UAE | General
Expat numbers rise rapidly as UAE population touches 6m
Figures come from two studies on visa registration and employment.
- By Abdullah Rasheed, Abu Dhabi Editor
- Published: 23:30 October 6, 2009
- Image Credit: Hadrian Hernandez/Gulf News
- A large number residents gather at the Mall of the Emirates station waiting for the Dubai Metro. Government studies have shown that the country’s population is growing.
Abu Dhabi: 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.
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