monarch, Nabil al-Hamir, was quoted as saying that Bahrain–Kuwait relations "have stood the test of time" and "have coalesced into a binding brotherhood between the nations".^[3]

On 7 November 2014, the Kuwaiti emir, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Bahrain and called upon the Bahraini monarch. They discussed ways to increase unity in the GCC and regional and global developments.^[4][5]

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