United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
The United Arab Emirates is renowned for its iconic Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, and the stunning natural beauty of the Liwa Oasis in the vast Rub' al Khali desert. The country is also famous for influential figures like Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE.
| Year | Population | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,986,400 | +502,649 | |
| 2023 | 10,483,751 | +408,774 | |
| 2022 | 10,074,977 | +499,825 | |
| 2021 | 9,575,152 | +174,114 | |
| 2020 | 9,401,038 | -44,747 | |
| 2019 | 9,445,785 | +99,084 | |
| 2018 | 9,346,701 | +123,476 | |
| 2017 | 9,223,225 | +288,130 | |
| 2016 | 8,935,095 | +429,858 | |
| 2015 | 8,505,237 | +445,797 | |
| 2014 | 8,059,440 | +366,409 | |
| 2013 | 7,693,031 | +301,583 | |
| 2012 | 7,391,448 | +286,910 | |
| 2011 | 7,104,538 | +234,700 | |
| 2010 | 6,869,838 | +162,780 | |
| 2009 | 6,707,058 | +404,394 | |
| 2008 | 6,302,664 | +678,029 | |
| 2007 | 5,624,635 | +615,535 | |
| 2006 | 5,009,100 | +344,310 | |
| 2005 | 4,664,790 | +235,823 | |
| 2004 | 4,428,967 | +236,510 | |
| 2003 | 4,192,457 | +235,631 | |
| 2002 | 3,956,826 | +233,236 | |
| 2001 | 3,723,590 | +230,015 | |
| 2000 | 3,493,575 | +227,566 | |
| 1999 | 3,266,009 | +225,588 | |
| 1998 | 3,040,421 | +223,011 | |
| 1997 | 2,817,410 | +219,846 | |
| 1996 | 2,597,564 | +162,902 | |
| 1995 | 2,434,662 | +106,474 | |
| 1994 | 2,328,188 | +106,095 | |
| 1993 | 2,222,093 | +107,363 | |
| 1992 | 2,114,730 | +108,104 | |
| 1991 | 2,006,626 | +108,406 | |
| 1990 | 1,898,220 | +108,369 | |
| 1989 | 1,789,851 | +108,063 | |
| 1988 | 1,681,788 | +107,544 | |
| 1987 | 1,574,244 | +106,861 | |
| 1986 | 1,467,383 | +89,472 | |
| 1985 | 1,377,911 | +71,915 | |
| 1984 | 1,305,996 | +70,691 | |
| 1983 | 1,235,305 | +68,935 | |
| 1982 | 1,166,370 | +66,515 | |
| 1981 | 1,099,855 | +84,155 | |
| 1980 | 1,015,700 | +103,690 | |
| 1979 | 912,010 | +102,736 | |
| 1978 | 809,274 | +99,065 | |
| 1977 | 710,209 | +94,343 | |
| 1976 | 615,866 | +73,010 | |
| 1975 | 542,856 | +53,769 | |
| 1974 | 489,087 | +52,688 | |
| 1973 | 436,399 | +51,385 | |
| 1972 | 385,014 | +49,987 | |
| 1971 | 335,027 | +48,491 | |
| 1970 | 286,536 | +46,876 | |
| 1969 | 239,660 | +40,244 | |
| 1968 | 199,416 | +19,716 | |
| 1967 | 179,700 | +5,724 | |
| 1966 | 173,976 | +6,873 | |
| 1965 | 167,103 | +7,411 | |
| 1964 | 159,692 | +7,481 | |
| 1963 | 152,211 | +7,265 | |
| 1962 | 144,946 | +6,957 | |
| 1961 | 137,989 | +6,655 | |
| 1960 | 131,334 | — |