Population of United Arab Emirates

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	12 Oct 2024

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The current population of United Arab Emirates is 11,228,555 as of January 12, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of United Arab Emirates is projected at 11,027,129, or 11.03 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in United Arab Emirates is projected at 10,642,081, or 10.64 million people for the year 2023.

United Arab Emirates ranks 86th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. United Arab Emirates is ranked 28th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

United Arab Emirates population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	72,048	74,512	4,928	6.616	0.00
1951	76,976	79,540	5,128	6.449	0.00
1952	82,104	84,761	5,314	6.271	0.00
1953	87,418	90,147	5,458	6.056	0.00
1954	92,876	95,653	5,553	5.807	0.00
1955	98,429	101,258	5,658	5.589	0.00
1956	104,087	106,963	5,751	5.378	0.00
1957	109,838	112,784	5,892	5.225	0.00
1958	115,730	118,762	6,064	5.107	0.00
1959	121,794	124,937	6,286	5.032	0.00
1960	128,080	131,334	6,509	4.957	0.00
1961	134,589	137,989	6,800	4.929	0.00
1962	141,389	144,946	7,114	4.909	0.00
1963	148,503	152,211	7,416	4.873	0.00
1964	155,919	159,692	7,546	4.726	0.00
1965	163,465	167,103	7,277	4.355	0.01
1966	170,742	173,976	6,469	3.719	0.01
1967	177,211	179,700	4,978	2.770	0.01
1968	182,189	199,416	34,453	17.320	0.01
1969	216,642	239,660	46,036	19.268	0.01
1970	262,678	286,536	47,715	16.691	0.01
1971	310,393	335,027	49,268	14.732	0.01
1972	359,661	385,014	50,705	13.189	0.01
1973	410,366	436,399	52,065	11.945	0.01
1974	462,431	489,087	53,311	10.911	0.01
1975	515,742	542,856	54,229	9.998	0.01
1976	569,971	615,866	91,790	14.932	0.01
1977	661,761	710,209	96,896	13.665	0.02
1978	758,657	809,274	101,234	12.526	0.02
1979	859,891	912,010	104,239	11.442	0.02
1980	964,130	1,015,700	103,140	10.163	0.02
1981	1,067,270	1,099,855	65,170	5.927	0.02
1982	1,132,440	1,166,370	67,860	5.820	0.03
1983	1,200,300	1,235,305	70,011	5.669	0.03
1984	1,270,311	1,305,996	71,370	5.466	0.03
1985	1,341,681	1,377,911	72,461	5.260	0.03
1986	1,414,142	1,467,383	106,482	7.260	0.03
1987	1,520,624	1,574,244	107,240	6.815	0.03
1988	1,627,864	1,681,788	107,848	6.415	0.03
1989	1,735,712	1,789,851	108,277	6.051	0.03
1990	1,843,989	1,898,220	108,462	5.715	0.04
1991	1,952,451	2,006,626	108,349	5.401	0.04
1992	2,060,800	2,114,730	107,860	5.102	0.04
1993	2,168,660	2,222,093	106,867	4.810	0.04
1994	2,275,527	2,328,188	105,322	4.525	0.04
1995	2,380,849	2,434,662	107,627	4.421	0.04
1996	2,488,476	2,597,564	218,176	8.404	0.04
1997	2,706,652	2,817,410	221,515	7.866	0.05
1998	2,928,167	3,040,421	224,509	7.387	0.05
1999	3,152,676	3,266,009	226,666	6.943	0.05
2000	3,379,342	3,493,575	228,467	6.542	0.06
2001	3,607,809	3,723,590	231,563	6.221	0.06
2002	3,839,372	3,956,826	234,908	5.939	0.06
2003	4,074,280	4,192,457	236,354	5.639	0.07
2004	4,310,634	4,428,967	236,666	5.345	0.07
2005	4,547,300	4,664,790	234,980	5.038	0.07
2006	4,782,280	5,009,100	453,640	9.063	0.08
2007	5,235,920	5,624,635	777,429	13.844	0.08
2008	6,013,349	6,302,664	578,631	9.187	0.09
2009	6,591,980	6,707,058	230,156	3.432	0.10
2010	6,822,136	6,938,363	232,454	3.351	0.10
2011	7,054,590	7,199,423	289,667	4.024	0.10
2012	7,344,257	7,497,118	305,723	4.078	0.10
2013	7,649,980	7,831,847	363,734	4.645	0.11
2014	8,013,714	8,236,874	446,321	5.420	0.11
2015	8,460,035	8,674,633	429,196	4.949	0.12
2016	8,889,231	9,030,873	283,284	3.137	0.12
2017	9,172,515	9,234,327	123,624	1.339	0.12
2018	9,296,139	9,346,870	101,462	1.086	0.12
2019	9,397,601	9,377,847	-39,507	-0.421	0.12
2020	9,358,094	9,448,524	180,860	1.914	0.12
2021	9,538,954	9,789,048	500,188	5.111	0.12
2022	10,039,142	10,242,086	405,889	3.963	0.13
2023	10,445,031	10,642,081	394,100	3.704	0.13

