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United Arab Emirates

Official name:

the United Arab Emirates

Name in native language:

الإمارات العربية المتحدة / Al Imārāt al ‘Arabīyah al Muttaḩidah

Capital:

Abu Dhabi

ISO country code

AE

Nat. statistical agency:

National Bureau of Statistics

Region:

Western Asia

Census Results

1968-03-15 : 180,226
1975-12-31 : 557,887
1980-12-15 : 1,042,099
1985-12-17 : 1,379,303
1995-12-17 : 2,411,041
2005-12-05 : 4,106,427

the United Arab Emirates

Administrative units

imārah	native name	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1995-07-01 census	population 2005-12-06 census	population 2009-07-01 estimate
source: Ministry of Economy, UAE. note: area excludes islands.
Abu Dhabi	أبوظبي		67,340	942,463	1,399,484	1,628,000
Ajman	عجمان		259	121,491	206,997	250,000
Al Sharjah	الشارقة		2,590	402,792	793,573	1,017,000
Dubai	دبي		3,885	689,420	1,321,453	1,722,000
Fujairah	الفجيرة		1,166	76,180	125,698	152,000
Ras Al Khayma	رأس الخيمة		1,684	143,334	210,063	241,000
Umm Al Quwain	أم القيوين		777	35,361	49,159	56,000
total			77,700	2,411,041	4,106,427	5,066,000

Main cities

name	native name	population 1995-07-01 census	population 2003 estimate
Dubai	دبي	669,181	1,171,000
Abu Dhabi	أبوظبي	398,695	552,000
Al Sharjah	الشارقة	320,095	519,000
Al Ain	العين	225,970	348,000
Ajman	عجمان	114,395	225,000
source: Ministry of Economy, UAE.