Demographics of the United Arab Emirates

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.

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Population
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1963 95,000—    
1968 180,226+13.66%
1975 557,887+17.52%
1980 1,042,099+13.31%
1985 1,379,303+5.77%
1995 2,411,041+5.74%
1999 2,938,000+5.07%
2005 4,106,427+5.74%
2010 8,264,070+15.01%
2011 8,925,096+8.00%
2012 9,205,651+3.14%
2013 9,346,129[1]+1.53%
2016 9,269,610[1]−0.27%
2018 9,599,353[2]+1.76%
Sources:[3][4]

The United Arab Emirates witnessed significant population increase during the past few years because of major growth in the various economic sectors, which lead to influx of workers from diverse cultural and religious background. From 4.1 million in 2005 to roughly 9.5 million in 2018.[5] Out of this, the number of UAE citizens is around 11.5% and the remaining 88.5% made up of Expatriate workers. The largest group of non-UAE nationals are South Asian 59.4% (includes Indians 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, others 2.3%), Egyptian 10.2%, Filipino 6.1%, other 12.8%.[6]

Female citizens and non-citizens account for 28% percent of the UAE'S population due to the high level of male foreign workers.[7] The majority of the UAE population falls in the age group of 25 to 54 year old. A large part of this can be attributed to the expatriate population of working men and women who fall in the age category.[8] Population is heavily concentrated to the northeast on the Musandam Peninsula, the three largest Emirates - Abu Dhabi (2.9 million), Dubai (2.7 million) and Sharjah (1.4 million), are home to nearly 75% of the population.[9][10][11]

Population pyramid 2017
EmirateCensus 1975Census 1985Census 1995Census 2005Est. 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
Total557,8871,379,3032,411,0414,106,4277,512,000 (UN)[12]
8,190,000 (NBS)[13]

Population pyramid data
UAE Census (05/12/2005)
Age group Male Female Total %
Total 2 806 141 1 300 286 4 106 427 100
0-4 145 601 136 538 282 139 6.87
5-9 139 929 129 453 269 382 6.56
10-14 130 778 118 279 249 057 6.07
15-19 121 388 110 838 232 226 5.66
20-24 272 036 161 530 433 566 10.56
25-29 483 657 178 137 661 794 16.12
30-34 489 879 150 482 640 361 15.59
35-39 386 762 113 844 500 606 12.19
40-44 262 718 78 543 341 261 8.31
45-49 174 459 51 311 225 770 5.50
50-54 107 339 31 539 138 878 3.38
55-59 51 303 15 804 67 107 1.63
60-64 18 820 8 527 27 347 0.67
65-69 9 172 5 285 14 457 0.35
70-74 5 391 4 013 9 404 0.23
75-79 2 440 1 837 4 277 0.10
80-84 1 537 1 439 2 976 0.07
85+ 1 250 1 165 2 415 0.06
unknown 1 682 1 722 3 404 0.08
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 416 308 384 270 800 578 19.50
15-64 2 366 679 898 833 3 265 512 79.52
65+ 21 472 15 461 36 933 0.90
[14]

Education and Employment

The United Arab Emirates government have always focused on increasing the quality of education, allowing female access to higher education and value their achievements. Currently, there are more women in higher education than men, with total graduates of 58 percent. However, the unemployment rate for women is about more than five times higher than men. The program that is the most popular is business with the highest number of graduates, and the second popular program is Humanities and social science.[7] The UAE relies on migrant workers, and they make up a majority of the population and will continue to increase and will be about 88.2 percent of the population in 2030.[15]

Vital statistics

UN prospects
Period Live births per year Deaths per year Natural change per year CBR CDR NC TFR IMR
1950–19554,0002,0002,00049.420.828.66.97175
1955–19604,0002,0003,00049.318.031.36.97156
1960–19655,0002,0004,00046.313.233.26.87120
1965–19708,0002,0006,00041.28.732.56.7777
1970–197512,0002,00010,00032.66.426.26.3651
1975–198023,0004,00019,00029.14.624.55.6636
1980–198536,0004,00032,00030.53.726.85.2325
1985–199045,0005,00040,00028.43.125.44.8317
1990–199548,0005,00042,00023.02.520.43.8812
1995–200049,0006,00043,00018.12.116.02.9710
2000–200557,0006,00051,00016.21.714.42.388
2005–201081,0008,00073,00014.01.412.61.867
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[12]

Births and deaths
Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
1976 646,900 21,394 33.1
1977 748,100 23,119 30.9
1978 852,200 27,645 32.4
1979 952,000 31,685 33.3
1980 1,042,000 34,774 33.4
1981 1,121,000 38,547 34.4
1982 1,190,000 41,961 35.3
1983 1,253,000 43,419 34.7
1984 1,318,000 43,704 33.2
1985 1,391,000 44,192 31.8
1986 1,472,000 45,460 3,222 42,238 30.9 2.2 28.7
1987 1,561,000 47,703 3,231 44,472 30.6 2.1 28.5
1988 1,656,000 50,836 3,447 47,389 30.7 2.1 28.6
1989 1,756,000 51,903 3,640 48,263 29.6 2.1 27.5
1990 1,860,000 52,264 3,938 48,326 28.1 2.1 26.0
1991 1,970,000 49,496 4,026 45,470 25.4 2.0 23.4
1992 2,087,000 50,604 4,271 46,333 24.2 2.0 22.2
1993 2,207,000 50,197 4,342 45,855 22.7 2.0 20.7
1994 2,329,000 52,440 4,584 47,856 22.5 2.0 20.5
1995 2,449,000 48,567 4,779 43,788 19.8 2.0 17.8
1996 2,571,000 47,050 4,785 42,265 18.3 1.9 16.4
1997 2,700,000 46,360 4,878 41,482 17.2 1.8 15.4
1998 2,838,000 48,136 5,033 43,103 17.0 1.8 15.2
1999 2,988,000 49,659 5,194 44,465 16.6 1.7 14.9
2000 3,155,000 53,686 5,396 48,290 17.0 1.7 15.3
2001 3,326,000 56,136 5,777 50,359 16.9 1.7 15.2
2002 3,507,000 58,070 5,994 52,075 16.6 1.7 14.9
2003 3,742,000 61,165 6,002 55,163 16.3 1.6 14.7
2004 4,088,000 63,113 6,123 56,990 15.4 1.5 13.9
2005 4,580,000 64,623 6,361 58,262 14.1 1.4 12.7
2006 5,242,000 62,960 6,483 56,477 12.0 1.2 10.8
2007 6,044,000 67,677 7,414 60,263 11.2 1.2 10.0
2008 6,894,000 68,779 7,755 61,024 9.9 1.1 8.8
2009 7,666,000 76,366 7,789 68,577 10.0 1.0 9.0
2010 8,271,000 79,625 7,414 72,211 9.6 0.9 8.7
2011 8,672,000 83,950 7,350 76,600 9.7 0.8 8.9
2012 8,900,000 89,578 7,702 81,876 10.1 0.9 9.2
2013 9,006,000 93,539 8,015 88,524 10.4 0.9 9.5
2014 9,071,000 95,860 8,265 87,595 10.6 0.9 9.7
2015 9,154,000 97,328 8,755 88,573 10.6 1.0 9.6
2016 9,121,200 98,299 8,988 89,311 10.8 1.0 9.8
2017 9,304,300 97,738 8,826 88,912 10.5 0.9 9.6

[16] [17]

Life expectancy
Period Life expectancy in
Years		 Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 43.9 1985–1990 70.7
1955–1960 49.6 1990–1995 72.2
1960–1965 54.7 1995–2000 73.6
1965–1970 59.6 2000–2005 74.8
1970–1975 63.4 2005–2010 75.9
1975–1980 66.4 2010–2015 76.7
1980–1985 68.8 2019 78[18]

Source: UN World Population Prospects[19]

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.[20]

Nationals ofPopulation% of total populationYear of data
India2,600,00027.15%2019
Pakistan1,200,00012.53%2014
UAE1,084,76411.32%2015
Bangladesh700,0007.31%2013
Philippines525,5305.49%2014
Iran*400,000 – 500,0004.18% – 5.22%N/A
Egypt*400,0004.18%2014
Nepal300,0003.13%2014
Sri Lanka300,0003.13%2015
Syria>250,000[21]≈2.6%2016
United Kingdom250,0001.25%2015
China200,0002.09%2015
Jordan200,0002.09%2015
Afghanistan150,0001.57%<2011
Palestine150,0001.57%2009
South Africa100,0001.04%2014
Lebanon*100,0001.04%2015
Ethiopia90,0000.94%2014
Yemen90,0000.94%2013
Indonesia85,0000.89%2015
Sudan75,0000.78%2013
Saudi Arabia70,0000.73%2014
Somalia70,0000.73%2015
Iraq52,0000.54%2014
United States50,0000.52%2015
Canada40,0000.42%2014
Kenya40,0000.42%2014
France25,0000.26%2015
Australia16,0000.17%2015
Germany12,0000.12%2013
Spain12,0000.11%2015
Algeria10,0000.10%2014
Italy10,0000.10%2014
South Korea10,0000.10%2014
Thailand10,0000.10%2014
Turkey10,0000.10%2014
Azerbaijan7,0000.07%2015
Ireland7,0000.07%2015
Malaysia6,000 – 7,0000.06% – 0.07%2015
Colombia5,4660.06%2018[22]
Kazakhstan5,000 – 6,0000.05% – 0.06%2015
Greece5,0000.05%2015
Mauritania5,0000.05%2015
Netherlands5,0000.05%2015
Serbia5,0000.05%2015
Ukraine5,0000.05%2014
Sweden4,0000.04%2015
Denmark3,000 – 4,000≈0.03%2015
Mexico3,000 – 3,500≈0.03%2014
Belgium3,0000.03%2015
Eritrea3,0000.03%2015
Japan2,603≈0.03%2015
Dominican Republic2,000-3,0000.02% – 0.03%2015
Austria2,500≈0.03%2015
Belarus2,500≈0.03%2015
Hungary2,500≈0.03%2015
Switzerland2,430≈0.03%2013
Poland2,348≈0.02%2015
Singapore>2,000≈0.02%2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina1,000 – 2,0000.01% – 0.02%2015
Czech Republic1,500≈0.02%2015
Venezuela1,200≈0.01%2015
Norway1,184≈0.01%2015
Finland1,180≈0.01%2014
Cyprus1,000≈0.01%2014
Slovakia1,000≈0.01%2014
Senegal700 – 800< 0.01%2015
Ghana500< 0.01%2015
New Zealand444< 0.01%2015
Taiwan400< 0.01%2015
Latvia300< 0.01%2014
Peru300< 0.01%2015
Chile270< 0.01%2014
Albania200 – 300< 0.01%2015
Chad200< 0.01%2015
Slovenia100 – 150< 0.01%2015
Angola100< 0.01%2015
Zimbabwe1< 0.001%2018

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

Ethnic groups
Main article: Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates
  • Emirati nationals 11.32%
  • Other Arab and Iranian nationalities ≈18%
  • South Asian nationalities ≈60%
  • Other expatriate nationalities (includes Westerners, East Asians and Africans) ≈12%[23]

Languages
A multilingual (Arabic, English, Urdu) signboard in the UAE

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[24] The Larestani language (Persian dialect) is also spoken by a number of Emiratis.[25] 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), Sinhala, Russian, Somali, Tagalog, Nepali, Mandarin, Telugu, Spanish, Italian and Greek.

Practiced religions
Main article: Religion in the United Arab Emirates

Religions are represented in the UAE as follows:[23]

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise indicated.[26]

Age structure
  • 0–14 years: 0% (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)[27]
  • Males: 95% (2016)[27]

See also

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