Tag: Population
Water Conservation Efforts Double in GCC due to Rising Population, Economic...
Region’s desalination capacity to increase by 40 per cent in next five years
More than half of the world's total desalination output originates...
Dubai Population Hits 2.8 Million
Dubai population is about to reach 2.8 million in the coming days. According to data revealed by the Dubai Statistics Center, 2,797,096 million people...
Youngsters Represent a Minority of UAE Population
UAE has the lowest percentage of young population compared to any other MENA country, according to the annual report State of World Population published...
MENA cities’ population to reach 226 million by 2020
More than 226 million people will be living in cities throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by 2020, accounting for nearly 62...
Gulf population expected to increase by 30% in 7 years
Till 2020, the GCC population is expected to reach 53.5 million, a 30 % increase over the scale from 2000. In the same period,...
2011 Forecasts: UAE in Figures
According the Economist, economic growth in UAE will pick up in 2011, but oil production will increase only modestly during a slow recovery in...
2011 Forecasts: World’s population will reach 7 billion in 2011
Rate of population growth will slow
With 267 people being born every minute and 108 dying, the world’s population will top seven billion next year,...
Dubai continues to add around 10,000 residents per month
Dubai Statistics Centre recently revealed that the emirate continues to add around 10,000 residents per month, with the population passing 1.8 million in the...
Dubai population expected to decline 17pc
UAE economy is expected to contract by 1.7 per cent in 2009
The UAE’s population will contract by a marked 5.5 per cent in 2009,...