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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	UAE	Zambia	UAE	Zambia
1960	131,334	3,153,729	-	-
1961	137,989	3,254,086	5.07%	3.18%
1962	144,946	3,358,099	5.04%	3.2%
1963	152,211	3,465,907	5.01%	3.21%
1964	159,692	3,577,017	4.91%	3.21%
1965	167,103	3,692,086	4.64%	3.22%
1966	173,976	3,812,003	4.11%	3.25%
1967	179,700	3,936,343	3.29%	3.26%
1968	199,416	4,065,593	11%	3.28%
1969	239,660	4,197,116	20.2%	3.24%
1970	286,536	4,321,718	19.6%	2.97%
1971	335,027	4,442,525	16.9%	2.8%
1972	385,014	4,569,309	14.9%	2.85%
1973	436,399	4,702,693	13.3%	2.92%
1974	489,087	4,842,746	12.1%	2.98%
1975	542,856	4,990,086	11%	3.04%
1976	615,866	5,143,842	13.4%	3.08%
1977	710,209	5,302,480	15.3%	3.08%
1978	809,274	5,465,374	13.9%	3.07%
1979	912,010	5,631,728	12.7%	3.04%
1980	1,015,700	5,802,833	11.4%	3.04%
1981	1,099,855	5,983,289	8.29%	3.11%
1982	1,166,370	6,178,637	6.05%	3.26%
1983	1,235,305	6,381,038	5.91%	3.28%
1984	1,305,996	6,580,490	5.72%	3.13%
1985	1,377,911	6,780,953	5.51%	3.05%
1986	1,467,383	6,986,471	6.49%	3.03%
1987	1,574,244	7,191,282	7.28%	2.93%
1988	1,681,788	7,391,440	6.83%	2.78%
1989	1,789,851	7,589,216	6.43%	2.68%
1990	1,898,220	7,786,169	6.05%	2.6%
1991	2,006,626	7,981,650	5.71%	2.51%
1992	2,114,730	8,176,680	5.39%	2.44%
1993	2,222,093	8,373,921	5.08%	2.41%
1994	2,328,188	8,576,269	4.77%	2.42%
1995	2,434,662	8,785,763	4.57%	2.44%
1996	2,597,564	9,004,053	6.69%	2.48%
1997	2,817,410	9,237,063	8.46%	2.59%
1998	3,040,421	9,482,408	7.92%	2.66%
1999	3,266,009	9,740,005	7.42%	2.72%
2000	3,493,575	10,017,631	6.97%	2.85%
2001	3,723,590	10,325,185	6.58%	3.07%
2002	3,956,826	10,647,949	6.26%	3.13%
2003	4,192,457	10,983,595	5.96%	3.15%
2004	4,428,967	11,338,198	5.64%	3.23%
2005	4,664,790	11,718,819	5.32%	3.36%
2006	5,009,100	12,129,553	7.38%	3.5%
2007	5,624,635	12,565,085	12.3%	3.59%
2008	6,302,664	13,021,324	12.1%	3.63%
2009	6,707,058	13,490,389	6.42%	3.6%
2010	6,869,838	13,965,594	2.43%	3.52%
2011	7,104,538	14,437,796	3.42%	3.38%
2012	7,391,448	14,913,629	4.04%	3.3%
2013	7,693,031	15,398,997	4.08%	3.25%
2014	8,059,440	15,895,315	4.76%	3.22%
2015	8,505,237	16,399,089	5.53%	3.17%
2016	8,935,095	16,914,423	5.05%	3.14%
2017	9,223,225	17,441,320	3.22%	3.12%
2018	9,346,701	17,973,569	1.34%	3.05%
2019	9,445,785	18,513,839	1.06%	3.01%
2020	9,401,038	19,059,395	-0.47%	2.95%
2021	9,575,152	19,603,607	1.85%	2.86%
2022	10,074,977	20,152,938	5.22%	2.8%
2023	10,483,751	20,723,965	4.06%	2.83%
2024	10,986,400	21,314,956	4.79%	2.85%
2025	11,304,093	21,913,869	2.89%	2.81%
2026	11,531,926	22,521,905	2.02%	2.77%
2027	11,712,175	23,138,716	1.56%	2.74%
2028	11,868,257	23,761,368	1.33%	2.69%
2029	12,010,111	24,389,681	1.2%	2.64%
2030	12,145,577	25,024,887	1.13%	2.6%
2031	12,281,573	25,666,496	1.12%	2.56%
2032	12,421,758	26,311,946	1.14%	2.51%
2033	12,565,679	26,960,073	1.16%	2.46%
2034	12,712,942	27,611,621	1.17%	2.42%
2035	12,863,015	28,266,887	1.18%	2.37%
2036	13,015,458	28,925,103	1.19%	2.33%
2037	13,169,969	29,583,482	1.19%	2.28%
2038	13,326,337	30,240,549	1.19%	2.22%
2039	13,484,193	30,895,586	1.18%	2.17%
2040	13,643,197	31,550,394	1.18%	2.12%
2041	13,803,349	32,204,340	1.17%	2.07%
2042	13,964,553	32,856,596	1.17%	2.03%
2043	14,126,724	33,510,500	1.16%	1.99%
2044	14,289,828	34,165,920	1.15%	1.96%
2045	14,453,775	34,821,101	1.15%	1.92%
2046	14,619,554	35,475,795	1.15%	1.88%
2047	14,788,991	36,129,270	1.16%	1.84%
2048	14,961,419	36,782,260	1.17%	1.81%
2049	15,135,496	37,434,667	1.16%	1.77%
2050	15,310,628	38,083,369	1.16%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the United Arab Emirates increased by 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the United Arab Emirates gained 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th most populous country in 2006 and is 86th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.