Fertility & birth rates in United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in United Arab Emirates vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the United Arab Emirates was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the United Arab Emirates vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	UAE	United Kingdom
1960	6.5	2.69
1961	6.49	2.78
1962	6.49	2.86
1963	6.5	2.88
1964	6.49	2.93
1965	6.5	2.86
1966	6.5	2.78
1967	6.51	2.68
1968	6.53	2.6
1969	6.52	2.51
1970	6.52	2.44
1971	6.52	2.41
1972	6.5	2.2
1973	6.46	2.04
1974	6.41	1.92
1975	6.35	1.81
1976	6.29	1.74
1977	6.22	1.69
1978	6.15	1.75
1979	6.06	1.86
1980	5.95	1.9
1981	5.81	1.82
1982	5.66	1.78
1983	5.48	1.77
1984	5.3	1.77
1985	5.13	1.79
1986	5	1.78
1987	4.88	1.81
1988	4.77	1.82
1989	4.65	1.79
1990	4.51	1.83
1991	4.25	1.82
1992	4.09	1.79
1993	3.82	1.76
1994	3.76	1.74
1995	3.28	1.71
1996	3.06	1.73
1997	2.83	1.72
1998	2.77	1.71
1999	2.79	1.68
2000	2.73	1.64
2001	2.62	1.63
2002	2.54	1.63
2003	2.49	1.7
2004	2.38	1.75
2005	2.23	1.76
2006	1.96	1.82
2007	1.79	1.86
2008	1.52	1.91
2009	1.58	1.89
2010	1.57	1.92
2011	1.54	1.91
2012	1.53	1.92
2013	1.53	1.83
2014	1.48	1.81
2015	1.42	1.8
2016	1.37	1.79
2017	1.35	1.74
2018	1.29	1.68
2019	1.25	1.63
2020	1.29	1.57
2021	1.16	1.58
2022	1.15	1.56
2023	1.2	1.56
2024	1.21	1.55
2025	1.21	1.54
2026	1.21	1.53
2027	1.21	1.53
2028	1.22	1.53
2029	1.22	1.52
2030	1.23	1.52
2031	1.23	1.52
2032	1.24	1.53
2033	1.25	1.53
2034	1.25	1.53
2035	1.26	1.53
2036	1.26	1.53
2037	1.27	1.53
2038	1.28	1.53
2039	1.28	1.53
2040	1.28	1.53
2041	1.29	1.54
2042	1.29	1.54
2043	1.3	1.54
2044	1.3	1.54
2045	1.31	1.54
2046	1.31	1.54
2047	1.31	1.54
2048	1.32	1.54
2049	1.32	1.55
2050	1.33	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	UAE	United Kingdom
1960	37.8%	23.3%
1961	36.7%	23.3%
1962	35.8%	23.2%
1963	35.1%	23.2%
1964	34.5%	23.3%
1965	33.9%	23.4%
1966	33.2%	23.5%
1967	32.1%	23.7%
1968	31.2%	23.9%
1969	30.6%	24%
1970	29.8%	24.1%
1971	29%	24.1%
1972	28.3%	24%
1973	27.8%	23.9%
1974	27.4%	23.6%
1975	27.2%	23.3%
1976	26.9%	22.9%
1977	26.8%	22.4%
1978	26.9%	21.9%
1979	27.1%	21.4%
1980	27.4%	21%
1981	28%	20.6%
1982	28.8%	20.2%
1983	29.5%	19.8%
1984	30.2%	19.5%
1985	30.7%	19.3%
1986	31.2%	19.1%
1987	31.2%	18.9%
1988	30.9%	18.9%
1989	30.3%	19.1%
1990	29.6%	19.1%
1991	28.8%	19.3%
1992	28.1%	19.4%
1993	27.4%	19.5%
1994	26.7%	19.6%
1995	25.9%	19.5%
1996	25.2%	19.4%
1997	24.3%	19.3%
1998	23.1%	19.3%
1999	22%	19.2%
2000	20.8%	18.9%
2001	19.8%	18.7%
2002	18.9%	18.5%
2003	18.3%	18.4%
2004	17.8%	18.3%
2005	17.5%	18.2%
2006	17.2%	18%
2007	17%	17.9%
2008	16.9%	17.8%
2009	16.9%	17.8%
2010	16.9%	17.8%
2011	16.8%	17.7%
2012	16.8%	17.8%
2013	16.8%	17.8%
2014	16.8%	17.8%
2015	16.8%	17.9%
2016	16.8%	18%
2017	16.8%	18%
2018	16.7%	18.1%
2019	16.6%	18%
2020	16.6%	18%
2021	16.5%	17.8%
2022	16.5%	17.6%
2023	16.3%	17.4%
2024	16.1%	17.2%
2025	16%	17%
2026	15.9%	16.7%
2027	15.9%	16.5%
2028	15.9%	16.2%
2029	15.9%	16%
2030	16%	15.7%
2031	16.1%	15.5%
2032	16.3%	15.3%
2033	16.5%	15.2%
2034	16.7%	15.1%
2035	16.9%	15%
2036	17.1%	14.9%
2037	17.3%	14.9%
2038	17.5%	14.8%
2039	17.7%	14.8%
2040	17.9%	14.8%
2041	18%	14.8%
2042	18.1%	14.8%
2043	18.2%	14.9%
2044	18.3%	14.9%
2045	18.3%	14.9%
2046	18.3%	15%
2047	18.3%	15%
2048	18.3%	15%
2049	18.2%	15%
