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United Arab Emirates population

United Arab Emirates population now

11,622,648

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 9.4–13.3 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 10,642,081

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 11.5747 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 9.4–13.3 million
Median age: 32.6
Aged 65+: 1.8%

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ARE · 1950–2100 · in brief

United Arab Emirates in numbers

10,642,081 people lived in The United Arab Emirates in mid-2023: 0.13% of the world's people, and the 89th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 142.8 times its 1950 population of 74,512.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 26.1 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 2.3 million to 77.5 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 18.5 in 1950 and 32.2 in 2023; the projection has 34.9 in 2100. 1.7% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 11.4% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

Its place in the world by population: 89th in 2023, 84th in 2050, 68th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Cuba in 2024, Czechia in 2024 and Honduras in 2024. It is overtaken by Tajikistan in 2040 and Togo in 2048.

Population, mid-2023: 10,642,081
Rank by population, 2023: 89 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.13%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +3.91% · +399,994 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 150
Land area, 2023: 71,020 km²
Births, 2023: 104,015
Deaths, 2023: 9,916
Net migration, 2023: +300,004
Children per woman, 2023: 1.20
Median age, 2023: 32.2 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 82.9 years
In a city, 2025: 75 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 74,512
Projected, mid-2050: 15,367,392
Projected, mid-2100: 26,134,299

ARE · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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Show the numbers: United Arab Emirates, 1950–2100

