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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ARE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AE
UN M49 numeric784
IOC codeUAE
Official nameUnited Arab Emirates
Native name(s)ara: official: الإمارات العربية المتحدة; common: الإمارات
Alt spellingsAE, UAE, Emirates
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionWestern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalAbu Dhabi
Area (km²)83,600
Lat / Lng24.0000, 54.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)OMN, SAU
Top-level domain.ae, امارات.
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 71

Demographics

Population (World Bank)11,513,149 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)83.069 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Emirati; m: Emirati; fra: f: Emirienne; m: Emirien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)552,324,919,095.872 (2024)
GDP per capita (current USD)50,273.513 (2024)
Unemployment rate (%)2.174 (2025)
CurrenciesAED: name: United Arab Emirates dirham; symbol: د.إ

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195074,512
195179,540
195284,761
195390,147
195495,653
1955101,258
1956106,963
1957112,784
1958118,762
1959124,937
1960131,334
1961137,989
1962144,946
1963152,211
1964159,692
1965167,103
1966173,976
1967179,700
1968199,416
1969239,660
1970286,536
1971335,027
1972385,014
1973436,399
1974489,087
1975542,856
1976615,866
1977710,209
1978809,274
1979912,010
19801,015,700
19811,099,855
19821,166,370
19831,235,305
19841,305,996
19851,377,911
19861,467,383
19871,574,244
19881,681,788
19891,789,851
19901,898,220
19912,006,626
19922,114,730
19932,222,093
19942,328,188
19952,434,662
19962,597,564
19972,817,410
19983,040,421
19993,266,009
20003,493,575
20013,723,590
20023,956,826
20034,192,457
20044,428,967
20054,664,790
20065,009,100
20075,624,635
20086,302,664
20096,707,058
20106,938,363
20117,199,423
20127,497,118
20137,831,847
20148,236,874
20158,674,633
20169,030,873
20179,234,327
20189,346,870
20199,377,847
20209,448,524
20219,789,048
202210,242,086
202310,642,081

Full raw record (JSON)

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