To get things started, the population of the United Arab Emirates is approximately above 4 million; the population of Dubai then falls approximately around 1 million or a little higher. The number of people living in Dubai increases mainly because a large part of this number are non-UAE nationals, primarily are mix of other Arab nationals, Asians and Europeans. As a matter of fact, almost 80 to 85 percent of Dubai’s population is comprised with expatriate with Asians and Europeans accounting for more or less seventy percent of households, that’s according to Dubai Statistics Centre. The population of male over female on the other hand is dominant; they are at least forty percent larger than the population of the female nationals.
The population of UAE as computed by experts grows approximately 3.3% per annum to reach 4.15 million by the year 2010. Dubai then is expected to reach 1.4 million in population when it reaches the year 2010 making the city one of the many fast growing urban areas in the world.
Majority of the people living here are in the age group of thirty to thirty-four years of age. It amounts to 19.42 percent. During the year 2000, this category was only about 139,106. And, this 19.42 percent was updated in the year 2005. This shows that in the years from 2000-2005; there was a massive build up of population, an increase of 84.29 percent in five years only.
The next category that follows in a descending order is the age group of 25-29 years of age. This group’s population is 19.40 percent or 256, 384. Before, this category was only 136,622 in the year 2000, a big 119,762 difference which shows again the fast growing percentage of 87.66 percent in the population for only five years.
Age group of 35-39 is the third’s biggest category. The group’s population amounts 195,987 or a 14.83 percent. This category was 126,490 back then during the year of 2000. When the year 2005 came, percentage has increased to 54.94 percent.
The big leaps on construction and economic projects that have required foreign labor force in big number have forced the increase population in these categories.
But then, considering the fast economic changes Dubai has been experiencing, it is without doubt that population will increase. It terms with economic values and concepts that when a city or certain group prospers or experiences proper, it is most likely to have a bigger population or increase in population.
