🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi

Middle East & North Africa

High income

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Population

11.5M

4.8%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.21

births/woman

Life Expectancy

83.1y

GDP / capita

$50.3K

Pop. Growth

4.68%

Net Migration

158.6K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in United Arab Emirates by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇮🇳India3.2M(41.1%)

+50%

🇧🇩Bangladesh1M(13.0%)

+50%

🇵🇰

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male7.3MTotal 11.5M4.2MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.7

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.841.9K(10.6%)

+50%

🇵🇭Philippines528.5K(6.7%)

+50%

🇮🇩Indonesia298.4K(3.8%)

+50%

🇾🇪Yemen, Rep.192.4K(2.4%)

+50%

🇯🇴Jordan158.1K(2.0%)

+50%

🇸🇩Sudan124.7K(1.6%)

+50%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka112.8K(1.4%)

+50%

🇰🇼Kuwait63.2K(0.8%)

+50%

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza54.6K(0.7%)

+50%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the United Arab Emirates diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in United Arab Emirates who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇦Canada36.6K(22.0%)

+155%

🇰🇼Kuwait28.6K(17.2%)

+33%

🇮🇳India19.9K(12.0%)

−16%

🇦🇺Australia17.7K(10.6%)

+239%

🇵🇸West Bank and Gaza14.1K(8.5%)

+3%

🇹🇷Turkiye12.9K(7.8%)

+714%

🇶🇦Qatar10K(6.0%)

−17%

🇧🇭Bahrain7.1K(4.3%)

+31%

🇲🇱Mali4K(2.4%)

+62%

🇱🇾Libya3.1K(1.9%)

+27%

🇳🇿New Zealand3K(1.8%)

+249%

🇱🇰Sri Lanka1.7K(1.0%)

+4%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024