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United Arab Emirates People 2019

SOURCE: 2019 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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United Arab Emirates People 2019
SOURCE: 2019 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 08, 2019

Population:
9,701,315 (July 2017 est.) (July 2018 est.)
note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 9,400,145 as of mid-year 2017; immigrants make up more than 88% of the total population, according to UN data (2017)
country comparison to the world: 93
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Nationality:
noun: Emirati(s)
adjective: Emirati

Ethnic groups:
Emirati 11.6%, South Asian 59.4% (includes Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%), Egyptian 10.2%, Philippine 6.1%, other 12.8% (2015 est.)

Languages:
Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu

Religions:
Muslim (official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15% (2005 est.)
note: represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens

Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.39% (male 724,904 /female 671,524)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 7.64% (male 408,376 /female 332,986)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 70.45% (male 5,297,201 /female 1,537,300)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 6.05% (male 499,579 /female 87,037)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 1.47% (male 106,739 /female 35,669) (2018 est.)


[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:population pyramid
This is the population pyramid for United Arab Emirates. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.

For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 17.4 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 16.2 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 1.2 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 83.4 (2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]

Median age:
total: 37.2 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 39 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 31.1 years (2018 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 69

Population growth rate:
1.44% (2018 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
9.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
country comparison to the world: 196
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
1.7 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.)
country comparison to the world: 225
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
10.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2017 est.)
country comparison to the world: 9
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Population distribution:
population is heavily concentrated to the northeast on the Musandam Peninsula; the three largest emirates - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah - are home to nearly 85% of the population

Urbanization:
urban population: 86.5% of total population (2018)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 1.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]

Major urban areas - population:
2.785 million Dubai, 1.571 million Sharjah, 1.42 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2018)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.47 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 3.2 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 2.93 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 1.69 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 2.18 male(s)/female (2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 6 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 171

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.7 years (2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 77.3 years (2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 80.1 years (2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 59
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]

Total fertility rate:
1.73 children born/woman (2018 est.)
country comparison to the world: 166
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
3.6% of GDP (2014)
country comparison to the world: 172
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
1.56 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
1.2 beds/1,000 population (2013)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 99.6% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 100% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 99.6% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 0.4% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 0% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 0.4% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - total country ranks ]

Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 98% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 95.2% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 97.6% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 4.8% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 2.4% of population (2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - total country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
31.7% (2016)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
NA
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
total population: 93.8% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 93.1% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 95.8% (2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 12.1% (2008 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 7.9% (2008 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 21.8% (2008 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 108


NOTE: 1) The information regarding United Arab Emirates on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of United Arab Emirates People 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about United Arab Emirates People 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
  a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
  b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order




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