United Arab Emirates
Life expectancy in United Arab Emirates
Life expectancy in United Arab Emirates: 42.2 years in 1950 and 82.9 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 82.9 years
- Since 1950
- +40.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 22 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 91.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 91.6 years in 2100, between 85.1 years and 99.2 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 82.9 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 80.5 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 79.1 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 81.9 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 82.6 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 82.5 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 82.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 82.2 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 82.1 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 82 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 82 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 81.9 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 81.9 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 81.9 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 81.7 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 81.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 81.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 81.2 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 80.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 80.3 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 79.6 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 78.7 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 77.6 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 76.4 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 75 | 66 |
| 1998 | 73.7 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 72.6 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 71.8 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 71.4 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 71.2 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 71.2 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 71.2 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 71.1 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 71.1 | 64 |
| 1989 | 71 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 70.8 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 70.6 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 70.4 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 70.1 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 69.8 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 69.5 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 69.1 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 68.6 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 68.2 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 67.6 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 67.1 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 66.5 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 65.8 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 65.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 64.4 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 63.5 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 62.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 61.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 60.8 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 59.8 | 56 |
| 1968 | 58.7 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 57.7 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 56.6 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 55.5 | 54 |
| 1964 | 54.5 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 53.5 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 52.6 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 51.6 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 50.7 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 49.7 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 48.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 47.8 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 46.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 46.1 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 45.2 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 44.4 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 43.6 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 42.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 42.2 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.182.1–84 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 83.282–84.5 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 83.481.8–84.9 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 83.681.7–85.2 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 83.781.6–85.6 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 83.981.6–85.9 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 8481.6–86.2 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 84.281.6–86.5 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 84.381.5–86.7 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 84.481.6–87.1 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 84.681.6–87.3 | 75 |
| 2035 | 84.781.6–87.6 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 84.881.6–87.8 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 8581.7–88.2 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 85.181.6–88.3 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 85.281.6–88.7 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 85.481.7–88.9 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 85.581.8–89 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 85.781.9–89.2 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 85.882–89.6 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 85.982–89.8 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 8682.1–90 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 86.282.1–90.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 86.382.2–90.5 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 86.482.3–90.7 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 86.582.5–90.9 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 86.682.6–90.8 | 77 |
| 2051 | 86.782.6–91.1 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 86.882.7–91.1 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 86.982.7–91.3 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 8782.9–91.5 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 87.183–91.7 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 87.283–92.1 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 87.383.1–92.2 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 87.483–92.5 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 87.583.1–92.7 | 78 |
| 2060 | 87.683.2–92.9 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 87.783.2–93.1 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 87.883.3–93.3 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 87.983.3–93.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 8883.5–93.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 88.183.4–93.7 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 88.283.5–93.9 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 88.383.5–94.1 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 88.483.7–94.2 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 88.683.7–94.5 | 79 |
| 2070 | 88.783.7–94.5 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 88.884–94.6 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 88.984.1–94.8 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 8984.1–94.8 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 89.184–94.9 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 89.284.1–95.3 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 89.284.1–95.3 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 89.384.2–95.4 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 89.484.3–95.5 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 89.584.2–95.7 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 89.684.2–96 | 80 |
| 2081 | 89.784.4–96.1 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 89.784.4–96.3 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 89.884.4–96.6 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 89.984.2–96.4 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 90.184.5–96.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 90.284.5–96.7 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 90.384.6–97.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 90.484.8–97.4 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 90.584.7–97.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 90.684.6–97.7 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 90.784.7–97.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 90.884.7–98 | 81 |
| 2093 | 90.984.8–98.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 9184.7–98.3 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 91.184.7–98.3 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 91.284.9–98.5 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 91.385–98.8 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 91.485–98.8 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 91.585–99 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 91.685.1–99.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- 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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- Military spending5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollars$27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per person$2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spending17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnel63,000 people in 2020
- National power0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2025