United Arab Emirates Population Clock

United Arab Emirates records about 310 births and 31 deaths a day. That is a natural increase of roughly 279 people per day, or about 101,905 a year before migration is counted.

Net migration runs at about 158,634 over the reported period, with more people arriving than leaving. That is equivalent to about 156% of its natural change.

If the current rate held indefinitely, United Arab Emirates would take roughly 15 years to double in size — a projection of today's rate, not a forecast.

Over the 9 years from 2016 to 2025, the population rose from 8.94 million to 11.5 million — a gain of 2.58 million, or 28.9%.

With about 148 people per square kilometre, United Arab Emirates is moderately populated, roughly 2.4× the world average of 62. That ranks 36th of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are Ghana and Indonesia.

United Arab Emirates covers about 71,020 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 11.5 million into that density figure.

About 86.0% of people live in urban areas, making United Arab Emirates almost entirely urban, above the world average of 57.8%. That works out to roughly 9.90 million town and city dwellers and 1.62 million living rurally.

United Arab Emirates has a broadly balanced age structure: about 16.0% are under 15 and 1.8% are 65 or older. Children outnumber over-65s by roughly 8.9 to one.

The total fertility rate is about 1.21 births per woman, below the ~2.1 replacement level, so without net immigration the population would eventually decline. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 83.1 years, roughly 9.6 years above the global average of 73.5.