United Arab Emirates

Net migration rate in United Arab Emirates

Net migration rate in United Arab Emirates: 42.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
28.2 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
−14.6 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
4 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
0.2 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in United Arab EmiratesNet migration rate in United Arab Emirates: 42.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -36.2 per 1,000 people and 41.5 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -36.2 per 1,000 people and 41.5 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 166.5 per 1,000 people in 1969, the lowest -13.4 per 1,000 people in 2019.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearUnited Arab Emirates
202328.2
202231.5
202143.1
20209.8
2019-13.4
20181.6
20173.7
201621.6
201539.5
201443.7
201335.7
201230.1
201129.9
201023.3
200924.4
200883
2007128.4
200679.7
200537.5
200439.8
200342.3
200245.2
200148
200051.1
199955.3
199860.3
199765.1
199669.4
199528.3
199426.8
199329.5
199231.1
199133.4
199035.4
198938.1
198841
198744.1
198647.5
198527.3
198429.2
198331.2
198232.8
198134.2
198076.9
197990.2
1978101.8
1977114.2
1976128.1
197578.1
197486.8
197396.8
1972108.8
1971123.6
1970142.4
1969166.5
1968144.8
1967-1.6
19668.7
196515.6
196419.6
196321.4
196222.2
196122.8
196023.6
195924.8
195826.3
195727.9
195630.1
195532.5
195435.2
195337.7
195240
195141.7
195042.8
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearUnited Arab Emirates
202425.3-69–69.1
202514-66.9–71.3
20267.6-59.9–68.2
20274.5-54.4–70.5
20282.5-42.1–75.7
20291.3-38.5–73.9
20300.6-40.3–75.3
20310.7-39.7–72.5
20320.7-37.3–69.4
20330.6-36.3–71.8
20340.6-39.5–68.9
20350.6-36.2–67.4
20360.6-35.2–71.1
20370.6-36.2–65.8
20380.6-33.4–67.5
20390.6-31.7–65.2
20400.6-33.9–63.5
20410.6-34.1–62.5
20420.6-29.6–62.1
20430.6-31.8–61.1
20440.6-31.3–61.1
20450.6-32.2–62
20460.7-30.1–62.2
20470.8-30.8–64.5
20480.9-29.3–64.2
20490.9-31.9–62.9
20500.9-33.7–60.7
20510.9-35.1–60.2
20520.9-35.3–58.6
20530.8-34.6–56.1
20540.8-34–60
20550.8-31.7–58.5
20560.8-34–61.7
20570.8-34.5–58.5
20580.7-34.7–58.3
20590.7-35.6–60.6
20600.6-36.1–61.8
20610.6-36.9–56.9
20620.6-36.7–56.6
20630.6-36.9–56.5
20640.6-37.6–57.1
20650.6-36.8–55.7
20660.5-37.2–56.8
20670.5-39.6–55.8
20680.5-41.9–55.8
20690.5-42.1–54.8
20700.5-38.4–52.6
20710.5-36.3–51.8
20720.4-36–53.8
20730.5-40.8–53.6
20740.4-36.2–52.7
20750.4-37.4–53
20760.4-35.3–50.8
20770.4-33.5–50.3
20780.4-32–52.9
20790.4-35.5–51.7
20800.4-37.9–46.9
20810.3-37.9–47
20820.3-34.5–48
20830.3-34.7–48.2
20840.3-33.9–48
20850.3-37.8–47.5
20860.3-37.8–45.4
20870.3-36.6–45
20880.3-38.4–46.6
20890.3-34.9–45.1
20900.3-35.8–45.4
20910.2-35.8–46.8
20920.2-35.7–42.3
20930.2-34–48.1
20940.2-33.8–44.6
20950.2-33.9–46.9
20960.2-34.8–42.7
20970.2-34.8–43.5
20980.2-34.1–40.4
20990.2-35–42.4
21000.2-36.2–41.5

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • 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.

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