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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	UAE	Yemen	UAE	Yemen
1960	131,334	5,532,301	-	-
1961	137,989	5,655,232	5.07%	2.22%
1962	144,946	5,782,221	5.04%	2.25%
1963	152,211	5,911,135	5.01%	2.23%
1964	159,692	6,048,006	4.91%	2.32%
1965	167,103	6,195,593	4.64%	2.44%
1966	173,976	6,351,494	4.11%	2.52%
1967	179,700	6,516,444	3.29%	2.6%
1968	199,416	6,690,524	11%	2.67%
1969	239,660	6,875,859	20.2%	2.77%
1970	286,536	7,065,279	19.6%	2.75%
1971	335,027	7,257,462	16.9%	2.72%
1972	385,014	7,460,068	14.9%	2.79%
1973	436,399	7,672,796	13.3%	2.85%
1974	489,087	7,896,783	12.1%	2.92%
1975	542,856	8,133,598	11%	3%
1976	615,866	8,384,113	13.4%	3.08%
1977	710,209	8,648,222	15.3%	3.15%
1978	809,274	8,926,586	13.9%	3.22%
1979	912,010	9,224,194	12.7%	3.33%
1980	1,015,700	9,543,358	11.4%	3.46%
1981	1,099,855	9,882,362	8.29%	3.55%
1982	1,166,370	10,241,006	6.05%	3.63%
1983	1,235,305	10,621,499	5.91%	3.72%
1984	1,305,996	11,025,597	5.72%	3.8%
1985	1,377,911	11,453,825	5.51%	3.88%
1986	1,467,383	11,901,040	6.49%	3.9%
1987	1,574,244	12,369,912	7.28%	3.94%
1988	1,681,788	12,859,708	6.83%	3.96%
1989	1,789,851	13,364,174	6.43%	3.92%
1990	1,898,220	13,887,862	6.05%	3.92%
1991	2,006,626	14,430,201	5.71%	3.91%
1992	2,114,730	14,989,494	5.39%	3.88%
1993	2,222,093	15,563,914	5.08%	3.83%
1994	2,328,188	16,149,147	4.77%	3.76%
1995	2,434,662	16,740,058	4.57%	3.66%
1996	2,597,564	17,313,177	6.69%	3.42%
1997	2,817,410	17,873,936	8.46%	3.24%
1998	3,040,421	18,446,013	7.92%	3.2%
1999	3,266,009	19,029,420	7.42%	3.16%
2000	3,493,575	19,624,141	6.97%	3.13%
2001	3,723,590	20,226,147	6.58%	3.07%
2002	3,956,826	20,835,086	6.26%	3.01%
2003	4,192,457	21,456,379	5.96%	2.98%
2004	4,428,967	22,095,167	5.64%	2.98%
2005	4,664,790	22,790,085	5.32%	3.15%
2006	5,009,100	23,543,083	7.38%	3.3%
2007	5,624,635	24,318,082	12.3%	3.29%
2008	6,302,664	25,111,941	12.1%	3.26%
2009	6,707,058	25,927,724	6.42%	3.25%
2010	6,869,838	26,754,387	2.43%	3.19%
2011	7,104,538	27,582,897	3.42%	3.1%
2012	7,391,448	28,433,647	4.04%	3.08%
2013	7,693,031	29,312,952	4.08%	3.09%
2014	8,059,440	30,226,309	4.76%	3.12%
2015	8,505,237	31,159,379	5.53%	3.09%
2016	8,935,095	32,109,010	5.05%	3.05%
2017	9,223,225	33,090,921	3.22%	3.06%
2018	9,346,701	34,085,182	1.34%	3%
2019	9,445,785	35,111,408	1.06%	3.01%
2020	9,401,038	36,134,863	-0.47%	2.91%
2021	9,575,152	37,140,230	1.85%	2.78%
2022	10,074,977	38,222,876	5.22%	2.92%
2023	10,483,751	39,390,799	4.06%	3.06%
2024	10,876,981	40,583,164	3.75%	3.03%
2025	11,191,510	41,773,871	2.89%	2.93%
2026	11,417,074	42,961,650	2.02%	2.84%
2027	11,595,528	44,145,620	1.56%	2.76%
2028	11,750,055	45,323,685	1.33%	2.67%
2029	11,890,496	46,497,573	1.2%	2.59%
2030	12,024,613	47,667,649	1.13%	2.52%
2031	12,159,255	48,827,503	1.12%	2.43%
2032	12,298,043	49,979,089	1.14%	2.36%
2033	12,440,531	51,129,867	1.16%	2.3%
2034	12,586,327	52,279,989	1.17%	2.25%
2035	12,734,906	53,429,308	1.18%	2.2%
2036	12,885,831	54,578,046	1.19%	2.15%
2037	13,038,803	55,724,259	1.19%	2.1%
2038	13,193,613	56,872,152	1.19%	2.06%
2039	13,349,897	58,024,713	1.18%	2.03%
2040	13,507,317	59,181,514	1.18%	1.99%
2041	13,665,875	60,345,667	1.17%	1.97%
2042	13,825,473	61,517,965	1.17%	1.94%
2043	13,986,029	62,696,517	1.16%	1.92%
2044	14,147,509	63,880,172	1.15%	1.89%
2045	14,309,823	65,066,344	1.15%	1.86%
2046	14,473,950	66,253,578	1.15%	1.82%
2047	14,641,700	67,438,796	1.16%	1.79%
2048	14,812,411	68,620,844	1.17%	1.75%
2049	14,984,754	69,799,794	1.16%	1.72%
2050	15,158,142	70,976,389	1.16%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th most populous country in 2005 and is 86th in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.