United Arab Emirates: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	72,048		3,395	1,660	6.50	42.1
1951	estimate	76,976		3,515	1,694	6.50	42.9
1952	estimate	82,104		3,651	1,725	6.50	43.6
1953	estimate	87,418		3,798	1,749	6.50	44.4
1954	estimate	92,876		3,963	1,768	6.50	45.2
1955	estimate	98,429		4,137	1,780	6.50	46.0
1956	estimate	104,087		4,329	1,789	6.49	46.9
1957	estimate	109,838		4,534	1,796	6.49	47.8
1958	estimate	115,730		4,752	1,803	6.48	48.8
1959	estimate	121,794		4,999	1,814	6.50	49.7
1960	estimate	128,080		5,243	1,824	6.50	50.6
1961	estimate	134,589		5,491	1,835	6.49	51.6
1962	estimate	141,389		5,743	1,843	6.49	52.5
1963	estimate	148,503		6,004	1,848	6.50	53.5
1964	estimate	155,919		6,254	1,845	6.49	54.5
1965	estimate	163,465		6,497	1,823	6.50	55.5
1966	estimate	170,742		6,725	1,770	6.50	56.6
1967	estimate	177,211		6,952	1,688	6.51	57.6
1968	estimate	182,189		7,160	1,572	6.53	58.7
1969	estimate	216,642		7,898	1,761	6.52	59.8
1970	estimate	262,678		8,914	1,992	6.52	60.8
1971	estimate	310,393		10,027	2,187	6.52	61.8
1972	estimate	359,661		11,189	2,370	6.50	62.7
1973	estimate	410,366		12,372	2,550	6.46	63.5
1974	estimate	462,431		13,566	2,731	6.41	64.3
1975	estimate	515,742		14,778	2,918	6.35	65.1
1976	estimate	569,971		15,988	3,112	6.29	65.8
1977	estimate	661,761		19,126	3,340	6.22	66.5
1978	estimate	758,657		22,435	3,555	6.15	67.1
1979	estimate	859,891		25,740	3,753	6.06	67.6
1980	estimate	964,130		28,938	3,934	5.95	68.2
1981	estimate	1,067,270		31,651	4,091	5.81	68.6
1982	estimate	1,132,440		33,749	4,164	5.66	69.1
1983	estimate	1,200,300		35,729	4,249	5.48	69.5
1984	estimate	1,270,311		37,593	4,344	5.30	69.8
1985	estimate	1,341,681		39,301	4,445	5.13	70.1
1986	estimate	1,414,142		41,389	4,560	5.00	70.4
1987	estimate	1,520,624		42,451	4,711	4.88	70.6
1988	estimate	1,627,864		43,738	4,877	4.77	70.8
1989	estimate	1,735,712		45,215	5,067	4.65	71.0
1990	estimate	1,843,989		46,627	5,288	4.51	71.1
1991	estimate	1,952,451		46,947	5,539	4.25	71.1
1992	estimate	2,060,800		47,976	5,858	4.09	71.2
1993	estimate	2,168,660		47,548	6,224	3.82	71.2
1994	estimate	2,275,527		49,610	6,635	3.76	71.2
1995	estimate	2,380,849		45,623	6,940	3.28	71.4
1996	estimate	2,488,476		45,039	7,154	3.06	71.8
1997	estimate	2,706,652		45,655	7,450	2.83	72.6
1998	estimate	2,928,167		48,653	7,476	2.77	73.7
1999	estimate	3,152,676		53,489	7,294	2.79	75.0
2000	estimate	3,379,342		56,993	7,000	2.73	76.3
2001	estimate	3,607,809		59,497	6,708	2.62	77.6
2002	estimate	3,839,372		62,434	6,513	2.54	78.7
2003	estimate	4,074,280		65,598	6,480	2.49	79.6
2004	estimate	4,310,634		66,945	6,598	2.38	80.3
2005	estimate	4,547,300		66,905	6,861	2.23	80.8
2006	estimate	4,782,280		61,574	7,231	1.96	81.2
2007	estimate	5,235,920		62,588	7,539	1.79	81.4
2008	estimate	6,013,349		63,022	7,595	1.52	81.6
2009	estimate	6,591,980		74,333	7,812	1.58	81.7
2010	estimate	6,822,136		78,052	7,448	1.56	81.9
2011	estimate	7,054,590		81,872	7,393	1.54	81.9
2012	estimate	7,344,257		87,548	7,747	1.53	81.9
2013	estimate	7,649,980		92,561	8,087	1.53	82.0
2014	estimate	8,013,714		94,485	8,352	1.48	82.0
2015	estimate	8,460,035		95,591	8,854	1.42	82.1
2016	estimate	8,889,231		97,054	9,096	1.37	82.2
2017	estimate	9,172,515		98,443	8,961	1.35	82.4
2018	estimate	9,296,139		95,790	8,944	1.29	82.5
2019	estimate	9,397,601		94,664	8,981	1.25	82.6
2020	estimate	9,358,094		98,881	10,566	1.29	81.9
2021	estimate	9,538,954		90,831	12,312	1.16	79.1
2022	estimate	10,039,142		95,204	12,086	1.15	80.5
2023	estimate	10,445,031		104,015	9,916	1.20	82.9
2024	estimate	10,839,131		108,273	10,719	1.21	83.1
2025	projection	11,215,127	10.2–11.7 million	114,046	10,934	1.21	83.2
2026	projection	11,476,873	9.7–12.5 million	119,325	11,114	1.21	83.4
2027	projection	11,672,491	9.4–13.3 million	124,196	11,210	1.21	83.5
2028	projection	11,838,700	9.2–14.2 million	129,060	11,296	1.22	83.7
2029	projection	11,985,813	9.1–15.0 million	133,505	11,377	1.22	83.8
2030	projection	12,123,467	9.0–15.7 million	137,833	11,448	1.23	84.0
2031	projection	12,257,743	9.0–16.5 million	142,228	11,531	1.23	84.2
2032	projection	12,396,478	9.1–17.3 million	146,213	11,629	1.24	84.3
2033	projection	12,539,154	9.1–18.2 million	149,755	11,720	1.25	84.4
2034	projection	12,685,376	9.2–19.0 million	152,952	11,833	1.25	84.6
2035	projection	12,834,777	9.3–19.8 million	155,482	11,949	1.26	84.7
2036	projection	12,986,627	9.3–20.7 million	157,842	12,081	1.26	84.8
