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

Population: 4.3 million [1]
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. ... FAO can mean: Food and Agriculture Organization Faro Airport (Portugal), IATA airport code For (The) Attention Of This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page—a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

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 cessation of physical life in a living organism, or the state of the deceased. ...

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 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 a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... South Asia or Southern Asia is a southern geopolitical region of the Asian continent comprising territories on and in proximity to the Indian subcontinent. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ...

Religions: December 31, 1975 census ^[1]

Islam 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christianity, Hinduism, and other 4% Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God) is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... 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 religion centered on the New Testament accounts of the life, teachings, and actions of Jesus of Nazareth, known by Christians as Jesus Christ. ... Hinduism (Sanskrit/Hindi —, also known as , and ) is a religion originating in the Indian subcontinent, based on the Vedas, and among the oldest religious traditions still practised today. ...

Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), 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 (known variously as: فارسی Fārsi or پارسی Pārsi, local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Tajik, a Central Asian dialect, or Dari, another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, 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. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

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

See also : United Arab Emirates

References

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