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The population of [[Dubai]], the most populous city in the [[United Arab Emirates]], is estimated to be 3.655 million as of December 2023 according to government data.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population Clock |url=https://www.dsc.gov.ae/Report/DSC_SYB_2023_01_01.pdf |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=www.dsc.gov.ae}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalmediainsight.com/blog/uae-population-statistics|title=Population Tracker UAE|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref> {{asof|2021}}, 3.2 million were non-Emirati, and 69% were male.<ref name="popvitstat">{{cite web |title=Population and Vital Statistics |url=https://www.dsc.gov.ae/en-us/Themes/Pages/Population-and-Vital-Statistics.aspx?Theme=42 |website=Government of Dubai |date=2021}}</ref> About 58.50% of the population is concentrated in the 25-44 age group. This unnatural age and gender distribution is due to the large proportion of foreign workers, most of whom are working-age males.<ref>{{cite web |title=Population Bulletin, Emirate of Dubai, 2020 |url=https://www.dsc.gov.ae/Publication/Population%20Bulletin%20Emirate%20of%20Dubai%20%20-%202020.pdf |website=Government of Dubai |access-date=26 April 2022 |date=2020}}</ref> Life expectancy at birth was 81 years for males, and 82.1 for females.<ref name="popvitstat" />
==Languages spoken== [[File:Trilingual_sign_Dubai.jpg|thumb|centre|150px|Trilingual signage in [[Arabic]], [[English language|English]] and [[Hindi]] shows the variety of different languages spoken.]] Dubai's official language is [[Arabic language|Arabic]], but [[English language|English]] is the [[lingua franca]] and is far more commonly used than any other language in the daily communications between the city's residents. Languages such as [[Hindi–Urdu]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Filipino language|Filipino]] are common among [[migrant worker]] communities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Siemund |first1=Peter |last2=Al-Issa |first2=Ahmad |last3=Leimgruber |first3=Jakob R. E. |date=June 2021 |title=Multilingualism and the role of English in the United Arab Emirates |journal=World Englishes |language=en |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=191–204 |doi=10.1111/weng.12507 |issn=0883-2919|doi-access=free }}</ref>
==Religion== {{Unreferenced section|date=December 2024}} Article 7 of the UAE's Provisional Constitution declares [[Islam]] the official state [[religion]] of the Union. 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. Shias are 15% of the UAE's native population. The [[Shia Islam in the United Arab Emirates|Shi'a minority]] is free to worship and maintain its own mosques. Shi'a Muslims in Dubai may pursue Shi'a family law cases through a special Shi'a council rather than the Shari'a courts.
Dubai has large expatriate communities of [[Hindus]], [[Christians]], [[Buddhist]]s, [[Sikhs]] and others. Non-Muslim groups can own their own houses of worship, wherein they can practice their religion freely, by requesting a land grant and permission to build a compound. Groups that do not have their own buildings must use the facilities of other religious organizations or worship in private homes. While the UAE does not 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. For instance, Dubai granted legal status to [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in 1993. == References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.dsc.gov.ae Dubai Statistics Center], the government statistics agency
[[Category:Geography of Dubai]] [[Category:Demographics by city|Dubai]] [[Category:Demographics of the United Arab Emirates|Dubai]]