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Country name	United Arab Emirates
Total Area	82,880 sq km
Area Population	2,563,212
Age structure	0-14 years: 25.3% (male 331,269; female 317,977) 15-64 years: 71.1% (male 1,115,826; female 707,058) 65 years and over: 3.6% (male 66,404; female 24,678) (2005 est.)
Average age	total: 27.9 years male: 35.2 years female: 22.9 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate	1.54% (2005 est.)
Birth rate	18.78 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate	4.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate	0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 14.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 75.24 years male: 72.73 years female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.94 children born/woman (2005 est.)
Religions	Muslim 96% (Shi'a 16%), Christian, Hindu, and other 4%
Languages	Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Literacy percentage	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 77.9% male: 76.1% female: 81.7% (2003 est.)
Government structure	federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates
Capital	Abu Dhabi
Legal system	federal court system introduced in 1971; applies to all emirates except Dubayy (Dubai) and Ra's al Khaymah, which are not fully integrated into the federal judicial system; all emirates have secular courts to adjudicate criminal, civil, and commercial matters and Islamic courts to review family and religious disputes
GDP (purchasing power parity)	$74.51 billion (2005 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)	$104.2 billion (2005 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	6.7% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita	purchasing power parity - $29,100 (2005 est.)
Labor force	2.8 million note: 73.9% of the population in the 15-64 age group is non-national (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate	2.4% (2001)
Population below poverty line	NA
Inflation rate	4.5% (2005 est.)
Public debt	17.5% of GDP (2005 est.)
Exports	$103.1 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Imports	$60.15 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
Debt - external	$30.21 billion (2005 est.)
Currency (code)	Emirati dirham (AED)
Exchange rates / $	Emirati dirhams per US dollar - 3.67 (Feb. 2006)
Big Mac price in dollars	2,45$
Under(-)/Over(+) valuation against the $ (%)	-20%
Franchise Association	UAE Franchise Association
Web Site	NA
Year Of first Franchise Network	NA
Number of franchisors	NA

This information was updated January, 2006. For additional information please email: info@infofranchise.com.

Date: 06/02/2006
Source: Infofranchise.com

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