Population of United Arab Emirates

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Aug 2025

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The current population of United Arab Emirates is 11,396,336 as of September 10, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of United Arab Emirates is projected at 11,346,000, or 11.35 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in United Arab Emirates is projected at 11,027,129, or 11.03 million people, for the year 2024.

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	0.003
1951	76,976	79,540	5,128	6.449	0.003
1952	82,104	84,761	5,314	6.271	0.003
1953	87,418	90,147	5,458	6.056	0.003
1954	92,876	95,653	5,553	5.807	0.004
1955	98,429	101,258	5,658	5.589	0.004
1956	104,087	106,963	5,751	5.378	0.004
1957	109,838	112,784	5,892	5.225	0.004
1958	115,730	118,762	6,064	5.107	0.004
1959	121,794	124,937	6,286	5.032	0.004
1960	128,080	131,334	6,509	4.957	0.004
1961	134,589	137,989	6,800	4.929	0.005
1962	141,389	144,946	7,114	4.909	0.005
1963	148,503	152,211	7,416	4.873	0.005
1964	155,919	159,692	7,546	4.726	0.005
1965	163,465	167,103	7,277	4.355	0.005
1966	170,742	173,976	6,469	3.719	0.005
1967	177,211	179,700	4,978	2.770	0.005
1968	182,189	199,416	34,453	17.320	0.006
1969	216,642	239,660	46,036	19.268	0.007
1970	262,678	286,536	47,715	16.691	0.008
1971	310,393	335,027	49,268	14.732	0.009
1972	359,661	385,014	50,705	13.189	0.010
1973	410,366	436,399	52,065	11.945	0.011
1974	462,431	489,087	53,311	10.911	0.012
1975	515,742	542,856	54,229	9.998	0.013
1976	569,971	615,866	91,790	14.932	0.015
1977	661,761	710,209	96,896	13.665	0.017
1978	758,657	809,274	101,234	12.526	0.019
1979	859,891	912,010	104,239	11.442	0.021
1980	964,130	1,015,700	103,140	10.163	0.023
1981	1,067,270	1,099,855	65,170	5.927	0.024
1982	1,132,440	1,166,370	67,860	5.820	0.025
1983	1,200,300	1,235,305	70,011	5.669	0.026
1984	1,270,311	1,305,996	71,370	5.466	0.027
1985	1,341,681	1,377,911	72,461	5.260	0.028
1986	1,414,142	1,467,383	106,482	7.260	0.030
1987	1,520,624	1,574,244	107,240	6.815	0.031
1988	1,627,864	1,681,788	107,848	6.415	0.033
1989	1,735,712	1,789,851	108,277	6.051	0.034
1990	1,843,989	1,898,220	108,462	5.715	0.036
1991	1,952,451	2,006,626	108,349	5.401	0.037
1992	2,060,800	2,114,730	107,860	5.102	0.038
1993	2,168,660	2,222,093	106,867	4.810	0.040
1994	2,275,527	2,328,188	105,322	4.525	0.041
1995	2,380,849	2,434,662	107,627	4.421	0.042
1996	2,488,476	2,597,564	218,176	8.404	0.044
1997	2,706,652	2,817,410	221,515	7.866	0.048
1998	2,928,167	3,040,421	224,509	7.387	0.051
1999	3,152,676	3,266,009	226,666	6.943	0.054
2000	3,379,342	3,493,575	228,467	6.542	0.057
2001	3,607,809	3,723,590	231,563	6.221	0.060
2002	3,839,372	3,956,826	234,908	5.939	0.062
2003	4,074,280	4,192,457	236,354	5.639	0.065
2004	4,310,634	4,428,967	236,666	5.345	0.068
2005	4,547,300	4,664,790	234,980	5.038	0.071
2006	4,782,280	5,009,100	453,640	9.063	0.075
2007	5,235,920	5,624,635	777,429	13.844	0.083
2008	6,013,349	6,302,664	578,631	9.187	0.092
2009	6,591,980	6,707,058	230,156	3.432	0.097
2010	6,822,136	6,938,363	232,454	3.351	0.099
2011	7,054,590	7,199,423	289,667	4.024	0.101
2012	7,344,257	7,497,118	305,723	4.078	0.104
2013	7,649,980	7,831,847	363,734	4.645	0.107
2014	8,013,714	8,236,874	446,321	5.420	0.112
2015	8,460,035	8,674,633	429,196	4.949	0.116
2016	8,889,231	9,030,873	283,284	3.137	0.119
2017	9,172,515	9,234,327	123,624	1.339	0.121
2018	9,296,139	9,346,870	101,462	1.086	0.121
2019	9,397,601	9,377,847	-39,507	-0.421	0.120
2020	9,358,094	9,448,524	180,860	1.914	0.120
2021	9,538,954	9,789,048	500,188	5.111	0.123
2022	10,039,142	10,242,086	405,889	3.963	0.128
2023	10,445,031	10,642,081	394,100	3.704	0.132

