Demographics of UAE

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date13 Dec 2021

As of 2021, the population of UAE is projected at 9.99 million, up by 1.02% compared with 9.89 million in 2020. UAE is ranked 93rd in terms of population and 107th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.1 million births in UAE in 2021. That is 274 per day, which is ranked 111th. The crude birth rate is 10.03 per 1000 people. There are 16.48 thousand deaths in UAE in 2021. That is 45 per day, which is ranked 146th. The crude death rate is 1.65 per 1000 people.

8.68 million people are living in urban areas, which is 87.3% of UAE population. UAE is ranked 45th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in UAE in 2021 is 222.01 males per 100 females. There are 6.89 million males and 3.10 million females in UAE. The percentage of female population is 31.06% compare to 68.94% male population. UAE has 3.79 million more males than females. UAE is at 200th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

UAE population

Year Population Growth (%)
195069,594-
195579,5793.99
196092,4176.00
1965149,8558.55
1970234,51215.46
1975548,29517.29
19801,019,5079.42
19851,366,1655.58
19901,828,4375.95
19952,415,0995.26
20003,134,0675.67
20054,588,22212.77
20108,549,9987.99
20159,262,8960.53
20169,360,9751.06
20179,487,2061.35
20189,630,9661.52
20199,770,5261.45
20209,890,4001.23
20219,991,0831.02
  • Total
  • Crude

UAE death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,7033,68023.1848.81
19551,5703,76220.1449.05
19601,5644,68315.7147.27
19651,6506,42711.1543.86
19702,0189,8927.4837.28
19752,85217,4334.9930.70
19803,65029,8183.6529.84
19854,18341,7712.9930.02
19904,72947,7622.5625.98
19955,24448,6582.1720.21
20005,97152,9331.8716.49
20058,16371,1261.6014.00
201011,08794,1171.4011.89
201512,932101,3861.3810.77
202015,614100,0211.5810.13
202116,478100,0731.6510.03
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of UAE

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195037,92531,663-54.500
195551,38528,1937.3164.572
196068,08624,5488.5073.500
1965116,86633,4969.6877.723
1970187,92847,57115.5479.800
1975442,351111,97317.6079.800
1980841,303201,0819.7680.710
19851,110,111280,9415.2179.804
19901,470,491389,6835.7479.051
19951,917,885530,9354.9678.319
20002,531,398623,5276.1480.236
20053,767,260812,30212.5682.262
20106,954,5931,316,0918.3384.087
20157,842,8831,311,4191.2785.674
20208,542,1441,271,0261.6687.048
20218,675,3061,262,1731.5687.299
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

UAE population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 250,889 240,881 491,770 4.92 104.155
05-09 266,164 254,872 521,036 5.22 104.430
10-14 242,258 232,936 475,194 4.76 104.002
15-19 231,148 201,156 432,304 4.33 114.910
20-24 509,487 233,067 742,554 7.43 218.601
25-29 1,041,613 344,706 1,386,319 13.88 302.174
30-34 1,272,324 459,192 1,731,516 17.33 277.079
35-39 964,308 408,344 1,372,652 13.74 236.151
40-44 671,480 251,885 923,365 9.24 266.582
45-49 541,001 162,750 703,751 7.04 332.412
50-54 363,330 124,477 487,807 4.88 291.885
55-59 270,411 92,495 362,906 3.63 292.352
60-64 165,645 49,544 215,189 2.15 334.339
65-69 50,279 22,531 72,810 0.73 223.155
70-74 23,557 12,946 36,503 0.37 181.964
75-79 15,859 5,800 21,659 0.22 273.431
80-84 5,425 2,799 8,224 0.08 193.819
85-89 2,333 1,663 3,996 0.04 140.289
90-94 694 520 1,214 0.01 133.462
95-99 129 149 278 0.00 86.577
100+ 11 25 36 0.00 44.000
Total 6,888,345 3,102,738 9,991,083 222.009