United Arab Emirates
Population 2026
11,574,684
Overview
- Yearly change
- +2.02%
- Density
- 163 per km²
- Land area
- 71,020 km²
- Capital
- Abu Dhabi
- Currency
- Dirham (AED)
- Official languages
- AR-AE, FA, EN, HI
- Urban population
- 86.0%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 119,3252026
- Deaths
- 11,1142026
- Birth rate
- 9.8per 1,000
- Death rate
- 1.0per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.21
- Life expectancy
- 83.1At birth, years
- Median age
- 31.6
- Net migration
- 158,634
Age distribution
- 0–1416.0%
- 15–6482.2%
- 65+1.8%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $552B
- GDP per capita
- $50.3K
- GDP growth
- +4.0%
- Inflation
- 1.3%
- Unemployment
- 2.2%
- Exports
- $558B
- Imports
- $482B
- Tourism receipts
- —% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture0.8%
- Industry44.3%
- Manufacturing9.4%
- Services54.9%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture1.4%
- Industry30.6%
- Services68.0%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DubaiDubai | 3,790,0002026 |
| 2 | Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi | 1,807,0002026 |
| 3 | SharjahSharjah | 1,800,0002026 |
| 4 | Al Ain CityAbu Dhabi | 846,7472024 |
| 5 | AjmanAjman | 490,0352026 |
| 6 | Ras Al KhaimahRas Al Khaimah | 351,9432026 |
| 7 | MusaffahAbu Dhabi | 243,3412024 |
| 8 | Jebel AliDubai | 210,0002026 |
| 9 | FujairahFujairah | 118,9332026 |
| 10 | WarīsānDubai | 108,7592026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11,574,684 | 119K | 11.1K |
| 2020 | 9,448,529 | 98.9K | 10.6K |
| 2010 | 6,938,372 | 78.1K | 7.5K |
| 2000 | 3,493,583 | 57.0K | 7.0K |
| 1990 | 1,898,220 | 46.6K | 5.3K |
| 1980 | 1,015,711 | 28.9K | 3.9K |
| 1970 | 286,553 | 8.9K | 2.0K |
| 1960 | 131,348 | 5.2K | 1.8K |
| 1950 | 74,532 | 3.4K | 1.7K |