Specimen · ARE

United Arab Emirates

Asia · Western Asia

United Arab Emirates is recorded at 11.03m people in 2024, with total annual change of +375,996 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 784 · ARE

United Arab Emirates

ARE · AE

HOLDING

population 11.03m

annual change +375,996

natural change +97,554

fertility 1.21

migrant share 74.0%

80+

60-79

40-59

20-39

0-19

population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for United Arab Emirates in 2024
Births	108,273
Deaths	-10,719
Natural change	+97,554
Net migration	+278,439
Total change	+375,996

time anchors

+15,107,170

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for United Arab Emirates
This year	+375,996
Since peak	-15,107,170 since 2100
Projected 2100	26.13m

Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

74.0%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 10.64m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 1.74m
15-64: 8.72m
65+: 180.4k

2050 2050 15.37m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 2.79m
15-64: 12.26m
65+: 318.6k

2100 2100 26.13m

100+

95-99

90-94

85-89

80-84

75-79

70-74

65-69

60-64

55-59

50-54

45-49

40-44

35-39

30-34

25-29

20-24

15-19

10-14

5-9

0-4

0-14: 4.83m
15-64: 18.32m
65+: 2.99m

stage

Early Warning

Stage since 2006.

crossover

not reached

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

46.48

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2100.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year	Population	Change	Births	Deaths	TFR
2024	11.03m	375,996	108.3k	10.7k	1.21
2030	12.19m	134,276	137.8k	11.4k	1.23
2050	15.37m	175,964	177.1k	16.8k	1.33
2080	21.62m	227,026	261.5k	42.0k	1.41
2100	26.13m	238,026	324.2k	91.3k	1.46