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Dubai population soars 7.6% in 2009 – gov’t

Three times as many men as women living in emirate; 2,501 new buildings finished.

By Andrew White
RISING: According to the latest government figures, Dubais population soared 7.6 percent in 2009.
RISING: According to the latest government figures, Dubais population soared 7.6 percent in 2009.

Dubai’s population rose 7.6 percent in 2009 to more than 1.77 million, according to
figures released

on Monday by the emirate’s government.

The Dubai Statistics Center said that the emirate’s population increased 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter from the previous three months.

The latest figures show that there are more than three times as many men living in the emirate as women. There were 3,619 marriages in Dubai in 2009, and 720 divorces.

The statistics also revealed that 2,501 new buildings were completed in Dubai over the course of the year, with a total value of almost $6.8bn.

The Center also
unveiled statistics on Housing, Transportation, Hotels & Tourism, Finance & Business, Exhibitions & Conferences, Education, Telecoms, Health and the Environment

.

Click
here

for the full list of statistics on Dubai.

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