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

Updated on by Georank team

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

UAE Vanuatu
Current population
11372700
341110
Population rank 86/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.004%
One net population change
1.34 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
5.13 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
53.8 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
1.89 minutes
1.21 weeks
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

United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
UAE Vanuatu UAE Vanuatu
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.

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