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United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates's best placing is 58th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #58Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 12
Population: 11.5 million
Land area: 71,020 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking the United Arab Emirates is.

Population by area

#58 of 194

162.11 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Airports by area

#83 of 191

5.91 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population

#85 of 195

11,513,149 people

27th in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#67 of 151

1,318 km of coastline

19th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#98 of 193

42 airports

21st in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#112 of 192

3.65 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#117 of 194

71,020 km² of land

33rd in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#137 of 194

0.006 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#147 of 194

3,173 km² of forest

36th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#167 of 194

0.0003 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Forest by area

#167 of 194

4.5 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#175 of 179

78 mm of precipitation per year

42nd in Asia · World Bank · 2022

United Arab Emirates

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