Demographics of the United Arab Emirates
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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.
[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Population
4,798,491 (2009 est.)[2]
note: most of whom are non-nationals
[edit] Age structure
0-14 years: 25.3% (male 331,269; female 317,977)
15-64 years: 71.1% (male 1,115,826; female 707,058)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 66,404; female 24,678) (2005 est.)
[edit] Population growth rate
3.83% (2008 CIA est.)
[edit] Birth rate
18.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
[edit] Death rate
4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
[edit] Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.58 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 2.691 male(s)/female
total population: 1.442 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
14.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
total population: 78.24 years
male: 72.73 years
female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)
[edit] Nationality
noun: Emirian(s) (Emirati)
adjective: Emirian (Emirati)
[edit] Ethnic groups
Emiri (Emirati) 19%, other Arab, Iranian and Baluch 23%, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan) 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)
note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982)
[edit] Religions
===December 31, 1975 census=== [1] ===Library of Congress – Federal Research Division COUNTRY PROFILE: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES=== [2]
| Religion | Men | Women | Total |
| Muslims | 337,231 | 157,094 | 494,325 |
| Christians | 20,902 | 10,629 | 31,531 |
| Other | 28,290 | 3,735 | 32,025 |
| Unknown | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Total | 386,427 | 171,460 | 557,887 |
The 2005 statistics show that the population of UAE has gone up many folds. This has caused a significant demographic shift. The US State Department calculates the total population as 4.32 million. 85% of population is made up of immigrants while natives count for remaining 15%. Indians form the single largest expatriate ethnic group. Nearly all citizens are Muslims, approximately 85 percent of whom are Sunni and the remaining 15 percent are Shi'a
19 % of the population is Emirati, and 23 % is other Arabs and Iranians [3].
Local observers estimate that approximately 55 percent of the foreign population is Muslim, 25 percent is Hindu, 10 percent is Christian, 5 percent is Buddhist, and 5 percent (most of whom reside in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) belongs to other religions, including Parsi, Baha'i, and Sikh.[4]
[edit] Ministry report data - 2003[5]
76% - Muslim
9% - Christian
15% - Other (Hindu, Buddhist) %
[edit] Languages
Arabic (official), Urdu, Persian, Balochi, English, Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam
[edit] Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
[edit] References
- ^ Annuaire démographique des Nations-Unies 1983, Département des affaires économiques et sociales internationales, New York, 1985
- ^ lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/UAE.pdf
- ^ CIA - The World Factbook - United Arab Emirates
- ^ United Arab Emirates
- ^ [1] International Religious Freedom Report 2007 - UAE
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