About 88% of the population of the United Arab Emirates is urban[1].

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

Population: 4.3 million (2004 est.)[2]
note: most of whom are non-nationals Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in United Arabe Emirates (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in United Arabe Emirates (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... Possible meanings: Faro Airport (Portugal) Federation of Astrobiology Organizations Financial Aid Office Food and Agriculture Organization This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language. ...

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.)

Population growth rate: 1.54% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 18.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) Death is the full cessation of vital functions in the biological life. ...

Net migration rate: 0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) This article is about non-human migration. ...

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.)

Infant mortality rate: 14.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) For early system failures, see failure rate. ...

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.24 years
male: 72.73 years
female: 77.87 years (2005 est.) World map showing Human Life expectancy Life expectancy is the average number of years remaining for a living being (or the average for a class of living beings) of a given age to live. ...

Total fertility rate: 2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.) Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. ...

Nationality:
noun: Emirian(s) (Emirati)
adjective: Emirian (Emirati) In English usage, nationality is the legal relationship between a person and a country. ...

Ethnic groups: Emiri (Emirati) 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian (Pakistani, Indian) 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)
note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982) The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ) are an ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa. ... South Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ... The definition of continental subregions in use by the United Nations. ...

Religions: December 31, 1975 census ^[1]

Islam(Sunni 96%) (Shi'a 16%), Christianity, Hinduism, and other 4% For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Shia Islam ( Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite or Shiite) is the second largest Islamic denomination; some 20-25% of all Muslims are said to follow a Shia tradition. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recounted in the Gospels. ... Hinduism (Sanskrit - Sanātana (eternal) Dharma also known as Vaidika (Vedic) Dharma) is a religion that orginated from the Indian subcontinent. ...

Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ transliterated: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Persian is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.) World literacy rates by country The traditional definition of Literacy is the ability to use language ie to read, write, listen and speak. ...

See also : United Arab Emirates

References

1. ^ Annuaire démographique des Nations-Unies 1983, Département des affaires économiques et sociales internationales, New York, 1985