Demographics of The United Arab Emirates - Population

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1950 70,000
1960 90,000 +28.6%
1970 232,000 +157.8%
1980 1,016,000 +337.9%
1990 1,809,000 +78.1%
2000 3,033,000 +67.7%
2010 7,512,000 +147.7%
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Population growth in the United Arab Emirates is among the highest in world, mostly due to immigration. According to census data there was a sevenfold increase between 1975 and 2005.

Emirate census 1975 census 1985 census 1995 census 2005
Abu Dhabi 211,812 566,036 942,463 1,399,484
Dubai 183,187 370,788 689,420 1,321,453
Sharjah 78,790 228,317 402,792 793,573
Ajman 16,690 54,546 121,491 206,997
Umm Al-Quwain 6,908 19,285 35,361 49,159
Ras Al-Khaimah 43,845 96,578 143,334 210,063
Fujairah 16,655 43,753 76,180 125,698
Total 557,887 1,379,303 2,411,041 4,106,427

8,190,000 (2010 National Bureau of Statistics est.) 4,975,593 (according the CIA World Fact Book) note: estimate is based on the results of the 2005 census that included a significantly higher estimate of net immigration of non-citizens than previous estimates (July 2010 est.)

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