United Arab Emirates — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
United Arab Emirates had an estimated population of 3,750,054 in 2005, with 9 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: United Arab Emirates today — population now 11,574,682, against 3,750,054 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 3,750,054 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 4,664,790 | 11,574,682 | +148% |
The two sources differ by 20% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubayy | 1,951,663 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dubai | Dubai | 1,137,347 | — |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | 603,492 | 1,807,000 now |
| 3 | Sharjah | Sharjah | 543,733 | — |
| 4 | al-ʿAyn | Abu Dhabi | 408,733 | — |
| 5 | ʿAjmān | ʿAjmān | 226,172 | 490,035 now |
| 6 | Rāʿs al-H̱aymah | Ras al Khaymah | 115,949 | — |
| 7 | al-Fujayrah | al-Fujayrah | 62,415 | — |
| 8 | Umm al-Qaywayn | Umm al-Qaywayn | 44,411 | — |
| 9 | H̱awr Fakkān | al-Fujayrah | 33,575 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abu Dhabi | 1,395,899 |
| 2 | Dubai | 1,141,963 |
| 3 | Sharjah | 620,183 |
| 4 | ʿAjmān | 234,905 |
| 5 | Ras al Khaymah | 187,535 |
| 6 | al-Fujayrah | 113,316 |
| 7 | Umm al-Qaywayn | 56,253 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.