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	10,986,400	40,583,164	4.79%	3.03%
2025	11,304,093	41,773,871	2.89%	2.93%
2026	11,531,926	42,961,650	2.02%	2.84%
2027	11,712,175	44,145,620	1.56%	2.76%
2028	11,868,257	45,323,685	1.33%	2.67%
2029	12,010,111	46,497,573	1.2%	2.59%
2030	12,145,577	47,667,649	1.13%	2.52%
2031	12,281,573	48,827,503	1.12%	2.43%
2032	12,421,758	49,979,089	1.14%	2.36%
2033	12,565,679	51,129,867	1.16%	2.3%
2034	12,712,942	52,279,989	1.17%	2.25%
2035	12,863,015	53,429,308	1.18%	2.2%
2036	13,015,458	54,578,046	1.19%	2.15%
2037	13,169,969	55,724,259	1.19%	2.1%
2038	13,326,337	56,872,152	1.19%	2.06%
2039	13,484,193	58,024,713	1.18%	2.03%
2040	13,643,197	59,181,514	1.18%	1.99%
2041	13,803,349	60,345,667	1.17%	1.97%
2042	13,964,553	61,517,965	1.17%	1.94%
2043	14,126,724	62,696,517	1.16%	1.92%
2044	14,289,828	63,880,172	1.15%	1.89%
2045	14,453,775	65,066,344	1.15%	1.86%
2046	14,619,554	66,253,578	1.15%	1.82%
2047	14,788,991	67,438,796	1.16%	1.79%
2048	14,961,419	68,620,844	1.17%	1.75%
2049	15,135,496	69,799,794	1.16%	1.72%
2050	15,310,628	70,976,389	1.16%	1.69%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th most populous country in 2006 and is 86th in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.