Singapore vs United Arab Emirates statistics compared

Singapore has a population of 6.04M (ranked 113/197), compared with 11M in The United Arab Emirates (ranked 86/197). Singapore's land area is 277.2 sq mi versus 27,421 sq mi for The United Arab Emirates (ranked 177th vs. 117th).

By GDP, Singapore ranks 28/197 ($547B) and The United Arab Emirates ranks 27/197 ($552B). By GDP per capita, Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674), while The United Arab Emirates ranks 24/197 ($50,274).

Singapore and United Arab Emirates: Comparison Charts

Singapore and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP
	Singapore	UAE
1960	$704,751,700	-
1961	$764,629,788	-
1962	$826,239,212	-
1963	$917,608,012	-
1964	$894,153,311	-
1965	$974,644,096	-
1966	$1,096,425,608	-
1967	$1,238,035,816	-
1968	$1,425,706,091	-
1969	$1,659,893,768	-
1970	$1,920,574,150	$685,986,701
1971	$2,263,785,444	$939,893,600
1972	$2,721,440,981	$1,415,086,929
1973	$3,696,213,333	$4,231,243,616
1974	$5,221,534,956	$11,651,505,689
1975	$5,633,673,930	$14,720,728,249
1976	$6,327,077,974	$19,213,158,779
1977	$6,618,585,074	$24,871,775,165
1978	$7,517,176,355	$23,775,764,225
1979	$9,296,921,724	$31,225,659,621
1980	$11,896,256,783	$43,599,160,050
1981	$14,175,228,844	$49,333,424,135
1982	$16,084,252,378	$46,622,718,605
1983	$17,784,112,150	$42,803,323,345
1984	$19,749,361,098	$41,807,954,236
1985	$19,156,532,746	$40,603,650,232
1986	$18,586,746,057	$33,943,612,095
1987	$20,919,215,578	$36,384,908,744
1988	$25,371,462,488	$36,275,674,203
1989	$30,465,364,739	$41,464,995,914
1990	$36,144,336,769	$50,701,443,748
1991	$45,466,164,978	$51,552,165,622
1992	$52,131,320,033	$54,239,171,888
1993	$60,603,815,716	$55,625,170,253
1994	$73,688,724,431	$59,305,093,980
1995	$87,812,540,788	$65,743,666,576
1996	$96,293,086,513	$73,571,233,996
1997	$100,123,787,215	$78,839,008,445
1998	$85,728,207,782	$75,674,336,283
1999	$86,286,849,755	$84,445,473,111
2000	$96,076,539,926	$104,337,372,362
2001	$89,793,790,670	$103,311,640,572
2002	$92,538,372,870	$109,816,201,498
2003	$97,646,401,096	$124,346,358,067
2004	$115,033,593,101	$147,824,370,320
2005	$127,807,848,728	$180,617,467,965
2006	$148,627,286,361	$222,116,541,865
2007	$180,941,701,358	$257,916,133,424
2008	$193,617,323,539	$315,474,615,739
2009	$194,150,283,772	$253,547,358,747
2010	$239,807,980,591	$307,736,419,333
2011	$279,356,499,090	$368,881,143,635
2012	$295,092,888,077	$392,793,464,942
2013	$307,576,360,585	$409,632,675,289
2014	$314,863,580,758	$424,935,874,745
2015	$307,998,545,269	$381,973,042,886
2016	$319,646,468,521	$381,717,086,453
2017	$343,673,334,902	$403,365,010,211
2018	$377,123,710,561	$440,560,108,918
2019	$376,161,998,830	$433,926,208,305
2020	$349,165,858,545	$357,161,878,829
2021	$436,591,382,250	$422,441,388,700
2022	$509,017,841,147	$511,403,403,676
2023	$505,439,514,078	$522,622,191,967
2024	$547,386,645,892	$552,324,846,835