2050	18.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in the United Arab Emirates and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 29.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in United Arab Emirates vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	UAE	United Kingdom
1960	3,418	314,400
1961	3,657	311,519
1962	3,901	340,800
1963	4,157	337,995
1964	4,410	405,000
1965	4,675	364,132
1966	4,955	333,356
1967	5,264	346,145
1968	5,588	292,622
1969	6,138	260,577
1970	6,922	244,918
1971	7,839	257,123
1972	8,818	162,650
1973	9,822	112,389
1974	10,835	67,476
1975	11,859	33,735
1976	12,876	-5,621
1977	15,787	0
1978	18,879	16,859
1979	21,987	61,872
1980	25,005	95,734
1981	27,560	73,234
1982	29,585	56,314
1983	31,480	61,966
1984	33,250	84,633
1985	34,855	79,170
1986	36,829	90,690
1987	37,741	136,325
1988	38,861	136,628
1989	40,148	119,861
1990	41,339	154,569
1991	41,409	143,562
1992	42,119	149,709
1993	41,324	103,893
1994	42,976	127,304
1995	38,685	87,028
1996	37,886	98,884
1997	38,207	99,138
1998	41,176	87,730
1999	46,198	64,551
2000	49,993	70,671
2001	52,789	65,032
2002	55,922	65,308
2003	59,118	89,471
2004	60,344	131,974
2005	60,046	144,963
2006	54,338	176,455
2007	55,048	196,232
2008	55,426	216,325
2009	66,521	230,422
2010	69,907	251,066
2011	73,496	259,361
2012	78,682	248,473
2013	82,977	198,830
2014	84,277	206,784
2015	85,044	175,738
2016	87,028	177,139
2017	89,382	145,125
2018	86,840	119,321
2019	86,296	108,342
2020	87,871	-4,272
2021	76,802	30,612
2022	81,758	39,751
2023	92,698	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: United Arab Emirates vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in the United Arab Emirates, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	UAE	United Kingdom
1985	19	2
1986	19	2
1987	19	3
1988	19	4
1989	19	5
1990	19	6
1991	19	7
1992	19	7
1993	19	8
1994	19	9
1995	18	9
1996	16	8
1997	14	9
1998	12	10
1999	10	11
2000	8	12
2001	7	13
2002	5	13
2003	5	14
2004	4	13
2005	4	12
2006	3	12
2007	3	11
2008	3	11
2009	3	11
2010	3	10
2011	4	10
2012	4	9
2013	4	9
2014	3	9
2015	3	9
2016	3	9
2017	3	9
2018	3	9
2019	3	9
2020	6	14
2021	6	13
2022	2	15
2023	3	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	UAE	United Kingdom
1960	20.1%	2.66%
1961	19%	2.61%
1962	18%	2.56%
1963	16.9%	2.49%
1964	15.8%	2.42%
1965	14.8%	2.34%
1966	13.7%	2.28%
1967	12.6%	2.22%
1968	11.6%	2.18%
1969	10.6%	2.14%
1970	9.62%	2.1%
1971	8.72%	2.06%
1972	7.89%	2%
1973	7.12%	1.94%
1974	6.43%	1.87%
1975	5.8%	1.8%
1976	5.23%	1.72%
1977	4.7%	1.64%
1978	4.22%	1.57%
1979	3.78%	1.49%
1980	3.4%	1.41%
1981	3.06%	1.34%
1982	2.77%	1.27%
1983	2.52%	1.22%
1984	2.31%	1.17%
1985	2.12%	1.14%
1986	1.97%	1.11%
1987	1.83%	1.08%
1988	1.71%	1.04%
1989	1.61%	0.99%
1990	1.51%	0.93%
1991	1.43%	0.87%
1992	1.37%	0.82%
1993	1.31%	0.77%
1994	1.26%	0.74%
1995	1.21%	0.72%
1996	1.18%	0.7%
1997	1.15%	0.69%
1998	1.12%	0.68%
1999	1.09%	0.67%
2000	1.07%	0.65%
2001	1.05%	0.64%
2002	1.03%	0.63%
2003	1.01%	0.63%
2004	1%	0.61%
2005	0.98%	0.6%
2006	0.96%	0.59%
2007	0.94%	0.58%
2008	0.92%	0.56%
2009	0.9%	0.54%
2010	0.88%	0.52%
2011	0.86%	0.5%
2012	0.84%	0.48%
2013	0.82%	0.46%
2014	0.79%	0.45%
2015	0.77%	0.45%
2016	0.73%	0.44%
2017	0.7%	0.44%
2018	0.67%	0.44%
2019	0.63%	0.44%
2020	0.6%	0.44%
2021	0.56%	0.44%
2022	0.53%	0.45%
2023	0.5%	0.45%