Population in Egypt compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Egypt and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	UAE	Egypt	UAE
1960	26,896,479	131,334	-	-
1961	27,600,898	137,989	2.62%	5.07%
1962	28,337,013	144,946	2.67%	5.04%
1963	29,091,869	152,211	2.66%	5.01%
1964	29,858,922	159,692	2.64%	4.91%
1965	30,629,174	167,103	2.58%	4.64%
1966	31,406,541	173,976	2.54%	4.11%
1967	32,196,360	179,700	2.51%	3.29%
1968	32,998,319	199,416	2.49%	11%
1969	33,811,615	239,660	2.46%	20.2%
1970	34,623,990	286,536	2.4%	19.6%
1971	35,433,368	335,027	2.34%	16.9%
1972	36,258,328	385,014	2.33%	14.9%
1973	37,102,043	436,399	2.33%	13.3%
1974	37,969,667	489,087	2.34%	12.1%
1975	38,875,327	542,856	2.39%	11%
1976	39,795,557	615,866	2.37%	13.4%
1977	40,748,870	710,209	2.4%	15.3%
1978	41,761,431	809,274	2.48%	13.9%
1979	42,818,628	912,010	2.53%	12.7%
1980	43,950,413	1,015,700	2.64%	11.4%
1981	45,147,224	1,099,855	2.72%	8.29%
1982	46,407,611	1,166,370	2.79%	6.05%
1983	47,786,402	1,235,305	2.97%	5.91%
1984	49,247,334	1,305,996	3.06%	5.72%
1985	50,734,968	1,377,911	3.02%	5.51%
1986	52,206,295	1,467,383	2.9%	6.49%
1987	53,674,435	1,574,244	2.81%	7.28%
1988	55,187,681	1,681,788	2.82%	6.83%
1989	56,710,642	1,789,851	2.76%	6.43%
1990	58,396,618	1,898,220	2.97%	6.05%
1991	60,028,997	2,006,626	2.8%	5.71%
1992	61,480,660	2,114,730	2.42%	5.39%
1993	62,915,681	2,222,093	2.33%	5.08%
1994	64,285,589	2,328,188	2.18%	4.77%
1995	65,652,622	2,434,662	2.13%	4.57%
1996	67,028,048	2,597,564	2.1%	6.69%
1997	68,431,740	2,817,410	2.09%	8.46%
1998	69,943,294	3,040,421	2.21%	7.92%
1999	71,520,954	3,266,009	2.26%	7.42%
2000	73,083,284	3,493,575	2.18%	6.97%
2001	74,652,029	3,723,590	2.15%	6.58%
2002	76,239,137	3,956,826	2.13%	6.26%
2003	77,853,548	4,192,457	2.12%	5.96%
2004	79,477,443	4,428,967	2.09%	5.64%
2005	81,101,004	4,664,790	2.04%	5.32%
2006	82,700,403	5,009,100	1.97%	7.38%
2007	84,276,225	5,624,635	1.91%	12.3%
2008	85,864,789	6,302,664	1.88%	12.1%
2009	87,501,636	6,707,058	1.91%	6.42%
2010	89,196,072	6,869,838	1.94%	2.43%
2011	91,093,059	7,104,538	2.13%	3.42%
2012	93,161,001	7,391,448	2.27%	4.04%
2013	95,333,553	7,693,031	2.33%	4.08%
2014	97,528,654	8,059,440	2.3%	4.76%
2015	99,597,342	8,505,237	2.12%	5.53%
2016	101,644,589	8,935,095	2.06%	5.05%
2017	103,696,057	9,223,225	2.02%	3.22%
2018	105,682,094	9,346,701	1.92%	1.34%
2019	107,553,158	9,445,785	1.77%	1.06%
2020	109,315,124	9,401,038	1.64%	-0.47%
2021	110,957,008	9,575,152	1.5%	1.85%
2022	112,618,250	10,074,977	1.5%	5.22%
2023	114,535,772	10,483,751	1.7%	4.06%
2024	116,538,258	10,986,400	1.75%	4.79%
2025	118,365,997	11,304,093	1.57%	2.89%
2026	120,101,181	11,531,926	1.47%	2.02%
2027	121,847,622	11,712,175	1.45%	1.56%
2028	123,608,457	11,868,257	1.45%	1.33%
2029	125,373,058	12,010,111	1.43%	1.2%
2030	127,139,323	12,145,577	1.41%	1.13%
2031	128,912,256	12,281,573	1.39%	1.12%
2032	130,695,084	12,421,758	1.38%	1.14%
2033	132,485,612	12,565,679	1.37%	1.16%
2034	134,287,838	12,712,942	1.36%	1.17%
2035	136,097,214	12,863,015	1.35%	1.18%
2036	137,913,263	13,015,458	1.33%	1.19%
2037	139,738,699	13,169,969	1.32%	1.19%
2038	141,565,835	13,326,337	1.31%	1.19%
2039	143,393,267	13,484,193	1.29%	1.18%
2040	145,213,662	13,643,197	1.27%	1.18%
2041	147,018,554	13,803,349	1.24%	1.17%
2042	148,800,785	13,964,553	1.21%	1.17%
2043	150,547,655	14,126,724	1.17%	1.16%
2044	152,255,332	14,289,828	1.13%	1.15%
2045	153,919,190	14,453,775	1.09%	1.15%
2046	155,535,951	14,619,554	1.05%	1.15%
2047	157,114,404	14,788,991	1.01%	1.16%
2048	158,657,392	14,961,419	0.98%	1.17%
2049	160,161,615	15,135,496	0.95%	1.16%
2050	161,630,197	15,310,628	0.92%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.