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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the United Arab Emirates was 10,986,400 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current United Arab Emirates' population is 11,533,895 people compared to 102,183,444 in Vietnam.

Population statistics:

  • Vietnam's population is 8.86 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
  • The United Arab Emirates is ranked the 86th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
  • The countries together account for 1.37% of the world: 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
  • For the last 10 years, the United Arab Emirates has had an average growth rate of +3.31% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
  • Since 2006, the population of the United Arab Emirates has increased from 5.01M people to 11.5M (130.3% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 82.2M to 102M (24.4% growth).
  • The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 26M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.

United Arab Emirates vs Vietnam: live population counter

UAE Vietnam
Current population
11533895
102183444
Population rank 86/197 16/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 1.23%
One net population change
1.05 minutes
49.6 seconds
One birth every
5.13 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
53.8 minutes
47.8 seconds
One migration net change every
1.89 minutes
8.81 minutes
Annual migration change +278,439 -59,645
Daily growth/decline +1,377 +1,741
Annual growth/decline +502,649 +635,494
Annual growth/decline rate +4.79% +0.63%
Population growth rate rank 3/197 124/197

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

United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Vietnam
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
UAE Vietnam UAE Vietnam
1960 131,334 32,531,933 - -
1961 137,989 33,409,059 5.07% 2.7%
1962 144,946 34,288,560 5.04% 2.63%
1963 152,211 35,249,101 5.01% 2.8%
1964 159,692 36,201,563 4.91% 2.7%
1965 167,103 37,129,656 4.64% 2.56%
1966 173,976 38,024,836 4.11% 2.41%
1967 179,700 38,895,080 3.29% 2.29%
1968 199,416 39,734,609 11% 2.16%
1969 239,660 40,582,096 20.2% 2.13%
1970 286,536 41,475,230 19.6% 2.2%
1971 335,027 42,449,276 16.9% 2.35%
1972 385,014 43,429,168 14.9% 2.31%
1973 436,399 44,409,861 13.3% 2.26%
1974 489,087 45,413,537 12.1% 2.26%
1975 542,856 46,482,903 11% 2.35%
1976 615,866 47,684,931 13.4% 2.59%
1977 710,209 48,954,872 15.3% 2.66%
1978 809,274 50,249,552 13.9% 2.64%
1979 912,010 51,378,211 12.7% 2.25%
1980 1,015,700 52,490,101 11.4% 2.16%
1981 1,099,855 53,738,141 8.29% 2.38%
1982 1,166,370 55,011,289 6.05% 2.37%
1983 1,235,305 56,337,921 5.91% 2.41%
1984 1,305,996 57,706,067 5.72% 2.43%
1985 1,377,911 59,060,622 5.51% 2.35%
1986 1,467,383 60,347,048 6.49% 2.18%
1987 1,574,244 61,584,651 7.28% 2.05%
1988 1,681,788 62,843,228 6.83% 2.04%
1989 1,789,851 64,147,348 6.43% 2.08%
1990 1,898,220 65,504,552 6.05% 2.12%
1991 2,006,626 66,891,775 5.71% 2.12%
1992 2,114,730 68,260,337 5.39% 2.05%
1993 2,222,093 69,586,384 5.08% 1.94%
1994 2,328,188 70,854,391 4.77% 1.82%
1995 2,434,662 72,049,940 4.57% 1.69%
1996 2,597,564 73,156,447 6.69% 1.54%
1997 2,817,410 74,226,889 8.46% 1.46%
1998 3,040,421 75,299,660 7.92% 1.45%
1999 3,266,009 76,287,452 7.42% 1.31%
2000 3,493,575 77,154,011 6.97% 1.14%
2001 3,723,590 77,969,361 6.58% 1.06%
2002 3,956,826 78,772,224 6.26% 1.03%
2003 4,192,457 79,563,777 5.96% 1%
2004 4,428,967 80,338,971 5.64% 0.97%
2005 4,664,790 81,088,313 5.32% 0.93%
2006 5,009,100 82,167,897 7.38% 1.33%
2007 5,624,635 83,633,375 12.3% 1.78%
2008 6,302,664 85,175,788 12.1% 1.84%
2009 6,707,058 86,460,018 6.42% 1.51%
2010 6,869,838 87,455,152 2.43% 1.15%
2011 7,104,538 88,468,314 3.42% 1.16%
2012 7,391,448 89,510,356 4.04% 1.18%
2013 7,693,031 90,573,104 4.08% 1.19%
2014 8,059,440 91,679,578 4.76% 1.22%
2015 8,505,237 92,823,254 5.53% 1.25%
2016 8,935,095 94,000,117 5.05% 1.27%
2017 9,223,225 95,176,977 3.22% 1.25%
2018 9,346,701 96,237,319 1.34% 1.11%
2019 9,445,785 97,173,776 1.06% 0.97%
2020 9,401,038 98,079,191 -0.47% 0.93%
2021 9,575,152 98,935,098 1.85% 0.87%
2022 10,074,977 99,680,655 5.22% 0.75%
2023 10,483,751 100,352,192 4.06% 0.67%
2024 10,986,400 100,987,686 4.79% 0.63%
2025 11,304,093 101,598,531 2.89% 0.6%
2026 11,531,926 102,177,434 2.02% 0.57%
2027 11,712,175 102,727,392 1.56% 0.54%
2028 11,868,257 103,255,746 1.33% 0.51%
2029 12,010,111 103,761,151 1.2% 0.49%
2030 12,145,577 104,254,900 1.13% 0.48%
2031 12,281,573 104,737,913 1.12% 0.46%
2032 12,421,758 105,204,401 1.14% 0.45%
2033 12,565,679 105,656,307 1.16% 0.43%
2034 12,712,942 106,097,515 1.17% 0.42%
2035 12,863,015 106,530,671 1.18% 0.41%
2036 13,015,458 106,945,842 1.19% 0.39%
2037 13,169,969 107,346,046 1.19% 0.37%
2038 13,326,337 107,732,019 1.19% 0.36%
2039 13,484,193 108,097,653 1.18% 0.34%
2040 13,643,197 108,437,634 1.18% 0.31%
2041 13,803,349 108,752,199 1.17% 0.29%
2042 13,964,553 109,040,314 1.17% 0.26%
2043 14,126,724 109,292,559 1.16% 0.23%
2044 14,289,828 109,506,274 1.15% 0.2%
2045 14,453,775 109,685,396 1.15% 0.16%
2046 14,619,554 109,827,664 1.15% 0.13%
2047 14,788,991 109,930,243 1.16% 0.09%
2048 14,961,419 109,994,024 1.17% 0.06%
2049 15,135,496 110,018,017 1.16% 0.02%
2050 15,310,628 110,008,910 1.16% -0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th most populous country in 2006 and is 86th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.

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