Australia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates
People - Demographic Features
AUSTRALIA
KUWAIT
QATAR
UAE
Population:
20,090,437 (July 2005 est.)
2,335,648 note: includes 1,291,354 non-nationals (July 2005 est.)
863,051 (July 2005 est.)
2,563,212 note: includes an estimated 1,606,079 non-nationals; the 17 December 1995 census presents a total population figure of 2,377,453, and there are estimates of 3.44 million for 2002 (July 2005 est.)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 66,404; female 24,678) (2005 est.)
Median age:
Total: 36.56 years Male: 35.74 years Female: 37.4 years (2005 est.)
Total: 25.86 years Male: 28.05 years Female: 22.12 years (2005 est.)
Total: 31.57 years Male: 36.87 years Female: 22.33 years (2005 est.)
Total: 27.9 years Male: 35.2 years
Female: 22.9 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.87% (2005 est.)
3.44% note: this rate reflects a return to pre-Gulf crisis immigration of expatriates (2005 est.)
2.61% (2005 est.)
1.54% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.26 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
21.88 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
15.54 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
18.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
7.44 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
2.42 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)<
Net migration rate:
3.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
14.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
15.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.77 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.74 male(s)/female total population: 1.52 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 2.28 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 2.78 male(s)/female total population: 1.88 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.58 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 2.691 male(s)/female
total population: 1.442 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 80.39 years Male: 77.52 years Female: 83.4 years (2005 est.)
Total population: 77.03 years Male: 76.01 years Female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)
Total population: 73.67 years Male: 71.15 years Female: 76.32 years (2005 est.)
Total population: 75.24 years Male: 72.73 years
Female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.76 children born/woman (2005 est.)
2.97 children born/woman (2005 est.)
2.87 children born/woman (2005 est.)
2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Caucasian 90%, Asian 7%, Aboriginal and other 3%
Kuwaiti 45%, other Arab 35%, South Asian 9%, Iranian 4%, other 7%
Arab 40%, Pakistani 18%, Indian 18%, Iranian 10%, other 14%
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)
Languages:
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
Arabic (official), English widely spoken
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
