State · 1991 – present
Kuwait
A state of 1991 – present — 35 years, still standing in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Republic of Kuwait and British protectorate and followed Emirate of Kuwait. The atlas records 8 things within it — wars and battles 1 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · people 4. Its line of rulers holds 5 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 35 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 5
- the emir of Kuwait
- Most ground
- 17,400 km²
- in 1991
- Within it
- 8
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 4
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Emirate of Kuwait · follows · 1899 – 1961
- British protectorate · replaces
- Republic of Kuwait · replaces · 1990
Rulers
The line of emir of Kuwait - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | 1977 – 2006 | 29 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah | 2006 – 2006 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | cousin |
| Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 2006 – 2020 | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | cousin |
| Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 2020 – 2023 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 2023 – in office | in office since 2023 | still in office | sibling |
5 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1977 – 2023. Only 46 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Kuwait, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah | 1978 – 2003 |
| Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 2003 – 2006 |
| Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah | 2006 – 2011 |
| Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah | 2011 – 2019 |
| Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah | 2019 – 2022 |
| Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | 2022 – 2023 |
| Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah | 2022 – 2022 |
| Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah | 2024 – … |
| Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah | 2024 – 2024 |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
17,400 km² in 1991, 17,400 km² in 2021; at its largest 17,400 km² in 1991. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
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flag, undatedFlag of Kuwait (1915–1956) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jaume Ollé 
flag, 1956 – 1961Maritime Ensign of Kuwait 1956-1961 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tcfc2349 
flag, from 1961Flag of Kuwait · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1963Emblem of the State of Kuwait · CC0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19995 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · ruler · 1929 – 2020
- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · ruler · 1937 – 2023
- Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · ruler · 1940 – present
- Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah · ruler · 1930 – 2008
- Liberation of Kuwait campaign · battle · 1991
2000 – 20993 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2015 Kuwait mosque bombing · atrocity · 2015
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait · plague · 2020
- Kuwaiti protests · unrest · 2011
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood35 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held17,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 20% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record5
has more rulers on record than 64% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 14 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1981 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1991, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q817 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.