Crude Births Rate (per 1,000 total population)	Emirati women’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Children per Emirati woman)
2016	10.8	3.7
2017	10.5	3.7
2018	10.2	3.6
2019	10.0	3.3
2020	10.5	3.23
2021	9.7	3.2
2022	9.4	3.1

Source: Ministry of Health and Prevention/ Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre (FCSC).

ANNEXED NOTE

1. Characteristics of data

Vital statistics data (births and deaths) are taken from the records of the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention.

Methodology of births and deaths’ registration:
https://fcsc.gov.ae/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fen-us%2FLists%2FD_StatisticsSubjectV2%2FAttachments%2F1769%2FSP-17%20Methodology%20for%20Birth%20and%20Death%20Statistics.pdf

Indicators Definition:
Crude Birth Rate (CBR): The number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year.

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period
if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.
It is expressed as children per woman.

Definition of live birth and other metadata:
https://fcsc.gov.ae/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fen-us%2FLists%2FD_StatisticsSubjectV2%2FAttachments%2F1768%2F3-%20Births%20Statistics%202022%20%D8%A5%D8%AD%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF.xlsx

2. Institution which provides data 

UAE Federal Competitiveness and Statistitics Center (FCSC)
https://fcsa.gov.ae/en-us/

3. Data availability
Births and deaths records, disaggregated by nationality and published by the FCSC (annual estimates available since 1995). Uninterrupted series: available since 2007
https://fcsc.gov.ae/en-us/Pages/Statistics/Statistics-by-Subject.aspx#/%3Ffolder=Demography%20and%20Social/Vital%20Statistics/Births%20and%20Deaths&subject=Demography%20and%20Social

UAE stat data explorer (.csv format):
https://uaestat.fcsc.gov.ae/?lc=en&fs[0]=FCSC%20-%20Statistical%20Hierarchy%2C0%7CBirths%23VTS_BIR%23&pg=0&fc=FCSC%20-%20Statistical%20Hierarchy&snb=5

Last date of access: 09 May 2025

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, National Population, Foreign Population, National & Foreign Populations

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