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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	UAE	United Kingdom	UAE	United Kingdom
1960	131,334	52,400,000	-	-
1961	137,989	52,800,000	5.07%	0.76%
1962	144,946	53,250,000	5.04%	0.85%
1963	152,211	53,650,000	5.01%	0.75%
1964	159,692	54,000,000	4.91%	0.65%
1965	167,103	54,348,050	4.64%	0.64%
1966	173,976	54,648,500	4.11%	0.55%
1967	179,700	54,943,600	3.29%	0.54%
1968	199,416	55,211,700	11%	0.49%
1969	239,660	55,441,750	20.2%	0.42%
1970	286,536	55,663,250	19.6%	0.4%
1971	335,027	55,896,223	16.9%	0.42%
1972	385,014	56,086,065	14.9%	0.34%
1973	436,399	56,194,527	13.3%	0.19%
1974	489,087	56,229,974	12.1%	0.06%
1975	542,856	56,225,800	11%	-0.007%
1976	615,866	56,211,968	13.4%	-0.02%
1977	710,209	56,193,492	15.3%	-0.03%
1978	809,274	56,196,504	13.9%	0.005%
1979	912,010	56,246,951	12.7%	0.09%
1980	1,015,700	56,314,216	11.4%	0.12%
1981	1,099,855	56,333,829	8.29%	0.03%
1982	1,166,370	56,313,641	6.05%	-0.04%
1983	1,235,305	56,332,848	5.91%	0.03%
1984	1,305,996	56,422,072	5.72%	0.16%
1985	1,377,911	56,550,268	5.51%	0.23%
1986	1,467,383	56,681,396	6.49%	0.23%
1987	1,574,244	56,802,050	7.28%	0.21%
1988	1,681,788	56,928,327	6.83%	0.22%
1989	1,789,851	57,076,711	6.43%	0.26%
1990	1,898,220	57,247,586	6.05%	0.3%
1991	2,006,626	57,424,897	5.71%	0.31%
1992	2,114,730	57,580,402	5.39%	0.27%
1993	2,222,093	57,718,614	5.08%	0.24%
1994	2,328,188	57,865,745	4.77%	0.25%
1995	2,434,662	58,019,030	4.57%	0.26%
1996	2,597,564	58,166,950	6.69%	0.25%
1997	2,817,410	58,316,954	8.46%	0.26%
1998	3,040,421	58,487,141	7.92%	0.29%
1999	3,266,009	58,682,466	7.42%	0.33%
2000	3,493,575	58,892,514	6.97%	0.36%
2001	3,723,590	59,119,673	6.58%	0.39%
2002	3,956,826	59,370,479	6.26%	0.42%
2003	4,192,457	59,647,577	5.96%	0.47%
2004	4,428,967	59,987,905	5.64%	0.57%
2005	4,664,790	60,401,206	5.32%	0.69%
2006	5,009,100	60,846,820	7.38%	0.74%
2007	5,624,635	61,322,463	12.3%	0.78%
2008	6,302,664	61,806,995	12.1%	0.79%
2009	6,707,058	62,276,270	6.42%	0.76%
2010	6,869,838	62,766,365	2.43%	0.79%
2011	7,104,538	63,258,810	3.42%	0.78%
2012	7,391,448	63,711,000	4.04%	0.71%
2013	7,693,031	64,139,000	4.08%	0.67%
2014	8,059,440	64,620,000	4.76%	0.75%
2015	8,505,237	65,088,000	5.53%	0.72%
2016	8,935,095	65,607,000	5.05%	0.8%
2017	9,223,225	65,966,000	3.22%	0.55%
2018	9,346,701	66,289,000	1.34%	0.49%
2019	9,445,785	66,631,000	1.06%	0.52%
2020	9,401,038	66,744,000	-0.47%	0.17%
2021	9,575,152	66,984,000	1.85%	0.36%
2022	10,074,977	67,604,000	5.22%	0.93%
2023	10,483,751	68,492,000	4.06%	1.31%
2024	10,986,400	69,226,000	4.79%	1.07%
2025	11,304,093	69,639,673	2.89%	0.6%
2026	11,531,926	70,020,350	2.02%	0.55%
2027	11,712,175	70,382,853	1.56%	0.52%
2028	11,868,257	70,732,699	1.33%	0.5%
2029	12,010,111	71,061,482	1.2%	0.46%
2030	12,145,577	71,377,535	1.13%	0.44%
2031	12,281,573	71,678,351	1.12%	0.42%
2032	12,421,758	71,959,934	1.14%	0.39%
2033	12,565,679	72,234,509	1.16%	0.38%
2034	12,712,942	72,497,650	1.17%	0.36%
2035	12,863,015	72,749,096	1.18%	0.35%
2036	13,015,458	72,990,847	1.19%	0.33%
2037	13,169,969	73,218,850	1.19%	0.31%
2038	13,326,337	73,441,349	1.19%	0.3%
2039	13,484,193	73,658,392	1.18%	0.3%
2040	13,643,197	73,868,334	1.18%	0.29%
2041	13,803,349	74,074,316	1.17%	0.28%
2042	13,964,553	74,275,779	1.17%	0.27%
2043	14,126,724	74,475,035	1.16%	0.27%
2044	14,289,828	74,667,284	1.15%	0.26%
2045	14,453,775	74,848,605	1.15%	0.24%
2046	14,619,554	75,020,949	1.15%	0.23%
2047	14,788,991	75,184,478	1.16%	0.22%
2048	14,961,419	75,337,543	1.17%	0.2%
2049	15,135,496	75,476,141	1.16%	0.18%
2050	15,310,628	75,600,588	1.16%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th most populous country in 2006 and is 86th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the United Arab Emirates' population will grow by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people with a rank change from 86th to 84th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.