United Arab Emirates's population rose from 2.6M in 1996 to 11.5M in 2025.
United Arab Emirates · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
United Arab Emirates's population growth fell from 6.5 % in 1996 to 4.7 % in 2025.
United Arab Emirates's population density rose from 32.8 in 1994 to 147.6 in 2023.
United Arab Emirates's population, female (% of total) rose from 31.2 % in 1996 to 36.2 % in 2025.
United Arab Emirates's urbanisation rose from 78.3 % in 1996 to 86.0 % in 2025.
United Arab Emirates's urban population rose from 2.03M in 1996 to 9.9M in 2025.
United Arab Emirates's rural population rose from 564,477 in 1996 to 1.62M in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +1.1 %198th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +0.5 %160th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +4.3 %217th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −9.2 %16th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs107th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts165th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts2nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts216th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts216th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts216th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −43.0 %8th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −2.0 pts2nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −2.8 %119th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs21st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs33rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs9th of 217