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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	UAE	Spain	UAE
1960	30,455,000	131,334	-	-
1961	30,739,250	137,989	0.93%	5.07%
1962	31,023,366	144,946	0.92%	5.04%
1963	31,296,651	152,211	0.88%	5.01%
1964	31,609,195	159,692	1%	4.91%
1965	31,954,292	167,103	1.09%	4.64%
1966	32,283,194	173,976	1.03%	4.11%
1967	32,682,947	179,700	1.24%	3.29%
1968	33,113,134	199,416	1.32%	11%
1969	33,441,054	239,660	0.99%	20.2%
1970	33,814,531	286,536	1.12%	19.6%
1971	34,224,490	335,027	1.21%	16.9%
1972	34,604,469	385,014	1.11%	14.9%
1973	34,988,947	436,399	1.11%	13.3%
1974	35,373,335	489,087	1.1%	12.1%
1975	35,757,900	542,856	1.09%	11%
1976	36,137,812	615,866	1.06%	13.4%
1977	36,511,638	710,209	1.03%	15.3%
1978	36,864,898	809,274	0.97%	13.9%
1979	37,191,330	912,010	0.89%	12.7%
1980	37,491,165	1,015,700	0.81%	11.4%
1981	37,758,631	1,099,855	0.71%	8.29%
1982	37,986,012	1,166,370	0.6%	6.05%
1983	38,171,525	1,235,305	0.49%	5.91%
1984	38,330,364	1,305,996	0.42%	5.72%
1985	38,469,512	1,377,911	0.36%	5.51%
1986	38,584,624	1,467,383	0.3%	6.49%
1987	38,684,815	1,574,244	0.26%	7.28%
1988	38,766,939	1,681,788	0.21%	6.83%
1989	38,827,764	1,789,851	0.16%	6.43%
1990	38,867,322	1,898,220	0.1%	6.05%
1991	38,966,376	2,006,626	0.25%	5.71%
1992	39,157,685	2,114,730	0.49%	5.39%
1993	39,361,262	2,222,093	0.52%	5.08%
1994	39,549,108	2,328,188	0.48%	4.77%
1995	39,724,050	2,434,662	0.44%	4.57%
1996	39,889,852	2,597,564	0.42%	6.69%
1997	40,057,389	2,817,410	0.42%	8.46%
1998	40,223,509	3,040,421	0.41%	7.92%
1999	40,386,875	3,266,009	0.41%	7.42%
2000	40,567,864	3,493,575	0.45%	6.97%
2001	40,850,412	3,723,590	0.7%	6.58%
2002	41,431,558	3,956,826	1.42%	6.26%
2003	42,187,645	4,192,457	1.82%	5.96%
2004	42,921,895	4,428,967	1.74%	5.64%
2005	43,653,155	4,664,790	1.7%	5.32%
2006	44,397,319	5,009,100	1.7%	7.38%
2007	45,226,803	5,624,635	1.87%	12.3%
2008	45,954,106	6,302,664	1.61%	12.1%
2009	46,362,946	6,707,058	0.89%	6.42%
2010	46,576,897	6,869,838	0.46%	2.43%
2011	46,742,697	7,104,538	0.36%	3.42%
2012	46,773,055	7,391,448	0.06%	4.04%
2013	46,604,197	7,693,031	-0.36%	4.08%
2014	46,460,733	8,059,440	-0.31%	4.76%
2015	46,422,303	8,505,237	-0.08%	5.53%
2016	46,458,139	8,935,095	0.08%	5.05%
2017	46,571,232	9,223,225	0.24%	3.22%
2018	46,782,011	9,346,701	0.45%	1.34%
2019	47,118,501	9,445,785	0.72%	1.06%
2020	47,359,424	9,401,038	0.51%	-0.47%
2021	47,443,821	9,575,152	0.18%	1.85%
2022	47,786,102	10,074,977	0.72%	5.22%
2023	48,352,528	10,483,751	1.19%	4.06%
2024	48,848,840	10,986,400	1.03%	4.79%
2025	48,827,866	11,304,093	-0.04%	2.89%
2026	48,787,930	11,531,926	-0.08%	2.02%
2027	48,738,456	11,712,175	-0.1%	1.56%
2028	48,683,694	11,868,257	-0.11%	1.33%
2029	48,619,674	12,010,111	-0.13%	1.2%
2030	48,542,955	12,145,577	-0.16%	1.13%
2031	48,454,221	12,281,573	-0.18%	1.12%
2032	48,362,482	12,421,758	-0.19%	1.14%
2033	48,271,264	12,565,679	-0.19%	1.16%
2034	48,177,551	12,712,942	-0.19%	1.17%
2035	48,077,695	12,863,015	-0.21%	1.18%
2036	47,970,911	13,015,458	-0.22%	1.19%
2037	47,860,116	13,169,969	-0.23%	1.19%
2038	47,747,343	13,326,337	-0.24%	1.19%
2039	47,629,540	13,484,193	-0.25%	1.18%
2040	47,504,152	13,643,197	-0.26%	1.18%
2041	47,373,061	13,803,349	-0.28%	1.17%
2042	47,234,914	13,964,553	-0.29%	1.17%
2043	47,092,497	14,126,724	-0.3%	1.16%
2044	46,942,712	14,289,828	-0.32%	1.15%
2045	46,778,501	14,453,775	-0.35%	1.15%
2046	46,604,170	14,619,554	-0.37%	1.15%
2047	46,421,312	14,788,991	-0.39%	1.16%
2048	46,230,109	14,961,419	-0.41%	1.17%
2049	46,024,720	15,135,496	-0.44%	1.16%
2050	45,808,469	15,310,628	-0.47%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.