United Arab Emirates People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
9,915,803 (2022 est.)
note: the UN estimated the country's total population was 10,082,000 as of 2022; immigrants make up 88.1% of the total population, according to UN data (2020)
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%, Filipino 6.1%, other 12.8% (2015 est.)
note: data represent the total population; as of 2019, immigrants make up about 87.9% of the total population, according to UN data
Languages
Arabic (official), English, Hindi, Malayam, Urdu, Pashto, Tagalog, Persian
major-language sample(s):
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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: data represent the total population; as of 2020, immigrants make up about 88.1% of the total population, according to UN data
Age structure
0-14 years: 14.45% (male 745,492/female 698,330)
15-24 years: 7.94% (male 431,751/female 361,804)
25-54 years: 68.03% (male 5,204,618/female 1,592,987)
55-64 years: 7.68% (male 658,892/female 108,850)
65 years and over: 1.9% (male 146,221/female 43,138) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 20.3
youth dependency ratio: 18.2
elderly dependency ratio: 2.1
potential support ratio: 47.3 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 38.4 years
male: 40.4 years
female: 31.5 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.58% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
10.81 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
1.56 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-3.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
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: 87.5% of total population (2022)
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2.964 million Dubai, 1.786 million Sharjah, 1.540 million ABU DHABI (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.2 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 3.32 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 5.41 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.86 male(s)/female
total population: 2.21 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 5.14 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.56 years
male: 78.21 years
female: 80.99 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.64 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
4.3% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
2.6 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: N/A
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
N/A
Major infectious diseases
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout UAE; as of 9 December 2022, UAE has reported a total of 1,045,040 cases of COVID-19 or 10,566.2 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 2,348 cumulative deaths or a rate of 23.74 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
31.7% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 2.03 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0.21 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.14 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.65 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
3.9% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.6%
male: 98%
female: 96.9% (2019)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 14%
male: 12.5%
female: 18.7% (2020 est.)
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