UAE: Number of births by parents’ nationality (Emirati/ non-Emirati) and gender of child (2022)

Father’s Nationality Emirati father Non-Emirati father Total
Mother’s Nationality Male births Female births Total Male births Female births Total Male births Female births Total
Emirati mother 12,633 11,643 24,276 837 828 1,665 13,470 12,471 25,941
Non-Emirati mother 3,430 3,183 6,613 33,079 30,998 64,077 36,509 34,181 70,690
Total 16,063 14,826 30,889 33,916 31,826 65,742 49,979 46,652 96,631

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

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.

The table presents the total number of live births who were registered in one of the health facilities and hospitals in the country during a specific calendar year.
It also includes children of citizens born abroad who were registered inside the country.
https://fcsc.gov.ae/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fen-us%2FLists%2FD_StatisticsSubjectV2%2FAttachments%2F1769%2FSP-17%20Methodology%20for%20Birth%20and%20Death%20Statistics.pdf
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
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

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

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Keywords: United Arab Emirates, National Population, Foreign Population, National & Foreign Populations