United Arab Emirates - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in United Arab Emirates was 139.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 139.26 in 2020 and a minimum value of 1.42 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 1.42
1962 1.58
1963 1.76
1964 1.94
1965 2.11
1966 2.25
1967 2.39
1968 2.57
1969 2.86
1970 3.30
1971 3.91
1972 4.66
1973 5.56
1974 6.58
1975 7.72
1976 8.98
1977 10.35
1978 11.76
1979 13.12
1980 14.36
1981 15.44
1982 16.40
1983 17.30
1984 18.22
1985 19.24
1986 20.37
1987 21.59
1988 22.91
1989 24.30
1990 25.75
1991 27.28
1992 28.91
1993 30.60
1994 32.31
1995 34.01
1996 35.75
1997 37.61
1998 39.61
1999 41.76
2000 44.13
2001 46.50
2002 48.98
2003 52.27
2004 57.29
2005 64.60
2006 74.63
2007 86.86
2008 99.82
2009 111.48
2010 120.39
2011 125.98
2012 128.72
2013 129.51
2014 129.74
2015 130.43
2016 131.81
2017 133.59
2018 135.61
2019 137.57
2020 139.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization