!!!United Arab Emirates: People & Society ||Population|5,927,482 (July 2016 est.) \\ ''__note__'': the UN estimated the country's total population was 9,267,000 as of mid-year 2016; immigrants make up almost 85% of the total population, according to 2015 UN data (2016) \\ ||Nationality|''noun'': Emirati(s) \\ ''adjective'': Emirati \\ ||Ethnic groups|Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% ||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% \\ ''__note__'': represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens (2005 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 20.94% (male 634,996/female 605,985) \\ ''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) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 17.8% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 16.4% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 1.3% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 74.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 30.3 years \\ ''male'': 32.1 years \\ ''female'': 25.1 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|2.47% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|15.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|11.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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'': 85.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.87% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|Dubai 2.415 million; Sharjah 1.279 million; ABU DHABI (capital) 1.145 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 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.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|6 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 12 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 8.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 77.5 years \\ ''male'': 74.8 years \\ ''female'': 80.2 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|2.33 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Health expenditures|3.6% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|2.53 physicians/1,000 population (2010) ||Hospital bed density|1.1 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 99.6% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 99.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0.4% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 98% of population \\ rural: 95.2% of population \\ total: 97.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 2% of population \\ rural: 4.8% of population \\ total: 2.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|34.5% (2014) ||Education expenditures|NA ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 93.8% \\ ''male'': 93.1% \\ ''female'': 95.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 12.1% \\ ''male'': 7.9% \\ ''female'': 21.8% (2008 est.) \\