United Arab Emirates: flag, capital & map
Get to know United Arab Emirates, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Western Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 11,513,149
- Area
- 83,600 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Arabic
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED)
- Land neighbours
- Oman, Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates is a country in Western Asia. Its capital is Abu Dhabi.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of United Arab Emirates
The flag of United Arab Emirates features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and three equal horizontal bands of green, white and black adjoining the vertical band.
Where it is
United Arab Emirates is grouped in Western Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: Oman, Saudi Arabia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
United Arab Emirates has a recorded area of 83,600 square kilometres. Among the 17 countries assigned to Western Asia in this dataset, it ranks 9 by area, from largest to smallest. Azerbaijan is immediately above it in that ordering, at 86,600 km². Georgia is immediately below it, at 69,700 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 11,513,149 people for United Arab Emirates in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 138 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Arabic. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of United Arab Emirates?
Reveal answer
Abu Dhabi. The United Arab Emirates is a country in Western Asia. Its capital is Abu Dhabi.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of United Arab Emirates?
Reveal answer
The flag of United Arab Emirates features a red vertical band on its hoist side that takes up about one-fourth the width of the field and three equal horizontal bands of green, white and black adjoining the vertical band.
Which land neighbours of United Arab Emirates are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Oman and Saudi Arabia. The source classifies United Arab Emirates as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for United Arab Emirates?
Reveal answer
Arabic. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in United Arab Emirates.
Which currency codes are listed for United Arab Emirates?
Reveal answer
United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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