2037	projection	13,140,805	9.4–21.4 million	159,703	12,206	1.27	85.0
2038	projection	13,296,790	9.5–22.2 million	161,647	12,356	1.28	85.1
2039	projection	13,454,693	9.5–22.8 million	162,929	12,518	1.28	85.2
2040	projection	13,613,685	9.5–23.5 million	164,188	12,705	1.28	85.4
2041	projection	13,773,868	9.4–24.5 million	165,397	12,920	1.29	85.5
2042	projection	13,935,181	9.4–25.4 million	166,560	13,176	1.29	85.7
2043	projection	14,097,482	9.3–26.0 million	167,758	13,489	1.30	85.8
2044	projection	14,260,709	9.3–27.0 million	168,913	13,856	1.30	85.9
2045	projection	14,424,914	9.3–27.8 million	170,035	14,272	1.31	86.0
2046	projection	14,589,818	9.3–29.1 million	171,044	14,725	1.31	86.2
2047	projection	14,757,700	9.1–30.3 million	172,310	15,226	1.31	86.3
2048	projection	14,929,935	9.1–31.3 million	173,731	15,753	1.32	86.4
2049	projection	15,103,819	9.0–31.9 million	175,459	16,311	1.32	86.5
2050	projection	15,279,410	9.0–32.9 million	177,059	16,834	1.33	86.6
2051	projection	15,455,374	8.8–33.6 million	179,092	17,312	1.33	86.7
2052	projection	15,631,969	8.8–34.4 million	181,309	17,762	1.33	86.8
2053	projection	15,809,983	8.8–35.3 million	183,827	18,131	1.34	86.9
2054	projection	15,990,056	8.8–36.3 million	186,495	18,413	1.34	87.0
2055	projection	16,172,822	8.7–37.4 million	188,864	18,667	1.34	87.1
2056	projection	16,356,957	8.5–38.3 million	191,763	18,825	1.35	87.2
2057	projection	16,543,126	8.4–39.1 million	194,634	18,948	1.35	87.3
2058	projection	16,731,930	8.4–40.2 million	197,710	19,028	1.35	87.4
2059	projection	16,923,340	8.3–40.9 million	200,822	19,078	1.35	87.5
2060	projection	17,117,055	8.3–42.1 million	204,163	19,105	1.36	87.6
2061	projection	17,312,605	8.2–43.1 million	207,770	19,103	1.36	87.7
2062	projection	17,511,669	8.0–43.6 million	211,421	19,101	1.36	87.8
2063	projection	17,714,667	8.0–44.7 million	215,171	19,117	1.37	87.9
2064	projection	17,921,094	7.8–45.1 million	218,620	19,163	1.37	88.0
2065	projection	18,131,022	7.8–45.8 million	221,956	19,245	1.38	88.1
2066	projection	18,343,784	7.8–47.5 million	225,476	19,426	1.38	88.2
2067	projection	18,559,172	7.7–48.0 million	228,865	19,684	1.38	88.3
2068	projection	18,777,555	7.5–49.5 million	231,847	20,069	1.38	88.4
2069	projection	18,998,445	7.5–50.3 million	235,085	20,637	1.39	88.5
2070	projection	19,221,863	7.4–51.5 million	237,408	21,366	1.39	88.7
2071	projection	19,446,716	7.3–52.7 million	240,281	22,340	1.39	88.8
2072	projection	19,673,553	7.2–53.3 million	242,504	23,538	1.39	88.9
2073	projection	19,901,265	7.1–54.1 million	244,956	24,972	1.39	89.0
2074	projection	20,130,535	6.8–54.0 million	247,351	26,702	1.40	89.1
2075	projection	20,359,582	6.6–54.7 million	249,682	28,638	1.40	89.2
2076	projection	20,588,995	6.3–55.6 million	252,024	30,850	1.40	89.2
2077	projection	20,818,419	6.3–56.5 million	254,503	33,327	1.41	89.3
2078	projection	21,047,605	6.3–57.2 million	256,541	36,029	1.41	89.4
2079	projection	21,276,045	6.0–58.1 million	259,084	38,951	1.41	89.5
2080	projection	21,503,904	5.9–59.4 million	261,466	42,009	1.41	89.6
2081	projection	21,730,930	5.8–60.2 million	264,142	45,196	1.42	89.7
2082	projection	21,957,296	5.7–60.3 million	266,729	48,500	1.42	89.7
2083	projection	22,182,762	5.5–61.3 million	269,206	51,829	1.42	89.8
2084	projection	22,407,360	5.4–61.7 million	271,504	55,168	1.42	89.9
2085	projection	22,630,691	5.0–62.6 million	274,141	58,461	1.42	90.0
2086	projection	22,853,141	5.1–63.4 million	277,264	61,741	1.43	90.2
2087	projection	23,075,268	5.0–64.4 million	280,491	64,864	1.43	90.3
2088	projection	23,297,426	4.7–65.5 million	283,605	67,971	1.43	90.4
2089	projection	23,519,479	4.6–66.4 million	287,059	70,895	1.44	90.5
2090	projection	23,741,829	4.3–66.6 million	289,704	73,690	1.44	90.6
2091	projection	23,963,904	4.1–67.7 million	292,904	76,295	1.44	90.7
2092	projection	24,186,470	3.8–69.0 million	296,260	78,777	1.44	90.8
2093	projection	24,409,784	3.8–69.8 million	299,780	81,069	1.45	90.9
2094	projection	24,634,192	3.6–71.3 million	303,118	83,006	1.45	91.0
2095	projection	24,859,904	3.3–72.3 million	306,630	84,941	1.45	91.1
2096	projection	25,087,108	3.1–73.6 million	310,095	86,550	1.45	91.2
2097	projection	25,316,098	3.0–74.5 million	313,451	87,983	1.45	91.3
2098	projection	25,546,910	2.9–75.2 million	317,292	89,319	1.46	91.4
2099	projection	25,780,106	2.4–76.1 million	320,433	90,394	1.46	91.5
2100	projection	26,015,286	2.3–77.5 million	324,239	91,252	1.46	91.6

