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Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

This article is about the demographic features of the population of the United Arab Emirates, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

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Map of United Arab Emirates

Population

Population growth in the United Arab Emirates is among the highest in world, mostly due to immigration. According to census data there was a sevenfold increase between 1975 and 2005.

UN estimates

Source: United National World Population Prospects

Births and deaths

People from other immigration jurisdictions

It is important to note that the UAE National Bureau of Statistics does not publish demographic data broken down by nationality. Hence all the figures listed in the table below are estimates, however they are provided by the countries on the list – more specifically their respective Embassies in UAE.

*The figures for the countries which are marked with “*” cannot be directly sourced to Embassy statements

Ethnic groups

  • Emirati 12%
  • other Arab and Iranian 23%
  • South Asian 50%
  • Other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8%

    • Languages

    Arabic is the official and national language of the UAE. The Gulf dialect of Arabic is spoken natively by the Emirati people. The Larestani language (Persian dialect) is also spoken natively by some Emiratis. Emirati Sign Language appears to be used by at least part of the deaf community. Apart from Arabic, English is widely used as a second language. Other languages spoken in the UAE, due to immigration, include Malayalam, Urdu, Hindi, Persian, Cebuano, Pashto, Kannada, Bengali, Punjabi, Tamil, Baluchi (Southern Baluchi), Russian, Somali, Tagalog, Nepali, Mandarin and Telugu and Spanish.

    Religions

    Religions are represented in UAE as follows:

  • Islam (official) 76%
  • Christian 9%
  • other 15% (primarily Hindu and Buddhist; less than 5% of the population consists of Baha'i, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismail and Dawoodi Bohra Muslim

    • CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

  • The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

    • Age structure

  • 0-14 years: 20.4% (male 500,928/female 678,388)
  • 15–64 years: 78.7% (male 2,768,030/female 1,237,513)
  • 65 years and over: 0.9% (male 27,601/female 15,140)
  • note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2010 est.)

    • Population growth rate

  • 2.58% (2015 est.)

    • Net migration rate

  • 12.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)

    • Sex ratio

  • at birth:
  • 1.05 male(s)/female
  • under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
  • 15–64 years: 2.75 male(s)/female
  • 65 years and over: 1.8 male(s)/female
  • total population: 2.2 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

    • Life expectancy at birth

  • total population:
  • 76.33 years
  • male: 73.75 years
  • female: 79.01 years (2010 est.)

    • Total fertility rate

  • 2.35 children born/woman (2015 est.)

    • Citizenship

  • noun:Emirati(s) (Emirian[s])
  • adjective: Emirati (Emirian)

    • Literacy

  • Check the Abu Dhabi Education Council.

    • References

    Demographics of the United Arab Emirates Wikipedia
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