COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

United Arab Emirates country codes

دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدةAsia

Flag shown for United Arab Emirates
ISO alpha-2
AE
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
ARE
3 letters
ISO numeric
784
3 digits
Calling prefix
+971
Telephone reference

United Arab Emirates at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for United Arab Emirates are AE, ARE, and 784. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
United Arab Emirates
Native name in sourcenative_name
دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Abu Dhabi
Continentcontinent
Asia (AS)
Regionregion
Asia
Sub-regionsub_region
Western Asia

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+971
Currency referencecurrency_code
AEDUnited Arab Emirates Dirham
Country-code domaintld
.ae

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for United Arab Emirates in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

Arabicالعربيةar-AE
Persianفارسیfa
EnglishEnglishen
Hindiहिन्दीhi
Urduاردوur

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

United Arab Emirates time zones

1 identifier is listed for AE in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Asia/Dubai

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
AE
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
ARE
ISO numericiso_numeric
784
FIFA referencefifa
UAE
IOC referenceioc
UAE
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
AE

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.