# Population in United Arab Emirates

Population in United Arab Emirates was 11.51 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `ae`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/united-arab-emirates
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/united-arab-emirates.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=ae

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 11,513,149 |
| 2024 | 10,986,400 |
| 2023 | 10,483,751 |
| 2022 | 10,074,977 |
| 2021 | 9,575,152 |
| 2020 | 9,401,038 |
| 2019 | 9,445,785 |
| 2018 | 9,346,701 |
| 2017 | 9,223,225 |
| 2016 | 8,935,095 |
| 2015 | 8,505,237 |
| 2014 | 8,059,440 |
| 2013 | 7,693,031 |
| 2012 | 7,391,448 |
| 2011 | 7,104,538 |
| 2010 | 6,869,838 |
| 2009 | 6,707,058 |
| 2008 | 6,302,664 |
| 2007 | 5,624,635 |
| 2006 | 5,009,100 |
| 2005 | 4,664,790 |
| 2004 | 4,428,967 |
| 2003 | 4,192,457 |
| 2002 | 3,956,826 |
| 2001 | 3,723,590 |
| 2000 | 3,493,575 |
| 1999 | 3,266,009 |
| 1998 | 3,040,421 |
| 1997 | 2,817,410 |
| 1996 | 2,597,564 |
| 1995 | 2,434,662 |
| 1994 | 2,328,188 |
| 1993 | 2,222,093 |
| 1992 | 2,114,730 |
| 1991 | 2,006,626 |
| 1990 | 1,898,220 |
| 1989 | 1,789,851 |
| 1988 | 1,681,788 |
| 1987 | 1,574,244 |
| 1986 | 1,467,383 |
| 1985 | 1,377,911 |
| 1984 | 1,305,996 |
| 1983 | 1,235,305 |
| 1982 | 1,166,370 |
| 1981 | 1,099,855 |
| 1980 | 1,015,700 |
| 1979 | 912,010 |
| 1978 | 809,274 |
| 1977 | 710,209 |
| 1976 | 615,866 |
| 1975 | 542,856 |
| 1974 | 489,087 |
| 1973 | 436,399 |
| 1972 | 385,014 |
| 1971 | 335,027 |
| 1970 | 286,536 |
| 1969 | 239,660 |
| 1968 | 199,416 |
| 1967 | 179,700 |
| 1966 | 173,976 |
| 1965 | 167,103 |
| 1964 | 159,692 |
| 1963 | 152,211 |
| 1962 | 144,946 |
| 1961 | 137,989 |
| 1960 | 131,334 |