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United Arab Emirates

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Much of the sediment clouding the water in this image of the Persian Gulf is from the Shatt al Arab River, which enters the Gulf in the north along the Iran-Iraq border. The river drains the combined waters of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers of Iraq, and the Karun River of Iran. Though other rivers empty into the Persian Gulf, most of its fresh water comes from the Shatt al Arab. On the right edge of the image is the narrow Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, part of the northern Indian Ocean. The Persian Gulf is flanked to the west by wedge-shaped Kuwait and by Saudi Arabia with its vast tan-, pink-, and white-sand deserts; to the south by Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman; and to the east by the dry mountains of Iran. The wetlands and rivers of Mesopotamia border the Gulf on the north. The red dots mark gas flares in oil fields of Iran and Iraq. Image courtesy of NASA.
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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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People and Society

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Age structure

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Median age

comparison ranking: total 95

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 140

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 174

Death rate

comparison ranking: 228

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 181

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 147

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 175

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 182

Education expenditures

comparison ranking: 122

Environment

Revenue from coal

comparison ranking: 57

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 96

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 13

Labor force

comparison ranking: 70

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 35

Public debt

comparison ranking: 186

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 207

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 20

Exports

comparison ranking: 28

Imports

comparison ranking: 32

Energy

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 4

Communications

Internet users

comparison ranking: total 61

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 97

Roadways

comparison ranking: total 156

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 35

Military and Security

Military expenditures

comparison ranking: 21

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