United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi · Western Asia
United Arab Emirates is a country in Asia. Its capital city is Abu Dhabi, the official currency is the UAE Dirham, and the main language is Arabic.
With a population of roughly 9.5 million people spread over 83,600 km², United Arab Emirates is the 96th most populous country in the world and the 114th largest by area. That works out at about 114 people per square kilometre.
United Arab Emirates shares land borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. The highest point in the country is Jebel Jais, at 1,934 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Austria, while its population is closest to that of Belarus.
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Region
- Western Asia
- Population
- 9,500,000
- Area
- 83,600 km²
- Currency
- UAE Dirham
- Main language
- Arabic
- Highest point
- Jebel Jais
1,934 m - Land borders
- 2
United Arab Emirates: things worth knowing
- The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven emirates, formed in 1971.
- Abu Dhabi is the capital and holds most of the oil, while Dubai built its economy on trade and services.
- Well over 80% of residents are foreign nationals, one of the highest proportions anywhere.
United Arab Emirates in context
Asia has 48 sovereign countries in total. United Arab Emirates ranks 30th among them by population.
See the full list of Asia countries, or browse all 195 countries.