Demographics of United Arab Emirates

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date12 Apr 2024

There are 6.62 million males and 2.97 million females in United Arab Emirates. The percentage of the male population is 69.01%, compared to 30.99% of the female population. United Arab Emirates has 3646446 more males than females. The sex ratio in United Arab Emirates in 2024 will be 222.664 males per 100 females. United Arab Emirates has the 2nd lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

UAE population

Year Population Growth (%)
195074,5916.82
1955101,8035.61
1960133,4265.53
1965173,7974.95
1970298,08415.36
1975543,3949.55
19801,014,04810.44
19851,379,5365.18
19901,900,1515.70
19952,433,9884.31
20003,275,3335.45
20054,280,9939.24
20108,481,7711.13
20158,916,8990.89
20209,287,2890.86
20219,365,1450.81
20229,441,1290.80
20239,516,8710.80
20249,591,8530.77
  • Total
  • Crude

UAE death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,7283,50923.68148.100
19551,9294,34319.26043.360
19602,0435,49515.54641.814
19652,0306,76411.81239.360
19702,1389,3227.66833.432
19752,95215,2725.63829.163
19803,81229,8653.91330.660
19854,23240,1513.10829.488
19905,05448,4442.70425.923
19956,14846,8782.55919.508
20006,76253,4562.10716.660
20056,42962,5311.56315.206
20106,755116,0380.79513.665
20159,044102,4191.01411.478
202016,40698,6481.76610.620
202117,54896,5361.87410.307
202217,60993,3431.8659.888
202316,07591,8281.6899.649
202416,21190,4241.6909.428
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of UAE

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195037,92531,66354.500
195551,38528,19364.572
196068,08624,54873.500
1965116,86633,49677.723
1970187,92847,57179.800
1975442,351111,97379.800
1980841,303201,08180.710
19851,110,111280,94179.804
19901,470,491389,68379.051
19951,917,885530,93578.319
20002,531,398623,52780.236
20053,767,260812,30282.262
20106,954,5931,316,09184.087
20157,842,8831,311,41985.674
20208,542,1441,271,02687.048
20218,675,3061,262,17387.299
20228,808,4171,253,45787.543
20238,941,5771,244,90487.779
20249,074,5361,236,48988.008
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

UAE population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 241,561 230,442 472,003 4.92 104.825
05-09 251,857 231,173 483,030 5.04 108.947
10-14 255,176 239,802 494,978 5.16 106.411
15-19 199,780 197,166 396,946 4.14 101.326
20-24 322,684 156,782 479,466 5.00 205.817
25-29 894,951 226,802 1,121,753 11.69 394.596
30-34 1,057,161 380,288 1,437,450 14.99 277.990
35-39 1,040,925 402,806 1,443,730 15.05 258.418
40-44 873,402 324,188 1,197,589 12.49 269.412
45-49 617,295 223,715 841,010 8.77 275.929
50-54 405,421 135,137 540,558 5.64 300.007
55-59 238,293 85,180 323,473 3.37 279.752
60-64 121,897 53,963 175,861 1.83 225.890
65-69 50,859 32,339 83,198 0.87 157.268
70-74 20,947 20,169 41,115 0.43 103.857
75-79 12,448 13,001 25,450 0.27 95.746
80-84 6,399 8,082 14,482 0.15 79.176
85-89 6,383 8,602 14,985 0.16 74.204
90-94 1,444 2,494 3,938 0.04 57.899
95-99 250 522 772 0.01 47.893
100+ 17 51 67 0.00 33.333
Total 6,619,150 2,972,704 9,591,854 222.664