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Total Population of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Total population of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) data, statistics, estimates and figures. Generally, population data for the UAE is somewhat unreliable given that a census is not held very frequently, and for various reasons, even when there is a census, that data could be suspect (for example inhabitants of overpopulated villas will probably be reluctant to draw attention to themselves, similarly for unmarried couples living together, or those living in the UAE on repeated visit visas). Some estimates and numbers in the table below.
| Year | UAE Population Actual/Estimate |
Source | Date | %tage UAE¹ |
Forecast | Source | Forecast Date |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2050 | 8,253,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 2040 | 7,444,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 2030 | 6,555,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 6.1 million | UNCTAD | 26 Dec 2010 | ||||||
| 2020 | 5,660,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 2015 | 5,193,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 2010 | 4,707,000 | UN DESA² | 2008 | |||||
| 2010 | 4,067,178 | World Gazetter / Calculation | unknown | |||||
| 2010 | 13.3% | 7.56 million | Tanmia | 25 Jan 2010 | ||||
| 2010 | 8,264,0703 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 03 Apr 2011 | 11.5% | ||||
| 2009 | 6,647,945 | The Economist Global Debt Clock | 07 Oct 2010 | |||||
| 2009 | 8,199,996 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 31 Mar 2011 | |||||
| 2009 | 8.19 million | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 30 May 2010 | |||||
| 2009 | 6 million | Employment and visa info (GN) | 07 Oct 2009 | 16.5% | ||||
| 2009 | 4,598,600 | World Bank | ||||||
| 2008 | 8,073,626 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 31 Mar 2011 | |||||
| 2008 | 8.07 million | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 30 May 2010 | |||||
| 2008 | 4.76 million | UAE Ministry of Economy estimate | 25 Sep 2008 | |||||
| 2008 | 4,967,142 | Source unknown | ||||||
| 2007 | 6,219,006 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 31 Mar 2011 | |||||
| 2007 | 4.48 million | UAE Ministry of Economy estimate | 25 Sep 2008 | |||||
| 2006 | 5,012,384 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 31 Mar 2011 | |||||
| 2005 | 5.63 million | UAE population report | 2006 | 15.4% | ||||
| 2005 | 4,089,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 2005 | 3,380,730 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | ||||||
| 2005 | 4,106,427 | National Bureau of Statistics UAE | 31 Mar 2011 | |||||
| 2005 | 4,104,695 | National Census in 2005 | 2005 | 20.1% | ||||
| 2004 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 4,041,000 | World Gazetter / Estimate | ||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2001 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 3,238,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1999 | 2,938,000 | World Gazetter / Estimate | ||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 1997 | ||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||
| 1995 | 2,432,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1995 | 2,411,041 | UAE Census (TN) | 31 May 2010 | |||||
| 1995 | 2,377,453 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | 24.4% | |||||
| 1995 | 1,886,708 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | ||||||
| 1990 | 1,867,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1985 | 1,622,300 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | ||||||
| 1985 | 1,410,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1985 | 1,095,577 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | ||||||
| 1980 | 1,015,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1980 | 842,415 | World Gazetter / UAE Census | ||||||
| 1975 | 557,887 | UAE Census (TN) | 31 May 2010 | 30.5% | ||||
| 1975 | 530,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1975 | 468,287 | World Gazetter (Gazetteer)/UAE Census | ||||||
| 1970 | 225,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1968 | 180,226 | Census | ||||||
| 1965 | 144,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1960 | 90,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1955 | 79,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1950 | 70,000 | UN DESA² | ||||||
| 1904 | 80,000 | Frauke Heard-Bey - Tribal Society |
- Population figures are assumed to be as at the end of the year unless otherwise noted.
- Numbers and sources in italics are unconfirmed.
- Tanmia is The National Human Resources Development and Employment Authority.
- The UAE was founded in December 1971. Figures prior to that are attempted totals for the seven emirates that became the UAE.
- %tage UAE is percentage of resident population represented by UAE National citizens.
- World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (UN DESA or UN ESA?). Figures using Medium Variant as input criteria. Variation of ±1% for 2015 up to ±10% for 2050.
