Population in UAE
Population in UAE
The population of the UAE currently stands at six million. This comprises
both Emiratis and expatriates, senior government officials told Gulf News.
The figure is the result of two major studies carried out on visa registration
and the number of people employed in the country.
These figures reveal that the expatriate population is rapidly increasing. The
largest group of expatriates hails from India, with 1.75 million currently
residing in the UAE. The second largest group is from Pakistan, with about 1.25
million. Roughly 500,000 Bangladeshis stay in the UAE.
Members of other Asian communities, including China, the Philippines, Thailand,
Korea, Afghanistan and Iran make up approximately one million of the total
population.
Western expatriates, from Europe, Australia, Northern Africa, Africa and Latin
America make up 500,000 of the overall population.
Results from the 2005 census showed that the population was 4,104,695, of which
20.1 per cent were Emiratis.
The next population review will be in six months, in April, when the Census 2010
reconvenes.
The population and building census will cost Dh65 million. About 10,000 experts
and analysts, including no less than 8,000 statistics officials, will take part
in the activity. Gulf News