Males	Females	Total	Sex ratio (men for 100 women)
2000	2,249,793	919,429	3,169,222	245
2001	2,372,568	973,271	3,345,839	244
2002	2,514,249	1,031,752	3,546,001	244
2003	2,739,191	1,126,470	3,865,661	243
2004	2,979,251	1,250,607	4,229,858	238
2005	3,206,550	1,378,878	4,585,428	233
2006	3,398,181	1,511,601	4,909,782	225
2007	3,842,795	1,752,357	5,595,152	219
2008	4,429,652	2,068,246	6,497,898	214
2009	4,574,201	2,199,987	6,774,188	208
2010	4,655,257	2,310,231	6,965,488	202
2011	4,793,049	2,450,539	7,243,588	196
2012	4,937,649	2,601,658	7,539,307	190
2013	5,129,965	2,716,790	7,846,755	189
2014	5,396,717	2,875,407	8,272,124	188
2015	5,690,481	3,047,869	8,738,350	187
2016	5,931,800	3,200,039	9,131,839	185
2017	6,037,711	3,276,900	9,314,611	184
2018	6,064,682	3,314,109	9,378,791	183
2019	6,139,696	3,373,082	9,512,778	182
2020	5,984,973	3,304,324	9,289,297	181
2021	6,325,310	3,535,697	9,861,007	179
2022	6,595,692	3,693,254	10,288,946	179
2023	6,842,905	3,835,651	10,678,556	178
2024	7,235,074	4,059,169	11,294,243	178

Source: Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre
(*): Preliminary data
ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data

Definition: Population count is the total count of all persons living within the boundaries of the country
at a specific time with their demographic characteristics from the official administrative records of the country.
Source of the estimate: administrative records
Period of reference: not stated.

Data disaggregated by nationality (Emirati/ non-Emirati) are unavailable in published statistics.

2. Institution which provides data

Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC)
https://fcsc.gov.ae/

3. Data availability

The data is taken from the “Demography and Social” section of FCSC’s website
“Population”, then “Population estimates”.
https://fcsc.gov.ae/uae-stat-sub-category/?label=Population%20Estimates&value=0%7CPopulation%20Estimates%23POP_ES%23

Date of access: 06 March 2026.

GLMM and GRC cannot guarantee that the link to access the source will not change;
that the information will not be removed from the website it was obtained from;
that no geo-blockages will be imposed; or that the information will not be available for any another reason.

Keywords: United Arab Emirates, Population

 

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