Spain vs United Arab Emirates: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 0.02% a year in Spain and 3.7% a year in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.69 percentage points, or 210 times that in Spain.

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% a year · UN

SpainUnited Arab EmiratesUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Spain.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Spain at -0.54% a year and United Arab Emirates at 0.91% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates	World
2023	0.02	3.7	0.87
2022	0.33	3.96	0.88
2021	0.06	5.11	0.8
2020	0.18	1.91	0.9
2019	0.85	-0.42	1.03
2018	0.6	1.09	1.07
2017	0.36	1.34	1.13
2016	0.22	3.14	1.17
2015	-0.01	4.95	1.18
2014	-0.14	5.42	1.22
2013	-0.46	4.65	1.23
2012	-0.22	4.08	1.27
2011	0.31	4.02	1.26
2010	0.37	3.35	1.27
2009	0.51	3.43	1.28
2008	1.21	9.19	1.28
2007	1.92	13.84	1.28
2006	1.72	9.06	1.28
2005	1.61	5.04	1.27
2004	1.72	5.35	1.28
2003	1.68	5.64	1.29
2002	1.89	5.94	1.3
2001	0.56	6.22	1.33
2000	0.53	6.54	1.35
1999	0.48	6.94	1.35
1998	0.48	7.39	1.37
1997	0.47	7.87	1.39
1996	0.45	8.4	1.42
1995	0.47	4.42	1.45
1994	0.5	4.53	1.47
1993	0.54	4.81	1.52
1992	0.63	5.1	1.57
1991	0.48	5.4	1.63
1990	0.12	5.72	1.76
1989	0.17	6.05	1.78
1988	0.23	6.42	1.79
1987	0.29	6.82	1.84
1986	0.31	7.26	1.83
1985	0.38	5.26	1.8
1984	0.47	5.47	1.8
1983	0.49	5.67	1.78
1982	0.59	5.82	1.86
1981	0.65	5.93	1.82
1980	0.81	10.16	1.8
1979	0.83	11.44	1.79
1978	0.93	12.53	1.74
1977	1	13.66	1.75
1976	1.06	14.93	1.78
1975	1.05	10	1.8
1974	1.39	10.91	1.88
1973	1.09	11.95	1.94
1972	1.14	13.19	1.97
1971	1.09	14.73	1.97
1970	0.94	16.69	2.06
1969	0.93	19.27	2.06
1968	1.03	17.32	2.09
1967	1.09	2.77	2
1966	1.08	3.72	2.04
1965	1.12	4.36	2.09
1964	1.2	4.73	2.16
1963	1.1	4.87	2.28
1962	1.08	4.91	2.11
1961	1.13	4.93	1.67
1960	0.8	4.96	1.58
1959	0.95	5.03	1.73
1958	1	5.11	2
1957	0.89	5.23	2.07
1956	0.79	5.38	1.98
1955	0.82	5.59	2.01
1954	0.79	5.81	1.99
1953	0.78	6.06	1.9
1952	0.81	6.27	1.94
1951	0.54	6.45	1.75
1950	0.44	6.62	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Spain	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	-0.02-0.5–0.47	3.41-6.03–7.78	0.86
2025	-0.06-0.73–0.61	2.31-5.76–7.96	0.84
2026	-0.1-0.91–0.66	1.69-5.09–7.74	0.83
2027	-0.1-0.97–0.8	1.41-4.33–8.11	0.81
2028	-0.12-1.1–0.8	1.24-3.23–8.5	0.8
2029	-0.14-1.22–0.86	1.14-2.88–8.38	0.78
2030	-0.17-1.29–0.88	1.1-2.98–8.48	0.76
2031	-0.19-1.3–0.93	1.13-2.92–8.36	0.75
2032	-0.19-1.27–0.96	1.14-2.75–7.99	0.73
2033	-0.19-1.35–1.03	1.16-2.63–8.23	0.72
2034	-0.2-1.42–1.02	1.17-2.96–7.86	0.7
2035	-0.22-1.45–1.03	1.18-2.57–7.88	0.69
2036	-0.23-1.54–1.03	1.18-2.51–8.17	0.67
2037	-0.23-1.56–1.11	1.18-2.62–7.78	0.65