Singapore and United Arab Emirates economies compared

GDP per capita

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Singapore	UAE
1960	$428	-
1961	$449	-
1962	$472	-
1963	$511	-
1964	$486	-
1965	$517	-
1966	$567	-
1967	$626	-
1968	$709	-
1969	$813	-
1970	$926	$2,394
1971	$1,071	$2,805
1972	$1,264	$3,675
1973	$1,685	$9,696
1974	$2,342	$23,823
1975	$2,490	$27,117
1976	$2,759	$31,197
1977	$2,846	$35,020
1978	$3,194	$29,379
1979	$3,901	$34,238
1980	$4,928	$42,925
1981	$5,597	$44,854
1982	$6,078	$39,972
1983	$6,633	$34,650
1984	$7,228	$32,012
1985	$7,002	$29,468
1986	$6,800	$23,132
1987	$7,539	$23,113
1988	$8,914	$21,570
1989	$10,395	$23,167
1990	$11,862	$26,710
1991	$14,502	$25,691
1992	$16,136	$25,648
1993	$18,290	$25,033
1994	$21,552	$25,473
1995	$24,915	$27,003
1996	$26,233	$28,323
1997	$26,376	$27,983
1998	$21,829	$24,889
1999	$21,797	$25,856
2000	$23,853	$29,866
2001	$21,700	$27,745
2002	$22,160	$27,754
2003	$23,730	$29,660
2004	$27,608	$33,377
2005	$29,961	$38,719
2006	$33,768	$44,343
2007	$39,433	$45,855
2008	$40,009	$50,054
2009	$38,927	$37,803
2010	$47,237	$44,795
2011	$53,891	$51,922
2012	$55,548	$53,142
2013	$56,967	$53,247
2014	$57,565	$52,725
2015	$55,646	$44,910
2016	$57,006	$42,721
2017	$61,236	$43,734
2018	$66,882	$47,135
2019	$65,952	$45,939
2020	$61,410	$37,992
2021	$80,056	$44,119
2022	$90,299	$50,760
2023	$85,412	$49,851
2024	$90,674	$50,274

Singapore vs. United Arab Emirates life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Singapore	UAE
1950	54.1	42.1
1951	55.3	42.9
1952	56.4	43.6
1953	57.5	44.4
1954	59.4	45.2
1955	61.2	46
1956	62.6	46.9
1957	63.4	47.8
1958	64	48.8
1959	64.8	49.7
1960	65.3	50.7
1961	65.7	51.6
1962	66.1	52.5
1963	66.5	53.5
1964	66.7	54.5
1965	66.9	55.5
1966	67.2	56.6
1967	67.3	57.6
1968	67.7	58.7
1969	68.1	59.8
1970	68.5	60.8
1971	68.8	61.8
1972	69	62.7
1973	69.4	63.5
1974	69.7	64.4
1975	70.2	65.1
1976	70.6	65.8
1977	70.9	66.5
1978	71.2	67.1
1979	71.4	67.6
1980	71.5	68.2
1981	71.7	68.6
1982	72	69.1
1983	72.4	69.4
1984	72.6	69.8
1985	73.1	70.1
1986	73.6	70.4
1987	74	70.6
1988	74	70.8
1989	74.3	71
1990	74.6	71.1
1991	75.1	71.1
1992	75.3	71.2
1993	75.5	71.2
1994	75.6	71.2
1995	75.7	71.4
1996	76.1	71.8
1997	76.4	72.6
1998	76.9	73.7
1999	77.3	75
2000	77.8	76.3
2001	78.3	77.6
2002	78.7	78.7
2003	79.2	79.6
2004	79.7	80.3
2005	80.3	80.8
2006	80.6	81.2
2007	80.9	81.4
2008	81.1	81.6
2009	81.4	81.7
2010	81.6	81.9
2011	81.9	81.9
2012	82.2	81.9
2013	82.5	82
2014	82.6	82
2015	82.7	82.1
2016	82.9	82.2
2017	83.1	82.4
2018	83.4	82.4
2019	83.7	82.6
2020	83.7	81.9
2021	83.5	79.1
2022	82.9	80.5
2023	83.7	82.9
2024	83.9	83.1
2025	84	83.2
2026	84.1	83.4

Singapore and United Arab Emirates population clocks and comparison

Population

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Population
	Singapore	UAE
1960	1,646,400	131,334
1961	1,702,400	137,989
1962	1,750,200	144,946
1963	1,795,000	152,211
1964	1,841,600	159,692
1965	1,886,900	167,103
1966	1,934,400	173,976
1967	1,977,600	179,700
1968	2,012,000	199,416
1969	2,042,500	239,660
1970	2,074,507	286,536
1971	2,112,900	335,027
1972	2,152,400	385,014
1973	2,193,000	436,399
1974	2,229,800	489,087
1975	2,262,600	542,856
1976	2,293,300	615,866
1977	2,325,300	710,209
1978	2,353,600	809,274
1979	2,383,500	912,010
1980	2,413,945	1,015,700
1981	2,532,835	1,099,855
1982	2,646,466	1,166,370
1983	2,681,061	1,235,305
1984	2,732,221	1,305,996
1985	2,735,957	1,377,911
1986	2,733,373	1,467,383
1987	2,774,789	1,574,244
1988	2,846,108	1,681,788
1989	2,930,901	1,789,851
1990	3,047,132	1,898,220
1991	3,135,083	2,006,626
1992	3,230,698	2,114,730
1993	3,313,471	2,222,093
1994	3,419,048	2,328,188
1995	3,524,506	2,434,662
1996	3,670,704	2,597,564
1997	3,796,038	2,817,410
1998	3,927,213	3,040,421
1999	3,958,723	3,266,009
2000	4,027,887	3,493,575
2001	4,138,012	3,723,590
2002	4,175,950	3,956,826
2003	4,114,826	4,192,457
2004	4,166,664	4,428,967
2005	4,265,762	4,664,790
2006	4,401,365	5,009,100
2007	4,588,599	5,624,635
2008	4,839,396	6,302,664
2009	4,987,573	6,707,058
2010	5,076,732	6,869,838
2011	5,183,688	7,104,538
2012	5,312,437	7,391,448
2013	5,399,162	7,693,031
2014	5,469,724	8,059,440
2015	5,535,002	8,505,237
2016	5,607,283	8,935,095
2017	5,612,253	9,223,225
2018	5,638,676	9,346,701
2019	5,703,569	9,445,785
2020	5,685,807	9,401,038
2021	5,453,566	9,575,152
2022	5,637,022	10,074,977
2023	5,917,648	10,483,751
2024	6,036,860	10,986,400

