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Pakistanis in the United Arab Emirates include expatriates from Pakistan who have settled in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with a population of over 1.5 million, [8] Pakistanis are the second largest national group in the UAE after Indians, constituting 12.5% of the country's total population. [3]
Population is heavily concentrated to the northeast on the Musandam Peninsula. The three largest Emirates (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), are home to nearly 85% of the population. [10] The 2022 population of the UAE stands at 9.4 million, [11] of which 69% of the population is male and 31% of the population is female.
Iraqis in the UAE have a population exceeding 200,000. [20] Since its independence, Iraqis have contributed in the development of UAE, as engineers, politicians and in other fields. Most notably Adnan Pachachi who was appointed as Minister of State in the first Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
The population of Dubai, the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, is estimated to be 3.5 million as of April 2022 according to government data. [1] [2] As of 2021, 3.2 million were non-Emirati, and 69% were male. [3] About 58.50% of the population is concentrated in the 25-44 age group.
Since the independence of Pakistan in 1947, there has been a large population of Pakistanis in the Middle East, mainly in Saudi Arabia. However, since the 1990s, many have opted for countries like the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain , and Kuwait .
The Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) is the largest community center for overseas Pakistanis in the world.It was founded in the late 1960s as a platform for advancing the social and cultural interests of Pakistani expatriates residing in Dubai and more broadly, the United Arab Emirates.
Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Sri Lankan, and Pakistani workers make up 90 percent of the workforce. [21] Population growth in the United Arab Emirates is among the highest in world, mostly due to immigration. In low-skilled and semi-skilled jobs, workers from Asia and the MENA region are employed primarily.
The Pakistani community in Dubai numbers over 400,000, [3] forming around 13% of the local population and constituting the third largest ethnicity in the city. [4] The Consulate-General oversees Pakistani interests in Dubai and provides various services to Pakistani citizens in the emirate.