The latest officially reported population of the United Arab Emirates was 10,876,981 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current United Arab Emirates' population is 11,372,700 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.
Population statistics:
- The United Arab Emirates' population is 33.3 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
- The United Arab Emirates is ranked the 86th most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
- For the last 10 years, the United Arab Emirates has had an average growth rate of +3.22% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
- Since 2005, the population of the United Arab Emirates has increased from 4.66M people to 11.4M (143.8% growth), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
- The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 25.8M people compared to the peak of 875K people in 2100 for Vanuatu.
United Arab Emirates vs Vanuatu: live population counter
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| Current population |
11372700
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341110
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| Population rank | 86/197 | 174/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.004% |
| One net population change |
1.34 minutes
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1.19 hours
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| One birth every |
5.13 minutes
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58.5 minutes
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| One death every |
53.8 minutes
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5.38 hours
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| One migration net change every |
1.89 minutes
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1.21 weeks
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| Annual migration change | +278,439 | -43 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,077 | +20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +393,230 | +7,368 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.75% | +2.3% |
| Population growth rate rank | 8/197 | 40/197 |
the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 131,334 | 64,431 | - | - |
| 1961 | 137,989 | 66,264 | 5.07% | 2.84% |
| 1962 | 144,946 | 68,174 | 5.04% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 152,211 | 70,159 | 5.01% | 2.91% |
| 1964 | 159,692 | 72,219 | 4.91% | 2.94% |
| 1965 | 167,103 | 74,358 | 4.64% | 2.96% |
| 1966 | 173,976 | 76,590 | 4.11% | 3% |
| 1967 | 179,700 | 78,921 | 3.29% | 3.04% |
| 1968 | 199,416 | 81,314 | 11% | 3.03% |
| 1969 | 239,660 | 83,755 | 20.2% | 3% |
| 1970 | 286,536 | 86,266 | 19.6% | 3% |
| 1971 | 335,027 | 88,862 | 16.9% | 3.01% |
| 1972 | 385,014 | 91,562 | 14.9% | 3.04% |
| 1973 | 436,399 | 94,362 | 13.3% | 3.06% |
| 1974 | 489,087 | 97,260 | 12.1% | 3.07% |
| 1975 | 542,856 | 100,269 | 11% | 3.09% |
| 1976 | 615,866 | 103,388 | 13.4% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 710,209 | 106,618 | 15.3% | 3.12% |
| 1978 | 809,274 | 109,963 | 13.9% | 3.14% |
| 1979 | 912,010 | 113,040 | 12.7% | 2.8% |
| 1980 | 1,015,700 | 115,660 | 11.4% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 1,099,855 | 118,249 | 8.29% | 2.24% |
| 1982 | 1,166,370 | 121,035 | 6.05% | 2.36% |
| 1983 | 1,235,305 | 123,998 | 5.91% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 1,305,996 | 127,109 | 5.72% | 2.51% |
| 1985 | 1,377,911 | 130,356 | 5.51% | 2.55% |
| 1986 | 1,467,383 | 133,720 | 6.49% | 2.58% |
| 1987 | 1,574,244 | 137,187 | 7.28% | 2.59% |
| 1988 | 1,681,788 | 140,756 | 6.83% | 2.6% |
| 1989 | 1,789,851 | 144,393 | 6.43% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 1,898,220 | 148,063 | 6.05% | 2.54% |
| 1991 | 2,006,626 | 151,793 | 5.71% | 2.52% |
| 1992 | 2,114,730 | 155,608 | 5.39% | 2.51% |
| 1993 | 2,222,093 | 159,463 | 5.08% | 2.48% |
