Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

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This article contains demographic features of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), including population density, vital statistics, immigration and emigration data, ethnicity, education levels, religions practiced, and languages spoken within the UAE.

Video Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

Population

Population growth in the United Arab Emirates is among the highest in the world, at 2.47% for the year 2016. Immigration is the largest factor contributing to this growth. Expatriate workers in the UAE made up 90% of the country's workforce in 2013 and accounted for 7.8 million people out of a population of 9.2 million. UAE's census data noted a seven-fold increase in its population between 1975 and 2005.

Population pyramid data

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Vital statistics

UN prospects

Source: United National World Population Prospects

Births and deaths

Ethnicity of UAE immigrants

The UAE National Bureau of Statistics does not publish demographic data in relation to any nationality. The figures listed in the table below are estimates provided by each country's embassy.

*The figures for the countries marked with a "*" cannot be directly sourced to embassy statements.

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Ethnic groups

• Emirati nationals 11.32%
• Other Arab and Iranian nationalities ~18%
• South Asian nationalities ~60%
• Other expatriate nationalities (includes Westerners, East Asians and Africans) ~12%

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Languages

Arabic is the official and national language of the UAE. The Gulf dialect of Arabic is spoken by the Emirati people which differs in accents from other Arab/ Middle Eastern countries The Larestani language (Persian dialect) is also spoken by a number of Emiratis. Apart from Arabic, English is widely used. 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, Telugu and Spanish.

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Practiced religions

Religions are represented in the UAE as follows:

• Islam (official) 74%
• Christian 13%
• Other 13% (primarily Hindu and Buddhist)

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CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

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

Age structure

• 0-14 years: 20.94% (male 500,928/female 678,388)
• 15-24 years: 13.53% (male 476,813/female 324,982)
• 25-54 years: 61.27% (male 2,767,886/female 863,816)
• 55-64 years: 3.23% (male 142,661/female 48,715)
• 65 years and over: 1.04% (male 38,444/female 23,184)
• Note: 85% of the population consists of non-citizens (2005 est.).

Population growth rate

• 2.37% (2017 est.)

Net migration rate

• 11.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Sex ratio

• At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
• Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
• 15-24 years: 1.47 male(s)/female
• 25-54 years: 3.2 male(s)/female
• 55-64 years: 2.93 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 1.69 male(s)/female
• Total population: 2.18 male(s)/female (2016 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

• Total population:
• 77.5 years
• Male: 74.8 years
• Female: 80.2 years (2016 est.)

Total fertility rate

• 1.75 children born/woman (2016 est.)

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

• Male: 12 deaths/1,000 births
• Female: 8.5 deaths/1,000 births
• Total: 10.3 deaths/1,000 births (2016 est.)

Citizenship

• Noun: Emirati(s)
• Adjective: Emirati

Dependency ratio

• Youth dependency ratio: 16.4%
• Elderly dependency ratio: 1.3%
• Total dependency ratio: 17.8%
• Potential support ratio: 74.6% (2015 est.)

Literacy

• Females: 95% (2016)
• Males: 95% (2016)

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See also

• Demographics of Dubai
• Emirati diaspora

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References

Source of article : Wikipedia