- Estimated figure for mid-2010 according to data released 31 March 2011 by the UAE National Statistics Bureau. Calculated according to the formula Current Estimate = 2005 Census population + Births - Deaths + Immigrants - Emigrants since 2005 Census. Figures for Births and Deaths from the UAE Ministry of Health, figures for Immigrants and Emigrants based on residence visas issued, renewed, and cancelled from the UAE Ministry of the Interior.
UAE population breakdown by nationality (07 October 2009 Gulf News report)
- India - 1.75 million residents
- Pakistan - 1.25 million
- Bangladesh - 500,000
- Other Asian countries, including Afghanistan, China, Iran, Korea, Philippines, Thailand - 1 million
- Western expatriates, including Australia, Europe, Africa, Latin America - 500,000
UAE Population by Emirate
Emirates listed in order from most populous to least populated with figures from 2005 census, and from 2008 (source unknown)
| Emirate | Female | Male | Total² | 2008³ | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Dubai¹ | 319,287 | 881,022 | 1,200,309 | 1,770,533 | 1,770,8884 | 1,905,4764 |
| Abu Dhabi¹ | 442,050 | 850,069 | 1,292,119 | 1,548,655 | 1,967,6595 | |
| Sharjah | 251,206 | 881,022 | 724,859 | 895,252 | ||
| Ajman | 69,559 | 120,290 | 189,849 | 372,923 | ||
| Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) | 17,940 | 27,816 | 45,756 | 171,903 | ||
| Fujairah | 76,830 | 120,741 | 197,571 | 137,940 | ||
| Umm Al Quwain (UAQ) | 45,165 | 73,452 | 118,617 | 69,936 | ||
| Total | 1,222,037 | 2,547,043 | 3,769,080 | 4,967,142 | ||
| Percentage of total | 32.4% | 67.6% | 100% |
- Abu Dhabi was more populous than Dubai up until 2008, after which Dubai had a higher population.
- Figures do not include and estimated 335,615 non-nationals not counted in the census. Total population of the UAE including that number is 4,104,695. Figures also do not include visitors to the UAE, which numbered 765,682 for the month of December 2005 according to Ministry of Interior data (when the census was conducted).
- Abu Dhabi includes population of Al Ain (651,904), Fujairah includes population of Dibba (30,000), Sharjah includes population of Khorfakkan (49,635)
- Dubai Statistics Center Population Estimations & Predictions 2007-2010.
- Statistics Center Abu Dhabi (SCAD) Abu Dhabi Statistical Yearbook 2011.
Male to female population ratio in the UAE
- There are more than twice as many males as females living in the UAE. This is due partly to the high proportion of men working in the construction industry and other similar labour class employment.
UAE census dates
- 2010 - scheduled for April 2010. Gulf News reported 23 Nov 2009 that the Population and Building Census 2010 would cost AED 65 million, and that 10,000 experts and analysts, including 8,000 statistics officials, would carry out the survey. But nobody noticed. Well, it turned out to have been cancelled.
- 2005 - carried out from 06-31 December 2005?
- 1995 - UAE population 2.41 million
- 1975 - UAE population 557,887
- 1968 - first census, organised by the Trucial States Council for Dubai (58,971 people) and other emirates (74,880) excluding Abu Dhabi. In Abu Dhabi at the same time, the Department of Planning carried out a census (46,375).
Abu Dhabi Census 2011
- 03 November 2011 - field operations completed for Abu Dhabi Census 2011 according to an announcement by Statistics Center Abu Dhabi (SCAD) on 29 October 2011. Provisional results expected to be released by end December 2011, and final results to be released in May 2012.
- On 06 April 2011 The National reported that plans to conduct a door-to-door census have been shelved indefinitely, but it wasn't clear from the report how they arrived at that conclusion. Update: Census underway for Abu Dhabi emirate during October 2011.
Last update Thursday 01-Dec-2011. Page development 3D 4L 5C.
Related pages
Related websites (new window)
- www.tedad.ae - website for the 2005 UAE Census, in Arabic and English, but 2005 census statistics and results not available?
- www.uaestatistics.gov.ae - UAE National Bureau of Statistics official website
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