Saudi Arabia vs. United Arab Emirates
Demographics
| Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 27,345,986 note: immigrants make up more than 30% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.) | 5,628,805 note: estimate is based on the results of the 2005 census that included a significantly higher estimate of net immigration of non-citizens than previous estimates; the United Arab Emirates' National Bureau of Statistics estimated the country's total population to have been 8,264,070 in 2010, based on census data; immigrants make up more than 80% of the total population, according to UN data (2013) (July 2014 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 27.6% (male 3,869,961/female 3,681,616) 15-24 years: 19.3% (male 2,832,538/female 2,458,339) 25-54 years: 45.4% (male 7,086,004/female 5,323,373) 55-64 years: 4.5% (male 674,571/female 555,136) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 444,302/female 420,146) (2014 est.) | 0-14 years: 20.7% (male 597,476/female 570,275) 15-24 years: 13.7% (male 457,647/female 311,673) 25-54 years: 61.5% (male 2,639,018/female 820,915) 55-64 years: 3.1% (male 132,718/female 43,624) 65 years and over: 1% (male 35,071/female 20,388) (2014 est.) |
| Median age | total: 26.4 years male: 27.3 years female: 25.3 years (2014 est.) | total: 30.3 years male: 32 years female: 25 years (2014 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.49% (2014 est.) | 2.71% (2014 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.78 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 15.54 births/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.32 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 1.99 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) | 13.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.33 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.2 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.08 male(s)/female total population: 1.21 male(s)/female (2014 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.47 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 3.22 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 2.19 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.77 male(s)/female total population: 2.19 male(s)/female (2014 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 14.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) | total: 10.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.73 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.82 years male: 72.79 years female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) | total population: 77.09 years male: 74.49 years female: 79.83 years (2014 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.17 children born/woman (2014 est.) | 2.36 children born/woman (2014 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.01% (2001 est.) | 0.2% (2001 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Saudi(s) adjective: Saudi or Saudi Arabian | noun: Emirati(s) adjective: Emirati |
| Ethnic groups | Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10% | Emirati 19%, other Arab and Iranian 23%, South Asian 50%, other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians) 8% (1982) note: less than 20% are UAE citizens (1982) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | NA |
| Religions | Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia), other (includes Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh) (2012 est.) note: despite having a large expatriate community of various faiths (more than 30% of the population), most forms of public religious expression inconsistent with the government-sanctioned interpretation of Sunni Islam are restricted; non-Muslims are not allowed to have Saudi citizenship and non-Muslim places of worship are not permitted (2013) (2012 est.) | Muslim (Islam; official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15% note: represents the total population; about 85% of the population consists of noncitizens (2005 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | NA |
| Languages | Arabic (official) | Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 87.2% male: 90.8% female: 82.2% (2011 est.) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90% male: 89.5% female: 91.5% (2005 est.) |
| Education expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2008) | NA |
| Urbanization | urban population: 82.3% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 2.38% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) | urban population: 84.4% of total population (2011) rate of urbanization: 2.52% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 97% of population rural: 97% of population total: 97% of population unimproved: urban: 3% of population rural: 3% of population total: 3% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 99.6% of population rural: 100% of population total: 99.6% of population unimproved: urban: 0.4% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0.4% of population (2012 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2012 est.) | improved: urban: 98% of population rural: 95.2% of population total: 97.5% of population unimproved: urban: 2% of population rural: 4.8% of population total: 2.5% of population (2012 est.) |
| Major cities - population | RIYADH (capital) 5.451 million; Jeddah 3.578 million; Mecca 1.591 million; Medina 1.142 million; Ad Dammam 941,000 (2011) | ABU DHABI (capital) 942,000; Dubai 1.978 million; Sharjah 983,000 (2011) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 24 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) | 12 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 3.7% of GDP (2011) | 3.3% of GDP (2011) |
| Physicians density | 0.94 physicians/1,000 population (2008) | 1.93 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.2 beds/1,000 population (2009) | 1.9 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 33% (2008) | 32.7% (2008) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 46.1 % youth dependency ratio: 41.8 % elderly dependency ratio: 4.3 % potential support ratio: 23.5 (2014 est.) | total dependency ratio: 19.3 % youth dependency ratio: 18.8 % elderly dependency ratio: 0.5 % potential support ratio: 182.8 (2014 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