Show the numbers: United Arab Emirates, mid-2026, by single year of age

United Arab Emirates: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	60,779	59,374
1	60,174	61,224
2	59,685	62,404
3	60,267	63,129
4	62,032	64,390
5	63,253	65,240
6	63,277	64,630
7	63,042	63,409
8	62,994	62,228
9	63,276	61,387
10	63,896	61,065
11	63,814	61,080
12	61,942	60,538
13	58,006	58,510
14	52,373	54,692
15	46,514	50,070
16	45,415	46,806
17	50,582	45,712
18	59,734	46,185
19	70,190	47,304
20	83,344	50,230
21	101,196	57,478
22	121,566	67,816
23	138,928	78,712
24	152,098	90,458
25	164,557	102,782
26	178,870	112,518
27	195,452	117,866
28	213,680	117,866
29	231,151	113,477
30	245,716	108,450
31	256,828	106,464
32	262,348	105,732
33	259,888	103,783
34	254,022	103,548
35	250,614	104,846
36	243,629	103,635
37	232,418	101,229
38	222,396	99,796
39	204,920	95,502
40	175,658	87,581
41	150,630	81,430
42	138,932	77,478
43	133,748	72,468
44	127,376	66,209
45	119,574	60,234
46	112,588	54,006
47	106,566	48,018
48	101,884	43,858
49	95,902	39,415
50	88,548	34,314
51	83,367	30,350
52	79,188	29,048
53	73,854	30,488
54	65,661	30,264
55	55,441	27,602
56	48,357	25,111
57	45,506	24,063
58	44,992	25,030
59	42,555	26,394
60	37,058	26,352
61	33,893	23,800
62	32,689	19,722
63	28,024	16,233
64	21,373	13,628
65	16,886	11,750
66	14,554	10,026
67	12,471	8,240
68	9,794	6,944
69	7,428	6,129
70	6,028	5,589
71	5,249	5,186
72	4,849	4,839
73	4,776	4,561
74	4,874	4,329
75	4,954	4,104
76	4,954	3,876
77	4,868	3,644
78	3,610	2,730
79	2,500	1,880
80	1,332	906
81	1,004	828
82	998	1,046
83	1,370	1,285
84	1,303	1,141
85	1,056	1,025
86	835	898
87	666	778
88	519	580
89	348	400
90	241	298
91	178	220
92	106	172
93	78	132
94	54	98
95	36	70
96	22	47
97	13	30
98	8	19
99	5	12
100+	5	15

