United Arab Emirates, Asia
This post was last updated by José of onez on Monday, 19 May 2025.
Image of Abu Dhabi, capital city of United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates is a Gulf nation leading in logistics, finance, renewable energy investments, tourism, technology innovation, and diversified economic growth.
United Arab Emirates in one word would be “Burj,” meaning tallest tower.
United Arab Emirates Flag
United Arab Emirates armorial
United Arab Emirates is a country located in the Western Asia sub‑region of the Asia continent, member of OPEC.
Easy learning about United Arab Emirates |
The capital city of United Arab Emirates is Abu Dhabi.
| United Arab Emirates is located in | Western Asia Asia Continent |
| Member of | OPEC since 1967 |
| United Arab Emirates has a population of | 10,642,081 inhabitants within a total area of 82,880 Km2 (51,499 sq mi) (2023 UN data) |
| United Arab Emirates’s Global Peace Index (GPI) | 53 (world rank position) GPI scale of 1.70 This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is... (2024 data from GPI) |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | United Arab Emirates HDI ranks in position nº 15 worldwide HDI of 0.940 (0.4 to 1) (2023 data from UNDP) |
| United Arab Emirates’s passport | allows visa-free entry to 184 countries United Arab Emirates passport ranks 8th in the world (2025 HP Index data) |
| United Arab Emirates GDP per capita is | $49,498 USD (2025 estimated data from IMF) |
| United Arab Emirates ’s LGBTI legal status | Same-sex sexual acts are illegal (2025 ILGA data) |
| Latitude & Longitude | 24° 00' N, 54° 00' E Open in Google Maps |
| Neighbouring countries | Saudi Arabia, Oman. |
| United Arab Emirates Climate | desert; cooler in eastern mountains |
| Most predominant religion | Muslim (official), |
| Second most predominant religion | Christian, |
| Currency name & code | Dirham (AED) |
| Internet ccTLD | .ae |
| United Arab Emirates calling code | +971 |
United Arab Emirates administrative divisions
7 emirates (imarat)- Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi)
- 'Ajman
- Al Fujayrah
- Ash Shariqah (Sharjah)
- Dubayy (Dubai)
- Ra's al Khaymah
- Umm al Qaywayn
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