The latest officially reported population of the United Arab Emirates was 10,986,400 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current United Arab Emirates' population is 11,533,895 people compared to 3,382,543 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- The United Arab Emirates' population is 3.41 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- The United Arab Emirates is ranked the 86th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.18% of the world: 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, the United Arab Emirates has had an average growth rate of +3.31% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2006, the population of the United Arab Emirates has increased from 5.01M people to 11.5M (130.3% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (2.83% growth).
- The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 26M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
United Arab Emirates vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
11533895
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3382543
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| Population rank | 86/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
1.05 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
5.13 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
53.8 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.89 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | +278,439 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,377 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +502,649 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +4.79% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 3/197 | 168/197 |
the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 131,334 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 137,989 | 2,562,044 | 5.07% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 144,946 | 2,593,298 | 5.04% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 152,211 | 2,623,766 | 5.01% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 159,692 | 2,653,180 | 4.91% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 167,103 | 2,681,169 | 4.64% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 173,976 | 2,707,646 | 4.11% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 179,700 | 2,732,277 | 3.29% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 199,416 | 2,754,606 | 11% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 239,660 | 2,773,974 | 20.2% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 286,536 | 2,790,807 | 19.6% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 335,027 | 2,806,462 | 16.9% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 385,014 | 2,821,644 | 14.9% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 436,399 | 2,837,133 | 13.3% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 489,087 | 2,853,944 | 12.1% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 542,856 | 2,872,320 | 11% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 615,866 | 2,891,392 | 13.4% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 710,209 | 2,909,461 | 15.3% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 809,274 | 2,925,715 | 13.9% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 912,010 | 2,939,903 | 12.7% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 1,015,700 | 2,951,953 | 11.4% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 1,099,855 | 2,963,246 | 8.29% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 1,166,370 | 2,975,492 | 6.05% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 1,235,305 | 2,988,778 | 5.91% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 1,305,996 | 3,002,488 | 5.72% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 1,377,911 | 3,017,037 | 5.51% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 1,467,383 | 3,032,845 | 6.49% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 1,574,244 | 3,049,896 | 7.28% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 1,681,788 | 3,067,961 | 6.83% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 1,789,851 | 3,086,255 | 6.43% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,898,220 | 3,104,403 | 6.05% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 2,006,626 | 3,122,354 | 5.71% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 2,114,730 | 3,139,702 | 5.39% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 2,222,093 | 3,156,345 | 5.08% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 2,328,188 | 3,172,834 | 4.77% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 2,434,662 | 3,189,440 | 4.57% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 2,597,564 | 3,206,324 | 6.69% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 2,817,410 | 3,223,345 | 8.46% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 3,040,421 | 3,239,280 | 7.92% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 3,266,009 | 3,254,015 | 7.42% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 3,493,575 | 3,266,206 | 6.97% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 3,723,590 | 3,274,251 | 6.58% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 3,956,826 | 3,278,867 | 6.26% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 4,192,457 | 3,281,186 | 5.96% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 4,428,967 | 3,283,148 | 5.64% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 4,664,790 | 3,285,771 | 5.32% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 5,009,100 | 3,289,506 | 7.38% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 5,624,635 | 3,295,153 | 12.3% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 6,302,664 | 3,302,177 | 12.1% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 6,707,058 | 3,310,091 | 6.42% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 6,869,838 | 3,318,580 | 2.43% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 7,104,538 | 3,326,825 | 3.42% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 7,391,448 | 3,335,401 | 4.04% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 7,693,031 | 3,345,337 | 4.08% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 8,059,440 | 3,356,334 | 4.76% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 8,505,237 | 3,368,017 | 5.53% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 8,935,095 | 3,379,283 | 5.05% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 9,223,225 | 3,388,438 | 3.22% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 9,346,701 | 3,394,534 | 1.34% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 9,445,785 | 3,397,206 | 1.06% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 9,401,038 | 3,398,968 | -0.47% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 9,575,152 | 3,396,695 | 1.85% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 10,074,977 | 3,390,913 | 5.22% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 10,483,751 | 3,388,081 | 4.06% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 10,986,400 | 3,386,588 | 4.79% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 11,304,093 | 3,384,690 | 2.89% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 11,531,926 | 3,382,543 | 2.02% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 11,712,175 | 3,380,245 | 1.56% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 11,868,257 | 3,377,893 | 1.33% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 12,010,111 | 3,375,428 | 1.2% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 12,145,577 | 3,372,892 | 1.13% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 12,281,573 | 3,370,285 | 1.12% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 12,421,758 | 3,367,544 | 1.14% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 12,565,679 | 3,364,654 | 1.16% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 12,712,942 | 3,361,591 | 1.17% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 12,863,015 | 3,358,284 | 1.18% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 13,015,458 | 3,354,682 | 1.19% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 13,169,969 | 3,350,735 | 1.19% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 13,326,337 | 3,346,431 | 1.19% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 13,484,193 | 3,341,676 | 1.18% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 13,643,197 | 3,336,469 | 1.18% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 13,803,349 | 3,330,804 | 1.17% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 13,964,553 | 3,324,643 | 1.17% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 14,126,724 | 3,317,939 | 1.16% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 14,289,828 | 3,310,611 | 1.15% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 14,453,775 | 3,302,680 | 1.15% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 14,619,554 | 3,294,196 | 1.15% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 14,788,991 | 3,285,160 | 1.16% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 14,961,419 | 3,275,507 | 1.17% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 15,135,496 | 3,265,260 | 1.16% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 15,310,628 | 3,254,361 | 1.16% | -0.33% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth), while Uruguay gained 89,777 people (a 2.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 3,260 (a 0.1% growth).
The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th most populous country in 2006 and is 86th in 2026. Uruguay was ranked 129th in 2006 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.79% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 83.4 years | 78.6 years |
| Average age | 32.1 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 32.6 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 63.9:36.1 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 401 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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