United Arab Emirates vs United States: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 3.7% a year in United Arab Emirates and 0.58% a year in United States, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 3.12 percentage points, or 6.34 times that in United States.

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% a year · UN

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What the numbers say

United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2020, when it overtook United States.
In 2023, United Arab Emirates ranked 5 and United States ranked 133 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts United Arab Emirates at 0.91% a year and United States at 0.13% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States	World
2023	3.7	0.58	0.87
2022	3.96	0.55	0.88
2021	5.11	0.25	0.8
2020	1.91	0.17	0.9
2019	-0.42	0.8	1.03
2018	1.09	0.82	1.07
2017	1.34	0.89	1.13
2016	3.14	0.95	1.17
2015	4.95	0.92	1.18
2014	5.42	0.94	1.22
2013	4.65	0.93	1.23
2012	4.08	0.95	1.27
2011	4.02	0.96	1.26
2010	3.35	0.99	1.27
2009	3.43	0.98	1.28
2008	9.19	1.02	1.28
2007	13.84	1.05	1.28
2006	9.06	1.03	1.28
2005	5.04	1	1.27
2004	5.35	0.99	1.28
2003	5.64	0.98	1.29
2002	5.94	0.98	1.3
2001	6.22	0.99	1.33
2000	6.54	0.99	1.35
1999	6.94	0.94	1.35
1998	7.39	0.98	1.37
1997	7.87	0.95	1.39
1996	8.4	0.97	1.42
1995	4.42	1	1.45
1994	4.53	1.05	1.47
1993	4.81	1.11	1.52
1992	5.1	1.21	1.57
1991	5.4	1.22	1.63
1990	5.72	1.22	1.76
1989	6.05	0.93	1.78
1988	6.42	0.9	1.79
1987	6.82	0.9	1.84
1986	7.26	0.9	1.83
1985	5.26	0.96	1.8
1984	5.47	0.98	1.8
1983	5.67	1.01	1.78
1982	5.82	1.03	1.86
1981	5.93	1.01	1.82
1980	10.16	1.02	1.8
1979	11.44	0.98	1.79
1978	12.53	0.94	1.74
1977	13.66	0.96	1.75
1976	14.93	0.92	1.78
1975	10	0.93	1.8
1974	10.91	0.95	1.88
1973	11.95	0.97	1.94
1972	13.19	1.06	1.97
1971	14.73	1.23	1.97
1970	16.69	1.29	2.06
1969	19.27	1.13	2.06
1968	17.32	1.12	2.09
1967	2.77	1.18	2
1966	3.72	1.27	2.04
1965	4.36	1.39	2.09
1964	4.73	1.53	2.16
1963	4.87	1.6	2.28
1962	4.91	1.7	2.11
1961	4.93	1.8	1.67
1960	4.96	1.74	1.58
1959	5.03	1.77	1.73
1958	5.11	1.57	2
1957	5.23	1.57	2.07
1956	5.38	1.57	1.98
1955	5.59	1.57	2.01
1954	5.81	1.54	1.99
1953	6.06	1.5	1.9
1952	6.27	1.47	1.94
1951	6.45	1.46	1.75
1950	6.62	1.47	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	United Arab Emirates	United States	World
2024	3.41-6.03–7.78	0.550.37–0.75	0.86
2025	2.31-5.76–7.96	0.520.28–0.79	0.84
2026	1.69-5.09–7.74	0.490.21–0.79	0.83
2027	1.41-4.33–8.11	0.480.16–0.81	0.81
2028	1.24-3.23–8.5	0.480.13–0.83	0.8
2029	1.14-2.88–8.38	0.460.11–0.84	0.78
2030	1.1-2.98–8.48	0.450.05–0.85	0.76
2031	1.13-2.92–8.36	0.440.02–0.86	0.75
2032	1.14-2.75–7.99	0.43-0.03–0.86	0.73
2033	1.16-2.63–8.23	0.42-0.04–0.87	0.72
2034	1.17-2.96–7.86	0.42-0.08–0.88	0.7
