United Arab Emirates - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in United Arab Emirates was 8,609,395 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,609,395 in 2020 and a minimum value of 67,926 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 67,926
1961 74,979
1962 84,362
1963 95,215
1964 106,186
1965 116,472
1966 125,596
1967 134,578
1968 145,731
1969 162,076
1970 187,141
1971 221,415
1972 264,112
1973 314,911
1974 373,031
1975 437,539
1976 509,722
1977 589,057
1978 670,980
1979 750,154
1980 822,844
1981 884,771
1982 937,281
1983 985,800
1984 1,035,512
1985 1,090,254
1986 1,151,670
1987 1,218,877
1988 1,290,899
1989 1,366,666
1990 1,445,398
1991 1,528,535
1992 1,616,858
1993 1,708,388
1994 1,800,329
1995 1,891,481
1996 1,993,032
1997 2,108,719
1998 2,233,073
1999 2,367,188
2000 2,514,650
2001 2,663,810
2002 2,820,134
2003 3,024,184
2004 3,330,985
2005 3,774,363
2006 4,380,486
2007 5,121,561
2008 5,911,710
2009 6,630,162
2010 7,189,437
2011 7,553,138
2012 7,747,413
2013 7,824,292
2014 7,866,608
2015 7,935,894
2016 8,047,162
2017 8,182,525
2018 8,332,904
2019 8,479,742
2020 8,609,395

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in United Arab Emirates was 87.05 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 87.05 in 2020, while its lowest value was 73.50 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 73.50
1961 74.38
1962 75.25
1963 76.09
1964 76.92
1965 77.72
1966 78.51
1967 79.27
1968 79.80
1969 79.80
1970 79.80
1971 79.80
1972 79.80
1973 79.80
1974 79.80
1975 79.80
1976 79.90
1977 80.11
1978 80.31
1979 80.51
1980 80.71
1981 80.68
1982 80.47
1983 80.25
1984 80.03
1985 79.80
1986 79.62
1987 79.48
1988 79.34
1989 79.20
1990 79.05
1991 78.91
1992 78.76
1993 78.61
1994 78.47
1995 78.32
1996 78.49
1997 78.94
1998 79.38
1999 79.81
2000 80.24
2001 80.66
2002 81.07
2003 81.47
2004 81.87
2005 82.26
2006 82.65
2007 83.02
2008 83.39
2009 83.74
2010 84.09
2011 84.42
2012 84.75
2013 85.07
2014 85.38
2015 85.67
2016 85.97
2017 86.25
2018 86.52
2019 86.79
2020 87.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization