Environment - international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
Geography - note:
strategic location along southern approaches to Strait of Hormuz, a
vital transit point for world crude oil
People United Arab Emirates
Population:
2,484,818
note: includes an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals; the 17 December
1995 census presents a total population figure of 2,377,453, and
there are estimates of 3.44 million for 2002 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 26.7% (male 338,245; female 324,866)
15-64 years: 70.4% (male 1,087,927; female 661,349)
65 years and over: 2.9% (male 52,059; female 20,372) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 27.6 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 21.9 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
1.57% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
18.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
4.02 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)