Asia · Western Asia

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates covers about 71,100 km² (27,400 mi²), the 121st largest of the 246 places listed here. That is close to Sierra Leone, at about 71,600 km².

71,100km²Area, main territory
9.9 millionPopulation
2.32In Belgiums

100 km

United Arab Emirates

Facts

Area, main territory	71,100 km²27,400 mi²
Official area	83,600 km²Wikidata · 15% above our measure
In Belgiums	2.32
Capital	Abu Dhabi
Population	9.9 millionWikidata, 2020
Density	139 people per km²
Latitude range	23°N to 26°N
In other languages	Emiratos Árabes Unidos Español · Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Deutsch · Émirats arabes unis Français · Emirados Árabes Unidos Português · アラブ首長国連邦日本語 · 阿拉伯联合酋长国中文 · 아랍에미리트 한국어
Continent	Asia#33 of 51 countries by area

What the numbers say about United Arab Emirates

Russia, the largest place listed, is 239× the size of United Arab Emirates.
United Arab Emirates ranks 92nd of 237 by population but only 120th of 239 by area: it holds more people than its size suggests.
At 139 people per km², United Arab Emirates is the 47th most densely populated of the 185 places over 1,000 km²; the median is 72 per km².
United Arab Emirates lies at 24°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
Laid out flat, United Arab Emirates's main territory stretches about 385 km north to south and 487 km east to west.
Our measured 71,100 km² is 15% below Wikidata's official figure of 83,600 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

How United Arab Emirates measures up

United Arab Emirates holds 0.2% of the land area and 0.2% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In Western Asia it is the 9th largest of 19.

Where it ranks	Figure	Position
Area	71,100 km²	120th of 239
Population	9.9 million	92nd of 237
Density	139 per km²	47th of 185
Farthest north	23.9°N	93rd of 212

Compared with	Its area	United Arab Emirates is
Belgium	30,700 km²	2.32× its size
United Kingdom	244,000 km²	0.29× its size
Germany	358,000 km²	0.20× its size
Japan	374,000 km²	0.19× its size
France	548,000 km²	0.13× its size
India	3,151,000 km²	0.02× its size
Brazil	8,473,000 km²	0.01× its size
United States	9,447,000 km²	0.01× its size
Russia	16,980,000 km²	1 in 239 its size

Where United Arab Emirates sits

United Arab Emirates's centre lies at 23.9°N, 54.3°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 2,660 km from the equator.
Its main territory spans 23°N to 26°N, about 380 km from its southern edge to its northern.

Closest neighbours, by distance between centres

On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world

If United Arab Emirates had other densities

At Bangladesh's density of 1,252 people per km², United Arab Emirates would have 89.0 million people. It has 9.9 million.
At Canada's density of 3.7 people per km², United Arab Emirates would have 264,000 people. It has 9.9 million.
At the median density of the places listed, 72 per km², it would have 5.1 million.

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Sources and method

Outline: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
Official figures: Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
Population: Wikidata, 2020; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
Data built: 2026-11-11

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