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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

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.) NOTE this doesn't match a total population of around 4 million. Also, the sex ratio is much to small, it should be around 2.7 in 15-65 range. Population growth rate: 1.52% (2006 est.)

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

Death rate: 4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

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.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 75.24 years
male: 72.73 years
female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Emirian(s) (Emirati)
adjective: Emirian (Emirati)

Ethnic groups: Emiri (Emirati) 19%, other Arab, Iranian and Baluch 23%, South Asian (Pakistani, Indian,Bangladeshi,Sri Lankan) 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982)
note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982)

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

The 2005 statistics show that the population of UAE has gone up many folds. This has caused a significant demographic shift. The US State Department calculates the total population as 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 are Shi'a (THIS IS NOT WHAT IS SAID IN THE MAIN ARTICLE, THERE IS SAYS THAT 98% ARE SUNNI). 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."

Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, Balochi, English, Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 77.9%
male: 76.1%
female: 81.7% (2003 est.)

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