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United Arab Emirates — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for United Arab Emirates, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.68%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -5.3% since 1961
Population growth for United Arab Emirates was 4.68% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 18.38% in 1969. The lowest was -0.47% in 2020 (about -9.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.08% per year.
United Arab Emirates ranks 1 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 1%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so United Arab Emirates sits above it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 75% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.68%
First (1961)
4.94%
Change
-5.3%
Highest
18.38%
in 1969
Lowest
-0.47%
in 2020
Average
6.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.08%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.68% |
| 2024 | 4.68% |
| 2023 | 3.98% |
| 2022 | 5.09% |
| 2021 | 1.84% |
| 2020 | -0.47% |
| 2019 | 1.05% |
| 2018 | 1.33% |
| 2017 | 3.17% |
| 2016 | 4.93% |
| 2015 | 5.38% |
| 2014 | 4.65% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.