The statistic shows the demographic structure of the population in the Abu Dhabi emirate as of mid 2016, broken down by age group and citizenship. In that year, there was approximately 86,000 foreigners between the ages of 15 and 19 years. According to estimates, the total population of Abu Dhabi in at this time was about 2.9 million, with 2.4 million foreigners and 550,000 local Abu Dhabi citizens.

Key information about United Arab Emirates population

• The United Arab Emirates population reached 10.7 million people in Dec 2023, compared with the previously reported figure of 10.3 million people in Dec 2022
• The data reached an all-time high of 10.7 million people in Dec 2023 and a record low of 0.1 million people in Dec 1951

CEIC shifts year-end for annual Population. National Institute of Statistics provides annual Population ending the second quarter of each year. Population prior to 2020 is based on previous censuses. Population prior to 2020 is a mid-year estimate sourced from the International Monetary Fund.


Further information about United Arab Emirates population data

• In the latest reports, United Arab Emirates Unemployment Rate dropped to 2.9 % in Dec 2022
• Monthly earnings of the United Arab Emirates population was 1,977.4 USD in Dec 2016
• United Arab Emirates Labour Force Participation Rate increased to 82.6 % in Dec 2023

Total current population for UAE in 2025 is 9,665,319, a 0.77% increase from 2024.

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<li>Total population for UAE in 2024 was <strong>9,591,853</strong>, a <strong>8.51% decline</strong> from 2023.</li>
<li>Total population for UAE in 2023 was <strong>10,483,751</strong>, a <strong>4.06% increase</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>Total population for UAE in 2022 was <strong>10,074,977</strong>, a <strong>5.22% increase</strong> from 2021.</li>
</ul>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.

United Arab Emirates AE: Population Density: People per Square Km data was reported at 112.442 Person/sq km in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 110.881 Person/sq km for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population Density: People per Square Km data is updated yearly, averaging 21.005 Person/sq km from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2017, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 112.442 Person/sq km in 2017 and a record low of 1.209 Person/sq km in 1961. United Arab Emirates AE: Population Density: People per Square Km data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.; Weighted average;

The statistic describes the distribution of employed population in the United Arab Emirates in 2016, by gender and region of origin. As of 2016, 66.3 percent of the female working population and 86 percent of the male working population in the United Arab Emirates were of Asian origin.

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Growth data was reported at 1.398 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.252 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 5.936 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.695 % in 1973 and a record low of 0.715 % in 2014. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; Derived from total population. Population source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision, (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database, and (6) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme.; Weighted average;

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Dubai, UAE metro area from 1950 to 2025.

The statistic shows value of welfare payments in the United Arab Emirates in 2016, by demographic group. The government of the United Arab Emirates spent more than 882 million United Arab Emirates dirhams on welfare payments to the elderly in 2016.

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data was reported at 73.941 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 73.775 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 54.297 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 73.941 % in 2017 and a record low of 51.471 % in 1960. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: as % of Total: Female: Aged 15-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Weighted average; Relevance to gender indicator: Knowing how many girls, adolescents and women there are in a population helps a country in determining its provision of services.

The statistic shows the demographic structure of the migrant population in the Abu Dhabi emirate as of mid 2016, broken down by age group and gender. In that year, there was approximately 48,000 females migrants between the ages of 15 and 19 years. According to estimates, the total non-citizen population of Abu Dhabi at this time was about 2.36 million, with about 1.57 million males and 782,000 females.

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data was reported at 15.134 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 15.555 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 12.877 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.218 % in 2011 and a record low of 5.197 % in 1960. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 35-39: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 35 to 39 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Employment to Population Ratio for the United Arab Emirates was 76.05% in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Employment to Population Ratio for the United Arab Emirates reached a record high of 79.25 in January of 2016 and a record low of 73.18 in January of 1991. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Employment to Population Ratio for the United Arab Emirates - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

The United Arab Emirates: Mobile network coverage, percent of the population: The latest value from 2016 is 100 percent, unchanged from 100 percent in 2015. In comparison, the world average is 94.01 percent, based on data from 138 countries. Historically, the average for the United Arab Emirates from 2012 to 2016 is 100 percent. The minimum value, 100 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 100 percent was recorded in 2012.

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male data was reported at 6,806,044.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 6,744,664.000 Person for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 1,113,581.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6,806,044.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 46,355.000 Person in 1960. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all male residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.; ; World Bank staff estimates using the World Bank's total population and age/sex distributions of the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; Sum;

The statistic shows the demographic structure of the population in the Abu Dhabi emirate as of mid 2016, broken down by age group and gender. In that year, there was approximately 75,000 females between the ages of 15 and 19 years. According to estimates, the total population of Abu Dhabi in at this time was about 2.9 million inhabitants, with 1.86 million male and about one million female inhabitants.

United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 1.727 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.591 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 6.937 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.696 % in 1973 and a record low of 1.077 % in 2014. United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Weighted average;

United Arab Emirates AE: Population in Largest City data was reported at 2,595,767.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,503,700.000 Person for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 429,908.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,595,767.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 36,315.000 Person in 1960. United Arab Emirates AE: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population data was reported at 8,107,437.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7,968,622.000 Person for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,352,225.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8,107,437.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 68,086.000 Person in 1960. United Arab Emirates AE: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.; Sum;

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Female: Ages 10-14: % of Female Population data was reported at 7.367 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.207 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Female: Ages 10-14: % of Female Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.203 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.228 % in 2000 and a record low of 6.996 % in 2014. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Female: Ages 10-14: % of Female Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Female population between the ages 10 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data was reported at 3.489 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3.426 % for 2016. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 7.213 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 14.307 % in 1960 and a record low of 2.888 % in 2010. United Arab Emirates AE: Population: Male: Ages 5-9: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Arab Emirates – Table AE.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 5 to 9 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;