Country
United Arab Emirates
- AE
- Asia
- AED
- .ae
United Arab Emirates (AE/ARE) is a country in Asia with its capital at Abu Dhabi. It covers about 83,600 km² with a population of roughly 9,500,000, uses the AED, dials on +971, owns the .ae internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Dubai. It borders 2 countries.
Identity
Official short nameUnited Arab Emirates
CapitalAbu Dhabi
ContinentAsia
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ARE
Internet TLD.ae
Calling code+971
Currency codeAED
Geography
Latitude23.4241° N
Longitude53.8478° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area83,600 km²32,278 square miles
Land neighbours21 have pages here; OM are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London5,524 kmto the approximate centre of United Arab Emirates, not to Abu Dhabi. ESE, bearing 103.3°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAsia/Dubaithe IANA zone for Abu Dhabi; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+04:00
Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year
Offset in JanuaryUTC+04:00
Offset in JulyUTC+04:00
Current offsetUTC+04:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 21:20
Hours ahead of UTC4
Population & scale
Population9,500,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density113.6 per km²≈
Share of world population0.117%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset50 of 59
Population rank in this dataset49 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Saudi Arabia894 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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