2038	-0.24-1.61–1.16	1.18-2.33–7.77	0.64
2039	-0.26-1.67–1.1	1.18-2.16–7.62	0.62
2040	-0.27-1.74–1.19	1.17-2.24–7.48	0.61
2041	-0.28-1.74–1.14	1.16-2.28–7.24	0.59
2042	-0.3-1.85–1.17	1.16-1.92–7.28	0.57
2043	-0.3-1.83–1.24	1.15-2.25–7.11	0.56
2044	-0.34-1.94–1.13	1.15-2.08–7.06	0.54
2045	-0.37-2.03–1.1	1.14-2.22–7.27	0.52
2046	-0.38-2.01–1.24	1.14-2.03–7.26	0.5
2047	-0.41-2.04–1.15	1.16-2.08–7.52	0.48
2048	-0.42-2.17–1.19	1.16-2.06–7.48	0.46
2049	-0.47-2.21–1.14	1.16-2.23–7.36	0.44
2050	-0.47-2.27–1.2	1.15-2.53–7.24	0.42
2051	-0.49-2.41–1.2	1.14-2.49–7.02	0.4
2052	-0.55-2.51–1.15	1.13-2.59–6.97	0.38
2053	-0.59-2.57–1.16	1.13-2.52–6.71	0.36
2054	-0.6-2.59–1.17	1.14-2.5–6.94	0.34
2055	-0.62-2.61–1.24	1.13-2.29–6.99	0.33
2056	-0.69-2.8–1.06	1.13-2.46–7.2	0.31
2057	-0.69-2.8–1.19	1.14-2.54–6.85	0.3
2058	-0.69-2.8–1.26	1.14-2.65–6.92	0.28
2059	-0.73-2.94–1.2	1.14-2.62–6.99	0.27
2060	-0.74-2.9–1.25	1.14-2.6–7.13	0.25
2061	-0.78-2.94–1.28	1.14-2.62–6.8	0.24
2062	-0.79-3.08–1.2	1.15-2.62–6.85	0.23
2063	-0.79-3.08–1.32	1.16-2.77–6.79	0.22
2064	-0.8-3.09–1.38	1.17-2.8–6.63	0.21
2065	-0.79-3.13–1.36	1.17-2.58–6.69	0.2
2066	-0.79-3.21–1.3	1.17-2.81–6.59	0.19
2067	-0.78-3.17–1.36	1.17-2.9–6.6	0.18
2068	-0.79-3.31–1.41	1.17-2.98–6.54	0.17
2069	-0.77-3.38–1.43	1.17-3.06–6.5	0.16
2070	-0.77-3.44–1.36	1.16-2.91–6.34	0.15
2071	-0.74-3.46–1.43	1.16-2.73–6.36	0.14
2072	-0.75-3.54–1.4	1.15-2.7–6.45	0.13
2073	-0.72-3.56–1.43	1.15-2.94–6.44	0.12
2074	-0.7-3.66–1.4	1.13-2.65–6.26	0.1
2075	-0.67-3.71–1.54	1.12-2.77–6.34	0.09
2076	-0.65-3.61–1.45	1.11-2.58–6.15	0.08
2077	-0.61-3.64–1.41	1.1-2.45–6.03	0.07
2078	-0.58-3.66–1.63	1.08-2.38–6.28	0.06
2079	-0.57-3.58–1.52	1.07-2.59–6.09	0.05
2080	-0.55-3.6–1.42	1.05-2.94–5.75	0.04
2081	-0.53-3.55–1.61	1.04-2.85–5.76	0.03
2082	-0.51-3.53–1.64	1.02-2.59–5.71	0.02
2083	-0.51-3.45–1.61	1.01-2.86–5.71	0.01
2084	-0.49-3.43–1.71	0.99-2.64–5.79	-0
2085	-0.48-3.45–1.7	0.98-2.99–5.69	-0.01
2086	-0.46-3.59–1.66	0.97-3.13–5.55	-0.02
2087	-0.46-3.56–1.71	0.96-2.97–5.48	-0.03
2088	-0.47-3.62–1.65	0.95-3.05–5.62	-0.04
2089	-0.48-3.69–1.73	0.94-2.9–5.39	-0.05
2090	-0.48-3.73–1.63	0.93-2.71–5.47	-0.05
2091	-0.46-3.87–1.72	0.92-2.96–5.5	-0.06
2092	-0.46-3.85–1.69	0.92-2.97–5.22	-0.07
2093	-0.46-3.84–1.69	0.92-2.7–5.89	-0.07
2094	-0.47-3.86–1.85	0.91-2.87–5.4	-0.08
2095	-0.48-3.91–1.75	0.91-2.63–5.67	-0.09
2096	-0.48-3.93–1.79	0.91-2.9–5.24	-0.1
2097	-0.5-4.02–1.82	0.91-3.05–5.32	-0.11
2098	-0.51-4.05–1.83	0.91-2.75–5.06	-0.11
2099	-0.52-4.27–1.83	0.91-2.92–5.19	-0.12
2100	-0.54-4.31–1.87	0.91-2.94–5.24	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsSpain: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022