Emirati people

Emirati
إماراتي

Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum · Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Total population

Emirati
824,921 people
21.9% of the total UAE population in (2006)^[1]

Regions with significant populations

United Arab Emirates

824,921

^[1]

Languages

Gulf Arabic · Standard Arabic

Religion

Islam

The Emirati people (Arabic: إماراتي‎) are citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Many Emiratis, including those that compose the ruling dynasties of the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, trace their origins to the Bani Yas clan. However, people outside of the Bani Yas clan, such as Baluchis^{[note 1]} and immigrants from Iran's Bastak region and Bahrain, have been gradually integrated into Emirati society. A tiny number of South Asian, African and people from other races have intermarried with Emiratis, thereby becoming non-Emirati UAE citizens.

The term Emirati comes from the Arabic word amir (Arabic: أمير‎) emir, which means commander. Each emirate is ruled by an emir, whose citizens (generally) belong to his clan. The Bani Yas dynasty forms the basis of many clans within the United Arab Emirates. Sub-clans of the Bani Yas include^[2]

Al Bu Falah (Abu Dhabi)
Al Bu Falasah (Dubai)
Al Qawasim (Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah)
Al Ali (or Al Mualla) (Umm Al Quwain)
Al Sharqiyan (Fujairah)
Al Nu'aim (Ajman)

Another definition of "Emirati" is Arabs with origins in the UAE.

1 Numbers of Emiratis
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References

Numbers of Emiratis

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In total the UAE population is 4,104,695, the total number of males is 2,547,043, which is 67.6 % of the total population that were counted in the reference period.^[when?]

Total number of females is 1,222,037, which is 32.4 % of the total population that were counted in the reference period. Total number of nationals is 824,921, which is 21.9% of the total population that were counted in the reference period, and it is 20.1 % of the total UAE population.

Total number of national males is 418,057, which is 50.7% of the total nationals. Total number of national females is 406,864, which is 49.3% of the total nationals. Total number of non-nationals is 2,944,159, which is 78.1 % of the total population that were counted in the reference period, and it is 79.9% (3,279,774)of the total UAE population. Total number of non-national males is 2,128,986, which is 72.3%. Total number of non-national females is 815,173, which is 27.7%.