Vereinigte Arabische Emirate - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 24 28 N, 54 22 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: in Arabic, abu means "father" and dhabi refers to "gazelle"; the name may derive from an abundance of gazelles that used to live in the area, as well as a folk tale involving the "Father of the Gazelle," Shakhbut BIN DHIYAB AL NAHYAN, whose hunting party tracked a gazelle to a spring on the island where Abu Dhabi was founded
citizenship by descent only: the father must be a citizen of the United Arab Emirates; if the father is unknown, the mother must be a citizen
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 30 years
land: 83,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km
arable land: 0.5% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 3.6% (2018 est.)
forest: 3.8% (2018 est.)
other: 91.6% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 81.77% (male 5,840,920/female 2,314,683)
65 years and over: 2% (2023 est.) (male 15,1340/female 48,053)
major-language sample(s):
كتاب حقائق العالم، المصدر الذي لا يمكن الاستغناء عنه للمعلومات الأساسية (Arabic)
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male: 78.4 years
female: 81.2 years
male: 37.9 years
female: 29.9 years
rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 15 years
female: 17 years (2020)
note: expatriates account for about 85% of the workforce
3.19% (2020 est.)
2.23% (2019 est.)
20.2% of GDP (2016 est.)
-1.93% (2019 est.)
3.07% (2018 est.)
$308.5 billion (2017 est.)
$298.6 billion (2016 est.)
$229.2 billion (2017 est.)
$226.5 billion (2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 100% (2021 est.)
paved: 4,080 km (2008) (includes 253 km of expressways)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 190 (2021 est.)
UAE-Oman: boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and detailed maps showing the alignment have not been published
UAE-Iran: Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island near the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has occupied since 1971
UAE-Saudi Arabia: the UAE has differences with Saudi Arabia over their border and the sharing of a major oilfield there, although the issue is seldom mentioned publically