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) |
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| 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.) |