Dubai

===Ethnicity and languages===
{{See also|Emirati people|Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates}}
{{As of|2019|September}}, the population is 3,331,420 – an annual increase of 177,020 people which represents a growth rate of 5.64%.<ref name="dsc.gov.ae">{{cite web|url=https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/DSC-News/Pages/Dubai-Population-Are-3.3-Million-by-Q3-19.aspx|title=Dubai Population Are 3.3 Million by Q3-19|website=www.dsc.gov.ae|access-date=15 December 2019|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215235952/https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/DSC-News/Pages/Dubai-Population-Are-3.3-Million-by-Q3-19.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The region covers {{convert|497.1|mi2|1|abbr=out|order=flip}}. The population density is 408.18/km<sup>2</sup> – more than eight times that of the entire country. Dubai is the [[List of most expensive cities for expatriate employees|second most expensive city]] in the region and 20th most expensive city in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html |title=Cost of living – The world's most expensive cities |publisher=City Mayors |access-date=12 February 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224033730/http://www.citymayors.com/features/cost_survey.html |archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref>

{{As of|2013}}, only about 15% of the emirate's population was made up of [[Emirati people|UAE nationals]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubai population jumps 4.8 per cent to 2.17m |url=http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Dubai_population_jumps_4.8_per_cent_to_2.17m/56733.htm |publisher=UAE interact |access-date=4 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819034855/http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Dubai_population_jumps_4.8_per_cent_to_2.17m/56733.htm |archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> with the rest comprising expatriates, many of whom either have been in the country for generations or were born in the UAE.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-emirates-citizenship-feature-idUKBRE99904J20131010|title=Call to naturalise some expats stirs anxiety in the UAE|agency=Reuters UK|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171325/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/10/uk-emirates-citizenship-feature-idUKBRE99904J20131010|archive-date=14 July 2014|newspaper=Reuters|date=10 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gulfbusiness.com/2014/01/gcc-citizenship-debate-a-place-to-call-home/|title=GCC Citizenship Debate: A Place To Call Home|work=Gulf Business|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901125525/http://gulfbusiness.com/2014/01/gcc-citizenship-debate-a-place-to-call-home/|archive-date=1 September 2014|date=5 January 2014}}</ref> Approximately 85% of the [[Expatriates in the United Arab Emirates|expatriate population]] (and 71% of the emirate's total population) was Asian, chiefly [[Indians in the United Arab Emirates|Indian]] (51%) and [[Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates|Pakistani]] (16%); other significant Asian groups include [[Bangladeshis in the United Arab Emirates|Bangladeshis]] (9%) and [[Filipinos in the United Arab Emirates|Filipinos]] (3%).<ref name=migrationinformation>[http://www.migrationinformation.org/dataHub/GCMM/Dubaidatasheet.pdf "Country and Metropolitan Stats in Brief] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012143031/http://www.migrationinformation.org/dataHub/GCMM/Dubaidatasheet.pdf |date=12 October 2012}}. MPI Data Hub</ref> A quarter of the population (local and foreign) reportedly [[Iranians in the United Arab Emirates|traces their origins to Iran]].<ref>{{cite news |author=HASSAN M. FATTAH; Nada El Sawy contributed reporting for this article. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E1EF839550C778CDDAB0994DD404482 |title=Young Iranians Follow Dreams to Dubai |work=The New York Times |date=4 December 2005 |access-date=11 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012837/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00E1EF839550C778CDDAB0994DD404482 |archive-date=5 October 2013}}</ref> In addition, 16% of the population (or 288,000 persons) [[Labour force of the United Arab Emirates|living in collective labour]] accommodation were not identified by ethnicity or nationality, but were thought to be primarily Asian.<ref name="pop4">{{cite web|url=http://www.hsbc.com/1/PA_1_1_S5/content/assets/retirement/2006_for_report_world.pdf |title=HSBC Reveals "The Future of Retirement: What the World Wants" Survey Results |date=26 April 2006 |publisher=HSBC |access-date=19 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204224023/http://www.hsbc.com/1/PA_1_1_S5/content/assets/retirement/2006_for_report_world.pdf |archive-date=4 December 2008}}</ref> 461,000 [[Westerners]] live in the [[United Arab Emirates]], making up 5.1% of its total population.<ref name="web.archive.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.bqdoha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711160839/http://www.bqdoha.com/2015/04/uae-population-by-nationality|archive-date=11 July 2015|title=A Breakdown of the United Arab Emirates Population by Nationality – BQ Doha}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/the-other-special-relationship-the-uae-and-the-uk-1.549898|title = The other special relationship: The UAE and the UK|date = 21 November 2010|access-date = 7 January 2021|archive-date = 31 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200731033135/https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/the-other-special-relationship-the-uae-and-the-uk-1.549898|url-status = live}}</ref> There are over 100,000 British expatriates in Dubai, by far the largest group of Western expatriates in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-leads-british-exodus-overseas-49627.html|title=Dubai leads British exodus overseas|work=Arabian Business|date=21 May 2008|access-date=16 November 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116232224/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/dubai-leads-british-exodus-overseas-49627.html|archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref> The median age in the emirate was about 27 years. In 2014, there were estimated to be 15.54 [[Birth rate|births]] and 1.99 [[Mortality rate|deaths]] per 1,000 people.<ref>{{cite web|title = United Arab Emirates Demographics Profile 2014|url = http://www.indexmundi.com/united_arab_emirates/demographics_profile.html|publisher = indexmundi.com|access-date = 21 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151225154722/http://www.indexmundi.com/united_arab_emirates/demographics_profile.html|archive-date = 25 December 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> There are other Arab nationals, including [[Gulf Cooperation Council|GCC]] nationals.{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

[[Arabic language|Arabic]] is the national and official language of the United Arab Emirates. The [[Gulf Arabic|Gulf dialect]] of Arabic is spoken natively by the Emirati people.<ref>{{cite book|last=Christensen|first=Shane|title=Frommer's Dubai|year=2010|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-71178-1|page=174}}</ref> [[English language|English]] is used as a second language. Other major languages spoken in Dubai due to immigration are [[Malayalam]], [[Hindi]]-[[Urdu]] (or [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]), [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Pashto language|Pashto]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=186483|title=Nama Tuluveru all set to entertain UAE with Rangabhoomi's 'Kaala Chakra'|publisher=daijiworld.com|access-date=12 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045706/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=186483|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref> [[Kannada]], [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] and [[Chinese language|Chinese]], in addition to many other languages.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.justlanded.com/english/Dubai/Dubai-Guide/Language/Languages |title=Languages spoken in Dubai |publisher=Justlanded.com |access-date=20 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627204329/http://www.justlanded.com/english/Dubai/Dubai-Guide/Language/Languages |archive-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>