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United Arab Emirates

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The United Arab Emirates is a country. The capital city is Abu Dhabi, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 71,020 km², a population of 10,483,751 people and uses the currency U.A.E. dirham. The President is Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Key facts

currency: U.A.E. dirham
capital city: Abu Dhabi
region: Western Asia
continent: Asia
land area: 71,020 km²
population: 10,483,751 people
political leader: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President)

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central government debt: 1.85 % of GDP
expense: 3.88 % of GDP
GDP: 514,130,432,653.08 current US$
inflation: 1.63 annual %
self-employed workers: 4.87 % of total employment
tax revenue: 0.58 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.15 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 1.12 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 63,000 people
democracy score: 2.76
democracy type: Authoritarian
individuals using the Internet: 100.00 % of population
military expenditure: 5.64 % of GDP
net migration: 300,004 people
press freedom: 1.79
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 50.00 %
birth rate: 9.89 per 1,000 people
death rate: 1.86 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 2,351.81 current US$
health expenditure: 5.31 % of GDP
hospital beds: 1.98 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 79
suicide mortality rate: 6.40 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 3,915.61 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.10 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 205.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 98.53 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.24 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.23 % of total
net energy imports: -183.84 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.44 births per woman
forest area: 3,173 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.13 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 267.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 27.20
methane emissions: 37.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 3,772,859 people
male population: 6,710,892 people
renewable energy consumption: 1.00 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 77,233.34 km²
rural population: 1,281,219 people
urban land area: 2,263.11 km²
urban population: 9,202,532 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 25.50 % of total population

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United Arab Emirates is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.

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