Demographics of Dubai are concerned about the population, language,
religion and cultural heritage of Dubai Emirates, the second largest
city of UAE. According to the latest survey organized by the Statistical
Center of Dubai on their total number of present population, it is found
that Dubai constitutes total female population around 349,000 and total
male population about 1,073,000 that sums up with an overall 1,422,000
Dubai residents.
From the census held in recent past on the diverse cultural communities
of UAE's Dubai it is seen that among the total population of Dubai
around 17 % belongs to UAE nationals, approximately 71% of total Dubai
populations belongs to various nationalities which include Pakistani,
Bangladeshi, Indian, Filipino and other Asian communities and near about
3% emigrates of Dubai is originated from western countries.
Languages
The
Demographics of Dubai also displays the variations in the languages
spoken all over the city of Dubai. Arabic is the official language of
Dubai in spite of that, very much to the nature of a cosmopolitan city,
there are number of languages like English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Malayalam
and Persian are widely spoken.
Religion
Primarily based on the Sunni Muslim culture, Islam is the
official state religion of Dubai. The Government provides ample
facilities and funds to the Sunni mosques, employs Sunni Imams and in the
other aspects of the culture-social sphere, the government also felicitate
the muslims. Being a prime commercial centre of the Middle-east, the city of
Dubai houses expatriates communities of different religions like Hindus,
Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists among the others, which are allowed to practice
their religions, beliefs and customs and can build or own their houses of
worship.
