Dubai's real estate is growing so fast, that 24% of the the cranes on Earth are located in Dubai.
Source: Gulf News
The construction of Dubai's Palm Islands required 94 million cubic meters of sand.
The Empire State Building is 37 million cubic meters.
Source: Palm Islands Impact
The interior of the Burj Al Arab is decorated with approximately 1,790 square meters of 24-carat gold leaf. The surface area of the Mona Lisa is 0.3869 square meters.
Source: Burj Al Arab, Jemeirah
Dubai's police force uses super cars in order to impress tourists, and show how "classy" the city is. Including cars like the Ferrari FF ($500,000) and Lamborghini Aventador ($397,000). They even have one Aston Martin One-77 ($1.79 million).
NYU, the most expensive college in the U.S., costs $247,908 for four years.
Source: BusinessInsider
It is estimated that "10 to 15 percent of Dubai's population" are Emiratis, while the other 85% are expatriates. The majority come from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in order to work in the still-booming real estate market.
They do find jobs, but human rights groups and trade unions call "for urgent reforms" because they live in "substandard conditions", and are "deported for striking over pay and conditions".
Source: UAEinteract
Camel racing is an industry that is estimated to be worth "hundreds of millions of dollars", although there is no exact number. Because children are small enough to be camel jockeys, the sport led to a boom in child trafficking from "impoverish[ed] communities in South Asia and Africa" in the past.
Robots from $300 to $10,000 are now used in order to curtail the problem of child trafficking.
Source: The Daily Beast
The Burj Khalifa is approximately half a mile tall and has 160 residential floors. Those who live on the 150th floor and higher live so high up that they see the sun longer than other inhabitants of Dubai. Consequently, they could not break their fasts at the same time.
Source: The Guardian
You can see the Burj Khalifa from 95 km away.
The distance between Freiburg, Germany and Strasbourg, France is 86.4 km.
Source: Jennifer Dombrowski's Travels
In 2013, $70 billion of physical gold traded and it weighed 2,250 tonnes. That's equivalent to 2,250,000 kilograms.
A male African elephant weighs between 2,268 to 6,350 kg. (We used the upper margin of 6,350).
Source: Arabian Money
Dubai is planning to build a climate controlled "city", which is slated to be 4.45 km2 with air-conditioned boardwalks connecting the various sections of the vacation spot together. Monaco has an area of 2.02 km2.
Source: Yahoo News
Dubai is transforming itself into an city that runs on tourism. In 2013, Dubai had over 11 million tourists check into hotels.
The population of Shenzhen is approximately 10,357,000. It is the 12th most populated city in the world and the third most populated city in China.
Source: Gulf News
The Burj Al Arab, considered to be a "7-Star Hotel", is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. However, 39% of the hotel is uninhabitable — which just shows that there is a lesser emphasis fitting as many people into a building as possible, and more of an emphasis on architectural vanity sizing.
What's more, the Royal Suite of Burj Al Arab costs approximately $20,000 per night. With that money, you could buy 10 15-inch MacBook Pro's.
Dubai produces between 50,000 to 70,000 barrels of oil per day, which is roughly 11,000 m3. This is enough to fill 4.4 Olympic swimming pools.
And that's not even that much. During its heyday in 1991, Dubai produced 400,000 barrels per day.
Source: Moneycontrol.com
According to the IMF, the GDP of Honduras is roughly US$ 18.8 billion.
The four men officially listed as Dubai billionaires are Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Majid Al Futtaim, Khalaf Al Habtoor, and Abdulla Al Futtaim. According to Forbes estimates, their total wealth is US$ 18.7 billion.
Source: Forbes
Dubai's own entertainment complex, Dubailand, is estimated to cost around US$ 64.3 billion.
The total gross revenue of the Susan G. Komen foundation in 2012 was $428,897.
Source: Dubailand, Property Index
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