Fertility rates in Singapore and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Singapore	UAE
1960	5.76	6.5
1961	5.41	6.49
1962	5.21	6.49
1963	5.16	6.5
1964	4.97	6.49
1965	4.66	6.5
1966	4.46	6.5
1967	3.91	6.51
1968	3.53	6.53
1969	3.22	6.52
1970	3.07	6.52
1971	3.02	6.52
1972	3.04	6.5
1973	2.79	6.46
1974	2.35	6.41
1975	2.07	6.35
1976	2.11	6.29
1977	1.82	6.22
1978	1.79	6.15
1979	1.79	6.06
1980	1.82	5.95
1981	1.78	5.81
1982	1.74	5.66
1983	1.61	5.48
1984	1.62	5.3
1985	1.61	5.13
1986	1.43	5
1987	1.62	4.88
1988	1.96	4.77
1989	1.75	4.65
1990	1.83	4.51
1991	1.73	4.25
1992	1.72	4.09
1993	1.74	3.82
1994	1.71	3.76
1995	1.67	3.28
1996	1.66	3.06
1997	1.61	2.83
1998	1.48	2.77
1999	1.47	2.79
2000	1.6	2.73
2001	1.41	2.62
2002	1.37	2.54
2003	1.27	2.49
2004	1.26	2.38
2005	1.26	2.23
2006	1.28	1.96
2007	1.29	1.79
2008	1.28	1.52
2009	1.22	1.58
2010	1.15	1.57
2011	1.2	1.54
2012	1.29	1.53
2013	1.19	1.53
2014	1.25	1.48
2015	1.24	1.42
2016	1.2	1.37
2017	1.16	1.35
2018	1.14	1.29
2019	1.14	1.25
2020	1.1	1.29
2021	1.12	1.16
2022	1.04	1.15
2023	0.97	1.2

Singapore and United Arab Emirates demographics compared

Median age

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Singapore	UAE
1960	18.2	19.6
1961	18.1	20.1
1962	18	20.6
1963	18	21
1964	18.1	21.5
1965	18.2	22
1966	18.4	22.6
1967	18.6	23.3
1968	18.9	23.5
1969	19.3	23.1
1970	19.7	23
1971	20.1	23.2
1972	20.6	23.6
1973	21	24.1
1974	21.5	24.7
1975	22	25.4
1976	22.6	25.6
1977	23.1	25.4
1978	23.6	25.5
1979	24.2	25.8
1980	24.7	26.2
1981	25.3	26.4
1982	25.9	26.4
1983	26.4	26.4
1984	26.9	26.4
1985	27.3	26.6
1986	27.8	26.5
1987	28.3	26.1
1988	28.7	25.9
1989	29.1	25.8
1990	29.5	25.8
1991	29.8	26
1992	30.1	26.4
1993	30.4	26.8
1994	30.7	27.4
1995	31	28
1996	31.2	28.1
1997	31.4	27.9
1998	31.6	27.9
1999	31.9	28
2000	32.2	28.2
2001	32.5	28.6
2002	32.7	29.1
2003	33	29.6
2004	33.3	30.3
2005	33.5	30.9
2006	33.6	31.4
2007	33.6	31.6
2008	33.5	31.6
2009	33.6	31.6
2010	33.7	31.7
2011	33.9	31.7
2012	34	31.7
2013	34.1	31.7
2014	34.2	31.8
2015	34.4	31.8
2016	34.5	31.8
2017	34.8	31.8
2018	35	31.8
2019	35.2	31.8
2020	35.5	31.8
2021	35.8	31.9
2022	35.9	31.9
2023	36.2	32.2
2024	36.8	32.6

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