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:
2,523,915
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 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.9% (male 333,661; female 320,368)
15-64 years: 70.9% (male 1,103,385; female 685,281)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 58,862; female 22,358) (2004 est.)
Median age:
total: 27.7 years
male: 35.7 years
female: 22.4 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.57% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
18.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
4.14 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)