United Arab Emirates population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	10,839,131	11,027,129	375,996	3.410	0.14
2025	11,215,127	11,346,000	261,746	2.307	0.14
2026	11,476,873	11,574,682	195,618	1.690	0.14
2027	11,672,491	11,755,595	166,209	1.414	0.14
2028	11,838,700	11,912,256	147,113	1.235	0.14
2029	11,985,813	12,054,640	137,654	1.142	0.14
2030	12,123,467	12,190,605	134,276	1.101	0.14
2031	12,257,743	12,327,111	138,735	1.125	0.14
2032	12,396,478	12,467,816	142,676	1.144	0.14
2033	12,539,154	12,612,265	146,222	1.159	0.14
2034	12,685,376	12,760,076	149,401	1.171	0.14
2035	12,834,777	12,910,702	151,850	1.176	0.15
2036	12,986,627	13,063,716	154,178	1.180	0.15
2037	13,140,805	13,218,798	155,985	1.180	0.15
2038	13,296,790	13,375,742	157,903	1.181	0.15
2039	13,454,693	13,534,189	158,992	1.175	0.15
2040	13,613,685	13,693,776	160,183	1.170	0.15
2041	13,773,868	13,854,524	161,313	1.164	0.15
2042	13,935,181	14,016,332	162,301	1.158	0.15
2043	14,097,482	14,179,095	163,227	1.151	0.15
2044	14,260,709	14,342,811	164,205	1.145	0.15
2045	14,424,914	14,507,366	164,904	1.137	0.15
2046	14,589,818	14,673,759	167,882	1.144	0.15
2047	14,757,700	14,843,817	172,235	1.160	0.16
2048	14,929,935	15,016,877	173,884	1.158	0.16
2049	15,103,819	15,191,614	175,591	1.156	0.16
2050	15,279,410	15,367,392	175,964	1.145	0.16
2051	15,455,374	15,543,672	176,595	1.136	0.16
2052	15,631,969	15,720,976	178,014	1.132	0.16
2053	15,809,983	15,900,020	180,073	1.133	0.16
2054	15,990,056	16,081,439	182,766	1.137	0.16
2055	16,172,822	16,264,889	184,135	1.132	0.17
2056	16,356,957	16,450,041	186,169	1.132	0.17
2057	16,543,126	16,637,528	188,804	1.135	0.17
2058	16,731,930	16,827,635	191,410	1.137	0.17
2059	16,923,340	17,020,197	193,715	1.138	0.17
2060	17,117,055	17,214,830	195,550	1.136	0.17
2061	17,312,605	17,412,137	199,064	1.143	0.17
2062	17,511,669	17,613,168	202,998	1.153	0.18
2063	17,714,667	17,817,880	206,427	1.159	0.18
2064	17,921,094	18,026,058	209,928	1.165	0.18
2065	18,131,022	18,237,403	212,762	1.167	0.18
2066	18,343,784	18,451,478	215,388	1.167	0.18
2067	18,559,172	18,668,363	218,383	1.170	0.18
2068	18,777,555	18,888,000	220,890	1.169	0.19
2069	18,998,445	19,110,154	223,418	1.169	0.19
2070	19,221,863	19,334,289	224,853	1.163	0.19
2071	19,446,716	19,560,135	226,837	1.160	0.19
2072	19,673,553	19,787,409	227,712	1.151	0.19
2073	19,901,265	20,015,900	229,270	1.145	0.20
2074	20,130,535	20,245,058	229,047	1.131	0.20
2075	20,359,582	20,474,288	229,413	1.121	0.20
2076	20,588,995	20,703,707	229,424	1.108	0.20
2077	20,818,419	20,933,012	229,186	1.095	0.20
2078	21,047,605	21,161,825	228,440	1.080	0.21
2079	21,276,045	21,389,975	227,859	1.065	0.21
2080	21,503,904	21,617,417	227,026	1.050	0.21
2081	21,730,930	21,844,113	226,366	1.036	0.21
2082	21,957,296	22,070,029	225,466	1.022	0.21
2083	22,182,762	22,295,061	224,598	1.007	0.22
2084	22,407,360	22,519,025	223,331	0.992	0.22
2085	22,630,691	22,741,916	222,450	0.978	0.22
2086	22,853,141	22,964,204	222,127	0.967	0.22
2087	23,075,268	23,186,347	222,158	0.958	0.23
2088	23,297,426	23,408,452	222,053	0.949	0.23
2089	23,519,479	23,630,654	222,350	0.941	0.23
2090	23,741,829	23,852,867	222,075	0.931	0.23
2091	23,963,904	24,075,187	222,566	0.924	0.23
2092	24,186,470	24,298,127	223,314	0.919	0.24
2093	24,409,784	24,521,988	224,408	0.915	0.24
2094	24,634,192	24,747,048	225,712	0.912	0.24
2095	24,859,904	24,973,506	227,204	0.910	0.24
2096	25,087,108	25,201,603	228,990	0.909	0.25
2097	25,316,098	25,431,504	230,812	0.908	0.25
2098	25,546,910	25,663,508	233,196	0.909	0.25
2099	25,780,106	25,897,696	235,180	0.908	0.25
2100	26,015,286	26,134,299	238,026	0.911	0.26