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.) This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Net migration rate: 0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) mtDNA-based chart of large human migrations. ...

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.) The international levels of infant mortality, depicted as the number of deaths in a thousand births. ...

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.24 years
male: 72.73 years
female: 77.87 years (2005 est.) World map of life expectancy, 2005 Life expectancy is a statistical measure defined as the expected (mean) survival of human beings based upon a number of criteria such as gender and geographic location. ...

Total fertility rate: 2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.) Fertility is a measure of reproduction: the number of children born per couple, person or population. ...

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, Iranian and Baluch 23%, South Asian (Pakistani, Indian) 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)
note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982) Languages Arabic other languages (Arab minorities) Religions Predominantly Muslim Some adherents of Druze, Judaism, Samaritan, Christianity Related ethnic groups Mizrachi Jews, Sephardi Jews[], Ashkenazi Jews, Canaanites, other Semitic-speaking groups An Arab (Arabic: ‎; transliteration: ) is a member of a Semitic-speaking people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories... The Baluch (alternative spelling Baloch) are an ethnic group of Iranian origin. ... This article is about the geopolitical region in Asia. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ...

Religions: December 31, 1975 census ^[1] Library of Congress – Federal Research Division COUNTRY PROFILE: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ^[2]

2005 statistics show that the population of UAE has gone up many folds.This has caused significant demographic shift.US State Department calculates the total population 4.32 million.85% of population is made up of immigrants while natives count for remaining 15%.Indians form the single largest expatriate ethnic group.Nearly all citizens are Muslims, approximately 85 percent of whom are Sunni and the remaining 15 percent areShi'a. Local observers estimate that approximately 55 percent of the foreign population is Muslim, 25 percent is Hindu, 10 percent is Christian, 5 percent is Buddhist, and 5 percent (most of whom reside in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) belongs to other religions, including Parsi, Baha'i, and Sikh.^[3] In late 2001, the Ministry of Planning inquired about religious affiliation in its first federal census. According to a Ministry report compiled in 2003 using data collected during the census, 76 percent of the total population is Muslim, 9 percent is Christian, and 15 percent is "other." 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. ...

Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, Balochi, English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Persian (Local names: فارسی Fârsi or پارسی Pârsi)* is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well as by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, India, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Balochi may refer to: Baloch people Balochi language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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). ... Malayalam ( ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...

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 considered to be the ability to read and write, or the ability to use language–to read, write, listen, and speak. ...

References

1. ^ Annuaire démographique des Nations-Unies 1983, Département des affaires économiques et sociales internationales, New York, 1985
2. ^ lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/UAE.pdf
3. ^ http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2005/51612.htm