ARE · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

United Arab Emirates, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

ARE · ages 15–64

Who does the work in United Arab Emirates

In the United Arab Emirates the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 8,722,830 of them.

100 aged 15–64

20 children

2 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 133 years: 1968–2100.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

ARE · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in United Arab Emirates, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the United Arab Emirates gains 289,694 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 121,077 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 20,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 722,380 (2007); its biggest loss, 125,186 (2019).

In 2024, 8,157,000 people living in the United Arab Emirates had been born in another country, 74 of every 100 people there, against 69 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

ARE · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in United Arab Emirates

Of every 100 babies born in the United Arab Emirates in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 28 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 17 under 20 and 11 aged 35 or older.

1950
17 · 72 · 11

2023
1 · 71 · 28

2050 · projected
0 · 63 · 37

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 104,015
Average age when women have a baby: 31.9 years; 27.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 3; 160 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the United Arab Emirates by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	21	51	5	0	0	1
15–19	563	1,843	2,886	722	399	716
20–24	1,137	4,471	12,784	9,151	7,036	14,006
25–29	800	4,420	16,477	27,552	30,886	57,356
30–34	496	2,305	13,728	37,223	73,146	135,928
35–39	248	1,209	7,357	22,710	47,754	84,520
40–44	106	379	3,125	6,105	17,044	30,485
45–49	23	94	600	539	785	1,215
50–54	1	6	31	13	9	12
All babies	3,395	14,778	56,993	104,015	177,059	324,239

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

ARE · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in United Arab Emirates

Of the 78.3 years a baby born in the United Arab Emirates in 2021 could expect, about 67.3 would be lived in full health (95% range 66.5–68.0). That leaves 11.0 years in less than full health, more than the world's 9.5: a longer life usually brings a longer stretch of illness near its end.

Women

66.8 in full health, 13.2 not: 80.0 years

Men

67.4 in full health, 9.8 not: 77.2 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 66.8 healthy years of 80.0. Men: 67.4 of 77.2. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 69.7.

ARE · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in United Arab Emirates

At the end of 2025, the United Arab Emirates was hosting 7,634 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.7 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad7,634
United Arab Emirates nationals abroad297

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 200 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from the United Arab Emirates living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 36 people from the United Arab Emirates asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

ARE · of every 100 people

How people live in United Arab Emirates

Of every 100 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2025, 75 lived in a city, 16 in a town or suburb and 9 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). Nearly everyone uses the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

ARE · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in United Arab Emirates went in school

Of every 100 adults in the United Arab Emirates in 2020, 6 never went to school and 58 finished upper secondary or went further.

6 never went to school 9 some primary 11 finished primary 16 finished lower secondary 32 finished upper secondary 26 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 16.7 of every 100 women and 11.9 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 1.5 and 2.

Its people aged 15 to 64 are projected to be most numerous in 2035; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2045.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

ARE · cities · 2025

Cities in United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates had 15 cities in 2025, home to 8.5 million people. The largest, Dubai, holds 47 of every 100 people in the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai5,283,789
Abu Dhabi1,016,460
Al Ain873,839
Ras Al Khaimah345,621
Al Falah173,888
Al Saja'a Industrial125,257
Khalifa City105,765
Al Aamerah91,255
Fujairah80,089
Al Dhahir72,260

How to read this: one bar for each of the 10 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the United Arab Emirates are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.