Emiratis			non-Emiratis			Total			% non-nationals
	Year	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Abu Dhabi	2016	282,632	268,903	551,535	1,574,986	781,652	2,356,638	1,857,618	1,050,555	2,908,173	81
Dubai	2016	n.a.	n.a.	233,430	n.a.	n.a.	2,465,170	n.a.	n.a.	2,698,600	91
Al Sharjah	2015	86,325	89,098	175,423	834,542	395,875	1,230,417	920,867	484,973	1,405,840	88
Ras Al Khaima	2012	49,860	49,662	99,522	215,140	107,338	322,478	265,000	157,000	422,000	76
Ajman	2017	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	504,847	n.a.
Al Fujairah	2016	43,991	43,823	87,814	104,821	32,725	137,546	148,812	76,548	225,360	61
Umm Al – Quwain	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Total UAE population 2016 (est. FCSA)										9,121,167

Sources: various (see below)
 
ANNEXED NOTE
 
1. Characteristics of data, definitions 

	Statistical institute			source of data		period of reference
Abu Dhabi	Statistics Center Abu Dhabi			administrative records		mid-year
Dubai	Dubai Statistics Center			administrative records		end of year
Al Sharjah	Department of Statistics and Community Development in Sharjah (DSCD)			population census		October 2015
Ras Al Khaima	Government of RAK, Department of Economic Development			National Bureau of Statistics		?
Ajman	Statistics and Research Department, General Secretariat of the Executive Council			population census		February-March 2017
Al Fujairah	Fujairah Statistics Center			administrative records?		?
UAE Total	Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority			administrative records		end of year

2. Data availability 

SCAD Abu Dhabi SYB 2017, https://www.scad.ae/en/pages/GeneralPublications.aspx?pubid=79&themeid=7 
DSC statistics, “Reports” section, “Population by gender”, https://www.dsc.gov.ae/Report/Copy%20of%20DSC_SYB_2016_01%20_%2001.pdf
census 2015
Government of RAK, Department of Economic Development, SYB 2013 http://www.ded.rak.ae/ar/Pages/yearbook.aspx
census 2017
Fujeirah Statistics Center, SYB 2016, http://www.fscfuj.gov.ae/books/book2016.pdf.
FCSA, Statistics, UAE Population 2016, http://fcsa.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/UAE-Population-2016.aspx

Date of access: January 2018.

 

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