Population 11,513,149
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history United Arab Emirates 2025 · 11.51M
0 2.88M 5.76M 8.63M 11.51M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 131,334 1961: 137,989 1962: 144,946 1963: 152,211 1964: 159,692 1965: 167,103 1966: 173,976 1967: 179,700 1968: 199,416 1969: 239,660 1970: 286,536 1971: 335,027 1972: 385,014 1973: 436,399 1974: 489,087 1975: 542,856 1976: 615,866 1977: 710,209 1978: 809,274 1979: 912,010 1980: 1,015,700 1981: 1,099,855 1982: 1,166,370 1983: 1,235,305 1984: 1,305,996 1985: 1,377,911 1986: 1,467,383 1987: 1,574,244 1988: 1,681,788 1989: 1,789,851 1990: 1,898,220 1991: 2,006,626 1992: 2,114,730 1993: 2,222,093 1994: 2,328,188 1995: 2,434,662 1996: 2,597,564 1997: 2,817,410 1998: 3,040,421 1999: 3,266,009 2000: 3,493,575 2001: 3,723,590 2002: 3,956,826 2003: 4,192,457 2004: 4,428,967 2005: 4,664,790 2006: 5,009,100 2007: 5,624,635 2008: 6,302,664 2009: 6,707,058 2010: 6,869,838 — Break in series. Data up to the year before this year are from UN World Population Prospects, and data from this year onwards are from national statistical office. 2011: 7,104,538 2012: 7,391,448 2013: 7,693,031 2014: 8,059,440 2015: 8,505,237 2016: 8,935,095 2017: 9,223,225 2018: 9,346,701 2019: 9,445,785 2020: 9,401,038 2021: 9,575,152 2022: 10,074,977 2023: 10,483,751 — Preliminary. 2024: 10,986,400 — Preliminary. 2025: 11,513,149 — Extrapolated assuming the same growth rate as previous year. 2025 · Source notes Provider footnote Extrapolated assuming the same growth rate as previous year.
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Source & method 