Exersis one

Task 1

With a partner, research on the internet to find information about UAE demographics.

Source:  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ae.html

 

Nationality	Percentage/Number	Year	Source
South Asian	50%	2013	CIA Factbook
Westerners and East Asians	8%	2013	CIA Factbook
Emirati	19%	2013	CIA Factbook
Ex: Other Arab / Iranian	23%	2013	CIA Factbook

 

Religions	Percentage	Year	Source
Islam- official	96%	2013	CIA Factbook
Shia	16%	2013	CIA Factbook
Other(includes Christian, Hindu)	4%	2013	CIA Factbook

 

Do the results surprise you?

Comments? Conclusions?

Actually when I read about nationalities in the UAE I got surprised because I never expected that the percentage of UAE citizens would be below 20%. So the majority of UAE population are expats. Additionally, when I found out the results of religions in the UAE I didn’t find that surprising as I expected that Muslims would outnumber people from different religions because we are living in a Muslim country.