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United Arab Emirates: map and facts

The United Arab Emirates is in Western Asia. It has about 11.5 million people (2025), the 85th largest population. It covers 71,249 km², the 117th largest by area. That is about 162 people per km². Its highest point is Jebel Jais, at 1,911 m.

The United Arab Emirates and the land around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Jebel Jais; the circle marks its capital, Abu Dhabi. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 11,513,149 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 71,249 km² (area as drawn on this map)
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Highest point: Jebel Jais, 1,911 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 4.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Jebel Jais: 1,911 m (its highest point)
Jabal Yibir: 1,527 m

Mountain ranges: Al Hajar Mountains.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 96.8%, open shrubland 1.3%, towns and cities 1%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 93.1%, mountains 3.2%, hills 3.1%.

Forests covered 4.6% of its land in 2024, up from 4.4% in 1990 (World Bank).

Minerals and fuels

World #5 in sulfur among the countries USGS lists (2025)
World #8 in oil among the countries EIA lists (2025)

Neighbours

The United Arab Emirates shares land borders with Oman and Saudi Arabia on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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