2035	1.18-2.57–7.88	0.4-0.1–0.9	0.69
2036	1.18-2.51–8.17	0.39-0.13–0.87	0.67
2037	1.18-2.62–7.78	0.39-0.15–0.87	0.65
2038	1.18-2.33–7.77	0.38-0.18–0.88	0.64
2039	1.18-2.16–7.62	0.36-0.22–0.85	0.62
2040	1.17-2.24–7.48	0.35-0.23–0.89	0.61
2041	1.16-2.28–7.24	0.33-0.27–0.87	0.59
2042	1.16-1.92–7.28	0.33-0.31–0.87	0.57
2043	1.15-2.25–7.11	0.31-0.34–0.87	0.56
2044	1.15-2.08–7.06	0.29-0.36–0.86	0.54
2045	1.14-2.22–7.27	0.28-0.37–0.87	0.52
2046	1.14-2.03–7.26	0.26-0.38–0.87	0.5
2047	1.16-2.08–7.52	0.26-0.39–0.85	0.48
2048	1.16-2.06–7.48	0.24-0.42–0.84	0.46
2049	1.16-2.23–7.36	0.24-0.43–0.84	0.44
2050	1.15-2.53–7.24	0.23-0.46–0.84	0.42
2051	1.14-2.49–7.02	0.22-0.48–0.85	0.4
2052	1.13-2.59–6.97	0.21-0.49–0.85	0.38
2053	1.13-2.52–6.71	0.21-0.48–0.84	0.36
2054	1.14-2.5–6.94	0.2-0.52–0.85	0.34
2055	1.13-2.29–6.99	0.19-0.53–0.84	0.33
2056	1.13-2.46–7.2	0.2-0.53–0.86	0.31
2057	1.14-2.54–6.85	0.21-0.54–0.89	0.3
2058	1.14-2.65–6.92	0.22-0.53–0.95	0.28
2059	1.14-2.62–6.99	0.21-0.56–0.94	0.27
2060	1.14-2.6–7.13	0.21-0.57–0.97	0.25
2061	1.14-2.62–6.8	0.22-0.56–0.96	0.24
2062	1.15-2.62–6.85	0.23-0.58–0.97	0.23
2063	1.16-2.77–6.79	0.23-0.56–0.96	0.22
2064	1.17-2.8–6.63	0.23-0.6–0.97	0.21
2065	1.17-2.58–6.69	0.24-0.59–0.98	0.2
2066	1.17-2.81–6.59	0.24-0.62–0.99	0.19
2067	1.17-2.9–6.6	0.25-0.63–1.01	0.18
2068	1.17-2.98–6.54	0.25-0.66–1.01	0.17
2069	1.17-3.06–6.5	0.25-0.64–1.02	0.16
2070	1.16-2.91–6.34	0.24-0.67–1.03	0.15
2071	1.16-2.73–6.36	0.25-0.68–1.04	0.14
2072	1.15-2.7–6.45	0.23-0.7–1.06	0.13
2073	1.15-2.94–6.44	0.23-0.72–1.03	0.12
2074	1.13-2.65–6.26	0.22-0.72–1.04	0.1
2075	1.12-2.77–6.34	0.23-0.73–1.07	0.09
2076	1.11-2.58–6.15	0.22-0.76–1.05	0.08
2077	1.1-2.45–6.03	0.21-0.75–1.03	0.07
2078	1.08-2.38–6.28	0.2-0.77–1.05	0.06
2079	1.07-2.59–6.09	0.19-0.8–1.03	0.05
2080	1.05-2.94–5.75	0.18-0.88–1.04	0.04
2081	1.04-2.85–5.76	0.2-0.83–1.06	0.03
2082	1.02-2.59–5.71	0.18-0.9–1.05	0.02
2083	1.01-2.86–5.71	0.18-0.94–1.1	0.01
2084	0.99-2.64–5.79	0.18-0.94–1.07	-0
2085	0.98-2.99–5.69	0.16-1.02–1.09	-0.01
2086	0.97-3.13–5.55	0.17-1.01–1.11	-0.02
2087	0.96-2.97–5.48	0.17-0.97–1.1	-0.03
2088	0.95-3.05–5.62	0.19-0.98–1.11	-0.04
2089	0.94-2.9–5.39	0.18-0.96–1.08	-0.05
2090	0.93-2.71–5.47	0.17-1–1.1	-0.05
2091	0.92-2.96–5.5	0.18-1.01–1.11	-0.06
2092	0.92-2.97–5.22	0.18-1.05–1.12	-0.07
2093	0.92-2.7–5.89	0.17-1.07–1.12	-0.07
2094	0.91-2.87–5.4	0.18-1.12–1.13	-0.08
2095	0.91-2.63–5.67	0.17-1.09–1.15	-0.09
2096	0.91-2.9–5.24	0.16-1.15–1.17	-0.1
2097	0.91-3.05–5.32	0.16-1.16–1.13	-0.11
2098	0.91-2.75–5.06	0.14-1.22–1.1	-0.11
2099	0.91-2.92–5.19	0.15-1.21–1.11	-0.12
2100	0.91-2.94–5.24	0.13-1.23–1.07	-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 conflictsUnited Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022United States: 1 deaths in 2022