United Arab Emirates (2025)
11,513,149
persons
+4.8% YoY
YoY Change
+4.8%
Trend
up
Series length
66
years of data

Data

United Arab Emirates Total Population (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year persons YoY Change
2025 11,513,149 +4.8%
2024 10,986,400 +4.8%
2023 10,483,751 +4.1%
2022 10,074,977 +5.2%
2021 9,575,152 +1.9%
2020 9,401,038 -0.5%
2019 9,445,785 +1.1%
2018 9,346,701 +1.3%
2017 9,223,225 +3.2%
2016 8,935,095 +5.1%
2015 8,505,237 +5.5%
2014 8,059,440 +4.8%
2013 7,693,031 +4.1%
2012 7,391,448 +4.0%
2011 7,104,538 +3.4%
2010 6,869,838 +2.4%
2009 6,707,058 +6.4%
2008 6,302,664 +12.1%
2007 5,624,635 +12.3%
2006 5,009,100 +7.4%

About this Dataset

United Arab Emirates recorded 11,513,149 persons in 2025. The latest change was +4.8%. Across 1960–2025 the series ranges from 131,334 persons in 1960 to 11,513,149 persons in 2025.

This page tracks total population in United Arab Emirates.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total population in United Arab Emirates. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1960–2025 (66 observations).

The series is at its highest recorded level, 11,513,149 persons in 2025, up from a low of 131,334 persons in 1960. The latest change was +4.8%.