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- People
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- Population: 2,253,624 (July 1990), growth rate 6.0% (1990).
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- Birth rate: 31 births/1,000 population (1990).
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- Death rate: 3 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
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- Net migration rate: 33 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
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- Infant mortality rate: 24 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
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- Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 73 years female (1990).
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- Total fertility rate: 4.9 children born/woman (1990).
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- Nationality: noun--Emirian(s), adjective--Emirian.
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- Ethnic divisions: 19% Emirian, 23% other Arab, 50% South
- Asian (fluctuating), 8% other expatriates (includes Westerners
- and East Asians); less than 20% of the population are UAE
- citizens (1982).
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- Religion: 96% Muslim (16% Shia); 4% Christian, Hindu, and other.
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- Language: Arabic (official); Farsi and English widely spoken
- in major cities; Hindi, Urdu.
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- Literacy: 68%.
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- Labor force: 580,000 (1986 est.); 85% industry and commerce,
- 5% agriculture, 5% services, 5% government; 80% of labor
- force is foreign.
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- Organized labor: trade unions are illegal.
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