| 1994 | 2,328,188 | 163,314 | 4.77% | 2.41% |
| 1995 | 2,434,662 | 167,137 | 4.57% | 2.34% |
| 1996 | 2,597,564 | 170,911 | 6.69% | 2.26% |
| 1997 | 2,817,410 | 174,626 | 8.46% | 2.17% |
| 1998 | 3,040,421 | 178,313 | 7.92% | 2.11% |
| 1999 | 3,266,009 | 182,048 | 7.42% | 2.09% |
| 2000 | 3,493,575 | 186,281 | 6.97% | 2.33% |
| 2001 | 3,723,590 | 191,031 | 6.58% | 2.55% |
| 2002 | 3,956,826 | 195,863 | 6.26% | 2.53% |
| 2003 | 4,192,457 | 200,746 | 5.96% | 2.49% |
| 2004 | 4,428,967 | 205,711 | 5.64% | 2.47% |
| 2005 | 4,664,790 | 210,760 | 5.32% | 2.45% |
| 2006 | 5,009,100 | 215,923 | 7.38% | 2.45% |
| 2007 | 5,624,635 | 221,276 | 12.3% | 2.48% |
| 2008 | 6,302,664 | 226,896 | 12.1% | 2.54% |
| 2009 | 6,707,058 | 232,731 | 6.42% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 6,869,838 | 238,248 | 2.43% | 2.37% |
| 2011 | 7,104,538 | 243,474 | 3.42% | 2.19% |
| 2012 | 7,391,448 | 248,883 | 4.04% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 7,693,031 | 254,482 | 4.08% | 2.25% |
| 2014 | 8,059,440 | 260,240 | 4.76% | 2.26% |
| 2015 | 8,505,237 | 266,101 | 5.53% | 2.25% |
| 2016 | 8,935,095 | 272,087 | 5.05% | 2.25% |
| 2017 | 9,223,225 | 278,507 | 3.22% | 2.36% |
| 2018 | 9,346,701 | 285,259 | 1.34% | 2.42% |
| 2019 | 9,445,785 | 291,985 | 1.06% | 2.36% |
| 2020 | 9,401,038 | 298,858 | -0.47% | 2.35% |
| 2021 | 9,575,152 | 305,868 | 1.85% | 2.35% |
| 2022 | 10,074,977 | 313,046 | 5.22% | 2.35% |
| 2023 | 10,483,751 | 320,409 | 4.06% | 2.35% |
| 2024 | 10,876,981 | 327,777 | 3.75% | 2.3% |
| 2025 | 11,191,510 | 335,169 | 2.89% | 2.26% |
| 2026 | 11,417,074 | 342,565 | 2.02% | 2.21% |
| 2027 | 11,595,528 | 349,970 | 1.56% | 2.16% |
| 2028 | 11,750,055 | 357,397 | 1.33% | 2.12% |
| 2029 | 11,890,496 | 364,883 | 1.2% | 2.09% |
| 2030 | 12,024,613 | 372,429 | 1.13% | 2.07% |
| 2031 | 12,159,255 | 380,015 | 1.12% | 2.04% |
| 2032 | 12,298,043 | 387,657 | 1.14% | 2.01% |
| 2033 | 12,440,531 | 395,366 | 1.16% | 1.99% |
| 2034 | 12,586,327 | 403,188 | 1.17% | 1.98% |
| 2035 | 12,734,906 | 411,061 | 1.18% | 1.95% |
| 2036 | 12,885,831 | 419,006 | 1.19% | 1.93% |
| 2037 | 13,038,803 | 427,031 | 1.19% | 1.92% |
| 2038 | 13,193,613 | 435,150 | 1.19% | 1.9% |
| 2039 | 13,349,897 | 443,311 | 1.18% | 1.88% |
| 2040 | 13,507,317 | 451,509 | 1.18% | 1.85% |
| 2041 | 13,665,875 | 459,733 | 1.17% | 1.82% |
| 2042 | 13,825,473 | 468,003 | 1.17% | 1.8% |
| 2043 | 13,986,029 | 476,308 | 1.16% | 1.77% |
| 2044 | 14,147,509 | 484,636 | 1.15% | 1.75% |
| 2045 | 14,309,823 | 492,989 | 1.15% | 1.72% |
| 2046 | 14,473,950 | 501,316 | 1.15% | 1.69% |
| 2047 | 14,641,700 | 509,621 | 1.16% | 1.66% |
| 2048 | 14,812,411 | 517,889 | 1.17% | 1.62% |
| 2049 | 14,984,754 | 526,138 | 1.16% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 15,158,142 | 534,374 | 1.16% | 1.57% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).
The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th most populous country in 2005 and is 86th in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the United Arab Emirates' population will grow by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people with a rank change from 86th to 84th. The population of Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.
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 |
| Port Vila | 49K |
| Luganville | 17.7K |
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Population differences between the United Arab Emirates and Vanuatu
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| Life expectancy | 83.2 years | 71.8 years |
| Average age | 32.1 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 32.6 years | 21.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 63.9:36.1 | 50.5:49.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.2 births per woman | 3.6 births per woman |
| Population density | 397 ppl/mi² | 69.6 ppl/mi² |
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