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.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
195070,000    
196090,000+28.6%
1970232,000+157.8%
19801,016,000+337.9%
19901,809,000+78.1%
20003,033,000+67.7%
20107,512,000+147.7%
Source: UN[1]:162

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.

Emirate census 1975 census 1985 census 1995 census 2005 est. 2010
Abu Dhabi 211,812 566,036 942,463 1,399,484
Dubai 183,187 370,788 689,420 1,321,453
Sharjah 78,790 228,317 402,792 793,573
Ajman 16,690 54,546 121,491 206,997
Umm Al-Quwain 6,908 19,285 35,361 49,159
Ras Al-Khaimah 43,845 96,578 143,334 210,063
Fujairah 16,655 43,753 76,180 125,698
Total 557,887 1,379,303 2,411,041 4,106,427 7,512,000 (UN)[1]
8,190,000 (NBS)[2]

Population pyramids[3]

Vital statistics

UN estimates

Period Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR CDR NC TFR IMR
1950-1955 4 000 2 000 2 00049.420.828.66.97175
1955-1960 4 000 2 000 3 00049.318.031.36.97156
1960-1965 5 000 2 000 4 00046.313.233.26.87120
1965-1970 8 000 2 000 6 00041.28.732.56.7777
1970-1975 12 000 2 000 10 00032.66.426.26.3651
1975-1980 23 000 4 000 19 00029.14.624.55.6636
1980-1985 36 000 4 000 32 00030.53.726.85.2325
1985-1990 45 000 5 000 40 00028.43.125.44.8317
1990-1995 48 000 5 000 42 00023.02.520.43.8812
1995-2000 49 000 6 000 43 00018.12.116.02.9710
2000-2005 57 000 6 000 51 00016.21.714.42.388
2005-2010 81 000 8 000 73 00014.01.412.61.867
CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Source: United National World Population Prospects[1]

Births and deaths [4]

Year Population (x1000) Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
2009 76 366 7 789 68 577
2010 79 625 7 414 72 211
2011 83 950 7 350 76 600

Languages

A trilingual (Arabic, English, Urdu) signboard in the UAE.

Arabic is the official and national language of the UAE. The Gulf dialect of Arabic is spoken natively by the Emirati people.[5] The yamani language (Original Arab language) is also spoken natively by some Emiratis.[6] 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.

Religions

Local observers estimate that approximately 55% of the foreign population are Muslim, 25% are Hindu, 10% are Christian, 5% are Buddhist, and 5% (most of whom reside in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) belongs to other religions, including Parsi (Zoroastrian), Baha'i, and Sikh.[7]

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[8]

Age structure

0-14 years: 20.4% (male 500,928/female 478,388)
15–64 years: 78.7% (male 2,768,030/female 1,008,404)
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

3.282% (2011 est.)

Net migration rate

19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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

2.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

Citizenship

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

Literacy

Check the Abu Dhabi Education Council.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision
  2. "Population leaps to 8.19 million". UAE Interact. May 30, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  3. "Demographic Yearbook". UN Data. United Nations. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
  5. Christensen, Shane (2010). Frommer's Dubai. John Wiley & Sons. p. 174. ISBN 978-0470711781.
  6. "Lari language".
  7. United Arab Emirates
  8. The World Factbook - United Arab Emirates
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