Demographics+and+Population

=__Demographics & POPULATION in__ __Dubai__ 1) According to the [|census] conducted by Stoical Center of Dubai, the population of the emirate was 1,422,000 [|as of 2006], which included 1,073,000 males and 349,000 females. As of 1998, 17% of the population of the emirate was made up of [|UAE nationals]. Approximately 85% of the [|expatriate] population (and 71% of the emirate's total population) was [|Asian] (chiefly [|Indian], [|Pakistani], [Sri_Lankan_people&action=edit|Sri Lankan] and [|Filipino]). About 3% of the total population of Dubai was categorized as "[|Western]". In addition, 16% of the population (or 288,000 persons) lived in collective labour accommodation were not identified by [|ethnicity] or [|nationality], but were thought to be primarily Asian. 2)The [|median] age in the emirate was about 27 years. The crude [|birth rate], as of 2005, was 13.6%, while the crude death rate was about 1%. Although Dubai's official language is [|Arabic], [|English], [|Hindi], [|Urdu], [|Malayalam] and [|Tagalong] are widely spoken. 3) The Government funds or subsidizes almost 95 percent of [|Sunni] mosques and employs all Sunni [|imams]; approximately 5 percent of Sunni mosques are entirely private, and several large mosques have large private endowments.While the UAE doesn't offer any federal-level method of granting official status to religious groups, the individual emirates may exercise autonomy in officially recognizing a particular religious denomination. 4)In early 2001, ground was broken for the construction of several additional churches on a parcel of land in [|Jebel Ali] donated by the government of Dubai to four [|Protestant] congregations and a [|Roman Catholic] congregation. Construction on the first Greek Orthodox Church in Dubai (to be called St. Mary's) began at the end of 2005. The land for the construction of the church was also donated by the government to the [|Greek Orthodox] community of Dubai. 5) In 1995 the population was about 689,000 & in 2000 it was about 862,000 & two years ago it was about 1.4 millions. mostly 75% people are male=