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	0.135
2025	11,215,127	11,346,000	261,746	2.307	0.138
2026	11,476,873	11,574,682	195,618	1.690	0.139
2027	11,672,491	11,755,595	166,209	1.414	0.140
2028	11,838,700	11,912,256	147,113	1.235	0.141
2029	11,985,813	12,054,640	137,654	1.142	0.142
2030	12,123,467	12,190,605	134,276	1.101	0.142
2031	12,257,743	12,327,111	138,735	1.125	0.143
2032	12,396,478	12,467,816	142,676	1.144	0.143
2033	12,539,154	12,612,265	146,222	1.159	0.144
2034	12,685,376	12,760,076	149,401	1.171	0.145
2035	12,834,777	12,910,702	151,850	1.176	0.145
2036	12,986,627	13,063,716	154,178	1.180	0.146
2037	13,140,805	13,218,798	155,985	1.180	0.147
2038	13,296,790	13,375,742	157,903	1.181	0.148
2039	13,454,693	13,534,189	158,992	1.175	0.148
2040	13,613,685	13,693,776	160,183	1.170	0.149
2041	13,773,868	13,854,524	161,313	1.164	0.150
2042	13,935,181	14,016,332	162,301	1.158	0.151
2043	14,097,482	14,179,095	163,227	1.151	0.152
2044	14,260,709	14,342,811	164,205	1.145	0.153
2045	14,424,914	14,507,366	164,904	1.137	0.154
2046	14,589,818	14,673,759	167,882	1.144	0.155
2047	14,757,700	14,843,817	172,235	1.160	0.156
2048	14,929,935	15,016,877	173,884	1.158	0.157
2049	15,103,819	15,191,614	175,591	1.156	0.158
2050	15,279,410	15,367,392	175,964	1.145	0.159
2051	15,455,374	15,543,672	176,595	1.136	0.160
2052	15,631,969	15,720,976	178,014	1.132	0.161
2053	15,809,983	15,900,020	180,073	1.133	0.163
2054	15,990,056	16,081,439	182,766	1.137	0.164
2055	16,172,822	16,264,889	184,135	1.132	0.165
2056	16,356,957	16,450,041	186,169	1.132	0.167
2057	16,543,126	16,637,528	188,804	1.135	0.168
2058	16,731,930	16,827,635	191,410	1.137	0.169
2059	16,923,340	17,020,197	193,715	1.138	0.171
2060	17,117,055	17,214,830	195,550	1.136	0.172
2061	17,312,605	17,412,137	199,064	1.143	0.174
2062	17,511,669	17,613,168	202,998	1.153	0.175
2063	17,714,667	17,817,880	206,427	1.159	0.177
2064	17,921,094	18,026,058	209,928	1.165	0.179
2065	18,131,022	18,237,403	212,762	1.167	0.181
2066	18,343,784	18,451,478	215,388	1.167	0.182
2067	18,559,172	18,668,363	218,383	1.170	0.184
2068	18,777,555	18,888,000	220,890	1.169	0.186
2069	18,998,445	19,110,154	223,418	1.169	0.188
2070	19,221,863	19,334,289	224,853	1.163	0.190
2071	19,446,716	19,560,135	226,837	1.160	0.192
2072	19,673,553	19,787,409	227,712	1.151	0.194
2073	19,901,265	20,015,900	229,270	1.145	0.196
2074	20,130,535	20,245,058	229,047	1.131	0.198
2075	20,359,582	20,474,288	229,413	1.121	0.200
2076	20,588,995	20,703,707	229,424	1.108	0.202
2077	20,818,419	20,933,012	229,186	1.095	0.204
2078	21,047,605	21,161,825	228,440	1.080	0.206
2079	21,276,045	21,389,975	227,859	1.065	0.208
2080	21,503,904	21,617,417	227,026	1.050	0.210
2081	21,730,930	21,844,113	226,366	1.036	0.212
2082	21,957,296	22,070,029	225,466	1.022	0.215
2083	22,182,762	22,295,061	224,598	1.007	0.217
2084	22,407,360	22,519,025	223,331	0.992	0.219
2085	22,630,691	22,741,916	222,450	0.978	0.221
2086	22,853,141	22,964,204	222,127	0.967	0.223
2087	23,075,268	23,186,347	222,158	0.958	0.225
2088	23,297,426	23,408,452	222,053	0.949	0.228
2089	23,519,479	23,630,654	222,350	0.941	0.230
2090	23,741,829	23,852,867	222,075	0.931	0.232
2091	23,963,904	24,075,187	222,566	0.924	0.235
2092	24,186,470	24,298,127	223,314	0.919	0.237
2093	24,409,784	24,521,988	224,408	0.915	0.239
2094	24,634,192	24,747,048	225,712	0.912	0.242
2095	24,859,904	24,973,506	227,204	0.910	0.244
2096	25,087,108	25,201,603	228,990	0.909	0.246
2097	25,316,098	25,431,504	230,812	0.908	0.249
2098	25,546,910	25,663,508	233,196	0.909	0.251
2099	25,780,106	25,897,696	235,180	0.908	0.254
2100	26,015,286	26,134,299	238,026	0.911	0.257