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UAE POPULATION


Emirates Total
Male Female Total
Abu Dhabi 850,069 442,050 1,292,119
Dubai 881,022 319,287 1,200,309
Sharjah 473,653 251,206 724,859
Ajman 120,290 69,559 189,849
Umm Al Quwain 27,816 17,940 45,756
Ras Al Khaimah 120,741 76,830 197,571
Fujairah 73,452 45,165 118,617
Total 2,547,043 1,222,037 3,769,080
% 67.6 32.4 100


Information from the UAE Official Census Website: Tedad

Numbers do not include 335,615 who were transient or illegal at the time. If included, this would give a total population at the end of 2005 at 4,104,695.

Other figures of note include:
- a 74.8 per cent rise on the previous census in 1995 (2,411,041)
- Local UAE Nationals only make up 20.1 per cent of the total population
- 38.1% of the UAE Nationals are less than 14 years old.
- Nationals less than 20 years old are 51.1%.
- For the non nationals 48.8% of them belong to the age group 25 to 40 years.
- Overall 52.9% of the total population are within 20 and 39 years old.


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